Panda (Classic) Mk1 Progress

[Pandarus]

Wow!

 

[JimMagill]

Totally in credible!!!

Love the seats

Jim

 

[Alan.D]

Very Very Nice Rob you weren't kidding, I thought it was going to be just a load of pink fluffy stuff. I'm impressed :worship:

 

[panda-sport]

Where do we send our orders :yum:

 

[Steven]

Very impressive.

 

[Panda_Jagd_Tom]

Respect !!!

My german friends and me - we are impressed !!

Regards Tom

 

[Jaff_Fox]

wow!

 

[Alan.D]

Rob the Pics as Promised....

 

[Chas Uno]

Those seats are :worship: :worship: :worship:

They look mightily impressive. Someone should think about going into the interior retrimming business

 

[pandamonius_maximus]

Sorry been a bit slow here, didnt spot it! Nice job there, maybe have another groovy Mk1 at the autoitalia shows...:yum:

What else needs doing on it? I have to say the air vents under the windscreen seem to have faired quite well. Any rust there atall? Summit to check for and catch in the early stages if you can. I noticed a little on the inside of the doors, mine went there too. are the outer skins ok?

Well anyway, keep up the good work!

Cheers
Si

 

[Alan.D]

Si he told me the the shell is absolutely solid with no problems.

 

[The co-driver]

Thanks for the kind words on the seats. Sarah is just finishing the new dashboard and drivers seat this weekend. So nearly there.

Fixed the back and forth play in the steering. Just had a proper look and the bottom UJ clamp was loose. All tight and stiff now. (oooh err)

Sarah M came through with a new heater matrix valve so that’s just been bolted on so the heating stuff will all be back in the car tomorrow.

Rust….well to be honest, it doesn’t have any other than cosmetic surface stuff. Must have been the generous quantities of wax oil the last owner pumped it full of and the very thick underseal its got. That and living most of its life in Spain.


I’ll get more pics sorted later this weekend. If we get chance to progress. The only problem is the bloody awful weather.

 

[The co-driver]

Well rain stopped play on the car as such today.

Sarah cracked on and finished the last front seat. Just the back seat to do now.

The centre back support was broken as it had pulled away from its clip. Easy fix. Just open the clip up, wrap the elastic back around and then lockup in the vice.

I have also attached the embroidery design files if anyone is interested. If you need them converting to some other format, let me know and I’ll send a converted version over.

 

[Plug]

The seats look great, what kind of material is that? It looks like alcantara, but I'm guessing it's not as the material would have cost more than the car...

Cheers,

Plug

 

[Nuova500]

Have to say its simply stunning, I love your seats, you have a truly unique and fabulous design there.

 

[The co-driver]

The seats look great, what kind of material is that? It looks like alcantara, but I'm guessing it's not as the material would have cost more than the car...

Cheers,

Plug

Oh the investment passed the commercial value of the car a while ago.

Alan's seen my stuff before. If a jobs worth doing etc... at least the panda is simple to fix if it goes bang.

Once finished and its back from Istanbul it will be for sale. Sorry guys but funding will be required for the next project.

 

[The co-driver]

Well we finally got around to stickering the car with the sponsor details today.

 

[Alan.D]

You'll be just having the 2 sponsors then

 

[The co-driver]

It was a rare thing today. It didn’t rain
So with dry weather the panda got some TLC.

Back in went the heater matrix with new rad and on/off valve

Sorted out the indicator problem it had (blew a fuse when indicating right). After fitting the new relay I had bought (old one was very charred so thought this may have been the problem) I found the cause was a very large dead spider shorting out the terminals on the OSF indicator.

So with all the wiring now sorted in went the new dash and the clocks ( re sprayed with black foliatech pigment spray)

The seats are now fitted in, just the rear seat to go. You can see the new padding for the rear seat in the boot.

Next up is finishing the radio box and switch consol. (template can be seen in one of the pics) colouring the bumpers, some fresh rubber and wheel spray job and then it’s down to the MOT station.

Looks like it's staying now too.