Panda (Classic) My 4x4 - The Muddy Pics!

[AndyPanda4x4]

Looking beasty Andy, I'm going to get some new tyres for mine before Italy...are those available on 13" wheels as well? Didn't appear to be on tyres direct at least...I'll probably just buy some more Malatesta Trac stuff but maybe worth shopping around (assuming I can still as tyres direct are out of stock it seems )

Hope all goes well with the sills...reminds me of a mini which we bought that had sill repair plates glued on over the rusty ones!

I don't think this tread patern is available in the 13", only the Trac 4x4 tyre is. All the tyres are available to view on the website, to get these I just rang tyres direct up and gave them the reference number from the ziarelli website.

Are you taking the nobblies on a spare set of wheels or driving there on the nobblies?

 

[pandamonius_maximus]

I don't think this tread patern is available in the 13", only the Trac 4x4 tyre is. All the tyres are available to view on the website, to get these I just rang tyres direct up and gave them the reference number from the ziarelli website.

Are you taking the nobblies on a spare set of wheels or driving there on the nobblies?

I'm thinking driving down with the nobblies on as the extra weight will be the main issue. We really struggled and over heated in Morocco with all the weight in the poor thing and that was with much less heat than we are likely to see in Italy

But yeah, I've checked and the Ziarellis are not available in 13" bit of a shame they look good. The Malatestas are pretty capable though, so happy to stick with them for now.

 

[andyholli]

All this Ziarelli/Malatesta tyre talk has got me worried..
Are we going into this intending to treat it as an international off road competition with national pride at stake?

Or are we taking it seriously?

 

[panda panda]

Crikey I better get some off-roading boots fitted too then!

I expect I'll break something though!

 

[pandamonius_maximus]

Always Panda to the max...Live Panda die happy! and so on!

 

[AndyPanda4x4]

Man I'm unsure whether to take the 14s or the 13s now, and whether to run them or put them in the boot!!

 

[onemanmade]

Man I'm unsure whether to take the 14s or the 13s now, and whether to run them or put them in the boot!!

Or the roofrack

 

[AndyPanda4x4]

Or the roofrack

and seriously disrupt the streamlined airflow over the super sleek lines! Not a bad shout at all that

Oh, Hadrian's gone in for welding... again.

 

[AndyPanda4x4]

Sooo who wants to see some ROT?

 

[nitro_warrior]

Sooo who wants to see some ROT?

Ouch. Well been there done that. Quite a bit of work but not impossible! See my post from 6 years ago, might be helpful. (my sill repair is still going strong I might add!).
Though in your position I would consider welding in box section

OK, i'm about half way through the repair. As there are others in a similar boat, thought it might be helpful if I posted a cut-away diagram of what the sills (should) look like and how i'm going about the repair.

1. The floor, inner sill, and outer sill all meet at the bottom where they are spot welded together.
The corner between floor and the inner sill is filled with seam sealant.

2. After cutting away the rust (and the spot welded seam) you'll be left with three unconnected panels.

3. Weld the floor to the inner sill. RED

4. Form a new lower inner sill GREEN BIT and weld the top edge to the floor.

5. Finally complete the sill by welding a final piece BLUE BIT to the lower outer sill and to the new lower inner sill GREEN BIT

Towards the rear of the sill (behind the door and next to the rear seat) it's a bit more tricky. Not sure what it's like on 2wd cars but the leaf spring mounts restrict access. You will need to weld the "floor section" repair from underneath the car. Here's a figure to show the original sill and how my repair will be done.

As I say I'm half way through my repairs at step 4, with one more bit to fit in. I'll put some pics up shortly.

 

[Bartpanda]

Sooo who wants to see some ROT?

damn, like my trekking

Have you considered buying marbella with sound shell and swap all 4x4 goodies??:idea:

 

[pandamonius_maximus]

Crikey! That is bad rot! Hope Hadrian gets better soon, but as the expression goes...tis but a scratch! :slayer:

 

[andyholli]

Sooo who wants to see some ROT?

No thank you, I've seen enough.

 

[kolza]

No thank you, I've seen enough.

Does look familiar to me, as mentioned by one user recently 100mm square box section moded to trapezoid shape sound like quick solution - plus such a box section can act as rock sliders as well.

 

[panda panda]

Crikey mate!

But if you will go wading and playing in mud.....

 

[aquamarine]

I keep having to look away.
It's fixable though and Hadrian will be back, (much!) stronger than ever. Have you got someone fixing it now?

 

[Giacosa]

Sooo who wants to see some ROT?

Mmmmm Nice!! Good quality Yorkshire grot right there.

Crikey mate!

But if you will go wading and playing in mud.....

You don't need mud Mine saw the sea once and the damage was done!

 

[andyholli]

Found ourselves passing 'Hadrian's Halt' layby in France.


So thought we'd stop just to check the exhaust was okay.

 

[AndyPanda4x4]

Found ourselves passing 'Hadrian's Halt' layby in France.


So thought we'd stop just to check the exhaust was okay.

Tempting fate there Andy, however there are probably some cable ties kicking about in the hedge for the bodge-up :thumbup:

 

[AndyPanda4x4]

Just sending this to the top regarding the recent lift kit post.

Oh and a small update, I broke an exhaust mounting bush last weekend