General my new panda roma project

[scottyy]

well guys i picked it up today after storing it at the womans house

so then guys heres the onfo

i got the car for free off of freecycle a lady was gettin rid of it because she had a little girl and it failed mot 3 months ago on a silly bit of rust lol

its a 1990 fiat panda roma 1000cc
its blue

im gunna mot in the next month and get it on the road then im gunna lower it and some other bits and get it ready for the retro show in june a show where my car club won best clubstand =] any ways heres some pics for all you panda lovers

and here is the dirty interor haha

and the silly bit of rust gunna get the welder out next week

abit of damage on the door but nuffin to cry about

and a little hole on the wing

other than that there is a bit on the rear window sill but not to bad just means i get the play with the welder =] comments please

 

[alexbpl]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!

I can see it already....black bonnet, black boot, wide wheels with insane negative camber.....It needs a surf rack too!

 

[scottyy]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!

I can see it already....black bonnet, black boot, wide wheels with insane negative camber.....It needs a surf rack too!

haha yeh man well ive got some 7j 13inch wellers in my workshop =] and i dont like black bonnets but i mite do the roof and i mite get some camber on the back deppends will have to have a look tomorow =] and my mate has got a old crome rack with some serface rust =D

 

[goodgirl156]

Just make sure you keep poking it for rust!

Looking forward to seeing how you get on with this, I have lost all motivation with mine

 

[scottyy]

Just make sure you keep poking it for rust!

Looking forward to seeing how you get on with this, I have lost all motivation with mine

haha yeh well put it this way when i got it last week i had it on axl stands and beat the hell out of it with my rust hammer and today i have taken all the rubbers off and any thing and everything that can come out and off is offf =]

should see some progess next week hopfully

 

[lewey]

never seen a Panda "Roma". One of the dealer "special editions" perhaps? Anyone know?

 

[scottyy]

never seen a Panda "Roma". One of the dealer "special editions" perhaps? Anyone know?

its the first one ive seen it could be a special edition lol

 

[alexbpl]

yeah must admit the roma is new to me.

I'd like to see how you camber the back wheels as I've been wanting to do mine for a while. There must be some kind of tapered spacer you can slot in behind the stub axle to bring some negative camber onto the wheel. Will have to be home made of course.

I'll find out later in Jan when it's off the road

 

[VmanC]

Nice little car for nothing, wish I'd spotted it .

7" rims on the back eh, that will be interesting!

 

[scottyy]

yeah must admit the roma is new to me.

I'd like to see how you camber the back wheels as I've been wanting to do mine for a while. There must be some kind of tapered spacer you can slot in behind the stub axle to bring some negative camber onto the wheel. Will have to be home made of course.

I'll find out later in Jan when it's off the road

yeh mate i will have a look in the next few days i still have some camber shims so i will see if they fit =] i will tell you how it goes mate

 

[scottyy]

Nice little car for nothing, wish I'd spotted it .

7" rims on the back eh, that will be interesting!

yeh mate it really was strike of luck =]


yeh i recon 7s can be done will find out when i try them out

 

[scottyy]

rite kids ive welded it up found out i needed to weld the chassie leg hah owell good thing i can weld =] mot on tuesday

 

[Pandarus]

I know you are going to re-spray the car but I have always liked that Fiat shade of blue.

Reminds me of my old Uno.


Good luck with the car, modding is not my cup of tea but you are breathing some life into a little Panda that clearly needs some tlc so good on ya

 

[scottyy]

I know you are going to re-spray the car but I have always liked that Fiat shade of blue.

Reminds me of my old Uno.


Good luck with the car, modding is not my cup of tea but you are breathing some life into a little Panda that clearly needs some tlc so good on ya

haha funny enuff im not painting the panda =] i love the color to much its just a cool color =]

i will being showing this car at a lot of shows this year with my car club =] on the stands we have =] im hoping to get the old girl noticed =]

 

[alexbpl]

Ayee love a bit of welding. My last Panda had unbelieveable rot around the rear suspension area it took me a full week to fix it haha

Then it still failed the MOT cause I didn't spot the rot on the sills haha

Ah well

 

[scottyy]

Ayee love a bit of welding. My last Panda had unbelieveable rot around the rear suspension area it took me a full week to fix it haha

Then it still failed the MOT cause I didn't spot the rot on the sills haha

Ah well

nuffin better than welding while its tryin to snow =p well im hoping she passes on tuesday then i can get on with it then =]

 

[maccyb]

Please keep this updated, would love to see the progress!!

 

[scottyy]

FORSALE guys rite it failed today but im having the work done and will have 12months on it on sataday =] im selling it as i need a derv and a estate. i would love to keep this car but i just cant i will take ofers for it

thanks

 

[alexbpl]

Where abouts are you?

Also what did it fail on?

 

[scottyy]

Where abouts are you?

Also what did it fail on?

hi mate i live in somerset =]

and it failed on

nearside rear supension mounting excessively corroded

offside rear supension mounting excessively corroded

it will come with 12mot my dads mate is doing all the welding as he is a pro =] so will be top noch work full history as well