purple haze

[purple haze]

Hi all...
Oh dear what have i done!!!!???? I owned a bianca in the 90's, loved it, twin sun roof etc and have missed it since i sold it. Having noticed that you very rarely see pandas now i thought NOW is the time to get one.
Cars such as the toyota celica mk one i had as my first car do not exist anymore!
So a week ago i collected my panda "parade" from milton keynes (What a place to live!! It was almost a mission of mercy) drove back to sussex and bought a years supply of t-cut, polish and back to black which i used in 3 days
Wow i'm in love again
I can't stop driving it.....I have a 5ltr S class merc which i drive every day and the panda is much more fun!!
So much fun that i'm already thinking of buying another.
Thought i would not like the purple colour...but...really like it. (It glitters in the sun! On the day we had sun!)
Now hold onto your hats..I was going to do the Bamako rally..WAS I SAID...but now being in looovvvveee there is no way i could give it away.
Plus reading the comments on the forum i agree it would be another panda lost to us all.
I will take a nissan micra instead (Too many of them around to care)
Now some questions.
Where to get new fabric sun roofs??? (mine not got to much life left)
Where to get bull bars???
Anyone noticed the austrian firm doing body parts? Seem very cheap to me!!??
I,m having a problem bringing up the map of owners..anyone live near gatwick/ east grinstead?? Be good to hear from you.
As for a panda rally i think i would be up for some of that!!:yum:
I will post pics at some point.
Cheers all.
Purple Haze.

 

[pandafan]

Welcome to the fold Purple Haze. Delighted to know you arn't going to kill off your panda.

 

[Johnbee]

Hi and welcome to the Forum

Keep an eye out in the classifieds on here for bull bars, and fleabay as they do pop up there too - albeit rarely.

 

[purple haze]

Cheers manda...yeah been looking on ebay for some time, long before i even got the car which sounds a bit strange i know??!!
Nice to see i'm getting replies from you lot.
I see there is a meet/picnic next sunday. Any pandas going?

 

[purple haze]

Oh....forgot to say its the meet just outside tunbridge wells. Not much of a drive for me...only about 20min. Wish it was longer.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Hiya :wave:

Welcome to the forum

Re the roof canvas, keep an search on eBay as there is someone on there selling them for £35.

Also I think there was a forum member who listed a front bull bar on eBay, which didn't sell, so you might be in luck there. I'll ask them for you.

As for the Gatwick location, I'm often in Croydon during the holidays off of college visiting friends, so am not that far and often visit a scrappy in Pea's Pottage

All the best. Jon.

 

[Flossyfly]

You bought the panda I was gonna buy. Please don't change the colour and please keep it original. There are not many left now and yours is a very special one. I was thinking mine was gonna fail is MOT miserably so was gonna replace it with dream purple twin sunnies panda but my panda passed lol so i am rekindling my love affair with him lol.

New sunroofs can be found on ebay. Ricambio sells them. Bull bars are very rare.

I would be up for a meet and i am sure others would too and i would like to see what i nearly bought lol.

I am 20 miles north of london so willing to drive south but not too far lol.

I might go to Ace Cafe this month as they have a italian car meet once a month......11th Sept 7pm

Welcome to the forum. We are all a bit nuts (about pandas)!

 

[purple haze]

Thanks to both of you!!!!
I'm from croydon originaly (cross to bear etc....) would be up for a meet with any of you guys.
Cheers kevin (purple haze)

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

I'm from croydon originaly

OMG, what part of Croydon?

Very small world!

 

[purple haze]

Addiscombe and woodside. My bianca was parked in Colworth rd addiscombe during the 90's. I parked it on the corner of my road and lower addiscombe rd to sell it (£600) An african guy bought it and asked if i could give him driving lessons!!!!!! It then lived in ashburton rd for a few years opp the school. Gone forever

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Addiscombe and woodside. My bianca was parked in Colworth rd addiscombe during the 90's. I parked it on the corner of my road and lower addiscombe rd to sell it (£600) An african guy bought it and asked if i could give him driving lessons!!!!!! It then lived in ashburton rd for a few years opp the school. Gone forever

OMG, yea. Very small world

What colour was it? I assume bianca was a Panda

 

[purple haze]

Bianca was a special edition..D reg....white bumpers, twin sunroof, white hub caps, white body..
I was going to ask the forum if anyone still had one of these????
Would really love one again.

kev

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Was it an Italia 90, one of the football ones

I would love to say I remember it, but don't

Dad's Blue 750L would have been to ashburton daily term time Sept 2000 until Sept 2001.

Jon.