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Liquid Knight

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182 months

Tuesday 14th February 2012
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I'll have some better photo's on Thursday. smile

Liquid Knight

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Wednesday 15th February 2012
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Worlds fastest Panda eh?

http://sucksqueezebangblow-juice.blogspot.com/2010...

I wonder if Andy would lend me some bits? scratchchin

Liquid Knight

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Thursday 16th February 2012
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Legacy of the Invisible Car....



... hehe

I have a few jobs to do and I'll take some daylight photo's of the car later. wink

http://thumbsnap.com/L5mzxNnH

Either Thumbsnap doesn't support Opera users or the green is too bright for the Pistonheads servers to handle. wink


edited to try in vain to get the photo up


Edited by Liquid Knight on Thursday 16th February 09:25

Papa Hotel

12,760 posts

181 months

Thursday 16th February 2012
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Careful with those photo's, you'll end up in the apostrophe thread. wink

Liquid Knight

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Thursday 16th February 2012
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I had a look at setting up my own thumbsnap account but it want's me to join twitter first. rolleyes

I'd rather use censored crayons than join that I.Q draining, popularity contest with delusions of grandure. furious

I've switched back to Windows Explorer and renamed the photo to see if it's an Opera issue...



...nope it hasn't worked again. frown


Liquid Knight

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Thursday 16th February 2012
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So here in glorious Thumbsnapnecolour is my Panda.









So in the cold light of day she's a bit of a shed. rolleyes

The usual rust spots...







...nothing to worry about.

Also showing signs of the cars age...

...bent rear bumper (invisible car syndrome)...



...had a look underneath to see if the braket was salvagable...



...and found more rust. wink

Whatever cracked the headlight...



..also broke the grille. Possibly a Pheasant or Grouse. A very unique Tartan interior...



...most important I managed to get the heater working. The contact points of the switch were dry. I'll give the car a wash and tidy up tomorrow as it's half term and I have been distracted by little people today. wink

Liquid Knight

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Thursday 16th February 2012
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Bloody Hell I found it! woohoo

http://www.scotlandshop.com/tartan.aspx/Campbell-O...




Handy on case I need a re-trim eh? wink

LukeSi

5,753 posts

160 months

Thursday 16th February 2012
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That colour makes me want to puke frown

Mr2Mike

20,143 posts

254 months

Thursday 16th February 2012
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Mmmm...(spear)minty!

Liquid Knight

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Thursday 16th February 2012
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LukeSi said:
That colour makes me want to puke frown
So how about...








0a

23,879 posts

193 months

Friday 17th February 2012
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I hope you don't mind me saying that's an epically crap car, it's brilliant!

Liquid Knight

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Friday 17th February 2012
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0a said:
I hope you don't mind me saying that's an epically crap car, it's brilliant!
So bad it's brilliant? They do say the car you drive is a reflection of your personality. At least Panda's are cool compared to a Rover 213S.

Liquid Knight

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Saturday 18th February 2012
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First day out in the Panda today. I'd forgotten how ropey narrow tyres are. wink £71.50 to rent the car from the DVLA for six months and half a tank of Tesco's finest Petrol for £20! rolleyes (when I had my first Panda in 1998 it was £20 per tank). Gave the car a good clean and installed a decent stereo.

There's a PPC run what you brung day at Santa Pod at the end of March. Do I take the car as standard or start modification right away as the £999 Challenge is in June and I'll be pressed for time?

Edited by Liquid Knight on Saturday 18th February 16:16

Liquid Knight

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Saturday 18th February 2012
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Gratuitous washed car today photo'....



... £300 very well spent. bow

rm89

348 posts

176 months

Sunday 19th February 2012
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That interior is epically brilliant.

I want this lots.

Liquid Knight

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Monday 20th February 2012
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Had a "Panda" moment today. On the way home I noticed the driver side headlight was dimmer than the passenger side. Now because my car is an early 1988 model (registered February 26th 1988 so could well be a 1987 model that was in stock) it still has the Lucas LLB012 H4 headlight bulbs. 1988 was the transition year for the headlights being upgraded to the three pin and spring type so a later one could have the bulbs upgraded a lot easier. So thinking the bulb was on it's way out and not having a spare I reluctantly had a look. Both bulbs were like new. Hmmmm, cleaned the terminals and it made no difference either. There was an old connector block on the harness so the headlights would flash when the alarm was set off. This was on main beam so it couldn't be that. Cleaned the inside of the lens and reflector, again no difference. So I followed the harness to the body earth on the passenger side, sprayed it with WD40 and wobbled the connectors about until both lights were bright again. wink

Ordered a pair of bulbs as a back up and dug my driving lamps out of my shed.

Liquid Knight

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Tuesday 21st February 2012
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Rev' limiter removed...



wink

Time for some product testing...



...drier than the real deal, orange is a bit flat but the chocolate is nice and has that bitter after taste to it. 6.5/10

Liquid Knight

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Friday 24th February 2012
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Anyone else want to have some fun?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fiat-panda-1000-CLX-1995...

The interior's even better than mine. hehe

Liquid Knight

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Friday 24th February 2012
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So the plan for the weekend...

Saturday

Take the bumpers off
Straighten out the bumper brackets
Replace the road runner horn with a Fiat Coupe one
Fit the driving lights from my Cinquecento
Weld a patch near the rear valance I spotted the other day

Sunday

Have a look at the brakes to see if the Punto GT ones will be a straight swap or if I'll need to swap hubs or fabricate brackets. I'm looking a floor mounted pedal box so I can have two master cylinders moving the extra fluid required.