Panda 4x4...........hardcore

[jamieandthemagictorch]

Thinking of getting myself a silly project...........& I'm always getting a bollocking for getting my parents 4x4 filthy.

Panda 4x4

anyone know anything about these, & can they be made into a 1/2 decent offroader ?

could I squeeze a fiat 2.0 twin cam lump in there / or maybe even an Uno turbo lump & jack the ting up with some big nobblies.

[Benmarina16v]

I found a bit of history about it:

Panda History

And a few piccies!

[Panda Matt]

The one i nearly bought was being used as a spares car for a guy who used to take his trialling, up in north yorks somewhere.

The FWD ones go pretty much anywhere you point them anyway...


(edit...Ben, could you shorten that link? put
[ url=webaddress ]Panda History [ /url]
without the spaces, and that should shrink it-
Ta, Matt)

[WillCarter]

Me and my mate have been thinking about doing the very same project with the Uno Turbo lump, would be way cool imo.

[Benmarina16v]

They would make an interesting project car!!



PS Thanks Matt!

[Pillock]

there was summat in Retro Cars about them... apparently the engine turns the opposite way to 'normal' so there's limited options for straight swaps. I gotta say thought i think they're VERY cool.... great for parking in Tesco's flowerbeds

[jamieandthemagictorch]

hmm that could be a curse word, just sent an e-mail off to a guy from the Autobianchi club to find out.

[igbandy]

panda 4x4`s make quite a good lill off roader as they are light, and the running gear is steyr daimler puch, so is fairly high quality. If you do get one, and do Anything to the curse word poor lighting please install relays for the normal headlights, as all the power goes thru the main switch! and can course lots of problems.

[Revolution 9]

So if you change the engine then some major reworking of the transmission is in order as well then since few gearboxes are designed to turn that way? What about a Subaru Justy engine and box then, they're small 4x4s as well, and are surprisingly nippy, and you could always use the axles if you were really stuck for transmissions that would work. Plus it's a physically small engine so it'll go into a Panda no bother I reckon.

[Panda Matt]

Did anyone see the Fiat Panda 4x4 in the papers today? Apparently Mrs (tory leader) Howard has one... well had one until a bunch of vandals destroyed it
not for the squeamish

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Perhaps she’ll think twice about marrying any more Tories after that.

[penski]

Don't Honda VTEC engines also turn the wrong way?

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[Mr_Bo11ox]

I imagine if you souped up a panda 4x4, it would explode like a taiwanese alarm clock with a tinny twanging noise and loads of springs and brackets flying everywhere like on ‘Road Runner’!!!

[Shortcut]

maybe the bbc could put an external link to this thread on that story!!

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