1961 Panhard PL 17 New Ride

[chris3]

It will certainly add a different dimension to the experience - not that the Panhard was lacking in character. Not so sure about the fuel consumption - I've always found the Alfa Boxer to only encourage spirited driving! Have fun.

[Mystery Machine]

Jul 5, 2013 18:48:15 GMT Zagato said:

Jul 5, 2013 17:45:36 GMT grizz said:

Nice car.

VTR Transplant?

I am sure there is one out there already.

Yep that will be Andy Saunders one. It was mentioned on page 1.

Nov 28, 2012 13:44:20 GMT simonc said:

Seen this?

www.andysaunderskustoms.co.uk/details/cars/96/Panhard

Nice but I don't want to chop it around that much.

I am keeping the stock wheels and tyre sizes. Just lowering a tad.

Even sticking with the drum brakes on this one so didn't want to go mad on the bhp front.

Nick

Keep an eye out in Retro Cars Magazine for more details on it.

[Zagato]

I have lots of shallow dents in the very flimsy roof of this Panhard.

It would be nice to add a steel sliding sunroof for the front seat passengers and get rid of some dents at the same time.

Anybody know a curved roof donor that doesn't cost the earth to buy?

Thinking along Type 3 VW lines but they are quite rare, am I missing something more common?

I don't want a cloth one they are naff, had a Tudor/Webasto one in my classic Mini years ago. That would spoil the lines of this to my eye.

Thanks
Nick

[Zagato]

Hi,

I did some more to the Panhard at the weekend.

This is the second mock up of the engine, only this time it is bolted to the Alfa 33 5 speed box which is sitting inside the Panhard subframe!

Good progress. The Subfame had to be stretched 2 cm in height to get the box in. The axle centerline is perfect. Exactly where the Panhard one was.

That pushes the engine back a fair bit, I now have 15 cm between cambelt housing and the bumper, lots of space for a wide and low radiator.

I am not going to add or enlarge the small openings in the nose, hoping an over dimensioned radiator will compensate for that?

Currently looking at Jeep Cherokee radiators intended for a 4.0L engine, nice and low and very wide, large capacity too.





This is the gearbox mount I made which picks up on the top leaf spring mount, you can see it behind the air filter in the first shot.



Couldn't resist showing this virtual rendering of a Panhard van. Beats a VW split for coolness anyday!



Nick

[stonio]

New running gear but keep the patina it takes years to look that good..& that van above looks like something from the Loyds bank advert awesome...

[joostvdw]

Loving this car! Keep up the work and updates

As for the radiator, fitting a large one from lets say a cherokee is a good idea to compensate for the small air intakes. But fitting a shroud and some strong cooling fans will be better, maybe even necessary.

I'm always amazed at how well my DS keeps cool with the radiator completely out of the air flow. It has a horizontal air intake below the bumper with a large cambelt driven fan sucking through the radiator and well fitting shroud. Of course it's a 3 row copper radiator the size of a dining table, but it's also a very inefficient old engine running on LPG

[dikkehemaworst]

zagato , you still have this?

[Zagato]

No l sold it 4 or 5 years ago when l relocated back to the UK.