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The V8 Panda...

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:31 pm
by Henry
Starting a new build thread now :)

This is my latest build, and the biggest i have ever undertaken. Im not doing it Alone, A good friend of mine is also helping :smokin:

The build consist of :

1992 Discovery chassis

1986 Fiat Panda Sisley (originally a 4x4)

1979 Rover v8 and manual gear box.

Along with a few other bits hear and there.




So first i got all the parts (that where spread over three locations) together.


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Chassis pushed into the workshop.


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Followed by the removal of the fuel tank for a quick gas axe session :twisted:

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Re: The V8 Panda...

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:36 pm
by twiss
Sounds like a very amusing project... please make it road legal :D

Gas axe rules ;)

Re: The V8 Panda...

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:47 pm
by Henry
Gas axe never fails :horse:

Sadly will never see the road, chassis chop :|

Re: The V8 Panda...

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:54 pm
by twiss
Yeah you can get it SVA'd... it would be worth it for a 4x4 V8 panda :D

Re: The V8 Panda...

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:25 pm
by Edweird
I agree. Get it road legal. You could make people jump at traffic lights with that thing, and then they'd go crying back to mummy because the Citroen Saxo lost to an old Panda :lol:

Re: The V8 Panda...

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 12:00 pm
by Henry
Had a spare hour this morning, too wet to do anything else!

I have started by cutting 10" out of the chassis. I will then tac it together and drop the body on to see how it looks. I dont want to go to short just yet, but i want to make sure that the tires dont bind on the front bulk head.

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Re: The V8 Panda...

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 12:49 pm
by ScottieJ
looking good Henry, this is going to be the fattest panda 4x4 i've ever seen I think :smokin:

hope ya don't mind but i might move it into another section though as there isn't much sammy on it anymore :lol:

Re: The V8 Panda...

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:35 pm
by Henry
I know, it has drifted from the Suzuki side of things! :mrgreen:


Hopefully i will get some sort of suzuki bits in there... Maybe my spare Rock Lobster behind the rangerover t box? :twisted: Super low! :whip:

Re: The V8 Panda...

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:57 pm
by ScottieJ
:lol: :lol: the rear prop would end up about 2" long :lol:

Re: The V8 Panda...

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:24 pm
by parrotveasey81
this is going to be one sweet pandrover :smokin:
what size tyre's are you going to be running :?: