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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 05:39 PM
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Default PANDA POWER REAR ENGINED probaly going to sell the panda any one intrested???????????

ok not many people like this car and yes befor you say it some one has cut the roof off but i picked it up owing me about £600 so cant be all bad my planes so far are to get it running (not on mfi i mite add) fined a roof tidy it up a bit and go from there at some stage im going to extent the caged bit at the back to add a bit more structial strenth as it is a panda

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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 05:44 PM
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Haha I remember seeing this forsale ages ago!! What happened to the roof? Bet its a laugh!
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 05:45 PM
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 05:48 PM
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Haha I remember seeing this forsale ages ago!! What happened to the roof? Bet its a laugh!
the person i bort it off was going to remove the engine and put it in some think else i hope it will be a lauth i told my boss that he has got to mot it for me he gave me the strangest look
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 05:59 PM
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Seen this about down southend a few times, seemed to go well
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 05:59 PM
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adapt the cage and make it into a pick up think of all that weight your saving with the roof of cars dont come much lighter than pandas lol
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 06:01 PM
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I took a quick look at that first pic and thought it had some old mountain bike nailed in the back
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 06:27 PM
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jesus what he take the roof off with... a can opener?

should be wicked when its on the road!
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 06:32 PM
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thats well funny,get it looking as close to a panda as poss and blast it around the track,anoying scoobies!
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by F**edFord89
jesus what he take the roof off with... a can opener?

should be wicked when its on the road!
looks like he used a junier hack saw (spelling?)
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by bailey1
adapt the cage and make it into a pick up think of all that weight your saving with the roof of cars dont come much lighter than pandas lol
thats what i was thinking but then what if it rains
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Tenpenny
thats well funny,get it looking as close to a panda as poss and blast it around the track,anoying scoobies!
dont think it would be much good round the track the rear wheels look like they are towing in about 10mm i rember chip saying he had to do the same with his nova to get it to drive half decient
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 06:55 PM
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I took a quick look at that first pic and thought it had some old mountain bike nailed in the back
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 07:00 PM
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i think you should make it a pick up clarke lol, i honestly couldnt believe how light this car was, it will be an animal
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 07:01 PM
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Well if all else fails u can use it as a prop in the flame out comp at USC! I hope you are representing again this year!!
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 07:02 PM
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Well if all else fails u can use it as a prop in the flame out comp at USC! I hope you are representing again this year!!
yea im defantly going to enter agan hopfully win agan as well i would use the panda but there is not enouth room for what ive got planed this time
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I secretely love this car. Only cos Iam blatantely goign to put loads of time into helping you and then buy it after
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Tack an old roof on the back, set of deep dish euro rims and a respray in that new lime green focus RS colour, sorted
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he has to see it through 1st si lol, i wanted to see the fez finished too lol
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by rst in breaking
i think you should make it a pick up clarke lol, i honestly couldnt believe how light this car was, it will be an animal
but what if it rains
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by XRT_si
I secretely love this car. Only cos Iam blatantely goign to put loads of time into helping you and then buy it after
you have got first offer lol
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by MrCapriScort
Tack an old roof on the back, set of deep dish euro rims and a respray in that new lime green focus RS colour, sorted
lol photo shop any one
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by clarke5700
but what if it rains
donmt worry about that, think of the biger picture lol, lighter, faster, and convertable
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Awww that car brings back memories. The roof came off with and angle grinder till they ran out of discs. Then they used air tin snips and hacked it off. Took 5 people nearly 2 hours if i remember correctly to get the roof off.
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cool idea mate, but it does look like an awful lot of the work will need re doing, or starting again
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A Lepu design, in his early days..

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Originally Posted by Fletch cos
Awww that car brings back memories. The roof came off with and angle grinder till they ran out of discs. Then they used air tin snips and hacked it off. Took 5 people nearly 2 hours if i remember correctly to get the roof off.
looked like they used a bolster chisel lol
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Originally Posted by doctor stavros
cool idea mate, but it does look like an awful lot of the work will need re doing, or starting again
hence the need for a thred
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Fletch cos
Awww that car brings back memories. The roof came off with and angle grinder till they ran out of discs. Then they used air tin snips and hacked it off. Took 5 people nearly 2 hours if i remember correctly to get the roof off.
2 hours
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Originally Posted by focusv8
A Lepu design, in his early days..

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any pics?
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Now that is a shed.

Clarke you're a brave man for buying that and letting other people know.

What were you thinking?
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Originally Posted by TurboShed
Now that is a shed.

Clarke you're a brave man for buying that and letting other people know.

What were you thinking?
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by TurboShed
Now that is a shed.

Clarke you're a brave man for buying that and letting other people know.

What were you thinking?
was up for a lauth i gess not realy to bovered what peeps think its my car so lol
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bet its pretty quick
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by boothy
bet its pretty quick
its light i no that much atm lol
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my first impresion was pick up thats wot id b doin 2 it.
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by clarke5700
its light i no that much atm lol
stupidly light mate, i was truely shocked when we oushed it up the hill on your drive lol
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Originally Posted by rs_traynor
my first impresion was pick up thats wot id b doin 2 it.
id be looking the same then its 'his' car instead of the one everyone knows
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 07:46 PM
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ok you lot convinsed me its going to be a pick up lol (only because i cant fined a cheep panda to chop the roof off lol
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goos man lol, no probs with cold air feed either now lol
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