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Last weekend I went to an informal Panda weekend with the emphasis on 4x4 as there was a bit of off-roading involved...

 

It was in Staffordshire. I took my 4x4 Sisley and my Panda tent and slept in that...

 

I headed over to Leek from Leeds via Holmfirth, Glossop and Buxton...

 

Friday tea time on top of Holm Moss...

 

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Got there and set up my accommodation...

 

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Here are some of the other attendees. I didn't get all of them...

 

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Early MK1 4x4. Richard Gunn from Classic Car Weekly accompanied us for the weekend. He spent the time as passenger in this...

 

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I didn't get much of the 'off-roading' - only these...

 

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Richard's 205

 

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I was second car up this and the Sisley made it up no problem...lots of clattering and banging from underneath mind...

 

I lifted this off Fiatforum...the terrain and the Panda cross...

 

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Here is some video taken by one of the lads...note comment around 3 minute mark..."He's not fucking about is he" . Quite. :-D :-D :-D

 

dollywobbler Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Fantastic. What a great event. I think we need another Shiteroading experience. Though perhaps with low ratio gearboxes...

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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It must have been a right old laugh. It actually prompted me to check on my dad's old Panda 4x4 on the DVLA web site. Tax due: 30 December 1993 :(

Vin Rank: Renault 16

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Epic!   Did you break anything, though?  

 

No, I didn't. When I was going up I thought I would!!!!...but checked underneath and all was fine... :-D :-D

 

It was great fun :-D :-D

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I loved my Mk1 4x4 Panda, never really went off-road as such, although the unmade lane down to where I lived at the time probably counted. It never let me down apart from getting crud in the carb just after I bought it (the seller had not left enough fuel in it to get to a petrol station) and the time the distributor came loose. Unfortunately it was getting quite crusty around the edges and I replaced it with a Land Rover Series 1, as my get me out in the snow car. The Panda did live on for a while as the wife of the person who I bought the Land Rover off took a liking to it and they took it off me as part of the deal. The hammock rear seat was a favourite of my German Shepherd who regularly travelled with me.

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Vin Rank: Renault 16

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As LP says, first gear is very low. It has a 5 speed box, but 2,3,4 & 5 are essentially 1,2,3 & 4...

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Dick Cheeseburger Rank: Talbot Tagora

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That looks great fun. How does the tent work - do you half lie in the car or summat? Seeing all the Pandi gaggling in one place makes me wonder how many there are left. Not seen one on the road for ages. I did spot a minty mint Bo Selecta version for sale on the blue forum a few days back - it honestly looked like a museum piece. Only about 2.5k iirc. Are there even any mk1s left? Didn't they start at about X reg?

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Tent is really designed for the MK1 (pre March 86) with the hammock seats or the MK2 750L (same seats). The seats all fold down into a double bed and curtains for the car come with the tent. With the 4x4 you can't put the seats into a bed, so I slept in the tent. Tent zips up when you drive away...

 

My tent has paperwork saying it was from 1982. It was an official Fiat accessory. Paperwork says it was made by Gottschalk of West Germany...

 

I have one of the last MK1 that came with Uno wheels, my 45CL...There are earlier ones about...

 

Here is an X plate one from Autoitalia at Stanford Hall last year...

 

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Dick Cheeseburger Rank: Talbot Tagora

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Great period accessory, for sure. Mk1 looks tidy - can't be many others out there.

barefoot Rank: Lancia Gamma

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I have mixed memories of Panda's, the bouncy clutch of the OHV 903 loan car, the tinny, tinkly noise of the 750 FIRE Greek holiday hire and my almost blind mate Terry whose wife's Sisley he dropped from 5th to second to negotiate a fast bend!

 

Looks like bouncy fun.

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Here is some video taken by one of the lads...note comment around 3 minute mark..."He's not fucking about is he" . Quite. :-D :-D :-D

 

 

Momentum is everything, screw all that dicking about in low box in a Landy :D

sheffcortinacentre Rank: Lancia Gamma

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my mate Richard brown was a big panda (esp 4x4) guy, he would've loved this.

his best resto on a silver 4x4 is now in a museum in the states.

that blue Sisley reminds me of the one he had when he died, amongst the many pieces of memorabilia he also had one of those tents.

at one point he had an Xreg mk1 that we rescued from a scrapyard in Sheffield,

he really wanted one of the handful of W reg ones (very rare even when new).

Bear Rank: Isuzu Florian

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See the new Panda 4x4? See the JOY of bloody viscous centre differentials on modern AWD setups. Miss my old proper FIRE 4x4, twin sunroofs and it was pretty much unstoppable - 60mph in blizzards across remote Scottish roads, flying about everywhere in it, shifting brutally on the fly into 4x4 when tarmac/snow crossed. They are one of the best small 4x4s ever made, really.

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A (proper) Panda 4x4 is very very high on my "want" list - but sadly probably way outside what I could realistically afford to buy now to run as a daily second motor.

 

The new ones dont quite do it for me.

Timewaster Rank: Isuzu Florian

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What sort of reception did the new panda get?

 

I've been to mini events where BINI drivers are treated like lepers.

Eddie Honda Rank: Lancia Gamma

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Tent is really designed for the MK1 (pre March 86) with the hammock seats or the MK2 750L (same seats). The seats all fold down into a double bed and curtains for the car come with the tent. With the 4x4 you can't put the seats into a bed, so I slept in the tent. Tent zips up when you drive away...

 

My tent has paperwork saying it was from 1982. It was an official Fiat accessory. Paperwork says it was made by Gottschalk of West Germany...

 

When I first saw this porch on the back, I thought it was a Caranex. http://www.caranex.com/

skattrd Rank: Lancia Gamma

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That looks like a great weekend. I ended up with my  first kei due to the price of Panda 4x4s, I still want one and the Panda tent is gr37.

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Here is an X plate one from Autoitalia at Stanford Hall last year...

 

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Doesn't MrSteve on here have one like that?

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