Vin Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 There is also a little update on the Fiorino engine... I don't have any pictures, but the cleaned up pistons are now back in the block. They were fitted with new piston rings and new end bearings. I also fitted the new crankshaft seals. I cleaned and refiited the oil pump and oil pick-up pipe. Cleaned and painted the sump with POR-15 and assembled with a new gasket... Mrs6C, Spottedlaurel, Broadsword and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 I'm not sure how I've missed this before. Good work on the Panda, I reckon most would have just stripped it for spares, which would have been a shame. Props for dailying the 45, I can't remember the last time I saw a MK1 Panda on the road, probably the late '80's! Fergie, as in Ferguson tractor? Tell us more please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnside Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Bravo Vin ! Well done for getting stuck in and changing the Panda quarter panel & sill on the driveway. Also nice to see some progress on the Fiorino Van engine too. I'm sure I've mention this before on AS, but my Brother 1st Car was a 89 G reg Panda 750L. Honestly one of the best small cars I've driven. We liked it so much my Sister had a last of line 95 M reg 1000 CLX as her 1st car. Wish we still had them seeing yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Excellent work Vin. Wish I could do it. Probably mentioned before that I drove an I scream one back in 76. With the high top and a head wind there was no need for brakes. Off the gas, stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skut Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 9 hours ago, Vin said: Loving the sparkle stick action. I'm currently doing something similar with the largely identical Y10. Do you reckon temporary bracing is unnecessary. I don't do bracing due to time/money and it just never seems to bother the Y10 unduly to hack chunks out of its structure. Also how do you deal with exploding seams where the metal is still present and solid but rust is pushing it apart? Just use extreme prejudice and chop it out anyway or attempt to clean it out using chemical or mechanical means. I was thinking of that seam at the top of the picture where that triangular floor piece joins the inner wing. Shirley Knott and theshadow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Great work Vin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Very impressive and thorough work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Skut said: Loving the sparkle stick action. I'm currently doing something similar with the largely identical Y10. Do you reckon temporary bracing is unnecessary. I don't do bracing due to time/money and it just never seems to bother the Y10 unduly to hack chunks out of its structure. Also how do you deal with exploding seams where the metal is still present and solid but rust is pushing it apart? Just use extreme prejudice and chop it out anyway or attempt to clean it out using chemical or mechanical means. I was thinking of that seam at the top of the picture where that triangular floor piece joins the inner wing. I haven't used bracing, but I do try to deal with one section, complete it and start on the next. For instance I made sure the inner sills were back to strength before chopping about the back sections. Where the seams are exploding, for example in the arch where the boot floor meets the inner wing and chassis rail (the two pics below), I bite the bullet and chop it out, with a dremel in this case as it's easier to get in. I then make repair sections, in this case two pieces, a floor section and then a wing section. As regards the triangular section you referenced, in my case it is solid and the seam is OK, the rust on the section is surface which I ground off with a cup brush and a dremel to get into the corners. I then put converust and painted with POR-15. There was actually a little bit above the triangular section on the seam, which I dremeled out and you can see in the below picture where I welded in a patch and ground the welds down. Top left 1/4 of the picture. theshadow, Burnside, mk2_craig and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 I was going to post here, out of not knowing where better to:- “FREE COME AND TAKE IT” local Facebook ad last week. However, at the metals yard this morning:- Too freaking late then. As a consolation prize I might be able to get some bits salvaged - need anything? Would have to be early on Monday morning as I think it’ll be in the baler shortly afterwards. Austat, BlankFrank, Burnside and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 Very sad about the Jersey Panda...? I've been driving this about for a few weeks now, so I thought I better update with a few pictures from the back end of Summer... mk2_craig, BorniteIdentity, spartacus and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 dare ask why wernt the doors painted same time as the rest>? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 You may dare...? Both the doors that were on it, one original, one replacement circa 2006, were both absolutely rotten. The bottoms were full of wob, mesh and glassfibre, that I put there over the years.... The green doors are 100% better than what was there, but they are not perfect, so I didn't think it worth going to the effort of painting, as I will have to do work on the passenger door at some point in the future. I have a brand new drivers door in primer and bubble wrap in a lock-up, so that is not such a concern. I got the doors from a scrapyard circa 1995, from a 6 month old malta green Panda CLX that had been crashed by a pensioner. I got the boot lid too. I put them on my daily driver at the time and then kept them when that Panda died circa 1998, so they have been in a shed since then... BorniteIdentity, Spottedlaurel, mk2_craig and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Seeing that has possibly* fired me up to do something on my Panda very soon, stirling work, it looks good for an outside paint job, nice one. Do you have a fair stash of spares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Looks brilliant Vin. As every year goes by those Pandas look more lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 On 12/17/2019 at 8:30 PM, stuboy said: dare ask why wernt the doors painted same time as the rest>? I just like the way the doors are ever so slightly out of line with the rest of the body ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 How about an update then?? It's about fuckin time, you say... OK. It's probably not what you were expecting... Right. Fiorino engine has progressed, no pictures to hand though. Will be eventually. 1947 Ferguson TE20 tractor. This is now mine after I bought it off my Step-mum. All is not lost though, as she bought back (from my mate) her Dad's 1949 Ferguson TED20, and has paid him to re-comission it. Should be ready in the next few weeks... Now, my update relates to the 'lockdown'.... I've been working from home and haven't left my village in North Lincolnshire for nearing 5 weeks... This means my daily driver Fiat Marea hasn't gone anywhere. I was aware it needed 'de-rusting' as it was mentioned that it was getting crusty at the last MOT.... No use of the Marea and more hours to mess about, meant let's get it sorted... Basically, the upshot was, there were quite a few holes in the boot including the common Marea rot spots. The rear right footwell has suffered too. There was loads of rot around a 2017 MOT weld patch. I've kept the patch as the welding is solid. I've just trimmed out the rotten floor from underneath the patch with my dremel. I've cut out and welded in repairs for the rotten sections. Boot floor... Repairs welded in. Rear right footwell and floor, before and after... Now, after further investigation with a screwdriver and my dremel grinder, I found out (I had suspected this was the case for a while...) that the inner wheelarch was fucked. This is only accessible from below with your head in the arch, so was going to be a ballache to repair. I actually ordered some more P40 glassfibre and mesh (I do now have it), but I couldn't go through with actually using it... SO....I, bit the bullet and cut the wheeltub out, which needs repairing anyway, but can be done on the bench, and welded back in after... I have actually cut out the rot and welded in new metal, but I will take some more pics as I carry on... So, there you go. I guess that's an unexpected 'Lockdown restoration'. To be fair, if anyone told me in January, that by April I'd be cutting loads of shite out my daily, because it wasn't a daily anymore, I'd have told them to do one... timolloyd, 406V6, aldo135 and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Not many Mareas getting that much love. mk2_craig, paulplom and Vin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skut Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Great work. I was taken for a spin in a 5 pot one of these and came away impressed. Vin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Excellent. One good thing to come from this covid shit is, loads of our cars are getting attention. I would imagine come mot time, the marea would have been binned. Vin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theshadow Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 great work,love abit of welding work.. Vin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikkehemaworst Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Just binge read your whole thread. Epic stuff... Thanks... Vin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 Ive been persevering with this for the past month or so. I ended up doing the other wheel tub and arch as well, plus I had to fabricate a new fuel pipe mount. It's actually all back together now, seam sealed, the underside painted in POR 15 and undersealed. The interior is now all leather cleaned and back in. I ended up taking the towbar off as well, due to making a couple of holes in the vicinity of the MOT no no area. I cut them out and welded in new metal. The towbar was painted in POR 15 and reinstated. I'm just waiting on some chimney nuts, so I can put the right rear quarter/bumper back on... Honey Badger, Angrydicky, timolloyd and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 Ive also been doing a bit of Fiorino work. Stripped the engine bay and painted it in preparation for when the engine goes back in... The Old Bloke Next Door, Asimo, Honey Badger and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Sterling work, M8 - hats off to you ? LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Top welding and fabrication skillz! What a war that looks like, just goes to show how rampant rot can be quietly spreading behind a tidy exterior. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Great thread, thanks for taking pics and sharing, it’s a faff doing that when you want to crack on with the work I guess. The van is particularly cool. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 The daily's surgery escalated quite a bit there but you made a nice tidy job of that. It is quite amazing what lurks underneath a tiny bleb that I certainly can't seem to leave alone. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 Yes, there was no way I would have been able to make any sort of decent job without removing the wheel tubs. It then also made their repair easier as it could be done on the bench. LightBulbFun and Tickman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Chocolate Teapot Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Well done. That is amazing to see fiats getting this much love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 19 hours ago, Vin said: Outstanding. Country Crisp seems to sum it all up, really. Kringle, LightBulbFun, Angrydicky and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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