A Fiat Panda 4x4 is Born

It's finally in the Garage, been a long time coming, but it is in and work has started already. Videos will be released in the coming weeks, so keep an eye on our channel for those.

The Hobbit is getting rather excited, the fact that she can have her dream car on the road and in tip top shape, is keeping me going on this project.

We had already sourced a lot of the parts required, this is most of them in the picture above. But as in all old car restorations you always come across parts that need changing, and parts that we don't have. So a bit of time as been spent online trying to source parts for a 1987 car, it has been fairly straight forward as most parts are readily available.

The thing that we have going for us, is that the car is super basic. Even though it is four wheel drive, the system is very old school and easy to work on. There is plenty of room under the bonnet for you to work, apart from the steering rack which is tucked behind the engine and I do have some jobs to do on that.
Most of the jobs under the bonnet have been done, Timing belt & water pump, electronic ignition and headlights have all been changed. Will be doing an engine and gearbox oil change at some point, but I am concentrating on the suspension and brakes at the moment.

So if you are at all interested in our little Panda project and you want to find out more, then please click the link below to see what we have done so far.

A Fiat Panda 4x4 is Born

That's it for this installment of 'A Fiat Panda 4x4 is Born'.
Hopefully you are enjoying the content, and will come back to see how we are getting on.

So for now, take care and from Ben's Garage it's 'Bye For Now'.