02/11/2025
Republic Riverniciatura:
After having a very minor disagreement with another vehicle, this 1991 Panda 1000 Super was scheduled in for some minor repairs on a couple of panels.
However, as always in the world of classic car restoration, things got complicated.
This time, trying to match the original faded Nautico Blue paint just wouldn't happen so, with there being the start of some rust in the door bottoms, the obvious answer became to paint the whole car, glass out and repair the door bottoms.
Yes, genuinely the only rust on the entire vehicle were the bubbling on the doors, everything else was as new!
So, once new metal had been let into the door, prepping, priming and paint followed.
The Super model sports a satin black finish around the glass and B pillars so this had to be carefully reinstated afterwards.
The other complication with painting the whole car was the unique 'shadow' decal on the boot lid would have to be destroyed and new items are no longer available.
Luckily, a replacement vinyl sticker was made for us using the dimensions of the original and you genuinely can't tell the difference.
A couple of new trims and badges supported the finished result but one very shiny Panda has now been released back into the wild!
