Anyone familiar with this buggy??updated

[WillyThickfoot]

I am restoring an electric Panda buggy and am looking for a couple parts. Any of you guys own one of these cars?

[kaiser]

panda's are cool. i never had one though.
i know there's some guys on tamiya club that have some.

[WillyThickfoot]

Cool but very weak front end. I do have an add on tamiya club too.

[purpletimbo]

If any of the Panda TC or SC truck parts fit I have a few bagged if you have part numbers?

[WillyThickfoot]

I need the shock tower for this one.

[RedScampi]

Willy I have one of those new built. Rather toylike but certainly different!

[WillyThickfoot]

Thats awsome! I never planned on restoring this car but My dad got it for me many years ago and I lost him in july so been wanting to bring it back to it origional condition.

[Diggley]

I don't recall seeing too many Pandas back in the late eighties/early 90's, they were pretty rare around here.

They made a Danny Thompson S-10 stadium truck (that actually looked like a stadium truck) years ago. I loved the body on that one.

If I'm not mistaken, they used the same chassis design on the buggy & the Dale Earnhart Monte-Carlo.

The chassis was pretty toyish, but the tires on the truck & stock car were pretty scale.

The only thing Panda I've got is a set of tires from the Monte that fit perfect on my Cox VW Baja & a couple shocks.

[WillyThickfoot]

The A arms and tower stink on this car.Broke many parts. This thing will never see dirt again.All I need is that elusive tower.I put some losi shocks on the rear,fits and looks good.Still need to fit something for the fronts. If I didnt hit anything i had alot of fun with this buggy.Put a ton of screws in the rear tires from the inside and had a blast in the winters.

[RedScampi]

When i got mine it was NIB but missing the shock tower too. I found it on ebay though for cheap. Keep looking, it's out there!

[purpletimbo]

I have a Danny Thompson and my friend had a matching Micky Thompson, much rarer still, I have had 2 Dannys only ever seen one Micky, and they did a 1/8 Testarossa on the same chassis, I have aNIB one in storage.

[WillyThickfoot]

When i got mine it was NIB but missing the shock tower too. I found it on ebay though for cheap. Keep looking, it's out there!

Thought you were about to say...Got one for ya Dave!!!! Thats the one I need. From what i have learned online, alot of the panda units use the same front tower.

[Mr. ED]

ebay germany allways seems to have a couple listed as Graupner Pinto.
The cyclone is basically the same but with a nicer body.. and who doesn't want a nicer body

[RC10Talk]

sent you a reply Dave on ClodTalk.com. I got what you need but used. Looks like your missing the red chassis cover too. Not sure if that came on the buggies.

[proffesso]

how rare are these? ive been after one for years :/ im guessing they never came out in japan