Ok, so the clip is 4 years old, I still enjoyed it and would like to say "Hats off" I do remember 1963 very well, Edith Piaf died and my gym teacher traded in his Renault Ondine for a Panhard. We all had a ride in it. Panhard's did sell in the Netherlands, not in huge amounts, but enough to see them daily in my home town Hilversum. What a job this has been, you deserved the prices you've got. Hope you are still enjoying the car. Myself, having one foot in the grave, am still enjoying driving my Citroën CX here in Vancouver Canada, we do rust together. Thanks John, Bas.

@trojan175

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bas, it sounds like we might be a similar age.I was 13, had just started casual work in a friends garage. It would be two years before I saw my first Panhard. Keep safe John

Having seen this car in the metal many times, and indeed having travelled in it a couple of years ago, I consider this to be one of the best home restorations I’ve ever seen.

@trojan175

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Pete, it’s really nice of you to say so.

Enhorabuena. Por tu paciencia, Por tu bien hacer. Por la ilusión y por concluir tu proyecto. Saludos Cordiales. F. Brodín. Valencia-España.

hehe c'est magnifique de regarder une très belle réstauration avec de la belle musique . c'est reposant ....bon travail

Love Charles Trent there half way through and love all those Panhards 👌

Amazing Restoration. Well Done.. 👍

@trojan175

Жыл бұрын

Thank Matthew, check out Restoration of a 24 bt, also Nightfall Drives. John

Meticulous mechanical metamorphosis👍👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Living her in the US, I just learned about Panhards a few weeks ago I was doing some research and found your video. It was truly enjoyable and I learned a bit more about the make up of these unique vehicles. Congrats to you on a job well done and happy motoring!

@trojan175

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry Joseph posted my reply in the wrong place😀😀

Beautiful job, John! I'm very, very impressed by what you've accomplished. I had a 1960 for 21 years and know a lot of the nooks and crannies too, the joys and heartaches. I hope you drive it frequently and enjoy every mile.

@trojan175

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul, thanks for your kind comments. Yes I do use it all year and she still looks as good almost 4years down the line. Still going well, no breakdowns and she does attract a lot of interest at shows, being so rare. Ownership is addictive and it's such fun to drive!

C'est une très belle restauration ... Bravo ! . Merci pour le partage ....

bravo chapeau

Super travail. La musique du film de Jacques Tati colle parfaitement à cette petite pan pan. Mon rêve est de pouvoir restaurer une 24 ct. Hâte de voir la vôtre.

@trojan175

2 жыл бұрын

merci Nicolas. Mon projet 24BT avance bien, j'espère qu'il sera terminé l'année prochaine. Je suis en train de convertir un Suzuki Carry en un micro camping-car en ce moment !

Hi Hans, it's the fact that I've done all the work myself that floats my boat! Mine's much better than driveable and didn't cost much more than €5000 in total.

Hi, great job, well done. Cheers :)

Beautiful car! Well done with the restoration! You are doing a wonderful job preserving history for future generations.

@trojan175

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind comments, I throughly enjoy bringing these fabulous cars back to life! Have you checked out the restoration of my 24bt?

Hi Maxim, thanks for your kind comments. I was an apprentice trained vehicle technician but spent most of my career in management. It was an extremely enjoyable and rewarding experience to ‘dust off’ my old skills after more than 30 years and complete this restoration as a retirement project.

Fantastic job, beautiful car. I'm (almost) speechless. Motivates me to (finally) start the full restoration of my 17 b break. Thanks for the video!

Absolutely superb restoration John .

This is a very well done restauration of a phantastic car, mainly made of aluminium, hence relatively few corrosion after all this time outside, and ... quick dispite the small engine. After WWII, aluminium was easier to get than steel! Thanks for the good show, John.

Super job, It must be excellent driving around a car that you have essentially manufactured yourself, thanks for sharing.

@trojan175

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Niallo, the car is so rare in the UK, it always gets a lot of interest at shows - and the car is such fun to drive!! Thanks for your comments

Bravo !

Magnifique ! bravo

@trojan175

Жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup 😎

Enjoy the car dear John,nice testoration,nostalgia i was 17 in 1963,thanks.

Very Nice jod, and what a beatifull car and Colour.

@trojan175

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice comments, I’ve just fitted an overhauled Tigre engine.

Good job for good french car...

Excellent job. You can be proud of yourself. Reminds me my youth in the sixthies.

Hi Joseph, thanks for your kind comments. I have recently bought a Panhard 24BT, again recently imported from France, this one has been off the road for 30 years and is receiving similar treatment, although, to be fair, it is nowhere near as bad! I’m going to put together another photo compilation when it’s finished, so watch out for it! John.

Well done John, deserves the Trophy ! I had to put a complete floor in mine when I did it but had to rush it as I needed it for work , so it never looked as good as this. Nicely done video too ! Adrian

onley I can say. a state of art. well done a beatyfull Job.

Magnificent restoration. Are you self-taught or have you learned how to restore cars? I am fascinated and very impressed with so many skills.

really nice restoration! greetings from holland

One of Jay Leno's favorites.

Hello, ....amazing piece of work. Excellent job! I have a question - how did you separate the aluminium external fins from the engine's cast iron cylinder lining? I am led to believe it is very hard, seeing that the engine design has no cylinder head. Did you need special tools? I am extremely fascinated by Panhard's two cylinder air-cooled engines. Thank you for restoring the works of art. Thank you.

@trojan175

Жыл бұрын

Hi there, fortunately I didn’t need to remove the liner. I have a number of cylinders and they really don’t suffer badly from wear - unless the piston/rings have seized and caused scoring. To remove the liner you need to heat up the barrel to a sufficient temperature and the liner should come out quite easily.

@TheMidasMD

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@@trojan175 Wow!! I have always wonder about that. Another thing I keep wondering is how easily Panhard could have made a 4 cylinder variant and how much horsepower that could have delivered. It seems Citroen kept them starved of funds. What a shame!

@trojan175

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMidasMD Panhard did make multi cylinder versions of the engine for use in their military vehicles. They increased the cylinder capacity to 500cc and produced a 4 cylinder 2 litre version - de-tuned to run on low grade fuel. Citroen would not allow a larger engine in Panhards! The largest derivative was a 6 litre flat 12 ! Scary!

Good job 👏👏👏

Good Lord, what a job! Hope you didn't pay much for the car, since there are lots for sale starting from around 5000 € in driveable condition...

That should read Trenet of course, my bad 😮

@trojan175

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Thierry, I thought the music fitted beautifully! The other piece is from the movie ‘ Les vacances de M. Hulot’ which I always liked and is entitled’Quelle temps faithful il a Paris’

@trojan175

3 ай бұрын

Should be Fait il nor faithful! - Predictive text again !!

@user-wy9wk7dv4s

3 ай бұрын

M. Hulot, yet another marvel 👍

@trojan175

3 ай бұрын

JacquesTati - a genius! @@user-wy9wk7dv4s

Rust was a BIG problem with these cars.

@trojan175

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Arturo unfortunately rust was a BIG problem with all cars produced in the ‘60s, fortunately this one had lived in the South of France, so was less badly affected! 😀😀