ardea pickup.........THING!

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ah, i'm changing the bumpers as i only have half a front bumper and no rear so i'm fitting british aprilia bumpers (modding rear to fit to body), grill should be painted but i want it chromed, so this is list:
front bumper
rear bumper
radiator shell
hub caps
bonnet handle/mascot
oil filler cap
wiper arms
instrument rims
gear lever
handbrake lever
headlamp rims + tell tail strips

i also need bits done for the augusta, bumpers radiator shell etc, got a good contact local to us that we used to do my dads augusta parts, most importantly THEY'RE CHEAP!!!!!!, and ade your right i wouldn't want your bill for chrome!!

[GreenB20]

Hi James, just looked at the pics of my old Ardea Furgoncino..............looks fantastic, you're doing a great job. Ed

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thanks, cant wait to get it finished, engine out tomorrow and off to ron's AGAIN on sunday for more bits, i love going there but i see toomany projects that i wanna take home!!!!

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more picks of progress

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will i be ok with just hand signals??

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removed the rear decking and engine and box, getting ready to finish the truck sides off next

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sent the wings off for shot blasting and they have returned, still waiting for bonnet and running boards and radiator grill (mesh part), started to raise the sides on the rear end so that it follows the line of the bonnet and doors, also started to strip the paint off and started refitting the wings ready for repair, its not a project where any 1 thing can actually be finished i've got to work my way round it chipping away to make everything fit propperly before prepping for paint, here's some more pics see what you think

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a few more...................

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i'm hoping to get the other side of the back end spot welded in over the weekend, then i need to finish the back of the cab (bottom to floor) and and the tops that i'm putting in in photo's arn't wide enough side to side yet so i need to make up a few more panels yet, i'll give my dad the credit for making the side pieces so far, fantastic job as usual and fitted really well, i couldn't do this project without his expertease help so a big THANKYOU to him for his time and enthusiasm

[ncundy]

Great stuff ! Keep the updates coming
Neil

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will do, should be more after the weekend, wings have been welded up and gone into 1st skim of filler today, got loads of fiddley jobs next like emoving dash and handbake next to get the last few bits of chome together, hopefully will see some progess on body too tho

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FOUND ANOTHER PROJECT!!!!! 2500 EURO

[rogerelias]

ME THINKS YOU NEED TO VISIT WARBYS WORK PLACE 

[fay66]

What a good idea, where do we sign our names

Brian
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thanks guys!!!!! aslong as i get an (en-garage) instead of en-suite hehe, anyway while i was dreaming of a fleet of ardea comercials i did some more work on it, few more pics.......