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

[rogerelias]

So James ,when is the British Lancia Museum in Wrexham going to be stocked and open to the public , after all you seem to have most of the stock between you and your dad.

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alan i'm truely gratefull that you put the link to the appia pickup on here, absolutly landed that i've got 1, yes its a mess but be honest what do you expect for 200 euro's  , i meen i've just paid 205 euro's for a door for it (including postage) so as far as i'm concerned BARGAIN !!!   
roger ,as for our collection, i feel it will be a shlumph collection rather than a national 1  , yes its grown over the last few yrs but i have sold a few to, admittedly selling my s3 fulvia and replacing it with 2 augustas and 2 aprilias wasn't my initial plan but it just happened , however i did sell my 1600hf.............and then bought the ardea  , then i sold the quattro ............ and bought ALAN (appia truck) oh yes i sold another s3 fulvia a couple of months ago for restoration as i was running out of space, yes i know i bought another s3 appia but that doesn't count as its a doner for the pickup,

[lee69]

A little inspiration for you http://www.flickr.com/photos/mauboi/4314403008/

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i've seen it before , i was drooling though when i first saw it 

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just to keep those interested updated, after stripping the rear axle we found the cw&p was basically aprilia, crown wheel went straight in  however pinion needed modifying ( i'll let my father explain that as he did the work ) just recieved new bearings for it and my dad is busy rebuilding and shimming it all back together, hopefully by the weekend the axle will be going back together, i've decided to have a short break from the pickup and finish my fulvia off as it needs so little amount to finish it and i quite fancy using it this summer, so i'll put some pics up as and when i start on it again,

[fay66]

just to keep those interested updated, after stripping the rear axle we found the cw&p was basically aprilia, crown wheel went straight in  however pinion needed modifying ( i'll let my father explain that as he did the work ) just recieved new bearings for it and my dad is busy rebuilding and shimming it all back together, hopefully by the weekend the axle will be going back together, i've decided to have a short break from the pickup and finish my fulvia off as it needs so little amount to finish it and i quite fancy using it this summer, so i'll put some pics up as and when i start on it again,

Good Man!
All work and no play will make Chugga a dull boy, about you had a break
Brian
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Brian i have kept myself busy whilst waiting for bearings and oil seals etc, last weekend i went to ron francises to pick up some more parts for both pickups, front bumper for the ardea and a side lamp steeringbox and headlamp rims for the appia ( all aurelia parts!) whilst i was there though i forgot i needed the trackrod and droplink/steering arm off an aurelia for the front axle , i would have thought it used an appia steering box but the parts book clearly shows its b10 soluckily ron had 1 available for me, , this weekend i'm down south hording more sliding pillar parts for my resto's so i'm always busy    you'll never see me sitting on a beach thats for sure!! to much risk of being harpooned lol  , hopefully the rear axle will be going on in the next week but i'm waiting for brake seals and hoses at the mo before i can finish it , next job will be fabricating the engine mountings for the appia unit into the ardea, once this is done i can think about painting the front inner wings and engine bay etc, how this will fit around finishing the fulvia heaven only knows  

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a little more work done today, back axle refitted, diff fitted , halfshafts in, brake pipes cleaned and fitted, shox cleaned but need new silent blocks, my dad is busy repairing the wheel bearing retaining nuts and making a spanner to suite , as with most lancia nuts like this they are in a hell of a state as people rarely have the correct tools available to dismantle, hopefuly the axle will be finished this week and it will be back on all four wheels again

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more...........

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and finally...........

[fay66]

Looking great James,
they say the "Devil makes work for idle hands", never any chance of him finding work for you to do for him then

Brian
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[DavidLaver]

How will this fit in round the Fulvia?   My vote is press on with this one!!!   Isn't the finish line in sight now?

David

[chugga boom]

david there's still a hell of alot to do to the ardea yet, my plan now is when the ardea goes into prima i'm going to leave it for a few weeks to harden through propperly, even though i use 2k prima without an oven it still takes time to cure propperly, in this period i'll finish the fulvia off and hopefully get it on the road, who knows i'll have probably changed my mind again by then 

[DavidLaver]

My mistake - I forget how much you get done in such short elapsed periods of time...

"Progress" for me is pushing the car up the drive to roll back to be tight to the right hand side so I can complete the wall started eight years ago. 

David

[GreenB20]

Thought you might like this picture of me when I first went to look at the Ardea in 1995.