1946 Ariel NG Project

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Re: 1946 Ariel NG Project

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Getting off topic a little but I once did a dating certificate for a bitsa where the engine came from the UK and the frame came from Denmark. To the owner's astonishment - and mine when he told me where he had got the bits - the engine and frame matched each other.
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Thank you Roger and Paul. Great info. And I must apologize to Paul Slootheer for hijacking his thread! This is fun to learn the history behind these bikes. Does anyone know more about the Netherlands Relief? I know they had a couple of very hungry years.
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there you go :

https://www.archivesportaleurope.net/ea ... d/2.06.069

This archive is several meters long, one day....one day I go there and have a look :)
The late Ralph Hawkins once totted up all Netherlands Relief bikes and came to a plusminus total of 400 bikes.
I am 'in the process' of listing them but atm I am at bike 57...

Found a Pdf on the net (in Dutch) and read that the original lenght of the archive was 26 meters! after a 'cleaning up' it is now 7.5 meters

found this in the archive : Stukken betreffende het kopen van 4 ton Turkse opium,
1943-1945
translated it reads : Papers concerning the aquisition of 4 tonne Turkish Opium.

Yep, what i'd like to know is did our Prince of Holland Bernard von Lippe Biesterfeld smoked that all ? :lol: :lol:
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That's a lot of paper and Turkish opium - holy smokes! :lol:
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Shawn my frame number reads AP23XX, so only 1X numbers apart to yours! :lol:
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Made some small progress... Wheels are ready, and I'am waiting now for the tyres. Last week I received the exhaust pipe from the UK after nearly two months waiting not knowing where the parts did hang out! I was able follow the parts untill it did leave the UK but then they disappeared into the ''customs swamp'' somewhere in a warehouse in the Netherlands. At one point I realy did fear the parts where lost, luckily they showed up after sending two letters to customs. ''Sorry sir, Brexit you know..."
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It's starting to look like a proper Ariel again!
well done!
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Made some small progress on the NG… :D
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Another one saved ! very good :D
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With one metal cap missing on top of the headlamp shroud, I dicided to make one myself. I did some metal casting with the use of a print I made from the original cap into “brussels earth” and then poured melted Zamak into it.
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