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Iveco Pigafetta
The orange truck of the round-the-world expedition: container lifted off, chassis repainted, brakes and axles overhauled, cab panels remade and the livery with the expedition lettering.
- Model
- Fiat Iveco 75 PC 4x4
- Vehicle
- The truck of the 'A truck around the world' expedition
- Colour
- Orange and white, with expedition lettering and stickers
- Work
- Chassis, brakes and axles, cab panels, paint, livery
- Restoration
- Full, keeping the expedition livery
The story
The doors read 'Antonio Pigafetta', after the man from Vicenza who chronicled the first voyage around the world with Magellan; the body says 'A truck around the world' and 'Un camion per il mondo'. This is the truck of the round-the-world expedition: a 4x4 with a windowed container, covered in the stickers of the continents and the sponsors.
When it reached Mimmo, the journey showed everywhere: rust in the cab pillars and floor, a rear rack eaten by rust, brakes and axles to redo. Container off with the crane, chassis repainted, cab panels remade, then the orange livery with the expedition lettering back in its place.
The restoration step by step
From the end of the journey to a fresh livery
- Step 1 of 6
How it arrived
Livery and stickers all still there, but marked by the miles: rear rack eaten by rust, cab panels rusted through around the headlamps and in the corners.
as it arrived at the workshop 
the rear rack with the 'A truck around the world' sign 
rust around the headlamp housing - Step 2 of 6
The container comes off
The container is lifted off with a crane, leaving the truck with just its cab on the bare chassis. Now the engine, the chassis and everything underneath are in plain view.
the container being unloaded with the crane 
the cab on the chassis, container off 
the engine before the restoration - Step 3 of 6
Brakes and axles
Hubs, drums, leaf springs and wheel cylinders are taken off, cleaned and checked one by one on the bench.
a rusty hub, just removed 
axle, leaf spring and brake drum 
a wheel cylinder stripped on the bench - Step 4 of 6
The cab metalwork
Pillars, floor and headlamp housings were rotten: the metal is cut back to sound steel and new panels, shaped on the original part, are welded in.
the cab pillar opened up: rust inside 
the cab floor, to be remade 
the headlamp housing remade in new steel - Step 5 of 6
Black chassis and reassembly
The chassis goes back to black, with tanks and toolbox in their places. Then the cab, already painted orange, is lowered on.
the chassis repainted black 
the chassis with tanks and the Pirelli toolbox 
the orange cab back on the chassis - Step 6 of 6
The expedition livery
Doors, cab and container repainted, then the expedition lettering and stickers put back where they were: the name Antonio Pigafetta, the 68, the continents, the sponsors.
the doors with the name Antonio Pigafetta and the 68 
the painted cab with the names of the continents 
the door with the 75 PC badge 
the ladder and the back of the container
As it is today
Some photos have been digitally cleaned up (light, colour, grain), without changing their content.
More photos
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