Vespa 50 rebuild

[Rally 180]

Starting my 1971 Vespa 90 reg as a 50 project, has V5 and will have MOT.

I'm renewing almost everything and having the scooter sandblasted and a professional paint job. By that I mean a guy that sprays cars/scooters for a living is doing it.

It will come with either a V100 sport engine or a V90, but will still be registered as a 50cc.
So far these are the new parts I've already bought.

Mudguard (Beedspeed)
Engine door (Beedspeed)
Front hub (Beedspeed)
Front shock (Beedspeed)
Front hub assembly (Beedspeed)
Cables (Beedspeed)
Bearings for forks (Beedspeed)
Runners (Beedspeed)
Trim (Woolies car trim)
Grips (anywhere)
Loom (12V) (Beedspeed)
Lightened flywheel + electronic stator + switch and 12 Volt conversion (Beedspeed)
Break shoes Front and back (Beedspeed)
Number plate and holder (Beedspeed)
Horn + Gasket (Beedspeed)
Under seat box (Beedspeed)
Levers (Beedspeed)

These are the original parts:
Frame
Head set (Original)
Back Shock (Original)
Seat recover (Unknown as yet)
Rims + tyres (Original)
Speedo (original)
V100 S or V90 engine

Sand blasting (all original parts)
Paint work (white with a red, white and blue stripe down the front legshields). Hubs, rims and trim light blue Forks white.

So I'm rebuilding this to put another old scooter back on the road and just looking to get my money back. Do you guys think I'll get around £1500 as that's pretty much what it will cost me.

Any advice would be most appreciated

Cheers Rich

[Rally 180]

Had it sand blasted and not too bad, a little rust round the engine door but thats easily sorted and a small tear at top of legshields which I'll weld up and file down. A couple of small dents and some crash bar bolt holes, but apart from that all very solid

Little tear to top of legshields


Bit of rust round engine door


A few too many crash bar bolt holes

[triffid]

I reckon someone has put a lammy mudguard on there at some point

[Rally 180]

Hay never thought of that, but now you mention it they do seem the right holes for a Lammy mudguard, poor old Smallie

[Rally 180]

Ok, got my V50 back from the sprayer this afternoon, all looking pretty good, will start the rebuild tomorrow, but here are a few photos of the scooter before and some of the sprayed parts.

How she looked at the start.






How she looks now

[ttscshaggy]

Is that a little air scoop on the side of the frame ? looks like a lambretta thing to me

[vesparep1]

Aug 14, 2011 20:54:00 GMT ttscshaggy said:

Is that a little air scoop on the side of the frame ? looks like a lambretta thing to me

yer def a gp air scoop,? whot you sticking in the fecking thing? ;D

[Rally 180]

Got a Kawasaki 350 engine to fit lol.
Was already cut into the frame and I forgot to bloody remove it and get the hole welded up and the guy doing the spraying just took it off sprayed it and put it back on.
Gonna tidy up the hole with a dremmel and just leave it on.
Just got a V100 engine with 4 gears and a 130 kit to go in her.

Rich

[Rally 180]

A few more pics, starting to take shape a bit.

[triffid]

Nice paint, I do like white/cream smallies,just seems to suit em

[Perkin]

The air scoop looks good; just something a bit different...

[Rally 180]

Cheers for that, Yer looks ok now I have put a gasket round it all, when I bought the scooter the hole and scoop was already in there, just had to clean it up and add the black gasket

[Rally 180]

A few photos of my nearly finished project ;D Still got to start her yet so might not be all plain sailing, but fingers crossed













Rich ;D

[madmax]

Looking good Rich.

[triffid]

Nice

[scotia]

aye! nice, herbie-esque! ;D

[bluebadge]

So sorry, thought this is where the pisstakers were to meet for the daily piss taking? Where's my pal stepice?

[pkripper]

Go Rich, Go....... Its looking mighty fine. Well worth all the hard work. ;D

Ripper

[Rally 180]

He he, wrong 50 rebuild thread, but thinking of respraying mine blue ;D ;D ;D
Please don't take the piss though, I'm very sensitive

[numpty]

nice ... i do like a white smallie