karll
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Post by karll on Jul 24, 2018 20:39:31 GMT
Hi all New to the forum but not to Vespas. Have had a couple of smallies in the past and am currently working on Vespa Primavera 1968 which was donated by a friend. Had been powered washed and sat in a shed for several years. Engine was seized but is now sorted and scoot runs. Frame floor is in a bad way and will need some welding at some point in the not too distant future but am looking forward to trying to sort it out (that is getting someone else to do it for me  ). Also looking to upgrade the engine slightly as its all standard at the moment. |
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Post by triffid on Jul 25, 2018 8:53:09 GMT
good base to start with. You can buy new floors from the likes of Beedspeed/Sip and the italian dealers. Engine wise it all depends on what you want out of it and how deep your pockets are.
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Post by tzsteve on Jul 25, 2018 14:35:28 GMT
welcome.
always liked the ET3`s
well done getting the pics in the first post |
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Post by henri on Jul 25, 2018 19:17:29 GMT
allstyles do good floors , avoid beedspeed like the "gobbling knob-rot" plague , gone rapid downhill on change of ownership . H
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karll
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Post by karll on Jul 25, 2018 20:40:04 GMT
Thanks for the welcome. It did take me a little while to work out how to post pictures, but got there in the end. Thanks for the advice about allstyles and the floors Henri. I have had a couple of problems recently with beedspeed so I will give allstyles a try.
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karll
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Post by karll on Feb 4, 2021 22:09:53 GMT
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Post by gugne on Feb 8, 2021 9:41:33 GMT
Lovely job!
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Post by tzsteve on Feb 9, 2021 15:30:26 GMT
Very nice little scoot.
Shame I could only click on the like button once.
any mods to the scoot or is pretty much standard?
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karll
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Post by karll on Feb 9, 2021 20:15:27 GMT
Thanks for the comments. Its turned out really nice. The chap who did the new floor and paint for me did a good job.
At the moment its a Polini 130 with matched casings, standard 19 carb and Polini banana exhaust. The plan is to fit an ETS crank and a 24 mm carb over the winter which I have in the shed but its bloody cold in the shed at the moment!!
I've also picked up a Pro Cup 3 fairly cheaply so looking for a spare set of casings to put that in.
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Post by tzsteve on Feb 10, 2021 17:00:25 GMT
be carful of building a spare engine
it could grow into a spare soot
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karll
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Post by karll on Feb 10, 2021 20:59:18 GMT
Ha, ha. Well that has well and truly planted a seed of an idea in my mind!
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). Also looking to upgrade the engine slightly as its all standard at the moment.
