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General Category => Unusual Microcar Discussion => Topic started by: Barry on January 14, 2013, 05:34:13 PM

Title: Vespa
Post by: Barry on January 14, 2013, 05:34:13 PM

Well I like it.  Is it hand made or factory produced?

Title: Re: Vespa
Post by: richard on January 14, 2013, 05:46:33 PM

love it - THATS a MICROCAR

Title: Re: Vespa
Post by: AndrewG on January 14, 2013, 06:41:33 PM

Click to blow the photo up to original size and you can see the triple-death-ray silencer that's fitted!  So what is the front end from?  It looks a bit like small tractor bits to me.

Title: Re: Vespa
Post by: marcus on January 14, 2013, 07:35:32 PM

Great fun! This was posted recently on J Poll's Bubblecars, Micros and Scooters Facebook page. Yup, front mechanicals look like ride-on-mower or mini-tractor parts. Reminiscent of the BSA Ladybird. Fun, but only in good weather!

Title: Re: Vespa
Post by: Barry on January 14, 2013, 07:45:11 PM

And if the pillion saddle was still on the back, the owner (assumed male) could easily attract some female company...........................'Join the queue girls'.

Title: Re: Vespa
Post by: Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker) on January 14, 2013, 08:12:43 PM

It appears to be from the 2010 Vespa Day in Portugal.

More pictures here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/antoinecharbonneau/4778176566/in/photostream/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/antoinecharbonneau/4778176566/in/photostream/)

Title: Re: Vespa
Post by: richard on January 15, 2013, 07:39:45 AM

ooh heck much smaller than i imagined from the other view. still great fun , but very vulnerable on the highway

Title: Re: Vespa
Post by: Big Al on January 15, 2013, 10:05:08 AM

A Vespa with steering like a Ladybird. Its time to start MPFC Wasp Club!  A pleasing little device.

Title: Re: Vespa
Post by: Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker) on January 16, 2013, 12:32:28 AM

I like the triple exhaust pipe!

Title: Re: Vespa
Post by: Barry on January 18, 2013, 11:12:41 AM

So its been done before as a twosome.

Title: Re: Vespa
Post by: Big Al on January 18, 2013, 12:15:28 PM

Goodness, that is so like the Messerschmitt thing I forget the name of. Which came first?

Title: Re: Vespa
Post by: Bob Purton on January 18, 2013, 01:33:21 PM

Are you thinking of the Mokuli Al?

Title: Re: Vespa
Post by: Big Al on January 19, 2013, 10:01:47 AM

Quote from: Bob Purton on January 18, 2013, 01:33:21 PM

Are you thinking of the Mokuli Al?

Cannot remember but its ugly. I think several have been found now. Would Frank Tunig have one?

Title: Re: Vespa
Post by: Bob Purton on January 19, 2013, 10:51:18 AM

Dont know but here is what they look like.

Title: Re: Vespa
Post by: richard on January 19, 2013, 11:01:20 AM

what on earth is in common visually  between the Mokuli and that vespa ? - not much i think