I dragged the car out of a chicken coup with the intention of just getting it running so I could get off the motorbike in the Eastern Transvaal Highveld winters.
Things got slightly out of hand though .....
This was early in the affair
When I started cleaning the car, I removed two wheelbarrows full of
. This picture was taken on day two of the big clean
This is what happens when you don't concentrate when you "start fixing that scratch"
The final primer coat before painting. At this stage my neighbour came by and said:" that is such a nice clean colour, won't you please paint my Vespa the same colour?"
Just after the colour was sprayed. The colour was Toyota PT24 Monza Red
Finally asembled and ready to run
The wheels were 14" Smiths Californian chrome steel wheels with 185x70x14 up front and 205x70x14 at the rear
All this started because the original engine had a cracked head
This is the engine: 1641 cc, C35 cam, 36DCD7 Weber on a home built manifold, double valve springs, Cowley 4 into 1. It did pull 6300 rpm in top (a very religious experience especially with standard drum brakes)
I changed the dash a bit
At Bugfest 1986
