Day one and two of the Fatman Scooter build

[cphilip]

Progress on the rebuild of this 1980 Vespa I am restoring for Fatman.

Day one....

http://scoot.net/gallery/bbs/RedvespaBuild13.jpg



Day two...(no help showed so I did this little progres myself) Sorry but its a phone cam shot. Better ones tomorrow.

http://scoot.net/gallery/bbs/RedvespaBuild21.jpg

[cphilip]

Day one included:

All new body rubber grommets
New wiring harness installed.
All new cables run, both inners and outers.
Wired up Battery side including attaching Voltage regulator and flasher unit.
Installed front mud gaurd onto front hub and installed the front shaft.
This included packing grease into and installing bearings and lock nuts.
Secured and set shaft free play.
Installed one tire (front) to protect hub.

Day Two:

Painted Gas Tank (previously cleaned) and Speedo surround.
Cleaned and polished Brake and Clutch levers.
Installed headset.
Installed Speedo and indicators into head set cover
Touched up paint
Installed Front emblem and Front cowl trim.
Installed Front and rear turn indicator lamps.
Install glove box door lock

Tomorrow? finish head set install and start hooking up cables and wiring up there...

[PyRo]

You have a nice garage, why not use it to restore a nice old car instead of scooters though? :)

But excellant work on the scooters :)

[1stdeadeye]

Hey Phil when you are finished, want to restore a 1976 Triumph?:D

[cphilip]

Thats actually my Work Shop at work. My garage here at home is too full of Bikes, Pool table and stuff to work on scooters in!

I am working simultaneously on two right now. This Red one that I was building to sell that Fatman now wants.

...and a 1977 Sprint Veloce 150cc Vespa. This last one if for my Boss. He bought it out of Kentucky and we are stripping it down now. Needs a total engine rebuild and we painting it too.

[-=Squid=-]

Ive said it before, and ill say it again... when do we get to see you on a freaking scooter :mad: :p

[bleachit]

Originally posted by -=Squid=-
Ive said it before, and ill say it again... when do we get to see you on a freaking scooter :mad: :p

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=1347971#post1347971

[Zumina]

:still trying to figure out why he won't man-up and get a real bike: :p :p