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LOT Enrico Piaggio’s intent was to offer an easy-to-use, economical, and versatile
r000 vehicle, 19XX a light transport Make for the Model working man, alongside his revolutionary
estimate: $000 000 - $000 000
personal transport, the vespa scooter. He commissioned his talented and
offered without reserve
creative engineer Corradino D’ascanio to once again come up with a
solution. It would be named after the wasp’s working cousin the bee, or ape.
The first version came out in 1948 and was essentially an open 125-cubic
centimeter vespa scooter with a two-wheeled, hydraulically-braked
chassis in place of the rear wheel. any number of body structures could
be erected on it, but the most iconic was the Beachwood and masoniteframed
Giardinetta. The model “B” followed with a 150-cubic centimeter
motor. The year 1956 saw the launch of Piaggio’s most successful and
long-lived model, the classic model “C.” The entire structure was now in
metal, and a cab, or half-cab, with a car-like bench seat was introduced.
There was now a reverse gear, wiper, front-mounted fuel tank, and
electric starter. Payload rose to a useful 770 pounds. The ape’s incredible
adaptability to design variations remained, and the initial eight rose to 20
different body styles by 1958.
The example presented here is a
full-cabin, manufacturer full-box Manufacturer tipper with the
double headlamps only seen on
the German versions. as such,
we certainly encourage close
inspection of this delightful vespa.
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