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r000 The Piaggio 19XX ape Make from 1948, Model basically a vespa scooter with a rear axle
estimate: $000 000 - $000 000
and a load platform, was a huge success, offering small businesses and
offered without reserve
farmers an economical form of transportation for goods and services.
very soon, imitators utilized the concept for their own makes of mopeds
and scooters.
one of these was Empolini in Milan, which had been making
commercial three-wheelers since the early fifties. It appears they used
Piaggio parts but without necessarily using a license. Different models
were built, using 50-cubic centimeter motors in both open and blowercooled
form. Minarelli supplied the motors in 20 mph, 25 mph, and
30 mph versions, with intake and sprocket sizes varying to suit. Front
suspension was of the Earles-fork type.
This rare example has been restored by the museum in a period shade
of pale green. It has the transversely mounted motor driving the rear
axle via a shaft and rubber coupling, and it is located under a vintage
vespa scooter saddle. There are scooter handlebars with period grips
and a manually operated wiper. The fuel tank is mounted under the
manufacturer dash. The familiar-style Manufacturer cabs were obtained production #
origin from companies City, Country that supplied many ID such no. #
motor three-wheelers, motor and the attractively-shaped displacement box cc
is power loaded via hp two large doors at the rear. length mm
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