Vespa 400 - Finally saw one at the Auto Museum in Sacramento
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biffnix
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Wed May 15, 2019 12:21 pm quote
Vespa 400 car, (1958, I think) at the California Automobile Museum in Sacramento

I've always wanted to see one up close and personal. It's a tiny little thing, and boasts a whopping 14 horsepower engine. Top speed is a blazing 50-55mph, and takes 25 seconds to get there...

But, it's an adorable car. My wife thought so, anyway. I'll bet it's a kick to drive.

Anyway, I thought it was interesting enough to snap some photos, and share it with y'all.
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Wed May 15, 2019 1:10 pm quote
PM next time you plan on coming to town!
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Wed May 15, 2019 2:15 pm quote
Sacto Monkeyboy wrote:
PM next time you plan on coming to town!
Will do. My wife got tix to Antiques Roadshow, so we went to that (it was at the Crocker Art Museum), and after we got done with that, we hit the Auto Museum. Had to pick up our daughter returning home from college the next morning in Reno, so it was a whirlwind trip. Maybe next time.
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Thu May 16, 2019 3:27 am quote
Thanks for posting the pics. What an adorable car!
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Thu May 16, 2019 7:53 am quote
The ragtop is handy because your head is going to be sticking out!
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Thu May 16, 2019 2:28 pm quote
There was on at a local car thing recently that was in the bed of a 1/2 ton pickup. It fit in there, but with no room to spare
Ginch
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Fri May 17, 2019 4:53 pm quote
My friend had one, this a picture from when he sold it a few months ago. He had to be careful where he took it because it was so slow.

Goetz 400 sold.jpg

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Fri May 17, 2019 5:17 pm quote
Re: Vespa 400 - Finally saw one at the Auto Museum in Sacram
biffnix wrote:
[url=https://imgur.com/gallery/vS1QhRd]boasts a whopping 14 horsepower engine. Top speed is a blazing 50-55mph, and takes 25 seconds to get there...
Nothing that couldn't be hot-rodded out a little. Throw a better top end on there, a little porting, tuned pipe and upsize the carb, it's ready for the Interstate.
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Fri May 17, 2019 7:26 pm quote
Goetz could not get anything like that speed out of it, and he's been working professionally on Vespas for 15 years at least.

There were certainly plenty of suggestions of a Hyabusa engine which would fit very nicely in there!
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