hjo wrote:
If I were to take a wild guess, I'd say an Allstate Sprint from the 1960s?
The metal cylinder shrouds were used on 1960s bikes, and it has a 10" wheel.
And it ended up driving a belt for some strange creative use. More likely from Sears than a Vespa dealer in a city.
look at the flywheel, there's no bolts holding it on which leads me to lean more towards early P series. along with that 10" wheel that's been repurposed. probably for a belt drive and the welded kickstart lever. also, it's got the later hub- not the 8" with four or a super style. not saying that couldn't or wouldn't have been updated, butttt...
if we loop back to the metal shroud, that screams SEA origin, along with some janky nuts and a 10" on something that should have, maybe an 8? and anybody that was adapting something wouldn't go thru the time or the trouble. they're just gonna use what the have on hand with the least amount of work necessary to get up and running.
unless it's free? hard pass. too questionable.