Modern Vespa

Rawhide is an organization for troubled youth that gets lots of non op things donated gets them sort of working and sells them on to fund program. Because of Bart Starr it is a big deal in Wisconsin.
This probably came in that way and some staffer valued it.
They are a legit organization that generally just deals in cars, trucks, motor homes and boats.

Yep. Sounds like seller got a new near DOA scoot.

Good thing seller disclosed the info.

I'm not judging Rawhide. I know who they are. Just posted here as FYI.

Scooter comes with Coach leather cover seat for the ladies.

Boom Chaka Chaka boom!

It looks nice. It this the real mccoy?

For sale on CL in Stamford CT. It look very similar to the one on the the previous page. Same style.

double glove boxes
PX floor mat on a "sprint"
Two-tone paint
too much chrome
cheap JL knock-off pipe
and that's before we even get a peek at the motor

Saying "two tone paint" is an instant identifier of a bodge is extremely misleading info for newbie. Yes, many of the Nammers are over-the-top two-tones, which experienced people can spot instantly, but there are also many thousands of scooters out there with some less garish two-tone paint jobs that have never been to Asia.

The way I look at it is that while it might not be an outright indicator like, say, evidence of multiple frames from different models of scooters having been welded together, it's highly correlative to bodginess, sort've like 10" wheels on an 8" bike.

Sure, there are plenty of two-tone non-bodges and non-bodged 10" VBB's out there, but on a scooter that also has a number of other obvious indicators, it adds weight to the assessment.

The Rally cowl stripes on a Sprint point to negligence in restoration too.

The star shaped hub doo-dad, center mat and double glove boxes are always sure giveaways.

+1. Assessment as bodge is based on multiple aspects to make final conclusion.

Beside that, there are some de-bodged scoot floating around as well. De-bodge means seller removed the obvious like chrome crash bar, star wheel hub cover, signal lights, power switch by the choke, wheel rack, yellow boot, added original speedo, replaced floor mat, replaced seat...

These sellers most likely claimed they restored the de-bodged bike. I always ask some more details to expose them.

The crashbars. not the fact that it has them, but those specific ones on the cowls and fender. Remember the shape of them, the thinness of them, the fact that they attache direct to the cowl, lacking all function...

Those bars are a bad caricature of the real thing.

Sooo close. Almost snuck it through.

https://vancouver.craigslist.org/pml/mcy/d/port-coquitlam-rare-collector-vespa/6828347178.html

"restored to original condition".

A Sprint with a VBB motor but 10" wheels is "original"?
His description says they are 8" wheels though.
Clearly he has no idea WTF he is selling. Does have the yellow boots!

That one is a bit tough for the untrained eye. They did a great job, debodging it...

If it wasn't for the obvious tell tale sign on a bodge, I'd have to find a real expert
to look it over. It's actually a nice bike from afar.

Totally, a newbie wouldn't be able to tell bodge or not. Redo a VBB to a Sprint was popular in Nam.

FAIL:


Next time - black booties on the centerstand please. Looks like it had black ones in the showroom but somebody couldn't resist swapping them for yellow

Looks like that hand in the photo is rather alarmed and agrees with me...

I think it has the yellow booties in the showroom. Just that the lighting is dimmer. They don't look at all black.

typical Nam fixup a 1966 Super into a Faro Basso

https://daytona.craigslist.org/mcy/d/daytona-beach-1965-vintage-vespa-150/6807783908.html

Been researched !

holly smoke since when a Nam plate became Italian plate or VBC became ACMA. Sounds to me he has tried to restore and got scared with the junk.

It wet itself while waiting to use that toilet right behind it.

That's beautiful.

The text of that ad is just insane.

By "insane" I'm assuming you mean "completely full of bullshit"?

Yes, that's right.

Very creative wording. It's not a lie, it "is made that way". However one could not say "it was made that way"!

What's with the seat mount "posts' on the body, the lack of a seam on the tail and on the tunnel behind the stand bolts, and the welded edge of the end of the floor board under the exhaust ?

Oh, look at me! I'm a can-opener, a lamp, and a shaver! Oh, God, I'm a mish-mash!

Or, "I'm a Super, a VBB, and a Schwinn!"

it's personal property..... new owner has to do any repair... <<<< meaning it's toasted.

Someone has attempted to de-bodge this scoot by changing the seat, remove the fender guard, front rack, ... and found out it's not worth to continue

Notice the holes on fender and legshield by the badge.

Here's one just a few minutes from my house. Checks every box: 150 Super, 10" wheels, chrome plastic hubcaps, double gloveboxes, extra trim, white seat/spare tire cover, screwed-down center mat...

Yeah, rare as any other bodge out there...

Lol if he purchased a bodge, how does he know the engine is original? Most of the shinny blink blink from Nam are mish-n-mash from the bearing out.

That one most likely originally came from the now defunct website www.YourVespa.com ...and the still operational http://yourvespa.tumblr.com/ a bodge importer in NY. they work with someone in Nam to make them a certain way trying to look as not bodge as possible. I owned the Amaranto colored 69 Sprint on that page and the electrical system, gearbox and clutch were garbage. It was a nightmare. I got a $750 refund from them right off the bat then put that money right back into it THEN took a $1000 loss on it when I sold it but made that back on Wall St. That was my Bodge lesson. I have a good US restored VBB now but the garbage LML engine I bought for it was yet another nightmare.

My 2 years worth of classic vespa nightmares= if you want a classic Vespa, first learn about bodges. Then learn about engines. Anything Vietnam+India= garbage.

Then, get at least $7500 ready and get a good one. Classic anything doesn't come cheap, you get what you pay for. My 2 cents.

"...but made that back on Wall St."

Ah, see that was my mistake. I didn't make a bunch of money on Wall St.

Neither did I, I made my $1000 back....on legal Cannabis stock....or am I stupid for that too?