Greetings,
I've been looking at this TAP on ebay Italy and wondering about it's authenticity. Can anyone cast some light on this scooter?
I don't know a lot about Vespas, especially the lesser-known models.
These things are cool as heck; I know I'd love to ride a scooter with a damn cannon mounted on it. But I wouldn't want to pay 8K if it's not real.
"aeroib" on vesparesources.com said this (machine translated:)
"Reference: Vespa tap
is useless to look for differences ... you can not even talk about replication ..... here used a largeframe while the TAP is a wideframe!"
So....real? "Reproduction?"
Thanks for any clues you guys can render.
http://cgi.ebay.it/VESPA-TAP-T-A-P-FRANCESE-MILITARE-1956-FARO-BASSO-/120687880342?pt=Moto_e_Scooter&hash=item1c198ee896#ht_844wt_934
CIAO VENDO STORICA VESPA T.A.P MILITARE USATA NELLA GUERRA DELL'INDOCINA ,
PEZZO DA COLLEZIONE , SOLO 600 ESEMPLARI PRODOTTI .
X INFO MANDATEMI EMAIL VI RISPONDERO' IL PRIMA POSSIBILE .
ACCETTO PERMUTE CON ALTRE VESPE O CON UN FURGONE
LA VESPA E' A REGGIO EMILIA , HA DOCUMENTAZIONI SPAGNOLI IN REGOLA , . SALUTI LUCA
IL CANNONE E' RESTAURATO
EMAIL :
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PREFERISCO IL RITIRO A REGGIO EMILIA DOVE SI
TROVA LA VESPA , MA CHIARO CHE POSSO ANCHE SPEDIRLA .
SALUTI E GRAZIE
LUCA