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Which Vespa Douglas model is this?
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There doesn't seem to be such a thing as a L252 - is it a GL2?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Vespa-Douglas-L252-1954-/320581777264?pt=UK_Motorcycles

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Its a 42l2 or a 92l2 difficult to tell from the pic. I contacted the seller this morning to tell him.

( gl2 had the headlight on the mudguard)
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Thanks. It's too far for me to go and look at and you can't really see too much from the pics but the frame looks sound. I need to get my GL finished before I start another anyway...
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Hi Nathanial

It's a 92L2, as I've eventually discovered after buying it. Frame number CA42707, engine no 0842707 (although I need to clean them and get my magnifying glass out - a bit of rough paint obscuring the frame number yet), first registered in Chester on 10 Feb 1958.

What do mean too far to go and see? I flew to Edinburgh, hired a van, drove to Stoke, took it back to Scotland then crated and shipped to Dubai...

Cheers, Will
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OOPS - correction, frame number and engine number are both the same - 08742707. Pics loaded, at least I hope they are; this is my first attempt...

Cheers, Will
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What kind of Douglas is it?

The slow and expensive kind.
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