Some "new" Vespas discovered

Alexei, to the left, found this Vespa Touring 1959 (150 cc and 6 hp) recently. Here he is with Hampus for a first examination. Sorry about the crap picture, actually the Vespa is brown.

Fortunately the re-spray was done with paint out of a can. Alexei has started to remove the ugly brown. First he tried with white spirit, then he carefully applied brake fluid and the suddenly the original metallic blue started to show. Yes, it fires up, so getting it on the road won't be that difficult.

The second Vespa I paid a visit to is hiding in a shed. The owner hasn't been riding it for five or six years. It was restored in the beginning of the 90's when the owner was a mod. Now he has promised to get it on the road again!  



The 1959 Vespa 150 cc with the brown paint partly removed.

A 1958 Vespa 125 lurking in a shed. Soon on the road?

Vespa 150 was for sale

This Vespa 150, VL2 or VL3, was for sale here in Sweden a couple of weeks ago. Should be from 1955 or 1956, sold in Sweden under the name "Super". Top of the line GS and 125 cc "Elit" where also available at that time. The 150 cc engine produced 6 hp and wheels where 8-inch. In Italy the model is called "Struzzo", ostrich, for obvious reasons.
This example has had a respray sometimes, the original colour was light-grey.
I like the blue colour, and I hope that it went to a good home.

I don't know if you can debate the original colour of the VL1-VL3 models. Here is two Struzzo with different colour. This is the cover of the 1958 June issue of the Swedish magazine "Teknikens Värld". But I believe that it's an american photo from the beginning, maybe for the fashion magazine Vogue. Or a french magazine? The ladies outfits seems to be from Chanel? Being a keen fashionista I do think so...