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Thanks for the support Ken. We will try to keep as much as we can to the spirit of the law if not the letter. Some more progress from today!

Welcome to the World of Ape restorations! - Keep it up - Ken T(- Follow your heart wherever it leads you or you may look back with regret. Being a carpenter/builder for 48 years I would have constructed my own wooden cassone - if of course I could find the time. I'm doing woodworking in the Birra e...

This is not a TRUE restoration but a sympathetic one - use the electric starter - Ken What steps are missing that would make it a TRUE restoration? Do you mean original/New Old Stock parts, etc or something else? I guess I am trying my best to restore it properly, but trying to learn the steps of w...

One last question for the day: I have both the manual lever and an electric starter for this Ape, any thoughts on which option you would use if it was your restoration?

the calessino project will wind up being expensive as the wood box is only the start. If you're not a carpenter by trade it will be a big process to get it right the first time. Consider looking for an original furgone or cassone and restoring it to complete your project. Or - build a scale model f...

Kris over at Gran Spot Cycles had to remove the inner brace because it was so rotted. Underneath the brace was also very rotted. He cut a lot of it out and replaced with new fresh metal. Then he had to fabricate a new brace and weld it back in. Side braces were also rotted, but he was able to cut se...

All US models of Api had the headlight bracket above the fender as did ACMA in France and also in Brasil. Contact Aniello in Sarno for tires, tubes and rims and other bits - Ken - Any thoughts on the calessino cassone? What do you think of the reproductions that Abraham at Scooter99 is making? What...

After a long break, I am back and I have enlisted some help locally on my restoration. The team at Gran Sport Cycles in the Quad Cities in Iowa (near where I live) have been helping me with the restoration. You can see our progress in the pictures attached. I am currently looking for some tire rims ...

With help from Josef, I was able to locate this leva accensione motore completa per ape AC4T!

Now I just have to have it shipped to a friend in Rome and back to the States.

Ken was kind enough to send me this link for the starter that I am missing. Can anyone tell me if this would be a good source to buy from. Is there any way to verify that it is a legitimate seller and that the starter works? http://www.subito.it/accessori-moto/motorino-avviamento-becme-per-pentaro-m...

Thought you all might want to see how the speedo turned out. I sent it to Steve aka. "The Speedo King". He did an amazing job! ___ Pensavo che tutto potrebbe desiderare di vedere come il tachimetro si è rivelato. L'ho mandato a Steve aka. "La Speedo King". Ha fatto un lavoro incr...

kjjohnson ha scritto:the moderator will set it up for you in 'Your Ape' - Ken

Great, I guess I will await instructions. They can port the previous information and pictures there then too, I assume?

come vedi il nostro capo sa ritrovare le cose importante ............the extractor tool is very easy to make . you wrote the front connection was already gone is that a bolt like the ac3 models use ? big rings and rubbers and such? Here is a picture of the front connection that was gone. I also got...

the correct tool is stuff you make at home or i could send it , guess that postage is much more than the iron :) the bearing extractor is on this site and the best picture is by 3rad when you are lucky our admin can tell you where to find a picture . be sure to take out the seger rings before you s...

maybe i am mistaken on the engine..........take off the weird cooling schroud :) carb and filter should be dismounted and put in a box they seem ok, just some work. the differential is easy as its the modern one ( my manual is no good for you however) i do have a differential lying around in italy ...