Ape Piaggio, foto di fabbrica e storiche

[mondoape]

Great photos Ken! Here 3 new pics.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Altri ape ...o simili...

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Altri scatti, fatti a Gela...

[olandese volante]

ken, api can still be found , as long as you get them out of dump ravines of that time .
my ape is going to have the same end but here the dump is under water.
the reality is that noone wants these old api not even for their parts cost .

[kjjohnson]

Olandese: yes, prices are ever higher for everything and people have a very tight grip on their pocketbook. Over here at least they're a novelty but the cost of a true restoration keeps getting higher and that's not a good thing. Our Winters are severe so they have to be put away and can't be used as intended. Lots of inquiries but few who step up to the plate! - Ken

[kjjohnson]

ACMA TriVespa dans France - Ken -

- http://www.kjjohnson.ca/piaggio/picture ... %20France/ - 374 photos

[cricchetto]

bellissimo il pentaro' sulla scabinata non pensavo esistesse, molto bello davvero.... grazie per la foto saluti a tutti

[kjjohnson]

Ape - Florence

[olandese volante]

an ac3 is quite a novely here too but i did not even get the parts back so i dumped it near texel where its now free for the taking .
the best ( and only ) offer was 300 so i preferred to dump it under water there.

[kjjohnson]

hardly know what to say to that, I would have found a buyer - Ken

[olandese volante]

this is what you said two years ago some collector ............but i can assure you that buyers are inexistent , anyway when you find a buyer he pays around 3000 for boat diver truck and mechanic , my price was lower ..........2469
but even at 3000 its cheap .

house going on sale here and in italy
in italy the house comes with the ape and vespa parts and a restored vespa 50 non-unificata (30K fixed ( that is less than 100 per m3)
i am already 95% sure it is not going to be sold so i put aside the money for demolition or filling .

[kjjohnson]

tough times I'd say - Ken

[kjjohnson]

[olandese volante]

very tough times : i am retiring , maybe some one will ask me to work so that i have something to do

[kjjohnson]

Retire? I have no concept of the word. A new career will get the juices flowing again - Ken