Ape AE01T calessino del 1966

[Antoine]

Bonjour à tous.
Je m'appelle Antoine, et je suis français.
Je possède un Ape AE01T calessino de 1966 que je suis en train de restaurer, ce qui est assez difficile car il est presque impossible de trouver des pièces pour ce véhicule ici en France.
Je vais donc vous montrer ici l'avancement de la restauration. (je commence seulement)
Antoine

Hello everyone.
My name is Antoine, and I'm French.
I have an Ape AE01T calessino from 1966 that I'm restoring, which is quite hard because it is pratically impossible to find pieces of that vehicle here in France.
So I will show you here the progress of the restoration.(I'm just starting)
Antoine

Voici une photo de mon ape :
Here is a photo of my ape :

[olandese volante]

bonjour antoine , je comprens francais mais depuis je parle italien e tres difficile de scriver en francais.
tu avez trouve la place juste pour le domandes de ton ape.
les pieces pour ton modele ne sont pas le probleme plus grand.
le probleme e travail beacoup de travail.

le prochain reponse de moi je fais en anglais o italien, e trop difficile de continuer en francais pour moi,

[kjjohnson]

Bonjour Antoine. If I can be of any assistance please ask. Je ne parle pas Francais tres bien. J'avais seulement deux ans de Francais en ecole, dans 1958-1959. Greetings from Canada, I'll be interested in your restoration and you will find many helping hands on this website. Restorations here in Canada are also tres difficile but not impossible. I have clients in Quebec so I'm able to practice my French from time to time. Feel free to download any manuals which might help you from our website. Best of luck - Ken

[Antoine]

Merci pour vos encouragements et pour avoir répondu en français. Je m'excuse mais je ne parle pas du tout l'italien, alors je posterai mes messages en français et en anglais.
Alors j'ai maintenant commencé la restauration, avec tout d'abord le démontage de la partie arrière, suivi d'un bon nettoyage !


Thanks for your support and for answering in French. I'm sorry but I don't speak Italian at all, so I will post in French and English.
So I have now started the restoration, by firstable taking off the back part, and then a good cleaning !

Avant le nettoyage :
Before the cleaning :


Après le nettoyage :
After the cleaning :

[olandese volante]

it seems to me that you should try to make a list of parts you need.


your next step should be to take of the roof /front window.
then engine-differential but to do that you have to take out the drive shafts...you will have to make a tool for that but its on the site.

look very good at the ape from apepiaggio as its closest to yours.

[Antoine]

Bonjour, voici une liste de pièces que je recherche :
Hello, here is a list of parts I'm looking for :
http://apepiaggio.altervista.org/apepia ... 3760#p3760

[olandese volante]

the parts you look for can be found without too many problems.
is no 4 the clip for the air filter?
you will need also "some" other parts like :
grips (manopoli)
bearings (cuscinetti)
brake shoes (ganasce)
clutch (frizione)
and many rubber parts.

[Antoine]

Bonjour,
oui le 4 est pour le filtre à air. Que sont les "bearings" et "clutch", je suis désolé mais je ne comprends pas ces mots.

Hello,
Yes the 4 is for the air filter. What are the "bearings" and "clutch", I'm sorry but I don't understand these words.

[olandese volante]

c'est le chose che tu utilise per changer marches (cette chose fait un "neutral")
bearing: un afaire pour faire marcher toute in un mouvement circle le marche piu grand est SKF..........

[Antoine]

D'accord, je pense avoir compris. Mais visiblement ces pièces sont en bon état et ne nécessitent pas d'être changées.

OK, I think I understand. But apparently those parts are good and don't need to be changed.

[olandese volante]

the problem with older motors is that rubber has the tendency to get hard.
a lot of problems arise from that.
everything should be replaced , no matter what it looks like.
damages cost far more than replacing.
either you drive the ape till it stops and then sell it for parts or you do a real restoration, everything in between is a waste of time and money.
restoring an old ape easily takes 1000 hours and from 1000 to 2000 euro.
of course if you do a real restoration you can use the ape for the rest of your life..........if its not a workhorse..........

[Antoine]

a little question, What kind of battery should I put on the ape ?
I mean I know it's 12V, but I don't know the other caracteristics...

[3rad]

If your frame number is higher than 01601, the original mounted battery has 12V and 18Ah.

[marcotad]

Bonsoir Antoine, les feu arriére (fanali posteriori) que tu cherche sont les memes de la Fiat Belvedere, c'est possible de les trouver assez facilement sur eBay Italie, je viens de les acheter pour mon Calessino AD1T du 1965, c'est exactement le meme modele que le tien. Il y en a en vente aussi maintenant. Si t'a besoin des quelque image des certaines particuliers n'exite pas à me contacter. Bon travail.

[kjjohnson]

When you install the battery, make sure you have a battery tray (plastique) underneath with a drain hole to the outside. Battery acid causes a lot of rust! - Ken