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Hello
Inviato: 4 dicembre 2017, 17:01
da manwellvespa
Glad to be here.
I am restoring a 1955 Ape B
and an 1966 Ape D Police Truck.
I am looking corward to speaking to many of you and getting lots of help.
Cheers
Manuel
Re: Hello
Inviato: 5 dicembre 2017, 15:18
da mondoape
Welcome!
Congratulation for your Ape.
Re: Hello
Inviato: 12 dicembre 2017, 5:04
da MarioNYC
Great to see that East Orange Ape - what is the VIN prefix of that ape? I have one that was first sold in Mass. that has an ACA2T prefix, but a D engine.
Best of luck getting both back on the road!
Re: Hello
Inviato: 16 dicembre 2017, 12:41
da mondoape
Piaggio often used the stock of old spare parts on vehicles built for the foreign market. An example
Re: Hello
Inviato: 16 dicembre 2017, 16:42
da MarioNYC
It was more the serial number I've tried to decipher, as it doesn't show up on any lists - I'm pretty certain it's mostly if not all AD1, but why the number change for the foreign market?
mondoape ha scritto:Piaggio often used the stock of old spare parts on vehicles built for the foreign market. An example
Re: Hello
Inviato: 17 dicembre 2017, 1:01
da mondoape
I don't know. I asked to Piaggio an official chassis number list, received no answer.
Re: Hello
Inviato: 17 dicembre 2017, 2:07
da kjjohnson
Mario: Cannot decipher what we cannot see - a good photo of the serial number would help - Ken
Re: Hello
Inviato: 17 dicembre 2017, 2:20
da MarioNYC
kjjohnson ha scritto:Mario: Cannot decipher what we cannot see - a good photo of the serial number would help - Ken
Re: Bongiorno a tutti!
Inviato: 17 dicembre 2017, 12:43
da mondoape
This is about ACA1T:
http://modernvespa.com/forum/topic66924.
On the ApeVintage register (
http://www.apevintage.com/cgi-bin/vista.pl ) I found:
ACA2T 1069 Sonoma CA
ACA2T 24388 Rockport (Massachusetts) - 1969
ACA2T 27798 Santa Barbara CA
I think Piaggio used the prefix ACA1T and ACA2T for vehicles built for american market. Maybe the "A" letter means "America".
Re: Hello
Inviato: 17 dicembre 2017, 12:56
da kjjohnson
Original importer into USA was in Boston - VESCONI INC. Client of mine in USA has this Ape and was also confused by the serial number - have a look, slight difference in the serial number - Ken
The A in the serial number probably designates 'America'
Re: Bongiorno a tutti!
Inviato: 17 dicembre 2017, 14:56
da MarioNYC
I saw the registry, and I bought it from a gentleman who rode it daily, but had it registered as a vintage auto - town was Rockport, Maine. I did get some of the original paperwork with the sale.
Thanks for the help all, hope to have this registered and on the road this year.
(Manuel - so sorry to hijack your thread)
Re: Hello
Inviato: 17 dicembre 2017, 18:02
da kjjohnson
The question is: going to post a photo of it? - Ken
Re: Hello
Inviato: 17 dicembre 2017, 18:11
da MarioNYC
kjjohnson ha scritto:The question is: going to post a photo of it? - Ken
Yes, a while back
https://www.mondoape.com/apepiaggio/vie ... f=1&t=2888
Re: Hello
Inviato: 29 dicembre 2017, 5:45
da MarioNYC
kjjohnson ha scritto:Original importer into USA was in Boston - VESCONI INC.
Original sales receipt