Perfect evening for the first Roll-out

Sometimes, your eyes need more distance to the Objects

 than the space off your work shop allows you.

Than you can see the real beauty, that your imagination

would never be able to create.

Wasn´t so happy like now for a long long time.

The entire neighborhood showed up for that event!

Next in row

After the bike is gone there is plenty of space in the workshop again and the lift is unoccupied.
Best chance to put the 65`Vespa there and make some progress finally.

Every corner is packed with that little scooter shit now....

Italian Wedding

Engine and Cables are in the '65

 

Some more pics from the Vespa Project

The way she looked, when we got her in Juni 2010

Standing outside since 2000 under a tree in a bush behind a mobile home.

Just in the moment when the mobile home goes to the junk yard, 

I was passing with my car by. Half an hour later I was owner of a pretty 

fucked up italian piece of trash....

 

Later that day, after some cleaning with the high-pressure cleaner

and mounting the other seat I got with it, it looked already a bit neat.

 

New Pics NOW!!!

Starts to look like something you can have fun with.....

Little mistakes will be wet grinded 

and polished away,then the assembling starts.

One of a dozen small steps

Long time no post, but good progress on the Vespa 

and the work shop is getting closer to the finish.

After Micha Primer-coated and added test black colour we grinded everything smooth

and prepared it for the finish.

Next pics this evening, when the paint is finished!

Progress!

Step 4 -> DONE!

Starts to look good again! Step 5 starts on Monday with the pre work for the paint.

A dozen small steps

Step 1

Strip as much as possible paint with thinner down.

Less work for the Sandblaster, less money to pay and less heat on the Iron during the blasting!

Step 2

Sandblasting

Step 3

Welding the holes and smoothening the dents

Poorly took not realy good pics from the welded body.

Step 4

Again Sandblasting and then it get´s primed.

Should be finished in 14 days, then it wents strictly to the painter.