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Another ’barn find’… well garage find… you know what I mean… this one was last used in 1979 but was ‘found’ by a guy who went round to do some electrical work in a guys house/garage… he bought said scooter for £350 !!… and sold it on straight away … i bought it from a guy in Salisbury who had again stored it but had left it untouched…














When I bought it it came with this intriguing bit of paper with this photo of 2 guys sitting on it in the 1970s in Oxford !!







(I love a bit of history with my scooters so I wrote to the address on the bit of paper not Really expecting a reply (I didn’t even know if the guy was still alive!) but to my surprise he did get back to me with his history and the original 70s photos…














But what is weird is that it has an original Scottish reg and dealer waterside… how the feck did it get from Kirkcaldy to Oxford in the mid 70s??!

Progress so far…

https://youtu.be/qrJB9UvBpbY?si=wQAMqgW5PD8EGQ6I

Brilliant. Amateur film making at its best, it could even win John Craven's young film maker of the year competition.

Highlights for me were, in no particular order: headset falling off and replaced in a casual, lambretta-rider style; nobody being at home; inevitable HV belt when checking for a spark; checking if 50 year old tyres were still there; and surviving the 13 bends of death, in both directions!

I think maybe I need to pull my finger out and get my s2 on the road as it's been 3 years now, not 3 weeks!

You've also inspired me to do a euro which I've never done before......if I ever finish it.

Looking forward to episode 2

Great find that Series 2 and a wonderful video

The muck in that petrol tap

dickie wrote:Brilliant. Amateur film making at its best, it could even win John Craven's young film maker of the year competition.

Highlights for me were, in no particular order: headset falling off and replaced in a casual, lambretta-rider style; nobody being at home; inevitable HV belt when checking for a spark; checking if 50 year old tyres were still there; and surviving the 13 bends of death, in both directions!

I think maybe I need to pull my finger out and get my s2 on the road as it's been 3 years now, not 3 weeks!

You've also inspired me to do a euro which I've never done before......if I ever finish it.

Looking forward to episode 2

Amateur!… how very dare you!!
Cheers dickie

Storkfoot wrote:Great find that Series 2 and a wonderful video

The muck in that petrol tap

It was solid!… had to hook it out with a pick… couldn’t even push welding wire thru it…
New tap going on tomorrow…

Another great find....

Last garage find for me was a rake and a bag of cement...

Great video

Let’s see how you recoup that mudguard?
Great videos you’re doing !!! Keep it up mate

Another great rescue, and well documented, hopefully you manage to post video number 2 before you set off. KTF.
Cheers Shane.

shane BBoys wrote:Another great rescue, and well documented, hopefully you manage to post video number 2 before you set off. KTF.
Cheers Shane.

That was my plan… but things went a little side ways…. Probably won’t have time now

Fantastic - great story and good to see another resurrection!

Euro Rally is on the cards one day for me.

Come on Nobby.... Pt 2

Take it to IOW???

Great find and great video love the other videos too buddy

gaz_powell wrote:Come on Nobby.... Pt 2

Take it to IOW???

Me n my wife used to have ‘come dine with me ‘ nights with friends and when it was my turn because i wasn’t a great cook i would take my time and leave it really late till people ate… that way they were just really hungry and happy to eat anything so it was always well received wether it was good or not!… my YouTube channel is abit like that too…

No only joking!….?… there has been 5-6 hours of stuff to edit down and add to… its been emotional!… hoping to get pt2 out for the weekend… then pt 3 very soon after (a week?) …

Been a while... IOW was always a catch up with you and Paul.

60/40 if im going this year

Keep the updates coming!!

gaz_powell wrote:Been a while... IOW was always a catch up with you and Paul.

60/40 if im going this year

Keep the updates coming!!

Yeah we haven’t been for a couple o years because of euro rallies… (I went every year without fail for about 20 years on the trot prior to that!) but I’m going to the waasland rally in Belgium at the end of august so won’t be at the iow this year either..

Here’s the First wash in 45 years/bodywork revamp pt2 vid/vlog….

https://youtu.be/vsSzJq4Hdfs?si=U9_rSSsLRoOKquVT




If you can’t be bother to watch the vid here’s a before and after photo!

Not been IOW after the 1st year it moved from from Ryde.

Another cracking video!!

Great Movie,,,,,,,A real nail biter to the end i thought you were going to run out of beer

I had never considered doing this type of recommissioning/rusteration etc, but having watched your last two, im drawn...

Current project, which i vowed was to be the last is due back from painters next week... So once complete who knows