Time for a new Vespa Restauration project! A couple of years ago I buyed a white Vespa SS180 in Sweden, unfortunately in rather bad condition. Lots of rust covered the paint and metal body work.

First try was to wash down all the rust and try to conserve the scooter in its original paint and condition. After quite a bit of time spent I had to commit that this trial had failed. The rust was too much and the condition of the Vespa too damaged. A proper restauration was the only chance to bring the Vespa back to its old glory and make it ready for the road again.

Last year I described the restauration of a Vespa GS160 (see link) in this forum and my plan is to do the same with the Super Sport now. Lots of readers found this step by step report useful and some people even got that much infected by reading that they started their own restauration project at home finally. Well, than it was well worth the effort!

Here are 2 shots of the patient, showing the condition at this moment:

In the next days I will show the first steps here.

By the way, as with the GS the plan is to put a stock P200 engine into this vintage baby to let it shine with 12V electric and make an every day use possible!

There is some work to do with that one!

no restauration without surprise! A mouse family built their home in my SS180... In any case, they will have to move and now the Vespa is totally apart and in pieces:

going ahead slowly. Some more pics to show the recent status of the project, all prepared and ready for the painter more or less - blue pavone!

That is a wonderful project.  How do the floorboards look?  What are your plans for the restoration?

all original. The floorboards will be the original aluminium stripes with rubber!

The SS is at the painter now, here is one BEFORE-Image:

Hi Ralf

Hows the project going?

Looks cool

Hi ..

where are your pictures ?

i cant see them

Summerbreak is over :-)

Some new progress on my SS180:

Next to come is the engine and the fork, so the Vespa will stand on it´s own feets again...

Really a neat project and very good restauration work. I guess the Vespa will be better than new afterwards. I can see that you had many parts Zink plated.

and there is some progress again :-)

it is coming closer. Some rubber parts are still missing, hope they will come from italy these days:

Fix Project ! amazing

finally, it is nearly done: