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Anthony Armstrong restore scooter project.
Lambretta Serveta
Li 150 Special
I started
this project because I was hit on my 1959 Allstate Vespa.
The scooter was totaled. Luckily I was wearing my helmet and
I made it throw some-what ok. |
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September
01-05
First work day. Take
off leg shell, document wiring and see what type of
nightmare I'm getting into. Note every screw on the leg shell was rusted
and had to be drill off. 5Hr? |
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September
02-05
Remove wiring, cables and document their position.
Note more soap and water! 5Hr?
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September
03-05
Strip off paint and corrosion from headset parts.
Note tons of rust and corrosion. 8Hr?
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September
06-05
Little bodywork on the headset to cover-up the turn light hole and repair
the horn cover holds and break on the right side. Polish headset brake
lever parts. 7Hr?
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September
11-05
Remove motor. More soap, water and B12 cleaner! 7Hr?
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September
12-05
Clean parts (B12 cleaner are Gas) and grind rust off
with wire wheel. Polish case cover. 8Hr?
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September
13-05
Buffed any corrosion I could find off of all internal parts. The crankshaft
was on good and the bearing was blown out. The crankshaft viewed is for
another scoot. 7Hr? |
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September
15-05
Check bearing; replace seal and more buffing parts! PS I honed and
polished the ports in the cylinder. 8Hr?
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September
21-05
Clean up bodywork on parts and paint. Remove little spots of
rust from scooter frame. 7Hr? |
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September
22-05
Paint a few parts and primer some spots on frame to stop rust. 4Hr?
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September
23-05
On the scooter I restore I use the original part down to the ward
wear if it possible. More buffing parts Fun Fun! 4Hr? |
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September
26-05
The first picture is stuff I'm going to chrome? One wheel rims has
Innocenti stamped on it. It not the right rim for a Serveta but what
a score! Rebuilt the carburetor and speedometer. 9Hr?
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October
01-05
More rust control! Primer and pant the underside hard to get to spots.
4Hr? |
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October
02-05
Today I reorganize my workspace and cleaned up
the
1959 - 1960 Lambretta Li150 Series 2.
Project coming soon! 4Hr?
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October
04-05
Primer and pant topside of the tube frame hard to get to spots.
9:00am to 1:30 - 4 1/2Hr |
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October
05-05
Primer and pant topside of the tube frame hard to get to spots.
9:09am to 4:16 - 7Hr |
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October
06-05
Fell in spots on leg shell to smooth out later. Finish panting glove
box and taillight and assemble assorted parts. 11:55
to 3:10 - 3 Hr |
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October
10-05
Polished a few parts. 4:55 to 5:50 - 1Hr |
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October
11-05
More bodywork!
- 3Hr |
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October
12,15,16-05
I did random work over these days. Bodywork, Primer, Paint under
side of parts and assemble set lock.
11Hr |
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October
17-05
Finish painting the body. Note: When using spray can pant its better to
spray small area of the body. The dam WHEEL REM! It took forever to
get the rims apart just to find out it had too much rust.
3Hr |
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October
18-05
Assemble headset, string column, greased bearing and random work.
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2Hr
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October
19-05
Assemble set bracket, main scooter stand, taillight assemble and
Lambretta emblem. Put on brake paddle and switch, rear finder.
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4Hr
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October
20-05
More pant and primer work and some assembly work.
8:46
to 11:08 / 3:28 to 5:30 - 4Hr
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October
22-05
Put on glove box and more priming and panting small parts.
11:14
to 5:21 - 6Hr
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October
25-05
I took the rivet out of the brake paddle switch and replaced them with
screws. The rivets were very loose. When a Lambrettas has problem
with the rear light flickering are stuck on it's because of the rivets
coming
out most of the time. More pant and body work. Fun! 11:23
to 3:22 - 4Hr
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October
27 30 N1 -05__---______Did
lots of bodywork over these
days. Hammer out a few dents. One of the side cowls had a lot of spotty
corrosion._ I had to use a lot of Bondo then
sand most of it away for the
best finish.__ The cowls can pass a magnet
test because there is only a
small amount of bondo remaining. About: 3Hr |
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November
03-05
______ Put on all cables and tested their
position
for binding-up. Set the gear shifter position. Clean and check front brake
switch for corrosion. The front hub is missing some parts. I will hook
that
up later. 8:23 to 10:43 -- 11:28 to 5:10 - 7Hr |
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November
04-05
______ Rewired the hold system because rectifier
for Serveta is hard to find. The new wiring is design to have no battery.
This scooter is good to be my daily rider and I don't want to look for
another rectifier every two years. 10:00 to 4:26
- 6Hr |
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November
05-05
______ I Finished up the wiring today. The
horn
worked so I cleaned it up with some other parts. The horns main mount
screw rusted off. I drill and tapped the hold. _
You can see that I used
random color wire. _ I all way label my wiring
system so there want be
a problem later. 8:05 to 1:47 - 6Hr |
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November
09 to 10-05
The front hub was crack and to corroded
too use. These are the only
parts I could recover.
- 2Hr |
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November
14, 17, 19-05
Over these days I did a lot of small cleanup work and more parting
and sanding. Fun fun!.
- 5Hr
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November
24-05
More parting and sanding. Fun fun!.
- 2Hr |
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November
26-05
I got some brake pads from Garners
Classic
Scooters in Cleburne, Texas. He mostly has Vespa parts, but in the
back stocks there is a box full of Serveta parts in their original bags.
What a score! Every time I go to Garners
I hit the Serveta box. 1Hr |
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November
27-05
__ Yes! More parting. I added a spring to
the
front brake lever. I've never been satisfied with the front brakes on
old scooter. The front cable tins too stick little. The added spring
makes it work how it's suppose to. - 4hr |
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November
30-05
I went to the store to get hardware to put on the leg shelled. I also
had to drill and tap two hold on the horn cover.
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December
03-05
Today I couldn't wait to put on the leg shelled
to see what
the scooter will look like. I'm waiting on parts to advance the
project at the time. - 2Hr |
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December
10 -05
_____ Got Lam parts in and did some assembly
work over three days. Put together nose, horn cover and fuel tank. I
made an extension for the fuel rod and added a nut to backup the
screw holds on the head light cover. Tie down the leg shell with wing
nut in hard to get too spots. - 8Hr |
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December
25, 2005
Replace Speedo gear parts and Speedo face place, closed
up kill
switch button hold and polish motor parts. 6hr |
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December
31, 2005
The Li150 looks ready to go but it still needs parts for
the motor. This
gave me time to work on my Jet200. 8hr |
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January
7, 2006 On most old lambretta, the handlebar parts
get lose over time. Door sign metal is good for filling up the space
and it's easy to work with._- I put a new
crank in and closed up the
transmission, __I don't have pictures of
this work. Put on the spare
tire, rack, seat, handlebar grips and bags. Still waiting on more part
for the Li, I did a ton of work on the Jet200. 16hr |
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January
8, 2006
Still waiting on more part for the Li, I did a lot of panting
on the Jet200
and check the electrical system on both scooters. 8hr |
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January
14, 2006
Put on 12 Volt electronic ignition kit and finish up wiring.
6rh |
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January
20, 2006
Had to take the key ignition switch to a locksmith to have
a key made.
Put on key switch and finish up wiring. 2hr |
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January
23, 2006 __One hard
day! The electronic ignition kit
flywheel _didn't have the marking stamped
on it to time the motor.
I did it the hard way _and tested the_
stator-plate_
in all position. I
had a _carburetor problem_
at the same_
time that made checking
the flywheel timing impossible.
6 hour later I got it to run O happy Days!!! |
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January
24, 2006
To day I work on the carburetor problem. The jets were a little clog up
with hard to get to corrosion. I tied up a lot of lost ends like the muffler
connector, foot leg shield and stuff. 5
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You
can find the before and after pictures on the
gallery page under the (GetBent-sc members
picture gallery) Anthony Armstrong. |
Lambretta
- Serveta Li 150 Special Project Time: Januar 10, 2006 - 224hr |
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