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Our find of the year? Original Vespa ET3 speedometer
Original Vespa ET3 speedometer? We could hardly believe our luck when we discovered the boxes at an old supplier colleague's in a corner of his warehouse. This ingenious find is an original Vespa Piaggio speedometer from old stock - New Old Stock -> NOS.
The original Vespa ET3 speedometer from Italy Veglia Borletti dates back to the good old Vespa days. After we dusted the boxes, the contents turned out to be absolutely perfect - without any signs of storage, as if fresh from production - but certainly 30 years old or older.
Of course, this original speedometer impresses with a quality and a finish that none of the many repro speedometers from all over the world has ever come close to.
Of course, only a limited number available:
Now strike: Vespa ET3 speedometer NOSSpare parts handlebar tacho ET3
All spare parts for your Vespa ET3 you can also find it conveniently in ours Exploded view drawings Vespa (Piaggio) 125 ET3 (VMB1T)
and in ours Vespa ET3 shop
Speedometer -PIAGGIO (NOS) kmh / mph- Vespa ET3 (VMB1T), PV125 (VMA2T), Sprint150 (VLB1T), Rally180 (VSD1T), Vespa Rally200 (VSE1T), - 120km / h - 75mph (white dial, black / red Digits)
Vespa & Lambretta gold rush atmosphere in Milan
Who doesn't know the stories of Vespa and Lambretta spare parts dealers who unfortunately went bankrupt at some point?
In their halls, NOS (New Old Stock) treasures are said to be piled up to the ceiling. And these parts are just waiting to be discovered by us! We thought.
So we contacted our old friend Claudio and at short notice we managed to get access to one forgotten warehouse full of Vespa and Lambretta parts, outside of Milan, too.
Tons of old scooter parts in Milan
When we entered the halls, we caught our breath! Tons of NOS parts piled up over 2 floors to the ceiling and were just waiting to be discovered by us.
Vespa and Lambretta treasures
After our initial enthusiasm came disillusionment. How should we find the real Vespa and Lambretta treasures between all the APE and Piaggio Caio, SI and Bravo moped parts? Together with Claudio we studied old, dusty lists and tried the inventory management of the 60s - an index card system. And lo and behold, there they were, the old treasures of old new parts for Vespa and Lambretta.
Looking for rare Vespa and Lambretta parts
The search with the "merchandise management" turned out to be a bit difficult. So we grabbed an old trolley and walked the aisles shelf by shelf. Compartment by compartment fought our way through layers of dust that were centimeter thick.
- NOS SIEM VESPA
- NOS SIEM VESPA
With oily hands and full of dust, but happy, we loaded our VW bus full of rare Vespa and Lambretta parts and made our way home.
In its annual special about the highlights of the scooter scene, the Italian scooter magazine "Scooter Magazine" a feature over 6 pages about ours NOS dragster "Marita" published.