A little Prima-Vespa therapy

We've seen those YouTube™ videos - the ones with gonzo types having traded front wheels for skis, careening down narrow European roads. Not us. (Not yet, anyway.)

No, today we'll admire one restoration project going on nearby, and look forward to seeing it in person. It may not be a Minion project - it's Bombastic Rob's handiwork - but it's a ground-up small-frame Primavera rebuild, and it's really nice.

Check out the before and after photos below. Found in North Idaho awhile back (saved from a 2% fate, ha!), Rob has been working on it as a new main ride for his wife, Tammy. The frame was plenty beat-up, motor DOA, broken headset, there was even standing water in the chassis. Now, it's pristine, its motor given new life including a zippy 130cc Polini kit and pipe. That's Volkswagen Beetle orange by the way - an homage to the orignal color - and looks great.

Snow time? Garage therapy time.

Primavera resto (Flash™ images)