Monday 23 January 2012

The Vespa past is the future!


What we are looking at is a an old Swedish table cloth. I guess from the early 50's, maybe from the mid 50's.
It's a hommage to all two-wheelers on the Swedish roads. In the corners there are drawings of a couple on bicycles, a couple on mopeds, one guy on a small motorcycle and, of course, a lady on a Vespa. And on a Vespa that looks like a cross between a Vespa 98 and a Douglas Vespa, due to the headlamp on the front shield.
In the center there are traffic signs and names/logos of different two-wheel brands. Among them Lambretta, Vespa and Svalan, in the scooter field.
When I saw it I immediately thought of the Vespa 46, Quarantasei, the concept Vespa of the 2011 EICMA show in Milan. Will they build it? Rumours talk about a launch in december 2012.
Well, some lucky guy in Sweden has a nice table cloth, unfortunately it's not me!

I think it definitely looks like a 1946-1947 Vespa 98 cc.

The new Vespa 46, looks a bit like the one on the table cloth.

2 comments:

  1. Tjena Thomas! Tack för roliga (och många!) blogginlägg, mer eller mindre galna! Ögat alltid vaket.

    Mvh
    Micke "Vespamore.blogspot.com" Dunker
    Gävle Scooters

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  2. Tack, Micke! I aim to please...
    And you and I share more than Vespas, the family has already booked the house for the summer stay at the island Gotland!

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