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PREHISTORY
At
the entrance of the museum you can see the oldest pieces, from the
beginning of the '900: an Autofeuteil (1906), al Autoped (1914) and
also a Kingsbury, a Kenilworth, a Lumen. a Grigg, all from the 1918.
Then an Autoglider scooter (1919), an ABC Skootamota and a Krupp Roller
(1920), a Reynolds Runabout (1921), a Ner and a Car (1922).
Among the hightlights of the collection a Unibus, a futuristic scooter from the 1920 with all the mechanical parts hidden under an aerodynamic shape in aeronautic aluminium. THE WAR WORLD ERA AND THE BOOM OF THE 50s Just
before the War World Two the scooter was coming more and more popular
in Italy. In the Museum you can see a Volugrafo (1939) and a Velta
(1940), both designed by Belmondo. These two models inspired Paperino
(1945), the first scooter from Paiggio. The next year , 1946, Piaggio
created Vespa, and here you have almost all the Vespa models, even some
rare examples like the Ape Calessino (1955) and some Sidecars. Then You
can find all the models which made the story of Lambretta, born in 1947.
RARE PIECES Among the others, a Cushman Airborn (1943), two lovely toy models from a merry-go-round from the end of 40s, a section of half Vespa with working mechanical parts used as a promo in the stores, a Viatka from Russia (1958), an American Salsbury from the 40s and a gigantic Maicomobil (1953). Finally a French Scootavia (1950) and a military Vespa ACMA used by French rmy in Algeria in 1956. |