This website is dedicated to a work of art created in 1946. Its lines, volumes and geometric features are so perfect and pure that they give birth to something really close to absolute Beauty.
THE LEGEND
THIS VESPA'S INNOVATIVE DESIGN IS MORE THAN 70 YEARS OLD BUT ITS CRYSTALLINE SHAPES SEEM TO BE TIMELESS.
THERE'S NOTHING OLD, NOTHING OBSOLETE, THERE'S NO FRICTION BETWEEN IT AND US WHILE WATHCHING, EVEN IF WE ARE LOOKING FOR A FLAW.
THE CHASSIS NUMBER AND THE ENGINE NUMBER OF THIS VESPA ARE RESPECTIVELY NUMBER 1048 AND 00048.
When Piaggio started the production they gave two serial numbers starting with the chassis number 1001 for the first vehicle produced.
Therefore, to find its age, it is necessary to subtract 1000 from the chassis number.
THE CHASSIS NUMBER AND THE ENGINE NUMBER OF THIS VESPA ARE RESPECTIVELY NUMBER 1048 AND 00048.
When Piaggio started the production they gave two serial numbers starting with the chassis number 1001 for the first vehicle produced.
Therefore, to find its age, it is necessary to subtract 1000 from the chassis number.
IN THIS CASE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FORTY-EIGHTH VESPA FROM THE BEGINNING OF ITS PRODUCTION. THE PRODUCTION OF THE FIRST 60 UNITS WAS CALLED ZERO SERIES. THEIR SHAPE IS DEFINITELY DIFFERENT, MORE BENT ON THE BACK AND WITHOUT REINFORCING RIBS ON THE CHASSIS.
ALL OVER THE WORLD, ONLY ANOTHER ONE HAS SURVIVED OVER TIME.
ON MAY 23RD 1946, NO. 1048 WAS SENT TO "CONCESSIONARIA LUIGI DI GENNARO" IN ROME. SOLD AFTER FEW DAYS, IT WAS SOON SEIZED AS A "BODY OF PROOF" FOR AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AND THEN AUCTIONED AFTER TEN YEARS IN 1956.
On May 7th 1956, it was bought by Mr. Di Nepi Angelo who kept it until February 10th 1985 when it was purchased by the current owner.
ON MAY 23RD 1946, NO. 1048 WAS SENT TO "CONCESSIONARIA LUIGI DI GENNARO" IN ROME. SOLD AFTER FEW DAYS, IT WAS SOON SEIZED AS A "BODY OF PROOF" FOR AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AND THEN AUCTIONED AFTER TEN YEARS IN 1956.
On May 7th 1956, it was bought by Mr. Di Nepi Angelo who kept it until February 10th 1985 when it was purchased by the current owner.
OSCAR WILDE SAID: "BEAUTY IS A FORM OF GENIUS BECAUSE IT'S HIGHER, INDEED, THAN GENIUS, AS IT NEEDS NO EXPLANATION". WE CAN'T ILLUSTRATE YOU WHAT BEAUTY IS WHEN IT'S SO EVIDENT BECAUSE IT COMES FROM SOMETHING DIVINE, AND EMOTIONS CAN'T BE EXPLAINED.