Quote Originally Posted by MisterD View Post
A bit of searching later and as I thought, the original vespa engine is derived from an aircraft starter motor (Googie, this is not the same as actually being an aircraft starter motor).
Same diffrence, and I was kind of a piss take if you hadnt already noticed.
Still they were all very inventive, I mean they had surplus of something they could not longer use, and the nation was at a stand still and needed transport.