In Bunnik, near Utrecht, is the collection located.
It was officially opened on the 21 September 1991 by wellknown Radio & TV personality Conny Vandenbos who was a member of the Vespa Club of The Hague in 1957.
The "Hardware" you will find in 3 seperate buildings:
In the first building you will find the pre-Vespa history being:
4 pre-war scooters:
- Autoped (1916)
- Krupp (1919)
- Scootamota (1920)
- Ner-a-car (1924)
4 WWII/Military scooters:
- Welbike (GB)
- Cushman & paratrailer (USA)
- Volugrafo (I)
- 1956 Vespa TAP (F)
The second building is the Vespa jubilee hall, It was opened on 21 April 1996 (50 years after the introduction of the Vespa) by Ms Christa Solbach, President of the International Federation of Vespa Clubs.
In this hall you will see the history of the Vespa with many models including:
- 1947 model 98cc
- 1949 model, which belonged to the famous French actor Michel Simon
- 1958 ACMA model GL with 9" tires
- 1962 Vjatka Russian "Vespa"
- 1968 50cc model with pedals
- 1979 P200E training model for the 1980 Paris-Dakar rally
- 1953 APE 3 wheeler
- Moscone outboard motor
Further scooters include: Lambretta B and D, 2x Corgi and various other Vespa's
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