Old Moped

[Desertduler]

I have had this old moped for a long time which was given to me by a friend of mine who is departed. It will be probably the slowest two wheeler I have ever owned. I have had the engine running and it runs very well. Kind of cool but nerdy too! I am going to strip it down and go through it just for sh-ts and giggles!

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Your right, kinda dorky but it's still pretty cool.
The tires looks horrid but it looks like it's a good project.
Bring it back to life man.

 

[Bbqjoe]

You should put one of these on it.
It's what all the cool kids here do.

 

[Joe-405]

Peewee Herman's long lost bike by chance ? First thing I thought of. Lol

 

[Desertduler]

You two Joe's are real funny.

 

[OzFab]

Good to see you back, Bret...

All jokes aside, you'll probably find that's worth a pretty penny in good, running condition...

 

[Randy H]

It's awesome. Chick magnet for sure.

 

[chancer]

Peewee Herman's long lost bike by chance ? First thing I thought of. Lol

Me too. That bike is actually WAY COOL in a Pee Wee herman Nerdy kinda way.

 

[Desertduler]

Thanks guy's! This is not something that I would normally even be interested in but due to the fact I know the little things history and it was given to me by one of my truest friends that has passed away it does mean something to me. I sent an email and photos to a site in France that specializes in old motorcycles and mopeds and this one has got them stumped. I also have searched the web and I cannot find any information about this brand of moped but I did find some info on the engine which is a Himo 51 engine and the ID tag on the engine has what I believe is the date of 2-3-56.

 

[Rail rider]

It's awesome. Chick magnet for sure.

He'll need to start hanging around vespa rallies.

 

[Weeder]

He'll need to start hanging around vespa rallies.

Dude...don't even joke about Vespa rallys. They're highly dangerous people.

Party on!!!

 

[Desertduler]

Guys, I won't be riding the moped to any Vespa rallies to try to pick up ladies.
I picked one up about 24 years ago just walking! :

 

[Desertduler]

I did get some information back from France in regards to this old relic.
It is the C.C.H.-F.T. model in this PDF file.
http://cyclememory.org/fr/document.php?docID=A-1-0000000217
The name of the little bugger is Automoto.
If I sand the paint off on the fuel tank I might be able to see the original brand name on the side of the tank according to the pictures I see in the PDF file of the moped.

---------- Post added at 02:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:17 PM ----------

You should put one of these on it.
It's what all the cool kids here do.

Want to see some real cool engines? Take a look at some of my other builds on this site.