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My Armandos from 1988 and in 2012

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:03 pm
by jeck
I owned this scooter for a couple of years bck in the late eighties

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Armandos by whatsfresh, on Flickr

I sold it on a couple of years later , then in about 2007 i came across the old glove box at a stall at whiskey galore ,

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My old Armandos scooter glove box by whatsfresh, on Flickr

then this year at kelso an old mate from back in the day says over a few frosty beers that he has my old Armandos frame and i can have it for free ( good fella chives ) In the morning he says that wasnt the just the drink talking , you can have it , but its not in very good nick :(
Roll on a couple of weeks and i go and pick it up , and he was right its rough as a badgers arse but fair play to gary ( i think it saved him hiring a skip ) ;)

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Untitled by whatsfresh, on Flickr


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Untitled by whatsfresh, on Flickr

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Untitled by whatsfresh, on Flickr

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Untitled by whatsfresh, on Flickr

I know its rough has hell but its a part of my scootering history so i have already started the ball rolling by buying bits to rebuild it but not as it was before .

Re: My Armandos from 1988 and in 2012

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:07 pm
by Mel K
Nice, are you buying a new frame for it? :D

Re: My Armandos from 1988 and in 2012

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:12 pm
by jeck
No that would be to easy

Mind you in a few months i'll wish i had :x

Re: My Armandos from 1988 and in 2012

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:44 pm
by sp1v
Good on yer mate, good story...

Re: My Armandos from 1988 and in 2012

Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:17 am
by WINTERMODEL150
Great story fella,keep us updated on the progress.

Dean

Re: My Armandos from 1988 and in 2012

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:56 pm
by OzOAP
Keep us updated. Not many left.
See it was a 5 speed, what engine spec?
You putting it back to original?

Re: My Armandos from 1988 and in 2012

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:17 pm
by rosscla
must ask gary if he's got any of my old scoots there jeck

good luck with it

Re: My Armandos from 1988 and in 2012

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:37 pm
by Fenian Mick
Obviously the scooter was meant to return to you.

Good luck with the rebuild, whats your theme gonna be ? Another Armando's ?