Restore or sell as project? advice please.

[jbx]

Hi, I've recently acquired a late 50's vespa 150cc.
It's had some sort of restoration on the paint over the years and remains the original minty green colour.
To my knowledge so far it requires a few bits like clocks and some part to do with the ignition.
Kicker is its been off the road that long that it's not showing on dvla but still retains its original plates and I have pics of the frame and engine numbers (they match) and also some old tax discs to show its been on the road in the UK.
I have no logbook or any paperwork of any sort for it as it appears to have been lost whilst the bike had been in storage over the years.

As a noob I have no issue bringing it back to life but wondered if the financial reward for this would be good enough to warrant doing so, or whether an enthusiast would be better to enjoy the restoration journey.
For me it's just going to be sold either way as the money will be recouped for my father to use.
Any advice welcome and apologies for no pics but trying to navigate the site layout still.
James.

[mushroom]

I managed to retain my plate with the DVLA but I still had the original buff logbook.
You'd need to contact Rob Skipsey or the Lambretta club and they can sort dating paperwork out for you because it would be worth more with the original plate

Also you can find out what model it is using the serial number database here www.scooterhelp.com/serial/ves.serial.numbers.html

[jbx]

Aug 28, 2021 13:06:21 GMT mushroom said:

I managed to retain my plate with the DVLA but I still had the original buff logbook.
You'd need to contact Rob Skipsey or the Lambretta club and they can sort dating paperwork out for you because it would be worth more with the original plate

Also you can find out what model it is using the serial number database here www.scooterhelp.com/serial/ves.serial.numbers.html

Thanks mate...its a vba1m engine and a vba1t frame. Numbers match and I have a tax disc from 1967 that shows its been taxed on this plate in the UK..hopefully that will resolve a massive headache to get it verified.
Any ideas on rough prices for a light resto vs a full resto sale mate?
It's a minty green colour and the paint is nice on it... I believe it had a paint job just before it was stored about 25 years back.

[mushroom]

Aug 28, 2021 14:03:20 GMT jbx said:

Aug 28, 2021 13:06:21 GMT mushroom said:

I managed to retain my plate with the DVLA but I still had the original buff logbook.
You'd need to contact Rob Skipsey or the Lambretta club and they can sort dating paperwork out for you because it would be worth more with the original plate

Also you can find out what model it is using the serial number database here www.scooterhelp.com/serial/ves.serial.numbers.html

Thanks mate...its a vba1m engine and a vba1t frame. Numbers match and I have a tax disc from 1967 that shows its been taxed on this plate in the UK..hopefully that will resolve a massive headache to get it verified.
Any ideas on rough prices for a light resto vs a full resto sale mate?
It's a minty green colour and the paint is nice on it... I believe it had a paint job just before it was stored about 25 years back.

I think I sold my 1960 VNB1T for £1500 last year and it needed everything putting back together, engine was in a crate stripped down
Mine had original paint and some patina, dealer plate on it from Italy etc
Wasn't NOVA'd so needed all new paperwork doing as well

[ironsloth]

Does sound interesting…..

[shaunbond]

In order to retain the original registration, you need to be able to tie the registration mark to the chassis number. An old log book will do this, hense Mushroom being able to do so.
Unfortunatley the days of using a Tax disc is long gone, unless someone knows any different.
If the council that originally registered it have reatined their records you can get an authorised photocopy which will suffice.