Vespa P200E restoration Part 3

About 6 months of work in 15 mins. Doing all the bodywork repairs, cutting out rusted metal, treating corrosion, welding in new metal and prepping ready for a dry build and then painting.
Back in the mid to late 80’s, I was the proud owner of a Vespa P200E which I rattle-can resprayed in a typically 80’s brash colour scheme. For over 30 years, it’s been stuck in a shed, gathering dust and rust.
Can a clueless, inexperienced mechanic bring this beauty back to life?
Many books read, countless videos watched and numerous forums trawled through. There will be mistakes, there will be cock-ups, there will be scraped knuckles, there will be tears BUT there will some serious fun along the way.
This is NOT an instructional video, quite the opposite 😁

[@victorhawkins3461]

Man, kudos to you for doing all your own bodywork! You cut out panels, you learned to weld, you slapped on lots and lots of filler, and you sanded and sanded until the body was ready for primer and paint. I would've simply written someone else a sizeable check (cheque?) to do all that work. You ROCK! Okay...on to Part 4!

[@davetroman5527]

Thanks. Have to admit it's been a bit frustrating at times but enjoying the learning process. Satisfying knowing that I've done it myself.

[@Ashley_x_Smith]

Speaking as a welder of 35yrs I congratulate you on a fine job there, I bet it was like welding tissue paper at times 😆 is your welder a gassed or gassles MIG set and what diameter wire did you use? Nice to see a British restoration for a change on KZbin too. Good on ya...😊

[@davetroman5527]

Thanks for the encouragement. You're right, there was a lot of "burn through" while I was practising 🤣 My MIG set (very basic) can do gas and gasless, but I found the gasless easier; used 0.6mm flux core wire, I think. Got a real admiration now for those highly skilled trades like welding and spray painting. Going to have to spend more time on these skills for the next project.

[@clivegwyther5683]

Where did you get most of your parts please? I am rebuilding my 1981 P200E and need to purchase new wiring loom, cables, barrel and some bodywork parts.

[@davetroman5527]

Hi. Got bits from various places, used Buzzmoto, Beedspeed and Scooter Vista a lot. Best of luck with the rebuild.

[@sonofboomclap1]

Lot of love gone into this. Proper spirit of the shed. Appreciate you showing us your progress 👍

[@seanmcgee836]

Nice to see you back at it!