This is Hairy Mark showing off an engineering project from a couple of years ago- a Piaggio Ape that he converted to take an espresso machine . He has since had a hand in the construction of several more of these and they can be seen selling coffee under various liveries throughout the South East of England.As he does not actually drive the vehicles , they have so far managed to remain in one piece - as far as I know!
In the background you can see the bonnet of the Reliant Robin van that Mark was driving around at the time. Sadly, it blew up a couple of weeks after this photograph was taken. RIP blue Robin!
Piaggio
Ape Picture Gallery
Owned by
Barcelona City Council
Found lurking
in Barcelona Zoo
Another
Coffee Wagon Conversion
Front view
of the Hairy Mark version
Finally,this
is a Bajaj.
They are
built under
licence
in India
Ape and Bajaj Links
Visit
the website of Piaggio. Without them, none of this would have been possible
Follow
this link for more three-wheeled mania
Two
guys driving two Apes from Portugal to China
The
Ape in history
More
on the Bajaj
Max
Hall's site, possibly one of the best 3-wheeled sites ever
Ape
Spotting '95. Another brilliant Ape/Bajaj resource
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