precious lightwood-carroll it is the 10th digit on your Vespa’s serial number that is the model year. So your VIN (being a 1999) would start with something like ZAPC160 (as '''++Christophe VAULLEGEARD++''' pointed out) which does NOT indicate the year.
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precious lightwood-carroll it is the 10th digit on your Vespa’s serial number that is the model year. So your VIN (being a 1999) would start with something like ZAPC1600 (as '''++Christophe VAULLEGEARD++''' pointed out) which does NOT indicate the year.
ZA= Made in Italy
P= Piaggio/Vespa
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C160= ET50
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C161M= Engine code
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next 2 should be model number and finally the 10th digit is the model year. So yours may show a number 9 Of course we would need to have your Vespa’s number to verify and assist you further.
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next should be model number and finally the 10th digit is the model year. So yours may show a number 9 Of course we would need to have your Vespa’s number to verify and assist you further.
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precious lightwood-carroll it is the 10th digit on your Vespa’s serial number that is the model year. So your VIN (being a 1999) would start with something like ZAPC160 (as '''++Christophe VAULLEGEARD++''' pointed out) which does NOT indicate the year.
ZA= Made in Italy
P= Piaggio/Vespa
C160= ET50
next 2 should be model number and finally the 10th digit is the model year. So yours may show a number 9 Of course we would need to have your Vespa’s number to verify and assist you further.