BEHIND THE GARAGE DOOR
NOT GOING APE
DAN PLANS TO RESUSCITATE AN EXHAUSTED BEE
It’s not a car, and not a scooter either, and rust has eaten so much of it away that there’s not much of the original Piaggio Ape (arpey is Italian for bee) left at all, but it’s now in the hands of one of the few people who have dedication enough to bring this cutie back from beyond the brink.
Dan Wilton in Wellington has been on this trike’s trail for four years. It was one of only two Apes imported new into the country and the only one with the rarer van body. It’s a 1966 model
