Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: RE: How to identify a loopframe

Author: Ian Adkins

Date: Mar 9, 2004, 9:43 AM

Post ID: 1716254241



Gary,

I'll never live down the Ontario rally.....will I? :-) I promised...next
time we get together I'll be buying.

Not sure what rallies are on the agenda. Depends where I am I suppose. If I
stay the summer in North GA I will attend anything within a couple hundred
miles. Of course the National is in my heart but not on my time table. A job
kills one's ability to take off whenever.

I thought you were coming to the southeast? Always a spare bed and room in
the garage for any Looper that needs it. Heck I'll even throw in a steak and
beers as part of the deal.

Required Loop content: I'm still looking at my wounded 70 Ambo. Haven't had
time to deal with the bent intake push rod. Will plan on it this weekend
since I will finally have some time. Anyone ever experienced a bent push rod
before? I still can't figure out what caused it.

Cheers....Y'all...



 -----Original Message-----
From: Gary Cheek [mailto:kg8-@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 12:09 PM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: How to identify a loopframe


Hey Ian,
That is a very good summation .
Soooo . . . which rallies are you intending to go to this year ?
I know it's not related ,I just want to make sure I don't bring any beer
since Ian usually supplies that .
Ian Adkins wrote:
 
Tim,

V700's had four digit serial numbers. "Transition" Ambo's had
the letter
 "A"
prefix a five digit serial number 12xxx. These first Ambos were really
V700's with 700 heads and body parts, shifter on the right side. True
Ambos
(I call them American Ambos) had serial number 13xxx and up.

Hope this helps...Ian

 -----Original Message-----
From: Custom Guzzi [mailto:paul-@comcast.net]
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 10:19 PM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: How to identify a loopframe


My Ambo I had was July 69 and a 750. I think the 750 started with the
13xxx serial numbers. According to Greg Fields book, the 13xxx was the
first series to get the bigger tank and the concentric carbs.
Hope this
 
 helps.

Paul
Midlothian, Va
MGNOC#19926
73 Eldo "Elvira" next project
74 Eldo "Daisy"

Tim R wrote:
 
Looking at an early loopframe. Owner says it is an early
750cc, but it
 
 
 is titled as a 1969, and does not say Ambassador. He
thinks it might
 
 
 have been a V7 with a 750cc upgrade. How can I be sure?

I think the carbs are different than my Eldo has as well.
Any way to
 
 
 find serial numbers/production runs?

Would any of you hesitate purchasing one this early in the
production
 
 
 cycle for durability reasons?

Opinions?



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