Here's a cool article in the New York Times about a group of New York school kids who took on a Vespa restoration for their eigth-grade shop class. It looks like they fixed it up pretty well, especially considering it had spent time at the bottom of a lake!
Ummm, does that mean that when I can't fix something that I'm not as smart as an eigth-grader? Don't answer that!
"I never thought the kids would get so excited over this," Mr. Boissonnault said.
To keep the program going, the school has considered auctioning or raffling off the restored machines. Indeed, one frustrating thing for budding eighth-grade mechanics must be that they are too young to get driver's licenses.
"The worst part of the whole project," Mr. Boissonnault said, "is that they can't take it out for a ride."