old-as-hell mobylette

(not tryin' to double-dip, but i originally posted this in repair, but i think this would be a better forum for my question)

i have a 1956 AV78. i received it with a head that is a little jacked (although probably usable). i was told by several people that all the AV7 stuff will work on my bike, including lower end parts and kits (the malossi intake will work w/ my stock bike, although i may have to slightly mod it).

yesterday, however, i was told by someone in the industry that the head on my old 78 may have a different hinge spot that the standard A7 head, and therefore, aftermarket A7 heads might not work.

looking at pix and comparing w/ my head, they look the same to me, but i haven

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av7 wont work

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Ask rebelmoby over at mabecanemobylette.com

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The heads are different yes.

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I tried to take pics but the camera battery is dead. I'll get those later. Here's the deal, the 50v's motor mount on the head is roughly an inch lower than the motor mount on the av78/av88/av89 etc cylinder head. Because of this you can't use a newer cylinder head unless you make brackets to extend the mount (like if you want to run a high compression head or a watercooled kit). Of course you can use the stock head with most cylinders/motors.

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thx, guys.

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50v head on the left, av88 (av7 v2) head on the right.

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nice pic, thx.

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get ya some steel and make that sucka up kev!

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Go to scootbikeshop break>

and use a translator.

I got a belt for my 1969 AV69 there.

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jims72: thanks to eric of schiller mopeds, i have a side cover and fender on the way.

jOHNNYdOUBE: thx for the link. i have to figure out how to use the translator program.

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Copy the url at the address bar, then, paste it into google translator.

Select FRENCH to ENGLISH.

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thx. i'm a computer dumb-ass.

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