Portuguese Scooter – 1973 Casal Carina S170

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Here’s something I’ve never encountered before: the Portuguese company of Veiculos Casal. They made mopeds, small motorcycles, and scooters – here’s one of the last, a Carina S170.

The S170 was the first vehicle produced by Casal, and it looked an awful lot like the Zundapp R50. The Carina was supposed to use a Zundapp motor originally but it seems that talks broke down and so Casal used their own engine…which was ‘inspired’ by the Zundapp powerplant. Nothing too special here except how rare it is in the US, although it looks like

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This example (VIN: 6498) is claimed to run and ride “very good”. It has about 370 miles on the odometer and the seller says it is one of only 11 imported to the US – good luck verifying that, I sure wasn’t able to!

Casal Carina S170 - Front Fairing

Find this Casal Carina S170 for sale in Manassas, Virginia with a BIN of $4,500 or best offer