November 22, 2021

"Dreieinigkeit" is German for "three one-ness," or, in the case of these TWN Contessas, the process of making one scooter from three. There is a "Scoot Three" now.

The unholy trinity is in the garage. Scoot Three came from, as ever, a tip from Jay H.! He referred to himself as "Jay the Enabler" in his message about the find. Hah! I appreciate your "enabling," Jay! The red-flag decision point of the "sunk cost fallacy" is far behind me. I'm rolling with "sunk cost momentum."

Facebook ad for the "Confederate contesta," shortly after I got the thing.

Scoot Three is nicer than both One and Two, with an engine that turns, gear shifting and brakes that work. Missing some parts, and in pieces, and the clutch won't release (though that's a standard condition - three for three on that). As far as I can tell, all that stands between me and riding is labor. No more parts needed. Disassembly is done, Part 2 is about putting one bike together. And, by the way, having a roller of moderate condition (Scoot One, mostly) to make an electric. I don't know that I'll ever get there, but it's a thought.

Scoot Three came from near Lunenberg, in the Northeast Kingdom in VT. The seller had owned the scooter about 20 years before, back in the 90s, and had sold it to a guy in town. That guy grew older and, in about 2019, passed away. That guy's wife hired the seller to help her clean out a bunch of storage trailers on the property, in which was this Contessa... and the seller had his old scooter back! Missing a seat, a right side-panel, and a few other bits... but there you go. I didn't pay $1200 for it, by the way (that was the price in the listing; see screenshot above).

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Dreieinigkeit.

June 16, 2022.

To make space for summer projects, all three of the countesses are put away in a crate up the back. "The Ark of the Contessas." I look forward to getting back to all of them! First things first, though. (Or, 233rd thing 233rd, or something. I have a lot of projects.)

I have to add 6 hours for crate building and stuffing. It counts in the overall project. Turns out that's about 15% of the time spent! Note the I haven't put up time traveling to far-flung places to *fetch up* any of these scooters.

(6 hr, 40 hr total.)