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• Engine: 49.5cc single cylinder

• Transmission: 4 Speed Manual

• Year: 1967

• Chassis: 66472

• Engine: 180497/S

• Registration: XBL 407E

• Mileage:

• Exterior Colour: White and yellow

• Interior colour and material:

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- This Motorcycle joined our Black & White Collection in May 2008 and was very sadly sold in August 2012.
- Sold new in Torino on May 24th 1967 and believed to have remained in Turin all of it's life until purchased by BWG.
- Restored in 2007 and the engine was re-built.
- Road registered in the UK by us in December 2009.

A brief history of ITOM:
- The ITOM factory was founded in Turin by lawyer Corrado Corradi, the name being an abbreviation of Industria Torinese Meccanica Srl.  Production began in 1948 at Via Francesco Millio, Torino, moving later to S. Ambrogio Torinese.
- All ITOM engines were 49.5cc (40x39.5mm), with the sole exception of the Tabor model of 1959 which was 65cc (45x40mm).
- The most popular ITOM model was the Astor 4M which was introduced in 1965 with a 49.5 cc engine delivering 5.5 to 6 hp at 10,000 rpm, mated to a 4 speed gearbox.
- In 1973 ITOM ceased production of their own engines and adopted Franco Morini engines for the whole range. ITOM was then no longer a real motorcycle manufacturer but more of an assembler.
- A venture into producing medical compressors and water-heaters was a financial disaster and the losses led to the closure of the motorcycle division in 1975.