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Useful info about the History of the Lambretta
In 1922, Ferdinando Innocenti of Pescia built a steel-tubing factory in Rome. In 1931, he took this company to Milan where he built a more substantial factory producing seamless steel tubing and employing about 6,000. Throughout the Second World War, the factory was heavily bombed and destroyed. It is said that surveying the ruins, Innocenti saw the future of cheap, private transport and decided they would produce a motor scooter – competing on cost and weather protection with the ubiquitous motorcycle.
Concept
The leading stimulus for the design style of the Lambretta and Vespa dates back to Pre-WWII Cushman scooters made in Nebraska, USA. These olive green scooters were in Italy in large numbers, ordered originally by Washington as field transport for the Paratroops and Marines. The United States military had used them to Nazi defence tactics of destroying roads and bridges throughout the Dolomites (an area of the Alps) along with the Austrian border areas.
Aeronautical engineer General Corradino D’Ascanio, in charge of and construction of the first modern helicopter by Agusta, was given the job by Ferdinando Innocenti of designing a simple, robust and affordable vehicle. It needed to be easy to drive for women and men , be capable to carry a passenger and still not get its driver’s clothes soiled.
The design
D’Ascanio, who hated motorbikes, developed a revolutionary vehicle. This had been built on a spar frame with a handlebar gear change also , the engine mounted directly onto the rear wheel. The front protection “shield” kept the rider dry and clean compared to the open front-end on motorcycles. The pass-through leg area design was intended for women, as wearing dresses or skirts made riding conventional motorcycles quite a job. The front fork, like an aircraft’s landing gear, allowed for simple wheel changing. The internal mesh transmission eliminated the normal motorcycle chain, a source of dirt and oil. This basic design allowed a series of features to end up being deployed concerning the frame which would later allow quick growth and development of new models.
However, General D’Ascanio fell out with Innocenti, who as opposed to a moulded and beaten spar frame desired to produce his frame from rolled tubing, allowing him to regenerate both features of his prewar company. General D’Ascanio disassociated himself with Innocenti and took his design to Enrico Piaggio who produced the spar-framed Vespa from 1946 on.
Into production
Going on a year longer to develop, the 1947 Lambretta featured a rear pillion seat for a passenger or optionally a storage compartment. The original front protection “shield” was a flat section of aero metal; later this developed into a twin skin allowing additional storage on the ‘back of’/behind the front shield, similar to the glove compartment in a vehicle. The fuel cap was beneath the (hinged) seat which saved the expense of an additional lock for the fuel cap or requirement for additional metal work on the smooth skin.
Deriving the name Lambretta from the small river Lambro in Milan, which ran near to the factory, Innocenti started manufacturing of Lambretta scooters in 1947 – one year afterwards Piaggio started manufacture of its Vespa models. Lambrettas were manufactured under licence in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, India and Spain, sometimes under other names but always to a recognizable design (e.g. Siambretta in South America and Serveta in Spain).
BLMC closure of Innocenti
As wealth increased in Western Europe through the late 1960s, the requirement for motor scooters fell simply because the small car became available for lots more people and Lambretta did start to struggle financially as did parent Innocenti. The British Leyland Motor Corporation took advantage of Innocenti’s financial hardships and also their production and engineering expertise and contracted Innocenti to create cars under licence from BLMC. The Innocenti Mini used the mechanical parts of the initial but was in many ways more advanced than it.
Innocenti/Lambretta was eventually sold to BLMC. Unfortunately, shortage of foresight had caused BLMC to take part in a fashion trend that was ending rapidly. Long industrial strikes in BLMC ensued; motor-scooter sales took a nosedive, and both Innocenti and Lambretta shut up shop in 1972.
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India
Automobile Products of India / Scooters India Ltd Industry Scooter
Founded 1972
Headquarters Bombay / Lucknow, India
Products Lambretta, Lamby, Vijay, Vikram, Lambro
Website Scooters India
The Indian government bought the factory for fundamentally the same reasons that Ferdinando Innocenti had built it following the War. India was a country with poor infrastructure, economically not prepared for small private cars yet with a demand for private transport.
Automobile Products of India (API) began assembling Innocenti-built Lambretta scooters in India after independence in the 1950s. They eventually acquired a licence to build the Li150 Series 2 model, which was sold under the Lambretta Series 2 name until about 1976 and at a later time changed the name to Lamby for legal reasons as Scooter India Ltd acquired the entire Innocenti Unit in 1972. API also built the trademark model [API-175] 3 wheeler which was based upon Innocenti’s Lambro. API continued to produce Lambretta-derived models prior to the 1980s but have been non-operational since 2002.
In 1972, Scooters India Ltd. (SIL) a state-run enterprise operating out of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, bought the entire Lambretta manufacturing and trademark rights. Former Innocenti employees were utilised to set up an Indian factory as most of the manuals and machinery instructions were in Italian. The first scooter built was the Vijay Delux/DL, this was badged the Lambretta GP150 in export markets. This sold poorly due to build problems and was enhanced becoming the Vijay Super. Further improvements were manufactured in the ultimate years of production by incorporating a contemporary Japanese CDI unit and a sophisticated front suspension. SIL also distributed CKDs which were assembled in different parts of India and sold as the Allwyn Pusphak, Falcon, and Kesri. These were of a lower quality compared to the SIL produced models and sometimes incorporated significant styling changes.
SIL production seems to have peaked within the financial year 1980-1981, with around 35,000 scooters being built. However by 1987 this had dropped to around 4,500 units with production finally ceasing in 1997. As of 2010 S.I.L.’s production now centres on the Vikram 3-wheeler, powered via the Lambretta engine. SIL also produces limited spares for the GP/DL range of scooters. [8] [9] There’s also a well established export trade in second-hand Lambrettas (and their derivatives), primarily into the UK market.
Today
Within the U . S ., Scooters India Ltd licensed the Khurana Group USA LLC to manufacture and distribute scooters with the Lambretta brand. The initial release in 2008 were rebadged Adly models [10] of contemporary design, including a 49 cc DUE50, a 49 cc UNO50 along with a 150 cc UNO150.
You can still find clubs across Europe and the UK, both national and local clubs, dedicated to the Lambretta scooter. The clubs still participate and organize ride outs and rallies which regularly take place during weekends throughout the summer months and have high attendance, some rallies achieve 2,500 paying rally goers. Throughout the UK there are various privately owned scooter shops which deal with everything Lambretta, from sales, services, parts, tuning, performance and also nut and bolt restorations.
(Artical taken from wiki and spun)
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