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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 an even better 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 to develop a motor scooter – competing on cost and weather protection with the ubiquitous motorcycle.
Concept
The main stimulus of the design style of the Lambretta and Vespa dates back to Pre-WWII Cushman scooters manufactured 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 these to Nazi defence tactics of destroying roads and bridges while in the Dolomites (a part of the Alps) in addition to the Austrian border areas.
Aeronautical engineer General Corradino D’Ascanio, in charge of and construction of the first modern helicopter by Agusta, was handed the duty by Ferdinando Innocenti of designing a simple, robust and affordable vehicle. It needed to be simple to drive for both women and men , be capable to carry a passenger and not get its driver’s clothes soiled.
The design
D’Ascanio, who hated motorbikes, developed a revolutionary vehicle. It was built on a spar frame which also has a handlebar gear change and the engine mounted directly onto the rear wheel. The front protection “shield” kept the rider dry and clean when compared to the open front-end on motorcycles. The pass-through leg area design was aimed at women, as wearing dresses or skirts made riding conventional motorcycles a challenge. The front fork, just like an aircraft’s landing gear, allowed for quick wheel changing. The inner mesh transmission eliminated the common motorcycle chain, an origin of oil and dirt. This basic design allowed a number of features to be deployed concerning the frame which could later allow quick continuing development of new models.
However, General D’Ascanio fell out with Innocenti, who as opposed to a moulded and beaten spar frame wished to produce his frame from rolled tubing, allowing him to bring back both sections 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 produce, the 1947 Lambretta featured a rear pillion seat for a passenger or optionally a storage compartment. The initial front protection “shield” was a flat section of aero metal; later this developed into a twin skin in order to permit additional storage on the ‘back of’/behind the leading shield, the same as the glove compartment in a car. The fuel cap was under the (hinged) seat which saved the expense associated with an additional lock on 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 the factory, Innocenti started producing the Lambretta scooters in 1947 – the year after 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 in 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 together with their production and engineering expertise and contracted Innocenti to produce cars under licence from BLMC. The Innocenti Mini used the mechanical elements of the initial but was in many ways better than it.
Innocenti/Lambretta was eventually sold to BLMC. Unfortunately, deficiency of foresight had caused BLMC to partake 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 essentially the same reasons that Ferdinando Innocenti had built it after the War. India was really a country with poor infrastructure, economically not ready for small private cars yet having a need for private transport.
Automobile Products of India (API) began assembling Innocenti-built Lambretta scooters in India after independence during the 1950s. They eventually acquired a licence to produce the Li150 Series 2 model, which was sold using the Lambretta Series 2 name until about 1976 and at a later point changed the name to Lamby for legal reasons as Scooter India Ltd acquired the total Innocenti Unit in 1972. API also built the trademark model [API-175] 3 wheeler which had been based on Innocenti’s Lambro. API continued to build Lambretta-derived models until the 1980s but have most certainly 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 setup an Indian factory as all the manuals and machinery instructions were in Italian. The 1st scooter built was the Vijay Delux/DL, which was badged the Lambretta GP150 in export markets. This sold poorly because of build problems and was enhanced to turn into the Vijay Super. Further improvements were produced in the ultimate years of production by incorporating a contemporary Japanese CDI unit and a sophisticated front suspension. SIL also distributed CKDs that were assembled in different parts of India and sold as the Allwyn Pusphak, Falcon, and Kesri. These were of a lower quality compared to 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 by the Lambretta engine. SIL also produces limited spares for the GP/DL variety of scooters. [8] [9] Addititionally there is a well established export trade in second-hand Lambrettas (and their derivatives), primarily for the UK market.
Today
In the Usa, 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 as well as a 150 cc UNO150.
You can still find clubs across Europe and also 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 summertime and get high attendance, some rallies achieve 2,500 paying rally goers. Throughout the UK there are plenty of 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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