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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 larger factory producing seamless steel tubing and employing about 6,000. During 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 chose to produce a motor scooter – competing on cost and weather protection against the ubiquitous motorcycle.
Concept
The leading stimulus of the design style of the Lambretta and Vespa goes back to Pre-WWII Cushman scooters made in Nebraska, USA. These olive green scooters were in Italy in huge numbers, ordered originally by Washington as field transport for the Paratroops and Marines. The Us military had used these to avoid Nazi defence tactics of destroying roads and bridges in the Dolomites (a section of the Alps) as well as the Austrian border areas.
Aeronautical engineer General Corradino D’Ascanio, accountable for and construction of the first modern helicopter by Agusta, was presented with the job by Ferdinando Innocenti of designing a simple, robust and affordable vehicle. It needed to be uncomplicated to drive for men and women , be capable of carry a passenger and still not get its driver’s clothes soiled.
Design and style
D’Ascanio, who hated motorbikes, developed a revolutionary vehicle. This had been built on a spar frame with a handlebar gear change while 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 geared towards women, as wearing dresses or skirts made riding conventional motorcycles a challenge. The front fork, like an aircraft’s landing gear, allowed for simple wheel changing. The inner mesh transmission eliminated the regular motorcycle chain, a source of dirt and oil. This basic design allowed a number of features to end up being deployed regarding the frame which could later allow quick progression 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 regenerate both aspects 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 for a year longer to create, the 1947 Lambretta featured a rear pillion seat for a passenger or optionally a storage compartment. The actual front protection “shield” was a flat piece of aero metal; later this developed into a twin skin to allow for additional storage on the ‘back of’/behind the leading shield, like the glove compartment in a vehicle. The fuel cap was under the (hinged) seat which saved the expense associated with 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 production of Lambretta scooters in 1947 – the year after Piaggio started production 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 given that the small car became available for more people and Lambretta began to struggle financially as did parent Innocenti. The British Leyland Motor Corporation took advantage of Innocenti’s financial hardships in addition to their production and engineering expertise and contracted Innocenti to produce cars under licence from BLMC. The Innocenti Mini used the mechanical parts of the original but was in plenty of different ways superior to it.
Innocenti/Lambretta was eventually sold to BLMC. Unfortunately, absence of foresight had caused BLMC to partake in a fashion trend that had been 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 right after the War. India was a country with poor infrastructure, economically not prepared for small private cars yet with a need for private transport.
Automobile Products of India (API) began assembling Innocenti-built Lambretta scooters in India after independence around 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 afterwards changed the name to Lamby for legal reasons as Scooter India Ltd acquired the whole Innocenti Unit in 1972. API also built the trademark model [API-175] 3 wheeler that was influenced by Innocenti’s Lambro. API continued to construct Lambretta-derived models till the 1980s but have been non-operational since 2002.
In 1972, Scooters India Ltd. (SIL) a state-run enterprise situated in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, bought the whole Lambretta manufacturing and trademark rights. Former Innocenti employees were chosen to setup an Indian factory as all the manuals and machinery instructions were in Italian. The 1st scooter built was the Vijay Delux/DL, that was badged the Lambretta GP150 in export markets. This sold poorly as a consequence of build problems and was enhanced to turn into the Vijay Super. Further improvements were made 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 several parts of India and sold as the Allwyn Pusphak, Falcon, and Kesri. They were of a lower quality rrn comparison to the SIL produced models and sometimes incorporated significant styling changes.
SIL production seems to have peaked in the financial year 1980-1981, with around 35,000 scooters being built. However by 1987 this had dropped close to 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 because of the Lambretta engine. SIL also produces limited spares for the GP/DL selection of scooters. [8] [9] Addititionally there is a well established export trade in second-hand Lambrettas (and their derivatives), primarily into the UK market.
Today
In the United States, Scooters India Ltd licensed the Khurana Group USA LLC to manufacture and distribute scooters under the Lambretta brand. The first release in 2008 were rebadged Adly models [10] of contemporary design, including a 49 cc DUE50, a 49 cc UNO50 and 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 occur during weekends during the summer season and have high attendance, some rallies achieve 2,500 paying rally goers. Throughout the UK there are many privately owned scooter shops which deal with everything Lambretta, from sales, services, parts, tuning, performance as well as nut and bolt restorations.
(Artical taken from wiki and spun)
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