Ferdinando Innocenti had an engineering background centred on the production of steel tubing, having established his first workshop at the age of 18. Following the end of the Second World War, he, like many of his contemporary Italian industrialists required a product that would enable him to rebuild his shattered company based in the Milanese suburb of Lambrate. Therefore the inspiration for the creation of the first Lambretta scooter can be found, like that of the rival Vespa, in the devastation that afflicted Italy following the Second World War and the country's desperate need for affordable transport.
The new machine was unveiled at the 1947 Paris Show. Unlike it's major rival, the Vespa which had debuted slightly before it, it and the majority of Lambretta's subsequent production, featured a large tubular frame to which the other components were fitted and had suspension at both ends. Power was provided by a two stroke, single cylinder engine initially displacing 125cc although a 150cc variant was quickly added. The Model A and B were only offered as "open" models with no enclosure of the "oily bits" and only minimal leg-shields/foot-boards, however the introduction of the revised model C in 1950 saw the of the option of an enclosed variant typed the LC which established the appearance of the Lambretta for the rest of the fifties. These models were replaced for the 1952 season by the D and LD variants which would evolve through three marks over the next six years.
This late LD150 is offered in complete unrestored condition. Unused since its acquisition by the vendor in July 2005 it will require re-commissioning before use. It is fitted with a period windscreen and rear carrier with the facility to carry a spare wheel and is accompanied by a "green logbook", old style V5 and current V5C.
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