29th Oct, 2025 10:30

National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands

Lot 101

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c. 1960's API Lambretta LI150 Series 2
No Reserve

Sold for £690

(including buyers premium)

Lot details

Registration No: Un-registered
Frame No: 227555 150LI
MOT: None

An interesting example of an early API Series 2, featuring many original Italian parts
Appears to have been repainted into the current colour scheme many years ago
Sold with an Italian LI125 Series 2 engine missing several parts

Automobile Products of India (API) was founded in 1949 in Bombay by the British company, the Rootes Group, and manufactured Lambretta scooters under license from Innocenti of Italy. Much like Piaggio with the Vespa, Innocenti could not keep up with demand for their scooters and signed licensing agreements with various companies around the world. Initially built from CKD (Complete Knock Down) kits in India using Italian built parts, it was initially sold as a Lambretta and then later API manufactured their own parts. Visually, the API was continually modernised and later restyled with a smaller mudguard, smaller legshields, dual seats and press-on side panels and later became the API Lamby which was almost unrecognisable from the original design.

Excitingly offered without reserve, this Indian built Lambretta Series 2 was apparently resident in the USA for some time prior to its arrival in the UK. It has evidently been previously repainted in its current attractive two-tone paint scheme, but was stripped of its internal workings by the previous owner with the intention of being converted to electric power. The vendor acquired it earlier this year in this condition, and fortunately had an LI125 engine casing ready for an overhaul in his posession which he mounted in the frame. Now surplus to requirements, it will need registering with the DVLA but is a great blank canvas for any prospective purchaser.

For more information, please contact:
Lucas Gomersall
lucas.gomersall@handh.co.uk
07484 082430

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