Scooter

Size: 25x25 cms - Pages: 276 - Photos: 342 in b/w and 140 in colour - Hardbound with jacket - Text: English The Lambretta was undoubtedly one of the most popular means of transport of the Fifties and Sixties. A valid alternative to the car, it was a loyal travelling companion for hundreds of thousands of Italian families, who had the good fortune to ride it for work or pleasure or both. Together with the Vespa, the Lambretta monopolised the Italian scooter market and was able to conquer that position due to its original technical characteristics and its exceptionally modern design. This is now the third edition of the “Innocenti Lambretta” book by Vittorio Tessera, expanded with all-colour photographs reproducing rare advertising of the period, the manufacturer’s brochures and even film posters of the Lambretta, which was the legendary, unforgettable and unquestioned protagonist in its golden years.

Size: 25x25 cms - Pages: 400 - Photos; in b/w and colour - Hardbound with jacket - Text: Italian-English - This is a unique book of its kind, useful to all Lambretta owners and riders who mean to understand the evolution of the famous Innocenti scooter down to the smallest detail. After having digested all the technical information supplied by the concessionaires of the period, and having created thousands of illustrations showing all the versions produced by the Lambrate manufacturer between 1947 and 1971 piece by piece, the author has brought to life a guide that shows even the smallest modification carried out over the years on the various models that have appeared in the marketplace. Due to those illustrations, it is possible to see when a particular modification was introduced during the production cycle of an individual model. The book is also enriched by dozens of original documents of the period published in colour, production graphs and, no less important, all the official technical specifications of the Traffic Control Authority for the registration of Lambretta vehicles.

Size: cm. 25x25 - Pages: 80 - Photos: 236 in b/w and colour - Softbound - Text: English An invaluable book with which to identify and maintain a Lambretta in perfect working order, this guide contains all the information gathered by the author in over 20 years of work in the world of maintenance and spare parts. A technical specification is given for each model and contains identification details, a lay-out with data for painting the different body components, one for the finish of the metallic parts and a section devoted to data for the maintenance of the engine and transmission. Illustrated with numerous pictures and technical drawings, the book is an indispensable instrument for all Lambretta enthusiasts. This expanded edition, including 156 new pictures, dispays all the colours and colour combinations of the various models that became available over the years and concludes with the homologation fiches, documents indispensible today when applying to join one of the various historic clubs with one’s own Lambretta.

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Size: 24.3x27 cms - Pages: 456 - Photos: 180 in b/w and 730 in colour - Hardbound with jacket - Text: English Updated edition of the book ‘60 years of Vespa’, published in 2006 to celebrate Vespa’s 60th anniversary. April 1946 was the debut date of the revolutionary little two-wheel vehicle, which, as well as leaving an indelible mark on the history of transport, became a real cultural phenomenon to successive generations. Simple and elegant, practical and comfortable, these are some of the characteristics that have ensured the popular scooter an unrepeatable success, with 35,000 of them built in 1949 alone. Sixty-five years after its birth, the Vespa, of which over 17 million have been produced, has affirmed itself throughout the world. This book covers the fascinating epic of the Vespa, from its debut to the present day, through hundreds of pictures and invaluable documents of its various epochs. The work is introduced by Roberto Colaninno, the current president of Piaggio, and includes a systematic cataloguing of all the models that have appeared in those 65 years, each one accompanied by a detailed technical specification.