This is the first in a new series for the Scooterlounge blog, the "Scooter Profile". I'll use this space to highlight interesting scooters that the Scooterlounge crew come across, both in person, and over the internet. We expect that many of these posts in the future will be photos that readers of the blog will email to us. I guess only time will tell.
The subject of our first feature is a very clean and original Lambretta TV 175 Series III owned by friend of the site, Gary C. He told us that he recently bought it from the original owner! You just don't see too many original owner Lambrettas any more, that's for sure. This one was certainly well loved, and it is in stunning condition.
More pictures below the jump
Note the sweet original license plate on this scooter. Just amazing! The color on this version of the TV175 is great. Also note the special rear frame badge. It is color matched to this frame color, and was only available with this color TV175.
You can see the little sticker below the "TV 175" badge on the left legshield well in this photo. This is the "American Motorscooter Association" sticker that was affixed to all US market Lambrettas in the mid-60's. This was a psudo scooter club created by Lambretta to attempt to compete with the US Vespa clubs which existed at that time. The Vespa clubs had some small factory support, while the Motorscooter Association got nothing from Innocenti but a bunch of stickers on all Lambretta legshields. Typical Innocenti! If they were not so half-assed in their US operations, they would have sold a lot more scooters, that's for sure.
The final shot of the handlebars - beautiful and functional. You can also just see the original running-in sticker on the back side of the legshields. This is just about as good a scooter as anyone can hope to find. Completely original, and in great condition. We're looking forward to seeing more pictures of it from Gary in the spring!