Innocenti Lambretta: The Definitive History

Engineering & Transportation

Tessera, Vittorio

Automotive

Nada

The Lambretta was one of the most popular forms of transportation of the 50s and 60s, a valid surrogate to the automobile, and a faithful travel companion to hundreds of thousands of Italian families that had the chance to ride one to work or for fun. Together with the Vespa, it monopolized the Italian scooter market, and knew how to sell itself in the international market with its own original technical characteristics and exceptionally modern frame. This long awaited second edition provides new detailed appendices and specifications for all the models covered, helping collectors in the identification and restoration of their Lambretta. The work is enriched by hundreds of pictures in black and white and color.

Giorgio Nada Editore

An invaluable book with which will help the reader 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 reference for all Lambretta enthusiasts.

Lambretta Restoration Guide

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.

Innocenti Lambretta: The Definitive History - Expanded Edition

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. The guide has been expanded with a section reporting all the colours available for the Lambretta and with the homologations of the scooter.

Lambretta: Restoration Guide - Expanded Edition

This is a unique book, 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 Innocenti 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.

Lambretta: Illustrated guide to the identification (Multilingual Edition)

This is the first and only monograph entirely devoted to the Lambretta LUI scooter, produced by Innocenti by the tens of thousands, designed by that master of body styling, Nuccio Bertone, creator of outstanding cars like the Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint and the Lamborghini Miura. The Lambretta LUI was innovative - perhaps too much so - and that was possibly the reason it was not understood, and it was unable to cut for itself as big a slice of the youth market as it should have. Innocenti believed in the LUI with all its conviction, having invested considerably in advertising it in all available media: television, cinema, newspapers and magazines - a mighty effort that did not bring in the hoped-for results But today, the LUI has been recognized, quite rightly, as one of the shining examples of Italian design as applied to a scooter. Published as the first in a series of books spotlighting the most important and significant Lambrettas, this title unveils all the technical and stylistic secrets of the LUI, model by model, illustrated by invaluable archive material never before published, and is written by Vittorio Tessera, a major world historian on the popular two-wheeler in all its variations. This first monograph in the series will be followed by others on the Lambretta world, including the LiTV 1, LiTV 2, LiTV 3, S/SX, DL and Junior series.  

Lambretta LUI: Storia, modelli e documenti/History, models and documentation (Multilingual Edition)

Product Description Lambretta D/LD 125/150 tells the industrial and technical history of the Lambretta D/LD series, the classic Lambretta par excellence, the model that has represented the purest essence of the scooter “made in Italy," as told through invaluable archive materials. The book includes previously unpublished photos and official documents discovered in the Innocenti archives along with accurate texts by Vittorio Tessera, the leading expert on the historic scooter in Italy and the world. With this model, Innocenti proved capable of conquering the national and international markets; exported throughout the world, the D/LD was a great success, loved and appreciated by thousands of users. Chapters dedicated to advertising, to the famous people who fell in love with it and to the marketing of the D and DL series around the world complete this latest title in the series that also includes the volumes Lambretta LUI, Lambretta TV/LI Series I and Lambretta TV/LI Scooterstyle Series III. About the Author Born in 1960, Vittorio Tessera qualified as a mechanic in 1979 and opened Italy's first workshop for the restoration of classic scooters. In 1988 founded the Italian Lambretta Club, wich boasts today over 2,000 members. In 2001 he founded the Scooter & Lambretta Museum, the most important such institution in Europe. Today he actively contributes to the most important Italian motorcycle magazines. He is the author of Innocenti Lambretta: The definitive history (2012), Lambretta. Restoration Guide (2012), Lambretta: Illustrated guide to identification (2013), Lambretta LUI. History, models and documentation (2017) and Lambretta TV/LI Series 1 - History, models and documentation (2018).

Lambretta D/LD 125/150: 1951-1958 Storie Modelli e documenti/History, models and documents (Multilingual Edition)

The fascinating story of the Milanese scooter par excellence concluded with the Lambretta DL-GP series.\nThis book looks at all aspects of this special scooter: its history, its technical evolution, its sporting victories, with a specific chapter devoted to the British market, which more than any other took the DL to its heart and still today considers it to be the pinnacle of Innocenti’s production.\nThe last model produced by Innocenti had been developed at the famous Bertone design centre in Turin which, with a few but substantial modifications managed to breathe new life into the Lambretta, making it even more sporting and elegant, sophisticated and modern. With a curious black splash on the leg shield, the new model soon became a best-seller on the crowded international scooter market.\nIt enjoyed enormous success in Great Britain, being transformed into a cult object for the most sporting and demanding scooterists. More than fifty years after its launch, its styling is still modern and the model is still very popular with scooterists all over the world.

Lambretta DL/GP: Storie Modelli e documenti/History, models and documents (Multilingual Edition)

LAMBRETTA JUNIOR 50, 100, 125: Storia Modelli e documenti/History, models and documentation

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Innocenti Lambretta: The Definitive History

Innocenti Lambretta: The Definitive History

Lambretta Restoration Guide

Innocenti Lambretta: The Definitive History - Expanded Edition

Lambretta: Restoration Guide - Expanded Edition

Lambretta: Illustrated guide to the identification (Multilingual Edition)

Lambretta LUI: Storia, modelli e documenti/History, models and documentation (Multilingual Edition)

Lambretta D/LD 125/150: 1951-1958 Storie Modelli e documenti/History, models and documents (Multilingual Edition)

Lambretta DL/GP: Storie Modelli e documenti/History, models and documents (Multilingual Edition)

LAMBRETTA JUNIOR 50, 100, 125: Storia Modelli e documenti/History, models and documentation