Vespa and Lambretta Motor Scooters

Description

During the early 1950s the motor scooter arrived on British shores. The public needed a cheap, reliable means of travelling to work, and after a slow but modest start, sales quickly took off. Dominated by the Italian-built Lambretta and Vespa, the fashionable two-stroke machines soon became the wheels of choice for teenagers and the mod movement of the 1960s. Using contemporary and modern photographs, this is a beautifully illustrated introduction to this stylish form of personal transport.