Have you ever seen photographs of the Lambretta Concessionaires Warehouse in London and wondered how they got the scooters to the upper floors? Well this photo may well satisfy your curiosity…
Taken in November 1960 at Lambretta Concessionaires warehouse in south London, this photograph shows the Series 2 models arriving via an escalator type conveyor-belt on an upper floor for storage. The scooters with a dual bench seats are TV175 models, most of which appear to be all finished in one colour. Those with twin saddles we assume are all LI models, some of which have painted panels and horn-casts in contrasting colours which was a feature sometimes added at Lambretta Concessionaires in the UK to aid sales.
On the far left is an interesting scooter in that it appears to have it’s front mudguard painted in two colours, not a standard feature of either the Innocenti factory or Lambretta Concessionaires, so presumably either a special order or maybe a scooter that was customised for promotional purposes?
