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Next Project - Lambretta SX150 25 Jan 2013 | 01:00 am
Coming up from March 2013 will be the next installment of the Lambretta Club Great Britain Restoration Blog. This time, something a little bit different from the standard restoration of the previous s...
For Sale. One restored Lambretta 16 Jan 2012 | 08:33 am
Well, just to keep everyone up to date with the story. My father and I went in to the garage at 10am this morning to finalise a few bits and bobs on our restoration project. First job was to ensure w...
Just about finished... 9 Jan 2012 | 07:06 am
Well, it's the first day for a while that it hasn't been raining or sleeting. So I figured that as the scooter is so close to being done, I might as well get her out of the garage and take a few nice ...
Fitting headset top, headlight 9 Jan 2012 | 06:47 am
Here is our ultra rare Carello unit we described earlier. And he original block for the wiring. This is inserted in to the rear of the headlamp unit bulb first. And then clip it in place with the wi...
Adding the horncasting and grille 9 Jan 2012 | 06:27 am
We are getting down to the last few bits now. Tap out all the threads in the grille and casting to ensure they are free of paint. Fasten on the grille to the horncasting and then place the lower rub...
Adding lights switch, headset wiring, horn wiring 9 Jan 2012 | 06:14 am
Here is our quality replacement light switch. Along with the two screws to attach it to the handlebars. The wires behind the switch need to be fed through the apperture in the housing, if you cannot...
Install steering lock 9 Jan 2012 | 06:05 am
The steering lock is definitely one of those jobs that is best done on the bench whilst the headset is off the scooter. Adding it now is a little more tricky, but because we didn't have the parts at t...
Adding seat 9 Jan 2012 | 05:49 am
Here is our seat base back from being stripped of all the original paint and rust etc. It has been painted black, exactly as it should be. Alongside it are the rubber frame buffer and rear catch. Ori...
Christmas Update 25 Dec 2011 | 02:51 am
This post is just to let everyone know what is going on with the restoration Lambretta since it has been a couple of weeks since the last one. All the parts required to finish the scooter have arrive...
Official Dating Certificate 28 Nov 2011 | 05:05 am
Just a quick update. There are a couple fo small parts left on order for the scooter to be finished. The first is a handlebar switch, which has been on order a while but is taking a little longer to ...
