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Title: CLASSIC SCOOTERS
1945-1970
By: Mick Walker
Format: Hardback

List price: £19.95


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ISBN 10: 1861269676
ISBN 13: 9781861269676
Publisher: THE CROWOOD PRESS LTD
Pub. date: 27 June, 2008
Pages: 191
Description: Upon it's launch, the Vespa quickly became a byword for quick, cheap and chic urban transport. The Lambretta followed, along with dozens of rival scooters from manufacturers all over Europe, North America and Japan.
Synopsis: The motor scooter, so familiar a sight on the streets of cities throughout the world, can trace its ancestry back to the early years of the Twentieth century, but it really came into its own after the Second World War.  In Italy the Piaggio company launched the Vespa that quickly became a byword for quick, cheap and chic urban personal transport.  The Lambretta soon followed, along with dozens of rival scooters from manufacturers all over Europe. North America and Japan, including some famous names as Ducati, Heinkel, Triumph, Puch, Honda and Harley-Davidson
Illustrations: col. Illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: The Crowood Press Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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