
Classic Scooters
1945-1970
Mick Walker(Author)
The Crowood Press Ltd
Published on 21. January 2008
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-86126-967-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Ramsbury
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
180 colour photographs
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
725 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86126-967-6 (9781861269676)
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Person
Dealer, racer and historian Mick Walker began his motoring career on scooters during the late 1950s and early 1960s and has maintained a great interest in them ever since, so Classic Scooters 1945-1970 has been very much a journey of genuine enthusiasm for the subject. Resident: Cambridgeshire England