Lambretta Three-wheeler with Plastics Bodywork
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THE Italian-made Lambretta three-wheeled delivery scooter is now available in this country with British-built plastics bodywork. Agents for the vehicle, which is rated to carry a 6-cwt. load, are Spurling Motor Bodies, Ltd., The Hyde, London, N.W.9, in co-operation with whom Mickleover Transport, Ltd., Whitby Avenue, .London, N.W.10, are producing cabs and 50-cu.-ft. boxvan bodies.
a body made of Previously the machine was offered with timber and hardboard and no cab. Weight of the Mickleover body, which is of similar capacity and features a plastics sliding shutter at the rear, is some 50 lb., and the cab is a separate component styled to match. The plastics may be pigmented to the same shade of grey as the chassis or in any other colour required.
The body is 3 ft. 11 in. long, 3 ft. high and 4 ft. wide, whilst the rear aperture is 3 ft. 9 in. wide and 3 ft. 11 in. high. The roof is domed and rain wells are provided on each side. The floor is made of a slightly thicker laminate than the sides and roof unit, and is reinforced with swaged light-alloy stiffeners. U-bolts hold the body to the tubular chassis at four points.
The cab fits on the legshields at the front and the chassis members at the rear. The headlamp mounting is slightly
altered. for alignment with the orifice provided in the moulding. There are no doors, Two side lamps are fitted at the front. Access to the I48-c.c. two-stroke engine is not impaired.