A story with an unexpected ending..
Here's my 1st Lambretta, an Italian GP200. I bought her when employed as an apprentice fitter in 1984, at Didcot power station
The person I bought it from wasn't really into scooters/the scene/never been to a scooter do/never been on a rally, just took inspiration from watching Quadrophnia at the cinema
I went to all but the Redcar rally in 1985, and all local scooter do's - so well used
I sold it on as a part exchange early 1986, and she was bought by Steve Pickford ORRSC
Steve used her in various rallies, sporting events
Steve then sold on to unknown (to me) person
Much later - (mid 90's) where I then heard it was for sale
I went to an out of the way barn in west London, full of scooters - and there she was
in the end I bought a mk1 Vespa P2 (no idea why)
roll forward 20 years and finally after remembering the registration I had an idea of tracking her back-down and owning again (wife was prepared for a re-mortgage job (LOL))
I could see on DVLA it was now white, and MOT'd in Taunton
Now having this lead, I spoke with Stuart Lanning who kindly agreed to see if he could find the owner
A couple of weeks past and Stuart contacted me to say - purely by chance he had bought the scooter for the museum in WSM
the logbook had just returned from DVLA
Unfortunately (to me anyhow) my scooter was probably not what I expected it to look like
after picking myself up from the floor (literally), I finally got to the museum this year
I'm actually pleased to say all that remains is the number plate
the frame is no longer GP200, and neither is the engine
100% it was a GP200 engine when I owned her
my memory was it was a GP200 frame, not a GP150 or 125 frame as it is today (I can't remember which)