Description
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
30th Oct, 2024 11:00
1956 NSU Prima D
No Reserve
Registration No: Unregistered
Chassis No: 022393
MOT: Exempt
Completely original barn find
Looks to be complete
Rare scooter
Under the name NSU Prima, the NSU works in Neckarsulm Germany built motor scooters that replaced the NSU Lambretta, which had been manufactured under an Innocenti license since 1950. The first version, the Prima D, came onto the market in 1956 and was offered for about a year alongside the Lambretta, whose production ended in 1956 after 117, 043 units were sold. ”By the end of the production period in 1964, 160, 645 NSU scooters had been manufactured under the name“ Prima ”.
Technically, the NSU Prima largely corresponded to the later versions of the Lambretta LD. As with the Lambretta, the engine was built into the fairing in front of the rear wheel. The rear wheel was guided on a swing arm with a helical compression spring and hydraulic shock absorber, the front wheel on a drawn short arm swing arm. A dashboard with a speedometer, starter light / ignition switch and a button for the starter flap. In addition, the Prima differed from the Lambretta in that it had plenty of chrome decorations and a unit of headlight and horn combined in a chrome frame. The three-speed gearbox was shifted with a twist grip on the left of the handlebars. The maximum speed was 80 km / h. These were 12v electric start machines with no kickstart.
Discovered after being parked up for over 50 years in a brick building and left untouched since then, it was originally UK registered from new with an excellent registration number. It is complete minus a rear right runner board, which are available. A worthy winter project, IF retrievable, the registration number could be quite valuable. The chassis number is clear and present.
