Description
National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
Viewing: Tuesday 25th March from 1pm
Auction: Wednesday 26th March from 9am
Location: National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull B92 0EJ
1967 Lambretta SX150 'Mela Verde'
Estimate
£4, 000 - £5, 000
Registration No: YTA 871E
Frame No: SX150* 761854
MOT: Exempt
Original paint and standard throughout
Rebuilt engine (SXthe details below) mechanically excellent
Genuine ‘Mela Verde’ Apple green SX150
V5 for use on UK roads
The SX150 first appeared in October 1966 and replaced the 150 Special which had debuted at Milan in 1963. The tuned engine and close-ratio gearbox made for a faster – 95kmh – machine with much-improved acceleration and was a superb all round scooter. The SX150 engine used a 20mm carburettor and used 2 cylinder head gaskets resulting in a slight increase in power to 9. 38 HP but with a similar maximum speed to the preceding Special. The SX was presented in new colours and had a chrome strip on the front mudguard. The panels all had the three flashes and a large X150 over the special badge on the front of the leg shield. The rear frame badge reads Lambretta Innocenti on most models and the late models had a rectangular front horn cast badge. Earlier models had a metal tool box and side panel handles while the later SX150’s had plastic DL style version tool boxes and clip on panels. In three years of production there were 31238 produced and production of the SX150 ceased in January 1969.
Here we present a rare original ’Mela Verde’ purchased from Gran Sport of Birmingham 11 years ago I 2014. All numbers are correct and it appears as original parts retained all over except a new exhaust. The seat is an SX200 original red Giuliari and needing only an apparent minor repair to the original cover. We are informed the scooter rides superbly with the only fault being that the original ignition key broke in the ignition and is still in there although not affecting is use. Genuine Mela Verde SX150s are very rare to see. Many standard SX150s have been repainted in this colour but of course are not the real thing like this.
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