Lambrettas In Dublin

[Torsten2001]

I remembered today about Lambrettas I used to see in Dublin in my youth so I googled it.

You used to see these things with their wide backs flying around delivering newspapers, obsolete even then:

 

 

They were everywhere at the time and this is the only photo I can find!

[Cavcraft]

Love that, never seen one before. Lambrettas seem to be the VW Camper/Escort Mk1 2dr of the scootering world these days and if any of those survive they're probably worth a small fortune now.

[Cavcraft]

Check out the green 'heli front' one...

 

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lambretta/owners.html

[Polystratus]

Love that, never seen one before. Lambrettas seem to be the VW Camper/Escort Mk1 2dr of the scootering world these days and if any of those survive they're probably worth a small fortune now.

Know someone who sold one for £5000 - it's recently they been fetching big money now.

[Torsten2001]

but while lookng

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.dublin.ie/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1000&stc=1&d=1213664929

 

 

 

http://www.dublin.ie/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1678&stc=1&d=1223725573

 

 

 

http://www.dublin.ie/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3333&stc=1&d=1228222904

[Pete-M]

Wow, the old red reg plates. Not seen any of those for years.

[eddyramrod]

We have red plates over here, they mark out all the rental cars! "Normal" cars have UK style plates, either black, or white front/yellow rear (nominally).

[Albert Ross]

My uncle had a Fiat 127. 2960NI I think....... We lived near Windsor in the late '70s, and it got LOTS of attention from the local constabulary when he visited from Ireland ..... especially when he parked it at the foot of the Castle wall when we went into London for the day from Riverside station. We came back to find it unlocked and ransacked, blocked in, and ticketed. He called the Police, who were there within 2 minutes! They almost hauled him away..... They thought NI was Northern Ireland. He was from Dublin. Apparently they had considered carrying out a controlled explosion on it............but it was parked under trees and they couldn't move it without damage to the Queen's property......

 

Nice car though. Light blue, booted, not a hatch. Went well on the way home. He received a written apology from the Plod.

[FredTransit]

Bump for a real thread.....

[Torsten2001]

[eddyramrod]

I was looking in the background of those Dublin shots for evidence of Rafter's Dairy, New Street; it's part of my family history. Didn't find any...