Scooter for the Sportsman

Answer: the Rallymaster, produced by Lambretta Concessionaires at their Trojan works in Croydon. Produced as opposed to manufactured, as the Rallymaster was created using Series 2 items with the addition of extras, some of which were absolutely unique to the Rallymaster. Aimed at the enthusiast who wanted a scooter that was suitable for both everyday use on the highways and byways as well as giving the rider a machine tailored to be competitive in the then-fledgling but rapidly growing scooter sports events in the UK.

With the new slim style Series 3 Lambrettas due to become available towards the end of ‘61, the Rallymaster was a clever commercial ploy, one of many implemented by Concessionaires, to sell soon to be surplus Series 2 scooters to an at the time growing niche market. Some 25 years or so ago Lambretta enthusiast, owner and avid memorabilia collector James King visited the Lambretta museum in Weston-super-Mare for the first time. At that time it was under the curatorship of Nigel Cox, while pretty much all the