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1954 Lambretta LD125 British-registered barn find

In our more enlightened times (or is it that more sought-after models are now so expensive that riders have been forced to look at progressively older machines in order to get their masochistic vintage kicks), your average – capable of passing an MoT – D/LD is now retailing at a ticket price of a few thousand pounds or more.

Although similar in appearance to the outgoing C Model Lambretta, the new D Model was a completely new affair. Longer in wheelbase, mechanically more robust and simpler to produce, it was

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