Pete Quaife Vespa replica
Steve’s story begins in 1965 when he used to watch 16-year-old Mods riding their scooters to school, thinking they looked so cool and lucky enough to be able to do so. He was only 13 at the time, so wasn’t old enough to own one himself.
That all changed in 1968 when he bought his first scooter, a Lambretta TV175 S2, which cost him £65. Steve remembers it fondly: “When I first got the scooter, I had a company respray it and also refurbish the top end for me. When it was returned, I went for my first ride at night. All was good until I rode from a street-lit road on to a country road; my front light beam hadn’t been adjusted properly and was pointing upwards, so I couldn’t see where I was going! I subsequently hit the
