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Mark’s Old Skool ‘S’ Type

From Eddy Grimstead's Imperial Lambretta to Andre Baldet’s SS Mona Luxe, there were numerous ‘dealer specials’ for the speed freak young teenagers of the 1960s to choose from. So, when Mark Saul decided to give his Lambretta a bit of a facelift by restoring it to resemble a classic Arthur Francis ‘S’ Type 250, he took his inspiration from a picture that was published on the cover of the March 1967 issue of Practical Scooter magazine. The picture,

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