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LUTON LAMBRETTA RESTORATION CHALLENGE

Amid the negative side to social media, often a small light shines of memories gone by. I'm sure there aren’t many of us that haven’t seen a photo appearing on their timeline depicting a racing scooter from the Isle of Man, or maybe a vintage rally image showing scooterists in a field attempting to ride over a seesaw on their pride and joy.

Scooter enthusiast Nic Tolley, from South Wales, can often find that needle in a haystack, often spotting an auction site listing, or maybe someone mentioning a scooter covered up in a garden shed or garage; wherever it was posted, Nic would sniff it out in his own determined way.

One such scooter that has an incredible history is a Lambretta that originated from the Luton Lambretta Club. It was then owned by the late Rod Hewitt, as one

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