A variety of scooter bits and pieces from across the Web world. As a former Mod and a lifetime scooterist, these stories are near and dear to my smartly-dressed heart, especially this one coming from the BBC regarding the scooter ridden by Jimmy (Phil Daniels) in Quadrophenia.
You killed me scooter, Mr. Postman!
The auction house Bonhams announced that the Lambretta Li 150 Series 3 went for £36,000 at auction. (That’s about $54,000 in U.S. greenbacks.) It had a list price of £20,000 to £25,000 so that’s a pretty nice closing price I’d say. Turns out a guy named Paul Marsh rescued the scoot from somebody’s yard in Portsmouth, in the U.K.
From the BBC:
Earlier, Stephanie Connell, of Bonhams, said: “We have a few items from Quadrophenia come through the auction house but a scooter is very rare.
“It has been fully restored and is in great condition. We are expecting a lot of interest.
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And in other scooter news there’s this … thing. Not even sure what to say about it other than, eh, yeah. Interesting. For every taste there’s a style or something like that. Anyway, be sure to check out the little opening video on the Web site for the company called CustomScooter or some such. It features a rider inexplicably cruising this scooter through an office with the Steve Miller Band’s “The Joker” playing in the background.
Uh, yeah.
Tags: custom scooter, Jimmy, Lambretta, Mod, Quadrophenia, scooter, Scooterist, The Who, vespa
