While i used to be a lad growing up inside the North of britain, the Mod Revival changed into in complete swing. Scooters have been everywhere, typically heading down the M1 motorway for weekend trips to the south coast hotels.
At that time, I couldn’t inform the difference between a Vespa and a Lambretta, so goodness is aware of if this type of exceeded by. The first two snap shots come from Vincent of Southsiders, who noticed this gadget at a swap meet in France. A touch digging round reveals an thrilling records: we’re looking at a model of the German DKW interest scooter, built underneath licence with the aid of the French gunmaker Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin—higher referred to as Manurhin. They started constructing the interest in 1956, incorporating locally made components and rebranding the machine as the Manurhin MR75 in Europe and the harmony within the united kingdom. In line with the sales notes organized for a Manurhin offered by using the English auction house Bonhams—for the princely sum of £253—this scooter “become constructed to a high preferred and have to had been one of the first bikes to be painted electrostatically, a system generally referred to as ‘powder coating’. While DKW ceased production of the hobby, Manurhin persevered with its version, which in 1957 occupied 0.33 place within the european scooter income chart in the back of Lambretta and Vespa.” It’s a lovely machine, and that cute French blue paint—which seems original on nearer inspection—adds to the patina. [Thanks to Vincent Prat. See also shots further below of a slightly different but equally beautiful Manurhin, the single-seater SM75, taken by Toulouse-based Flickr member Mr Beuts.]
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