Washington barn find lambretta 1962 LI series 3 125

vdublammy · Last edited by vdublammy on Wed Feb 08, 2012 12:07 am; edited 1 time in total

Well just got done with one motor and cleanedup the shop. bench cleared and i get a text Sunday about a lammy on cl. I was second inline. first guy backedout so Iris and I went to scope it out. about 10 blocks from me!turns out the bike was 2 houses away from kim and I's first place after living in our bus for 8 months. dude whohad it bought it from an older gentlemans garage sale. it was in his barn. this is a one owner bike. i have the original title and this thing has 3000 og miles on it. all therenever molested or motor cracked. cool manuals with it . i started buffin on it . will need to wetsand front fender to rid of the primer overspray. gonna re shoot the panelslight blue to match. gonna rebuil the motor andcleanher up. nice og parts on it. no broken floor strips and rubber still soft. original plate i dropped the motor without pulling floor boards. gas tank had gas from the 70's yuk. having it dipped andcleaned. here is pics so far....

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vdublammy · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 12:06 am Post subject:

more pics and it turns over too! seats were taken off fir storage but are in great shape

more progress as time goes by.

montgomery wards parts manual with all innocent parts diagrams and part #'s!
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bayarealam · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 12:50 am Post subject:

Damn Mike, another!! Looks nice!!

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TDC joe · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:30 am Post subject:

Nice, what's the plan for this one?
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Lambrettayeroc · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 2:49 pm Post subject:

Damn Mike... Just how big IS that lucky horseshoe of yours?

Nice find.
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brooklynpete · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:27 pm Post subject:

Nice find mike....Like I said before your going to need a bigger garage.
good luck with that project looks sweet ..

Pete

vdublammy · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:40 pm Post subject:

thanks guys. you never know when the next one is right around the corner. Craig dude I got it from looked like one of the Allman brothers. When I saw all the paper work and bagged items/ and she kicked over it was a go. Gonna buff the paint up and get te paint matched for the panels gonna respray them. continue to rebuild what needs it. gas tank is getting dipped. All the cables are good and no cracks! Joe, come spring I'll have a few bikes for sale.

stay tuned for Built to Last Lambretta's on your favorite channel right here

Very Happy

peace, Mike
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biminyrd · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:38 pm Post subject:

tight!

is that 2 from your neighborhood?
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Lambrettayeroc · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:12 pm Post subject:

DROOL!!!
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TDC joe · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:31 am Post subject:

Cool mike, hopefully we can find some good candidates for them
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vdublammy · Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:04 pm Post subject:

pulled a late night last night. got the rims all apart and remounted. front hub apast. motor taken apart. very clean. replacing seals and o rings. cleaning the piston which looks real good, nice rings. really clean crank. one broken washer on the endplate. look like the didn't have the muffler on all the way. I had to scrape 1/2 inch of mud and dirt and oil from shrouds and engine. thank goodness for dust covers on the stator. Saturday gonna scrub the frame down and drop the forks and rebuild. .

gonna try to use paint remover to get the stupid rustoleum the po used on the hub. also on the front fender. may try to wetsand the fender though, as I don't want to take the og paint off.
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vdublammy · Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:07 pm Post subject:

Highway · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:25 am Post subject:

Dig that personalized "K-Doog" plate!
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vdublammy · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:26 am Post subject:

spent the day cleaning and talling a parts order.

sanded the muffler and painted it...

next is to pull forks replace bearings and rebuild forks internally.

then to start buffin more on the paint. I used simple green to clean the frame. placed the order tonight and should have her running by the end of the month. the series 3 restoration I am handling for a friend will be blocking and sanding getting ready for paint by the end of the month. I need to finish this bike to put the resto together.
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vdublammy · Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:03 pm Post subject:

Corey here is my lucky horsehoe-Iris went with me to make the deal. Mommy was out shopping:)

been buffing on the paint till I get burned out. it's getting there. assembled the hubs last night and got everything cleaned up for the motor rebuild this weekend. parts on the way. rebuilt carb.

might wetsand the panels to original paint but not sure. got the seats mounted they are og and in great shape

og paint getting there
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