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Two mid-1960s mods on a customised Lambretta scooter. Mod, from the word modernist, is a subculture that began in late 1950s London and spread throughout Great Britain, eventually influencing fashions and trends in other countries. [1] It continues today on a smaller scale.
The mod subculture was centred on fashion and music, and many mods wore parkas and rode scooters. Mods wore suits and other cleancut outfits, and listened to music genres such as modern jazz , soul , Motown , ska and British blues-rooted bands like the Yardbirds , the Small Faces , and later the Who and the Jam .
In the collection are also several non-Lambretta scooters, including some first models from the 1910s and US Army scooters parachuted over Normandy in 1944. In Weston-super-Mare , England, there is a Lambretta Scooter Museum which houses a total of around 100 Lambretta models – at least one from each year between October 1947 through May 1971 ...
This built upon the strength of Lambretta clubs elsewhere in the country, following on from the formation of the Lambretta Club of Great Britain in 1953, driven also by the emerging mod culture. [5] Achievements of club members include: M. Evans: first testing of the Li 150 model (Li Series 2) during a 24-hour county challenge in 1960. [6]
A Baja 150cc scooter. A cutdown scooter resembles a "naked scooter", which is a scooter designed without panels covering the engine and with little or no bodywork.The difference between the two types is that while a cutdown scooter started as a regular scooter with body panels and bodywork, before it was customized, a "naked scooter" is designed and manufactured as a "bare-bones" vehicle.
Well-kept models are currently listed between $270 and $750. The post 12 Electronics From the 1960s That Were the Ultimate Flex appeared first on Wealth Gang . Show comments
In the same year, comedian, Jerry Seinfeld sold his white 1960 model, equipped with a 36hp engine for $121,000, setting a world record for a Beetle sale. Three years later, fellow Hollywood star ...
A scooterboy (or scooter boy) is a member of one of several scooter-related subcultures of the 1960s and later decades, alongside rude boys, mods and skinheads.The term is sometimes used as a catch-all designation for any scootering enthusiast who does not fall into the latter three categories.