How to idendify a silver special?

[djh66]

Were there frame numbers that identified silver and golden specials, or were they just classed as Li Specials?

[RICSPEED]

Dunno about golden but frame is marked lis

[bristolmod]

no specific frame numbers allocated to either "Golden" or "Silver" Specials.- All had "LIS" as the prefix.

In fact, Silver Specials were produced way before they were actually called "Silver" Specials, simply by being produced in a Silver colour.

"true" Silver Specials should exhibit a "Silver" badge above the "Special" L/Shield badge as should "Golden" Specials with a "Golden" badge

"Ordinary" Specials were also called "Pacemakers" although I believe this was specific to GB

Confused?

Chris

[bristolmod]

..............then of course are the different gearboxes allocated to the "Special" and the "Pacemaker" which is another can of worms and urban myths (or possibly not......)

C

[Doom Patrol]

Go on then; what was the difference between the gearbox's? I wasn't aware there was one. Except that the earlier box had a weak third. Can opened.

[firekdp]

Go on then; what was the difference between the gearbox's? I wasn't aware there was one.

Nor was I, I thought that it was simply a marketing exercise and the only differences were the badge and maybe panel paint applied by Lambretta Concessionaires.

[CPH Lambretta]

There are 4 different Li Special gearboxes, but the first 3 run the same "Special" ratios and the last was the same as SX150/GP150

[bristolmod]

what he said!

As outlined in the Lambretta Manual of Performance Tuning and Conversions by Ken Herlingshaw

Chris

[djh66]

Thanks for the replies

[jonny snatchsniffer]

but there is nothing special about an sx 150 gearbox, infact it is s**t