Lambretta Frame Decoder

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Model	Frame Prefix	Engine Prefix	Produced From	Produced Till	Production Total (Not Definitive)

Lambretta 48 mk1 (48cc)	48A	48A	Aug-1955	Oct-1958	38221

				Frame	Engine

			1955	10001 – 15929	10001 – 15929
			1956	15930 – 38084	15930 – 38084
			1957	38385 – 44910	38385 – 44910
			1958	44911 – 48222	44911 – 48222

Lambretta 48 mk2 (48cc)	48A	48A	Oct-1958	Mar-1961	26202

				Frame	Engine

			1958	48223 – 49784	48223 – 49784
			1959	49785 – 60988	49785 – 60988
			1960	60989 – 73443	60989 – 73443
			1961	73444 – 74424	73444 – 74424

Lambrettino (39cc)	21/50	?	Nov-1966	Mar-1967	4999

				Frame	Engine

			1966	902001 – 902344	902001 – 902344
			1967	902345 – 905000	902345 – 905000

Lambrettino Debramatic (39cc)	21/50	?	Mar-1967	Dec-1967	10678

				Frame	Engine

			1967	905001 – 980260	905001 – 980260

Lambrettino SX (48cc)	21/9	?	Oct-1967	?	8922 Combined
Lambrettino SX Automatic (48cc)	21/8	?	Oct-1967	Nov-1968

				Frame	Engine

			1967	400001 – 400680	400001 – 400680
			1968	400681 – 408923	400681 – 408923

Scooter (Open Frame – Shaft Drive)

Model	Frame Prefix	Engine Prefix	Produced From	Produced Till	Production Total (Not Definitive)

Model A 125	Tipo 2	Tipo2	Oct-1947	Oct-1948	9669

				Frame	Engine

			1947	005001 – 005153	005001 – 005153
			1948	005154 – 014670	005154 – 014670

Model B 125	No Prefix	Tipo3 (first 40) then TipoB	Nov-1948	Jan-1950	35014

				Frame	Engine

			1948	000001 – 001855	000001 – 001855
			1949	001856 – 033175	001866 – 034116 (INC FB Engine)
			1950	033176 – 035015	034117 – 037016 (INC FB Engine)

Model C 125	125C	125C	Jan-1950	Nov-1951	87500

				Frame	Engine

			1950	050001 – 081818	50001 – 81818
			1951	081819 – 137501	81819 – 137501

Model D 125	125D	125D	Dec-1951	Oct-1954	122991

				Frame	Engine

			1951	000001 – 003866	000001 – 003866
			1952	003867 – 068542	003867 – 068542 or 100001 – 146099
			1953	068543 – 091566	068543 – 091566 or 146100 – 169123
			1954	191567 – 122514

Model D 125 Derived from 150D	125D	125D	May-1955	Nov-1956	500

				Frame	Engine

			1955	122642 – 122992	122642 – 122992 or 200199 – 200549
			1956	122993 – 123142	122993 – 123142 or 200550 – 200699

Model D 150	150D	150D	Oct-1954	Dec-1956	54593

				Frame	Engine

			1954	005001 – 005611	005001 – 005611
			1955	015612 – 038759	015612 – 038759
			1956	038760 – 059594	038760 – 059594

Model E 125	125E	125E	Apr-1953	Feb-1954	42352

				Frame	Engine

			1953	100001 – 137573 or 000001 – 037573	100001 – 137573 or 000001 – 037573
			1954	137574 – 142353 or 037574 – 042353	137574 – 142353 or 037574 – 042353

Model F 125	125F	125F	Mar-1954	Apr-1955	32701

				Frame	Engine

			1954	142353 – 169062 or 042353 – 069062	142353 – 169062 or 042353 – 069062
			1955	169063 – 175054 or 069063 – 075054	169063 – 175054 or 069063 – 075054

Scooter (Closed Body – Shaft Drive)

Model	Frame Prefix	Engine Prefix	Produced From	Produced Till	Production Total (Not Definitive)

Model LC 125	125LC	125LC	Apr-1950	Nov-1951	42500

				Frame	Engine

			1950	400001 – 416813	400001 – 416813 or 220001 – 221802
			1951	416814 – 442501	416814 – 442501 or 221803 – 247490

Model LD 125	125LD	125LD	Dec-1951	Oct-1955	110334

				Frame	Engine

			1951	000001 – 000138	242001 – 242138 or 424001 – 424138
			1952	000139 – 029609	242139 – 271609 or 424139 – 453609
			1953	029610 – 075405	271601 – 317405 or 453610 – 499405
			1954	075406 – 117026	317406 – 350332 or 499406 – 532332
			1955	117027 – 118429

Model LD Avv 125	125LD	125LD	Feb-1954	Dec-1954	8694

				Frame	Engine

			1954	081805 – 117026 (circa)	323700 – 350332 or 505700 – 532332

Model LD 125 Derived from 150LD	125LD	125LD	Jan-1956	Nov-1956	21331

				Frame	Engine

			1956	120780 – 142111	354086 – 375417 or 536086 – 557417

Model LD 150	150LD	150LD	Nov-1954	Jan-1957	110186

				Frame	Engine

			1954	015001 – 015001	015001 – 015001
			1955	015002 – 157780	015002 – 157780
			1956	157781 – 212329 Inc Riviera	157781 – 212329 Inc Riviera
			1957	212330 – 217207	212330 – 217207

Model LD Avv 150	150LD	150LD	Sep-1955	Nov-1956	2020

				Frame	Engine

			1955	137892 – 157780	137892 – 157780
			1956	157781 – 209530	157781 – 209530

Model LD 125 ’57	125LD	125LD	Jan-1956	Jul-1958	44665

				Frame	Engine

			1956	522001 – 523031	300001 – 301031
			1957	523032 – 552709	301032 – 330709
			1958	552710 – 566718	330710 – 344718

Model LD Avv 125 ’57	125LD	125LD	Mar-1957	Jun-1957	52

				Frame	Engine

			1957	525823 – 537472	303823 – 315472

Model LD 150 ’57	150LD	150LD	Jan-1957	Jul-1958	113853

				Frame	Engine

			1957	208001 – 289871	220001 – 301871
			1958	289872 – 321854	301872 – 333854

Model LD Avv 150 ’57	150LD	150LD	Apr-1957	Dec-1957	4076

				Frame	Engine

			1957	227447 – 289871	239447 – 301871

Scooter (Closed Body – Chain Drive)

Model	Frame Prefix	Engine Prefix	Produced From	Produced Till	Production Total (Not Definitive)

Series 1 Tv 175	175TVS	175TV	Sep-1957	Dec-1958	10086

				Frame	Engine

			1957	001001 – 002126	001001 – 002126
			1958	002127 – 011087	002127 – 011087

Series 1 Li 125	125LI	125LI	Jun-1958	Oct-1959	47747

				Frame	Engine

			1959	505421 – 562734 (inc in li150)	500001 – 520810
			1960	562735 – 656732 (inc in li150)	520811 – 547748

Series 1 Li 150	150LI	150LI	Apr-1958	Oct-1959	110944

				Frame	Engine

			1958	500001 – 541925 (inc li125)	700001 – 741925
			1959	541926 – 608985 (inc li125)	741926 – 808985

Series 2 Tv 175	175TV/2 (Li175 First 10)	175TV/2	Jan- 1959	Nov-1961	43700

				Frame	Engine

			1959	100001 – 109375	100001 – 109375
			1959	200001 – 202659	109376 – 112033
			1960	202660 – 222115	112034 – 131489
			1961	222116 – 234327	131490 – 143701

Series 2 Li 125	125LI	125LI	Oct-1959	Nov-1961	111087

				Frame	Engine

			1959	703001 – 712839	547748 – 557586
			1960	712840 – 772060	557587 – 616807
		(frame number change)	1961	772061 – 314563	616808 – 658835

Series 2 Li 150	150LI	150LI	Oct-1959	Nov-1961	206020

				Frame	Engine

			1959	809001 – 832646	808986 – 832631 or 808963 – 832608
			1960	832647 – 915185	808987 – 915170 or 808964 – 915147
			1961	915186 – 971041	915171 – 971026 or 915148 – 971003



Series 3 Tv 175	175TV3	175TV/2	Mar-1962	Oct-1965	37794

				Frame	Engine

			1962	500001 – 513950	500001 – 513950
			1963	513951 – 531506 (inc tv200)	513951 – 531506 (inc tv200)
			1964	531507 – 545183 (inc tv200)	531507 – 545183 (inc tv200)
			1965	545184 – 552777 (inc tv200)	545184 – 552777 (inc tv200)

Series 3 Tv 200	TV3	TV2	Apr-1963	Oct-1965	14982

				Frame	Engine

			1963	520420 – 531506 (inc tv175)	520420 – 531506 (inc tv175)
			1964	531507 – 545183 (inc tv175)	531507 – 545183 (inc tv175)
			1965	545184 – 552777 (inc tv175)	545184 – 552777 (inc tv175)

Series 3 Li 125	125LI3	125LI	Dec-1961	Jun-1966	145262

				Frame	Engine

			1961	1001 – 4126	1001 – 4126
			1962	4127 – 52477	4127 – 52477
			1963	52478 – 102942	52478 – 102942
			1964	102943 – 128289	102943 – 128289
			1965	128290 – 144241	128290 – 144241
			1966	144242 – 146263	144242 – 146263

Series 3 Li 150	150LI3	150LI	Jan-1962	May-1967	143081

				Frame	Engine

			1962	600001 – 648718	600001 – 648718
			1963	648719 – 696739	648719 – 704690 (inc 150 Special)
			1964	696740 – 714018	704691 – 756991 (inc 150 Special)
			1965	714019 – 731123	756992 – 790401 (inc 150 Special)
			1966	731124 – 742054	790402 – 810883 (inc 150 Special)
			1967	742055 – 743082	810884 – 811911 (inc 150 Special)

Series 3 Li 125 Special	125LIS	125LIS	Oct-1965	Jan-1969	29841

				Frame	Engine

			1965	850001 – 854197	850001 – 854197
			1966	854198 – 867375	854198 – 867375
			1967	867346 – 875817	867346 – 875817
			1968	875818 – 879827	875818 – 879827
			1969	879828 – 879842	879828 – 879842

Series 3 Li 150 Special	150LIS	150LI	Sep-1963	Oct-1966	68829
Series 3 Li 150 Silver Special			Jan-1965	Oct-1966	(Not possible to determine)
Series 3 Li 150 Golden Special			Jan-1965	Oct-1966	(Not possible to determine)

				Frame	Engine

			1963	200001 – 207952	690383 – 711845 (Li150 engine numbers)
			1964	207953 – 242974	711846 – 759176 (Li150 engine numbers)
			1965	242975 – 259279	759177 – 792821 (Li150 engine numbers)
			1966	259280 – 268830	792822 – 809644 (Li150 engine numbers)

Series 3 X150 Special	SX150	SX150	Oct-1966	Jan-1969	31238

				Frame	Engine

			1966	750001 – 753571	750001 – 753571
			1967	753572 – 767228	753572 – 767228
			1968	767229 – 781072	767229 – 781072
			1969	781073 – 781239	781073 – 781239

Series 3 X200 Special	SX200	SX200	Jan-1966	Jan-1969	20783

				Frame	Engine

			1966	830001 – 842642	830001 – 842642
			1967	842643 – 847274	842643 – 847274
			1968	847275 – 850774	847275 – 850774
			1969	850775 – 850784	850775 – 850784

Series 4 Li 125	125LI4	125LI	Sep-1967	Nov-1967	1472

				Frame	Engine

			1967	148001 – 149473	148001 – 149473

Dl 125	22/1	125LIS	Jan-1969	Apr-1971	15300

				Frame	Engine

			1969	1001 – 8450	1001 – 8450
			1970	8451 – 14891	8451 – 14891
			1971	14892 – 16301	14892 – 16301

Dl 150	22/0	SX150	Jan-1969	Apr-1971	21450

				Frame	Engine

			1969	200001 – 210704	200001 – 210704
			1970	210705 – 220210	210705 – 220210
			1971	220211 – 221451	220211 – 221451

Dl 200	20/2	SX200	Jan-1969	Apr-1971	7958
Dl 200 Eectronic			Feb-1970	Apr-1971	696 (from Frame 255350)

				Frame	Engine

			1969	250001 – 254778	250001 – 254778
			1970	254779 – 258602	254779 – 258602
			1971	258603 – 259351	258603 – 259351

Scooter – Small Frame (Closed Body – Chain Drive)

Model	Frame Prefix	Engine Prefix	Produced From	Produced Till	Production Total (Not Definitive)

I50	J50 (20/1)	J50	Oct-1964	Jan-1968	70078

				Frame	Engine

			1964	400001 – 402799	400001 – 402799
			1965	402780 – 421383	402780 – 421383
			1966	421384 – 437102	421384 – 437102
			1967	437103 – 468094	437103 – 468094
			1968	468095 – 470079	468095 – 470079

I50 Special	50DL (20/4)	50DL	Apr-1970	May-1971	13599

				Frame	Engine

			1970	507001 – 518447	507001 – 518447
			1971	518448 – 520600	518448 – 520600

I50 De Luxe	50DL (20/4)	50DL	Jan-1968	Oct-1970	28852

				Frame	Engine

			1968	470001 – 485098	470001 – 485098
			1969	485098 – 494143	485098 – 494143
			1970	494144 – 498853	494144 – 498853

Cento	100LB	100LB	Mar-1964	Nov-1965	17642

				Frame	Engine

			1964	800001 – 814085	800001 – 814085
			1965	814086 – 817643	814086 – 817643

I125/3m	J125	J125	Sep-1964	Sep-1966	21651

				Frame	Engine

			1964	600001 – 606484	600001 – 606484
			1965	606485 – 616863	606485 – 616863
			1966	616864 – 621652	616864 – 621652

I125/4m Star Stream	J125	J125-4	May-1966	Apr-1969	16052

				Frame	Engine

			1966	150001 – 158811	150001 – 158811
			1967	158812 – 161541	158812 – 161541
			1968	161542 – 166052	161542 – 166052
			1969	166053 – 166053	166053 – 166053

Scooter – Luna Line (Open Frame – Chain Drive)

Model	Frame Prefix	Engine Prefix	Produced From	Produced Till	Production Total (Not Definitive)

Lui 50C	20/9	J50	Mar-1968	May-1970	2108 (not definitive)
Lui 50CL			Apr-1968	May-1970	16863 (not definitive)
Lui 50S			Aug-1968	May-1970	8846 (not definitive)

				Frame	Engine

			1968	575001 – 595666	575001 – 595666
			1969	595667 – 602813	595667 – 602813
			1970	602814 – 602818	602814 – 602818

Lui 75S	20/8	75S	Aug-1968	Dec-1970	7337
Lui 75SL					2065

				Frame	Engine

			1968	650001 – 654543	650001 – 654543
			1969	654544 – 658872	654544 – 658872
			1970	658873 – 659333	658873 – 659333

3 Wheeler (Open Frame – Shaft Drive – Front Box)

Model	Frame Prefix	Engine Prefix	Produced From	Produced Till	Production Total (Not Definitive)

FB 125cc	No Prefix Stamped	Tipo2	Nov-1948	Mar-1950	2001

				Frame	Engine

			1949	0001 – 0942	1866 – 34116 (INC B Engine)
			1950	1943 – 2002	34117 – 37016 (INC B Engine)

FC 125cc	No Prefix Stamped	125M	Nov-1950	Oct-1952	3001

				Frame	Engine

			1950	10001 – 10165	10001 – 10165
			1951	10166 – 11994	10166 – 11994
			1952	11995 – 13002	11995 – 13002

3 Wheeler (Open Frame – Shaft Drive – Rear Box)

Model	Frame Prefix	Engine Prefix	Produced From	Produced Till	Production Total (Not Definitive)

FD 125	T40	125M	Dec-1952	Dec-1953	4841

				Frame	Engine

			1952	0001 – 0051	0001 – 0051
			1953	0052 – 4842	0052 – 4842

FD 125 Derived	T40	125M	Jan-1954	Aug-1955	8280

				Frame	Engine

			1954	04843 – 11141	04843 – 11141
			1955	11142 – 18281	11142 – 18281

FD 150	T40	150M	Aug-1955	Aug-1956	7873

				Frame	Engine

			1955	00001 – 02557	00001 – 02557
			1956	02558 – 09993	02558 – 09993

FD 150 Mk2	T40	150M	Jan-1957	Jun-1959	6570

				Frame	Engine

			1957	09994 – 14505	09994 – 14505
			1958	14506 – 15908	14506 – 15908
			1959	15909 – 16564	15909 – 16564

3 Wheeler (Small Round Cabin – Rear Box / Seating)

Model	Frame Prefix	Engine Prefix	Produced From	Produced Till	Production Total (Not Definitive)

FD/C 150	T40 (R/M Cab)	150M	Oct-1957	May-1959	12078
FD/C 150 Moto Giardinetta (Rear Seating)	Jan-1958	Jun-1958			40 (not definitive)

				Frame	Engine

			1957	19501 – 20455	19501 – 20455
			1958	20456 – 28882	20456 – 28882
			1959	28883 – 31619	28883 – 31619


FLI 175 Series 1	T41	FLI175	Jul-1959	Feb-1960	5998

				Frame	Engine

			1959	400001 – 404628	400001 – 404628
			1960	404629 – 405999	404629 – 405999

FLI 175 Series 1	T41	FLI175	Feb-1960	Jul-1960	4377

				Frame	Engine

			1960	416000 – 420377	416000 – 420377

3 Wheeler / Lambro (Large Round Cabin – Rear Box)

Model	Frame Prefix	Engine Prefix	Produced From	Produced Till	Production Total (Not Definitive)

FLI 175 Series 2 (inc 125cc)	T41	FLI175	Jul-1960	Jun-1963	49500

Fli 175 Series 2 (Half Cab)					4 (not definitive)
				Frame	Engine

			1960	450001 – 455965	242001 – 425965
			1961	455966 – 471837	425966 – 441837
			1962	471838 – 486924	441838 – 456924
			1963	486925 – 499500	456925 – 469500

Lambro 175	M41	FLI175	Sep-1963	Aug-1965	22181 Combined
Lambro 125 (125cc) (French Market)	M41/5	FLI125

				Frame	Engine

			1963	499501 – 504705	469501 – 474705
			1964	504706 – 515656	474706 – 485656
			1965	515657 – 521682	485657 – 491682

Lambro 450 (175cc)	M41/3	M41/3	Oct-1965	Apr-1967	9541 Combined
Lambro 450 (125cc) (French Market)

				Frame	Engine

			1965	001001 – 001992	001001 – 001992
			1966	001993 – 006669	001993 – 006669
			1967	006670 – 010542	006670 – 010542

Lambro 500 L (175cc)	M41 3A	M41/3	Jun-1967	Feb-1969	7758

				Frame	Engine

			1967	960001 – 963518
			1968	963519 – 967393
			1969	967394 – 968123

Lambro 200 (200cc)	M42	FLI200	Jun-1963	Jul-1965	18947

				Frame	Engine

			1963	300001 – 302341	300001 – 302341
			1964	302342 – 313451	302342 – 313451
			1965	313451 – 318261	313451 – 318261

Lambro 550 (200cc)	M42/2	M42/2	Aug-1965	Dec-1967	34766

				Frame	Engine

			1965	330001 – 337412	330001 – 337412
			1966	337413 – 367988	337413 – 367988
			1967	367989 – 382299	367989 – 382299

Lambro 550 (200cc) (Export)	M42/9	M42/2	Jan-1969	Oct-1969	5451
Lambro 550 ROMA (200cc)	Jan-1970	Sep-1970


Lambro 550 N (200cc)	N-M42/2	M42/2	Apr-1967	Mar-1969	13805 Combined
Lambro 550 A (200cc)	N-M42/2	M42/2	Apr-1967	Mar-1969

				Frame	Engine

			1967	275001 – 283199	275001 – 283199
			1968	283200 – 293525	283200 – 293525
			1969	293526 – 294712	293526 – 294712

Lambro (Large Square Cabin – Rear Box)

Model	Frame Prefix	Engine Prefix	Produced From	Produced Till	Production Total (Not Definitive)

Lambro 550 M (200cc)	43M	M42/2	Mar-1969	Dec-1969	2591

				Frame	Engine

			1969	975001 – 977592	975001 – 977592

Lambro 550 V (200cc)	43V	M42/2	Feb-1969	Dec-1969	8166

				Frame	Engine

			1969	930001 – 938167	930001 – 938167

Lambro 550 ML (200cc)	43/9	M42/2	Mar-1970	Jul-1971	1654
Lambro 550 ML (175cc)				Currently no known examples	Currently no known examples

				Frame	Engine

			1970	800001 – 801043	800001 – 801043
			1971	801044 – 801655	801044 – 801655

Lambro 500 ML (200cc)	43/1	M42/2	Sep-1969	Dec-1970	1604

				Frame	Engine

			1969	795001 – 975332	795001 – 975332
			1970	975333 – 976505	975333 – 976505

Lambro 500 ML (175cc)	43/8	M41/3	Jan-1970	Sep-1971	3324
Lambro 500 ML (125cc) (French Market)	43/8	M41/3	Feb-1971	Aug-1971	214

				Frame	Engine

			1970	170001 – 172965	170001 – 172965
			1971	172966 – 173539	172966 – 173539

Lambro 600 M (200cc)	43M (43/0)	M42/2	Jan-1970	Nov-1971	5128

				Frame	Engine

			1970	940001 – 944231	940001 – 944231
			1971	944232 – 945129	944232 – 945129

Lambro 600 V (200cc)	43V (43/1)	M42/2	Jan-1970	Jan-1972	11326

				Frame	Engine

			1970	940001 – 947742	980001 – 987742
			1971	947743 – 951255	987743 – 991255
			1972	951256 – 951327	991256 – 991327

3 Wheeler (Open Frame – Chain Drive – Front Box)

Model	Frame Prefix	Engine Prefix	Produced From	Produced Till	Production Total (Not Definitive)

Tri Lambretta 150cc	22/3 (not stamped)	?	Apr-1970	Jul-1970	761

				Frame	Engine

			1970	001001 – 001761	001001 – 001761