Beschreibung
LAWIL S3 “Varzina” 1971
It all began when Carlo Lavezzari, an italian enterpreneur, decided to build a microcar pushed by the same 125 c. c. engine of the Innocenti Lambretta: they built the first prototype unveiled at the 1966 Paris salon, here the french director of the Lambretta subsidiary, Henri Willame, got interested in it and founded the La. Wil. together with Lavezzari. The first car built came out of the factory with a 150 c. c. BCB engine (two stroke, of course). This was, back then, the smallest italian four wheel car ever built (205 cm. or little more than six and a half feet).
The car I am selling from my collection is the “S3” model, with the bigger 246cc Lambretta engine for the Italian market.
One owner, an eccentric Milanese aristocrat, used it only to commute from his countryside home to the local golf club. Always kept in a dry and heated garage, it looks like new with only 3, 100 kms (less than 2, 000 miles) on the odometer. Mechanically and cosmetically impeccable.
I believe this the best existing example of Lawil car.
Complete with full weather equipment (hood and side screens), apparently never used.
Hundred pictures here: - details above
Information on Lawil cars here:
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