The Idea For the Conversion

I've been collecting LD parts for the better part of 6 years now with the idea of building matching His and Hers 1957 LD's. However I was always bothered by fact that LD's are a slow as molasses and really bouncy.

One day I was trolling the internet and happened upon jonbretta.net and pictures of a conversion of an LD that used an S3 engine. I was inspired and contacted jonbretta to get info on the builder. I contacted the builder, Martin Yee, and he was very helpful in providing me information on his build. I was also inspired by what Lambretta innovations did with an LD.

I decided to attempt this conversion. I was able to locate a basket case rolling chassis including an S1 frame and forks and S3 engine.