Registration No: WAO 374
Frame No: 2083894
Engine No: 3373436
CC: 150
MOT: Exempt

• Electric start German scooter
• Registered new in the UK on 21st August 1958
• Engine was seen running 5 years ago
• Maintenance manual and instruction books included
• Correct numbers
• Current V5 for use on UK roads

Under the name NSU Prima, the NSU works in Neckarsulm, Germany built motor scooters that replaced the NSU Lambretta, which had been manufactured under an Innocenti license since 1950. The first version, the Prima D, came onto the market in 1956 and was offered for about a year alongside the Lambretta, whose production ended in 1956 after 117,043 units were sold. By the end of the production period in 1964, 160,645 NSU scooters had been manufactured under the name 'Prima'. Technically, the NSU Prima largely corresponded to the last version of the Lambretta LD. It had a torsion-resistant tubular steel frame and an all-steel body on rubber buffers with the free access typical of scooters, a high front shield and two swing saddles. The rear side panels were easy to loosen and remove with a twist grip. As with the Lambretta, the engine was built into the fairing in front of the rear wheel. The rear wheel was guided on a swing arm with a helical compression spring and hydraulic shock absorber, the front wheel on a drawn short arm swing arm. The wheels were interchangeable so that the standard spare wheel could be installed at the front and rear. Instead of the Lambretta's tubular handlebar, the Prima had a profile pressed steel handlebar into which the cables and Bowden cables were hidden, a dashboard with a speedometer, starter light / ignition switch and a button for the starter flap and petrol swab operation. In addition, the Prima differed from the Lambretta in that it had plenty of chrome decorations and a unit of headlight and horn combined in a chrome frame. The three-speed gearbox was shifted with a twist grip on the left of the handlebars. The rear wheel was driven via a multi-disc clutch, and shaft and bevel gears. The maximum speed was 80km/h.

In the UK the NSU Prima was a popular model with a good dealership NSU (Great Britain) Ltd based in West London who supplied a comprehensive range of accessories. This Red with White example is a very solid example with keys and battery present. We are led to believe that all, if not many of the important parts are there and there is a box of additional parts, workshop manual and other information books. It is available here as a restoration project.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Diamond
info@vintagescooters.co.uk
07768 313001