The Others

Quadrophenia, thankfully doesn't include just two scooters. There were so many involved, some with history that likely still needs to be discovered. For the moment though, the following has been unearthed. The first scooter worth a mention belonged, in the film to Pete Fenton, Steph's older boyfriend. At that time, it was owned by a certain Bill Drake. Bill has aunique connection to the film, as he was employed as a consultant and heavily involved with sourcing locations for the film, including Brighton. As a member of the UK Vespa Club he agreed to loan the producers his Vespa scooter for the duration of the film, a genuine Vespa GS 150. Bill has stated and was quite keen to point out that, it was the only genuine GS shown in the film.

Bill's relationship with the producers didn't last too long, as there were disagreements regarding the authenticity of the scooters involved; Bill insisted that the correct, period models should be used, nothing post dating 1964, the film's intended period. The producers had other ideas and weren't that concerned over such "anachronisms", just whether or not the scooters looked "pretty". With these disputes still in progress, Bill decided to part company and leave the production.

Interestingly, Bill still owns the Vespa today, however he has admitted that it isn't in the same condition as it was in the film and has suffered due to neglect. In the past, Bill has been made offers in excess of £10,000 to part with it, but has so far refused.

Royston Edwards, was involved in the filming and he managed to single-handedly, attract members and their own scooters from the clubs up and down the country to appear as extras for the film. He also can be seen throughout the film too, the best example being when everybody arrives in Brighton. As Pete and Steph pull up to the kerb, Royston can be seen on the left smiling, sat on his Union Jack Lambretta.

The model is a TV 200 and was bought for just £25 in 1969 when it was painted white and blue. Royston then hand painted the Lambretta with the Union Jack design for the Queen's Jubilee celebrations in 1977. After filming, Royston was given the chance to sell his scooter to The Who, however he declined and he still owns it to his day, bringing it out on very special occasions.

The Modrapheniacs and 5:15 scooter clubs were responsible for loaning some of the other scooters, namely Chalky's, Spider's and Dave's. The respective club's reclaimed them after the film finished and it appears they aren't around today, either being scrapped, written off or stripped for parts.