My Mom and Dad dated on a Cushman during WWII, he later parked it in his mom's chicken yard. I last saw it in the 70's then badly rusted. The baddest guy at my Junior High, drove one like yours, it may have been an Allstate from Sears. It had tall chrome ape hanger handlebars and a loud exhaust, he smoked cigs and was the local king of the road...at least in our eyes. Two brothers shared a new red Vespa, but the old Cushman's loud wide open chrome exhaust pipe ruled the roads near our Jr. High !! There was a guy in Comfort, Tx. that had a collection on really nice old Cushmans, a while back. Thanks.
its rare to hear some one say i still have what ever from there past or at lease one thing handed down so sad we live in a throw away world thank you for your story
good news soon i think it will be up for sale and i even made a trailer just for the cusman when it does come up i will post a video of it and will also post to face book but for now 8.16.24 im waiting for him the owner
i really enjoyed working on this project, then like i said we traded and here we are years later it had a problem, hes been a great friend it was no question to help him. He has help me a lot with the 72 chevy truck with his left over parts from his, it worked out best all around and thank you for watching and the input
@@nightmaregizmo Back in the sixties, one of the local paper boys delivered on a scooter that looked like a Cushman. Pretty soon he was riding a four cylinder motorcycle and working in a bank. He drew the finest chicks in my class on the Cushman. It would be mind blowing to see what he had riding behind him on the motorcycle.
You need to stop fooling around with that thing and drop a Maico 501 square barrel motor in it, talk about fun! Trouble is finding one, you could settle for the Maico 450 Radial fin motor i guess. Do it.
lol would be great the down side lol its not mine now if the owner wants to step up vanguard or hell, even a h***y d****son / Indian motorcycle lol im in haha but again not my call
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My Mom and Dad dated on a Cushman during WWII, he later parked it in his mom's chicken yard. I last saw it in the 70's then badly rusted. The baddest guy at my Junior High, drove one like yours, it may have been an Allstate from Sears. It had tall chrome ape hanger handlebars and a loud exhaust, he smoked cigs and was the local king of the road...at least in our eyes.
Two brothers shared a new red Vespa, but the old Cushman's loud wide open chrome exhaust pipe ruled the roads near our Jr. High !! There was a guy in Comfort, Tx. that had a collection on really nice old Cushmans, a while back. Thanks.
oh my gosh very welcome and thank you for sharing your story
my first vehicle 1957 eagle 5hp version. paper route paid for. in Tucson in1957 i got a scooter license at 13 years old for a 5hp or less.
I bought a 1958 when I was 13 and paid for it with a paper rout. I still have one, but it is a 1974 Silver Eagle.
its rare to hear some one say i still have what ever from there past or at lease one thing handed down so sad we live in a throw away world thank you for your story
Being i was born in 1957 i would love to own that bike.
good news soon i think it will be up for sale and i even made a trailer just for the cusman when it does come up i will post a video of it and will also post to face book but for now 8.16.24 im waiting for him the owner
you have the 8hp version with the square fins, my 5hp had rounded fins.
i really enjoyed working on this project, then like i said we traded and here we are years later it had a problem, hes been a great friend it was no question to help him. He has help me a lot with the 72 chevy truck with his left over parts from his, it worked out best all around and thank you for watching and the input
Does anyone know what gas mileage those Cushman's got? My minibike has no odometer but, I don't think it's very good.
All i can say i didn't drive long enough to know lol but i am sure someone out here may know...
@@nightmaregizmo Back in the sixties, one of the local paper boys delivered on a scooter that looked like a Cushman. Pretty soon he was riding a four cylinder motorcycle and working in a bank. He drew the finest chicks in my class on the Cushman. It would be mind blowing to see what he had riding behind him on the motorcycle.
@@oldoldpilgrim7898 he may have the finest chicks in class but... today this old guy is chasing wheelchairs lol lmao...
You need to stop fooling around with that thing and drop a Maico 501 square barrel motor in it, talk about fun! Trouble is finding one, you could settle for the Maico 450 Radial fin motor i guess. Do it.
lol would be great the down side lol its not mine now if the owner wants to step up vanguard or hell,
even a h***y d****son / Indian motorcycle lol im in haha but again not my call