The Green Cushman Movie 1948 Model 54 Cushman.mp4
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- The first Monday of my vacation, I spent the day at the airport with the Old Geezer. We put a new gas tank on a 1948 Model 54 Cushman Scooter, adjusted the idle and the throttle cable, put the "lid" back on the scooter and the Old Geezer took off on it. Whooo Hooo!
Love the green. Runs good.
My first ride on any motorized 2-wheeler was in 1961 when I missed the school bus one day and an older kid who lived near me gave me a ride home on his Cushman Eagle. I was 14 and 60 years later (and 26 motorcycles later) I can still remember sitting on that vibrating luggage rack holding onto the big chrome seat rail. Great old memories of the old days :)
This is the American dream. Live long enough to aquire nice things, and then be spunky enough to enjoy. Thanks for the post, very nice.
Another walk down memory lane. I loved my Cushman a lot more now than any car that i have owned. I hope to be able to get one of these gems and ride again soon.
I too would love to have one too. Love the green. The chrome rail bumpers are a must!
If you know cushmans.. this is an extremely nice restoration.. with the proper muffler, carburetor and air cleaner. The addition of what appears to be an alternator, and the use of aircraft tires the only obvious changes. Since the original type tires aren't available.. it is an interesting idea. I had the parts to make my one speed into a two speed, which would have been a great improvement on the hills we had.. but I was too young to understand how the transmission with co-axial shafts worked !
I had a Green Cushman like this one in 1955. I as 15 yrs old then. This movie brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for posting.
This old geezers first outing on motorized two wheelers was a 1946 Cushman in 1959, when I was 12. 60 years later and still riding.. and until recently still flying .
we had this same Cushman scooter back in the '60's my husband and son used to ride it all up and down the Jersey shore. we don't have the scooter anymore but we did find the tittle the other day!
I have one and would love to get it running, used to run with several engines from old original parts in the ‘80’s
My first transportation in 1954 was a red model 54 cushman, the model 54 has the 2 speed transmission (high performance?) I paid $45.00 for it- rode it around till I spotted a 1949 Ford coup I thought I had to have in 1955. I sold the Cushman and bought the '49 Ford coupe for $95.00 looking back I miss the scooter more than the Ford. now, if I could only afford another cushman...
Great Video, the Geezer looks stocked, do more of these video's, tell us all you know about the Cushman scooters, us young blokes need to know, this is a great part of our history, I live in Australia & we got a little of this stuff here, I am currently chasing a trailster.
I've got some unusual stuff, I'd like one of those!
Never saw one with airplane tires on it !! My first was a '46 when I was 12 !
fun. I'll take it in trade on my 47 Bellanca .
I know this vid is old but a buddy of mine just bought one of these (needs a lot of TLC but it seems all the parts are there) and none of us could figure out what the round thing is that is in front of the tank on the right side that is driven by a belt to the clutch.
What is it? From what I can tell, the new models didn't have this.
Generator for the lights.
@@bopcatmac thank you! there was no electrical hooked up to it so it was just this belt driven thing with a mystery purpose.
@@AffordBindEquipment Well, now you know! I contacted The Old Geezer to ask about it and he said it's the generator for the lights. I guess it would appear mysterious if it didn't appear to be hooked up to anything.
@@bopcatmac it's wasn't just me! Two car mechanics, a farmer who does all his own mechanical work and me, kind of a jack of all trades but master of none. It indeed mystified all of us! I will let the guy know who bought it. I noticed on later models there isn't one or maybe they just took it off.
@@AffordBindEquipment Well, now y'all all know something new that maybe a lot of other people don't know. Glad I could help y'all solve the mystery.
I had one 60" yrs ago rod broke parts man said w.accent when asked how many torque lbs to tighten 1/2 turn before it breaks I've learned now what he meant
Does he work on the piper plane also ?....
As far as I know he does.
Model same Vespa
please stay off the road!!