1959 Cushman

[Jet Provost]

My 1959 Cushman Scooter. Restored 5 years ago.

 

[Hellion]

Wheeee! Ride it like you stole it!

 

[mckutzy]

That is so cool... Id like to see some pics of the clutch and kick starter.....
Those bikes are really cool.... Even the bigger ones the Truckster..3 or 4 wheeler...

 

[Jet Provost]

I have more at m office I will find. It was blue when I got it

 

[Jet Provost]

More pics

 

[J.S.@SMS]

I'll have to show this to my grandfather. He had a '57 Eagle if I remember correctly.

 

[Jet Provost]

This is what the kids rode before the Japanese bikes invaded the market in the early 60's. I had an old one given to me around 1965. Basically it was a giant minibike. I was 8 or 9 and loved it. Then I got into motorcycles.

 

[philip metzner]

I have a 1957 pacemaker. blue and white.

 

[Jet Provost]

Mine was also blue and white before it was restored. Mine might be a 59 58 or 57? I think they are all the same?

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

What's that engine? Briggs flathead 2 cylinder? The dual exhaust pipes caught my eye...

 

[Jet Provost]

It is a single Cushman 7hp Husky flathead. The other tube is the intake manifold to the updraft carb.

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

Ahhh, interesting....
What kind of transmission does it have? CVT? Auto? Manual? Straight chain drive?

 

[ol'joe]

I had a lot of friends who brazed water jackets around the Cushman engine cylinders and put the engines in midget race cars. Used automobile heater cores as radiators and electric fuel pumps to circulate the coolant (water) through the cooling systems.

A lot of the old guys I raced stock cars with got started in midget racing, and at least one, Joe Shaheen, wound up owning his own speedway, a non-sanctioned outlaw dirt track in Springfield Illinois. Don't hear anything from the midget racers lately.....Joe