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safecracker
06-07-2014, 08:45 PM
Wife and I visited Owls Head Transportation Museum today and this is one of many unique vehicles they had on display. Enjoy. Bruce
Chupaca
06-07-2014, 08:49 PM
a three seater...we're not there yet. Love the hand crank on the floor. Does the passenger crank..?? Thanks for the photos...:2thumbs::clap:
PW2013STL
06-08-2014, 04:10 AM
Looks like no brakes, and you would need a strong right arm for steering. 24 mph doesn't sound fast, but I with no brakes :yikes:
sddinnh
06-08-2014, 05:42 AM
Neat find. It's always interesting to see where we were in the past.
redflasher
06-08-2014, 07:06 AM
I rode one of these at age 10 when we lived at Barbers Point-Oahu_Hawaii in 1952. They were used for parts shuttle at the Navy Base.89681 I would go to my Dad's hangar after school and ride home with him.
Bob Denman
06-08-2014, 07:39 AM
...And look how far we've come! :D :2thumbs:
Thanks for the pictures and information! :clap:
Dan_Ashley
06-08-2014, 01:58 PM
I rode one of these at age 10 when we lived at Barbers Point-Oahu_Hawaii in 1952. They were used for parts shuttle at the Navy Base.89681 I would go to my Dad's hangar after school and ride home with him.wow! Look at all that storage! How did it handle on the interstate there in Hawaii?
redflasher
06-09-2014, 07:47 AM
wow! Look at all that storage! How did it handle on the interstate there in Hawaii? My Dad was leading chief of his squadron (Fasron 117) so I used to ride/drive the scooter around the hangar and outside on the concrete pad. In 1952, there was no interstate in Hawaii. It was a US territory then and statehood was still in the future. Most of the roads were 2 lane and poorly maintained except on the base where they were in great shape. We lived in a rented Quonset hut on Makaha beach on the north side of the island for 6 months while waiting for government housing at BArber's Point NAS.
missouriboy
06-09-2014, 09:54 AM
I rode one of these at age 10 when we lived at Barbers Point-Oahu_Hawaii in 1952. They were used for parts shuttle at the Navy Base.89681 I would go to my Dad's hangar after school and ride home with him.Friend-a-mine had one of these Cushman scooters in the mid-fifties. It was red with a natural wood colored box. I remember riding in the box while he drove.

Great picture!