T corbin Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Picked this up off EBay last month. Got it running to take to DAMONS HALL . Not shore watt it was used for or even military . Does anybody know ????? T CORBIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mark Pearson Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Post war, non military. I have restored 2 WWII Airborne ones myself, one for Gary Howard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Baz48 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Post war, non military. I have restored 2 WWII Airborne ones myself, one for Gary Howard. I doubt airborne would be a trike and the military used Cushman post war for a variety of duties or are you saying Cushman of any interest ex-military are only of the two wheeled type Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mark Pearson Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 WWII Cushmans are only 2 wheeled types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MatchFuzee Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Assuming that you have a chassis and/or engine number you could try contacting Cushman (http://www.cushman.com/) to see if they have any information on you your machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 N.O.S. Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 WWII Cushmans are only 2 wheeled types. Try telling this guy…... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mark Pearson Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 How do we know that's a wartime picture ? as I have never seen anything like that before in any wartime pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Great War truck Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 it is a Cushman Model 39. 600 purchased in 1943 and 1944. Same engine as in the two wheel models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 N.O.S. Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 (edited) How do we know that's a wartime picture ? as I have never seen anything like that before in any wartime pictures. 1947 onwards it would have been marked USAF not Army Air Forces or Air Forces US Army. You're right to ask, Mark - how do we know it is wartime? Well we don't know for sure that this picture is wartime, but check out the markings on the Cushman. I believe this was a wartime LIFE photo. We know they were used by USAAF during the war and - amongst several wartime pictures - there exists at least one photo confirming the existence of one on an East Anglian heavy bomber base with a B-17 behind it. :trustme: Edited August 14, 2014 by N.O.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 RAFMT Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I'm also pretty sure it could be dated by the USAAF star marking on the wing of the Liberator. Not my area of expertise, but I know they changed during the war and I believe that by the end of the war, and post war, they all had the bars on either side of the circle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Enigma Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Some tricycle Cushman info Model 39 package car, G672, tricycle with cargobox on front. Engine type 10M70, 188 kilo's. 306 made in 1943, 300 in 1944. Used on airfields to haul tools and parts. Engine with 4 horse power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mark Pearson Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Well, you learn something new everyday. Thanks for the post, so I know if I ever see one, ill know what it is. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Enigma Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Well, you learn something new everyday. Thanks for the post, so I know if I ever see one, ill know what it is. :-) There was a article in our MV club's magazine so I only had to grab it for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 N.O.S. Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Well, you learn something new everyday. Thanks for the post, so I know if I ever see one, ill know what it is. :-) Not beyond the realms of possibility :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 gas 44 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Not beyond the realms of possibility :-D [ATTACH=CONFIG]95585[/ATTACH] Nice body,and the trikes not bad either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Picked this up off EBay last month. Got it running to take to DAMONS HALL . Not shore watt it was used for or even military . Does anybody know ????? T CORBIN
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