auburnseeker Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I have a friend that is looking into a Cushman truckster he found and wanted to know what year it is. Is there a way to tell from the serial number? The numbers on it are 8986328 and 95004789 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Google is our friend....http://ourpastimes.com/determine-year-cushman-truckster-7917829.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 Unfortunately his numbers didn't jive, but I did just email the company. We'll see. Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Is it an ex-USPS unit? Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 No Idea. I don't think so as a golf course has it and the Odometer reads zero but it only has a little over 1000 hours on the hour meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Maybe your friend would consider this one. Street legal and a clear title in my name. Its a 1988 and everything works, including the heater and defroster. I put brand new tires on it a few months ago. I am asking $2500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 (edited) I think he is just looking for something to tinker with a little with no expectation to ever really get it going or on the road. Do they have titles with them when they get into the 1980s? Edited August 31, 2017 by auburnseeker (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 When I listed this on the local CL I got many phone call asking how to get one street legal. Very few for sale that can be driven on the streets. As for titles, they probably all had an MSO at some point, but one needs to find one that was in service on public streets like a meter maid or the likes. This is the second one that I have owned and I am particular about titles and street legal. I took it to the Portland swap meet last April and had the same registration questions asked. There were probably a hundred for sale there and mine was the only street legal one. Most guys looking at the swap meet only want them for swap meets and don't care about registrations or titles. I thought I had it sold to a local ice cream guy in the spring but he couldn't afford it so he does his rout in a 70s Ford pick up gas hog (he cant afford that either). I got it from an old tight wad that used it to drive to work and back. about a 20 mile round trip. To bad he didn't know how to do tune ups, and to cheap to pay some one to do one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huptoy Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 As a 17 year old in 1959, my summer job was driving a Cushman Truckster with a 4 ft sq by 30 in high freezer box. It was cooled by dry ice blocks lasting about 12 hours. It was a great tool for picking up girls & the money was good. This was years before the post office scooters. My scooter did not have cab and the front looked like a late 40s vintage including a handle bar. The engine was under the seat and the shifter was on the right side. Later models used a steering wheel with the shifter on the column. Meater maids used the later versions. The ice cream model was an 8hp motor with a Crosley clluch, trans, and rear end unit. The truckster weighed 1,000 pounds & max speed was 35 mph. They also sold units with a small pickup box but they were geared higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 On 2017-09-01 at 4:45 PM, huptoy said: This was years before the post office scooters. My scooter did not have cab and the front looked like a late 40s vintage including a handle bar. The engine was under the seat and the shifter was on the right side. Later models used a steering wheel with the shifter on the column. Meter maids used the later versions. The 'meter maids' also used them here in Calgary as well. On flat rear panel, they had a chart showing running tally of the local road accident statistics for the year. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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