gone fishing wrote on 12/10/12 at 06:40:19:ToesNose wrote on 12/10/12 at 05:04:10:Some sweet rides Hexnut, thanks for sharing
I've heard that Cushmans are fun to ride around town what did you think of it?
I wanted a Cushman Eagle really bad in the 50s but we couldn't afford one. I ended up with a well used 1955 Sears Allstate Cruisaire made by Vespa in 1958. I have some fond memories of that scooter.
When I restored the 57 Eagle I was a little dissipointed as it wasn't as much fun as I thought it would be.
I sold it to a Baptist minister for $4000.
The Sears Allstate Cruiseaire WAS a Vespa.
I find it odd that Sears insisted on selling European motorcycles with its own brand name, rather than keeping the original manufacturer's.
With all the WW2 veterans in the malls, one would think they would remember the build quality of Puch, DKW, BMW and Zundapp...
Vespas, on the other hand, didn't exist in WW2 .