> > None of the owners have made motor scooters since 1965, but for a time, they put the Cushman name on three- and four-wheeled industrial vehicles. I don't think the Cushman name has been on a vehicle in decades.
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> As few as 5 years ago they were still putting Cushman on 3-wheeled industrial carts. When I worked on the grounds crew at Birmingham Golf Course they used them almost exclusively. Some of them were newer, if I'm not mistaken, so I would think they would have been less than 5 years old. I can't be sure of that, however. So I'm thinking they've still been manufactured within the past 10 years. However, the newest carts we had were 4-wheeled and from a different manufacturer.
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> Mich-Manuel Labor-ael

When I toured the Cushman plant in Lincoln, Nebraska, way back in 1995, they were producing "Turf Management" machines. These were mainly sold to golf courses. The four-wheeled Truckster was no long in production at that time, but they could have gone back into production if there was a demand. By that time, EzGo* and Yamaha were stiff competition. Textron owned the Cushman name in those days.

Cushman industrial vehicles were tough and reliable. They were built for easy maintinence, and I have seen some over 40 years old and still in use. The little three-wheeled MinetMizer was an electric vehicle that seemed to never wear out. I see one in the Chicago airport terminal from time to time.

Come to think of it, their scooters lasted fairly well too. I have a '47 model Cushman, two from 1953, a 1961 and a 1963. All still run and two of them are unrestored originals. I have three more "basket cases" which means they are unassembled, but pretty much all there.

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Howard
* I think that's how they spell that.