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Cushman Scooters

By February 1, 2011 Film related No Comments

I posted a picture of an old Vespa recently.  My sister reminded me that our family had a scooter as a family vehicle once upon a time.  I remember a red scooter, which I believe was a Cushman scooter my  father drove us around on when we lived in Nashville, Tennessee.  I was about four years old and my greatest joy in life was standing on the running boards while we rode around town.  I believe my sister would be on the back, probably with her arms around my dad.  I did a little research and it’s not clear what model scooter that was.  I’m sure it was red and I do recall there was a sort of wind screen that I stood behind…So that would likely be the Roadmaster model…the one on the left.  Anyway, here are a couple of photos:

 

 

 

 

 

There’s something not right about either of these two pictures but the best I can do at a moments notice.  I’m pretty sure my dad was at Vanderbilt, working on a PhD, though I get a little bit confused in my recollections about who was doing what and when.  There were white rats in our life around then, as my father would sometimes bring home his experimental subjects.  My early intoxication with the scooter ride eventually got translated into Vespa ownership.  And I guess I’m done with all that now. If I have the wind in my face these days I prefer it to be the tropical trade winds.

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