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How I got started. As a military vehicle collector/restorer, I was
looking for parts for a 1/2 ton 1942 weapon carrier. I was
in Randolph, Ks. at Gary Schroller's looking for parts. He didn't have
what I needed. He said since you like vehicles in Olive Drab [military
paint] let me show you something very unusal. He took me in a metal
building. There were 15 or more restored Cushman Motor Scooters.
Then he showed me a 1944 Airborne, I was hooked. It was not for sale.
I knew a military vehicle collector in Wichita, Ks. I asked Jerry Smith
about if there were any Cushman Motor Scooters that he knew of. To
my amaziment, he told that there was a Cushman Club of America and the
Jim Green #580, was the local president. I call Jim, he said to come
over. When I arrived Jim had his Eagles on display. I looked and
looked, I joined the Kansas Cushman Club and the national club that day.
I looked for over six month for my first scooter, I found it Peabody, Ks.
a 1953 Eagle the price $100.00. Thanks to Jim Green #580 and
Larry VanSike #1762, we got it running in no time. It took me four
years to find my first "Airborne Scooter". Jim Green started calling
me "airborne" since I could never find one.
Scooter's Gallery
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Bill Junker #2080, Evansville, IN.
Airborne at the 1993 MVPA show in KCMO. The best airborne that
I have ever seen.
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