Hi everybody, Im having trouble finding Insurance for my Interceptor. Im in Northern Ca. Can anyone help me out? Thanks Pete

Mine is missing…can’t remember if I left it off or if it was stolen…. these things run for months on gas!

I have had my interceptor for a year and have not had any luck finding a mechanic in San Francisco who will take of her. Does anyone have a mechanic to recommend?

My Go 4 project… got er running really smooth, got a thumpin sterio installed by Unique Auido, under glo, and a new paint job. Put a cold air intake with a K&N cone filter because in hot weather these things just suffocate. Eric, a good friend of mine did an amazing job on the paint…made all the difference in the world. I get offers every day to buy it, but I doubt i will ever be able to part with it. I have done 60mph…once…but it cruises at 45 around town comfortably.

Having problems registering a metermaid vehicle as a motorcycle in California? Print this out and bring it to the DMV and your life will get infinitely easier:

https://www.dmv.ca.gov/vehindustry/vin_memos/vin2011/11vin16a.pdf

I have recently acquired a 1996 Cushman 3 Wheeled Truckster(I think), it’s a Type G with 2 different Model #’s: 1. 3WATM FLATBED 2. 898475A. It is powered by the 327 Engine & has an Automatic in it. I would like to identify the Make & Model of the Transmission along with locating Parts Diagrams & Parts Suppliers. Any and all help is very much appreciated.

Dear All,

 

I just got a 1990 Cushman Truckster and cannot find an insurer in New York.  I did call Dian in CA, as per an older thread on here and she recommended McGraw, I am waiting to hear.  If there is a Cushman Truckster driver on this site who registered their vehicle in NYS, please let me know who insured it.

 

Looking forward to being a part of this community!

 

Yours,

 

catherine

I bought 2 cars. 1999 BT-57  & A 1992 P35.. They are not running at this time.Im having a really hard time finding parts.I need computors for both.Any info will help me..Thanks

 

Here is a “celebrity” silly little car.  Who can tell me what this is, and where it was taken.  Here is a hint:  This alley is known for it’s rodent’s who frequent the place.

 

I have been eyeballin this lil truck for a couple of years. It was down a back road on the way out to my house and it seemed every time I drove by with my girlfriend id tell her just how cool it would be to have one. Two days ago she comes home and lets me know she stopped and talked the guy into letting me tow it away for $100! Its been sitting forever in the same spot and hasn’t ran in ten years. I got it home about 5:30 yesterday evening and was taking trial laps around the house by 9pm! :0)
I am about to fill out lein sale paperwork and need to know what make, model, and year this thing is. I’ve got a vin of 898403-7010. From my research I think I have a 1970 Cushman Truckster. Can anyone get more detailed than that for me? I’ve seen ‘sub’models of 725 or 785 or Sportsman or Westcoaster….. what is mine?
And, does anybody have a maintence manual in pdf. for me? Please. :0)
Jeremy
Grants Pass, Oregon
Btw. It has a black and yellow California licence plate and the guy I picked it up from said it was from a hospital in glendale California.

Ok, we’re going interactive. Anyone can now add new postings (use that link on the right to register), and anyone can post pictures to the new user picture gallery. I hope it works, would be great to get input from the various Silly Little Tribes…

Feedback definitely invited.

A pic of Maxime’s Barbie car showed up on my favorite San Francisco blog today, Mission Mission.

Gar, we left Barbie for maybe 10 minutes and came back to a stabbed rear tire. I’m not saying I entirely blame them, I know they thought we were metermaids, and lord knows Maxime is rolling the dice by keeping that blue on white paint job, but still, people.

I don’t want to alarm anyone, but apparently two Isettas are hiding out in the San Francisco BMW dealership…

Thanks Lynn!

I put LEDs on the under-carriage of my car and god damn does it look bad-ass. They change color and throb when I want them to. Life is good.

Renzo sent this in and said “Just in case you feel like your Morgan 3-wheeler is too sensible, this 1966 Velorex features a vinyl covered steel tube frame and Jawa 2-cylinder motorcycle power. The engine can spin in reverse so the car has four forward and four reverse gears.” Why on earth???

Loving this Westcoaster for sale on Phoenix Craigslist (mirrored here). Its about the first time I’ve ever read the words “1965 west coaster” and “runs great” anywhere near each other. Super sweet ride, wish they had some pics of the inside. Its weird though, you’d think anyone capable of restoring that thing would know that “Westcoaster” is one word. Maybe he’s selling it for someone else?

And thanks Costas from the crazy cool Art Car Central blog for sending this over.

I’m not sure if “masthead” is exactly the right word, but I’m loving whatever you call that pic on top of the page.

Lynn Freidman took it the day we were being photographed by the Wall Street Journal (ahem).  She took lots of other great pics that day, a  few of my favorites being:

Thanks again Lynn!

I can’t tell if this is a Monty Python skit or a Salvador Dali painting, but whatever it is I like it. What on earth is up with the giant German shepherd? And a whole *case* of whiskey? And how does this indicate that this woman is “knowledgeable”? The mind boggles, and Christ I love that car.

Yum. From the Tamerlane’s Thoughts blog.

Simon from the email list is wondering who’s been the furthest in a Cushman or Interceptor. As he explains:

“My wife Julia did the 300 miles from SF to Gerlach in 1 day, then back a few days later. Who’s been the furthest?”

Maxime and I probably don’t have the distance record, but I’m pretty sure we have the style-point record.

And years ago I’m pretty sure I set the off-road Cushman record when I drove 50 or so miles of crazy dirt road, and instead of me breaking down I wound up fixing everyone else’s flats.

Anyway, anyone else have any stories to tell?

Dave in Kansas made us all look like amateurs by introducing us to his BMW Isetta art car collection. Holy crap!

On New Year’s Eve we needed to haul a few curbside couches to the party. I’m thinking we could have fit at least one more on there…

A blog called “The Walter Mitty Commuittee – True Adventures for Regular Folks” has some fun posts about Bryan’s adventures around Seattle in his new Interceptor. Some fun dispatches from the road, makes me want to take a ferry.

Lorelei sent in these ridiculously amazing pictures of a microcar meet in Germany in 2000.