WW2 Ice Cream Cart ??

mel hubbard · Post by **mel hubbard** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:09 am

Just a hunch

Its a new one to me >> http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/large ... 1263&cat=5

Vealmonkey · Post by **Vealmonkey** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:20 pm

Might be something they used to carry the exposed gun camera film with?

mel hubbard · Post by **mel hubbard** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:45 am

Thinking about it,,,,,,, Mom n Pop told me about how the USA servicemen & women stationed in Britain during WW2 bought excitement & energy to the drab wartime existence. They even told me of the GIs handing out supplies to the deprived locals,,,, things like nylon stockings & chewing Gum,,,,, but I cant remember em ever saying anything about the Ice Cream

TMc2548 · Post by **TMc2548** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:32 am

Looks like a mobile ammo can. Cool.

CairoManx · Post by **CairoManx** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:51 am

Its a Cushman Truckster. After the war they changed the configuration around and put the two wheels in back. If the military one was used on a flightline it was probably used to haul tools. Cushman still make something pretty similar.

mel hubbard · Post by **mel hubbard** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:34 am

Heres one of the later ones, 1955 with the two wheels at the back > http://milweb.net/classifieds/large_ima ... 1340&cat=5 I still think the first one looks much more suited to a Ben & Jerrys wagon in the park

CairoManx · Post by **CairoManx** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:24 pm

I like 3-wheelers. I'm building one. It started as a single seater rail I had Prowlers make. It was going to have the engine behind the driver. I've modified the frame and now it will be a tandem seater with the Geo Metro(Suzuki) 1 liter, 3 cylinder engine up front. It will have a hydrostatic CVT transmission driving the rear wheel through a hydraulic motor, sprockets and a chain . I dumped the VW front end and attached a Miata A-arm suspension. I'm hoping to be able to do 80mph and get better than 50mpg. Once I get it running and sorted out I want to convert it to CNG so I can fill it up at home for under $2 per gallon. There's some pictures of it in my gallery. The best site anywhere for 3-wheelers is a British one by Elvis Payne: http://www.3wheelers.com/enter.html This site has the hydrostatic transmission info: http://www.hydraulicinnovations.com/index.htm This is the unit that lets you fill your car at home. http://www.myphill.com/

I was going to use this snowmobile CVT but found out about the hydrostatic system.

mel hubbard · Post by **mel hubbard** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:14 pm

Clever stuff Nelson, i've been wondering how that projects going

Back in the 60's there were lots of three wheeler vehicles on UK roads, but you don't hardly any today. One of the the most primitive ones I remember was the ''Bond'',, it had a kind of wedge shape body,,,, a guy local to me had one,,,, picture the sight >> it had a kick-starter under the hood and every morning you would see the hood up and the guy with his leg inside the engine bay trying to start the thing. I think it was a 250cc Villiers motor,, but I could be wrong. A few years ago I saw an advert in a kit car mag for a 3 wheeler kit,,,, it had two wheels up front and used a motorcycle for the rear part. I seem to recall the one in the advert had a Suzuki GSXR 1100 fixed to it. I think you just had to remove the front wheel (or maybe the forks) to turn it into a 3 wheeler,, so you could easy put it back to a bike,, which was the plan. I only ever saw that one ad for them and never got to see one in the flesh,,,,, not sure if they are still making these,, but it looked like a fun machine.

fubar · Post by **fubar** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:42 pm

http://eco-fueler.com/ There is a company down in Eugene that makes a 3 wheeled, fiberglass body, ACVW, that runs on CNG. The car looks like a giant penis. I have never seen one on the road.

CairoManx · Post by **CairoManx** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:54 pm

A 3-wheeler with 2 wheels and the engine in front is pretty much as stable as a 4 wheeler. With one wheel in front they have real stability issues. That one looks like it has a real low c.g. so its probably not too bad, but with others, when you slow to take a corner the weight shifts forward and then sideways right at the moment you turn.... I might go see them and see what they use to convert their engines to CNG.

fubar · Post by **fubar** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:54 pm

here it is

mel hubbard · Post by **mel hubbard** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:51 am

[QUOTE="fubar"]http://eco-fueler.com/ There is a company down in Eugene that makes a giant penis..[/QUOTE]

Im on my way :rock: