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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stupid question. Is the one in a Taylor-Dunn
completely different and not adaptable?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=johnmkern@gmail.com href="mailto:johnmkern@gmail.com">John Kern</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> undisclosed-recipients</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 05, 2009 5:28 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Silly Little Cars] Cushman:
Need Everyone on Sillylittlecars Help- Please</DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3>Hello Fellow Sillylittlecars Members,</FONT></DIV>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3>I write today because the future of the Antique Cushman
Electric Minute Miser Model 730 now swings in the balance and if quick action
is not taken to change the current course of destiny, the ability to
re-produce a critical vehicle component will be lost forever.</FONT></DIV>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Calibri size=3> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
size=3><FONT face=Calibri>Anyone that has attempted to restore a Cushman
vehicle understands the frustration and difficulty of needing a replacement
part only to discover that the part is no longer available for purchase.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For owners and collectors of the
Cushman Electric Minute Miser Model 730, one such part is the Five Position
Selector Switch – a Furnas J6342 Drum Controller, a vehicle part that is
currently unavailable for purchase and is critical to vehicle operations.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=3><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
size=3><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">What is a Cushman
Electric Minute Miser? Click <STRONG><U><FONT color=#ff6600><A
href="http://mysite.verizon.net/res8hirg/">Here</A></FONT></U></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3>Due to many factors including the acquisition of the
Furnas Brand first by Siemens Corp. and later by Hubbell-ICD, and as well, the
Cushman ownership changes between OMC and Textron Corporation, production of
the J6342 was terminated in 1990 and the machines, part die casts, part
drawings & specifications required to manufacture the J6342 are now at
risk of becoming obsolete and destroyed, rendering impossible the ability to
reproduce the J6342 and as a consequence, positioning the Electric Minute
Miser Model 730 on the road to the scrap yard.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please don’t allow this to
happen</FONT></P>
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face=Calibri size=3></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3>The Call To Action:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Please Help Save This Line of the Cushman Family! </FONT></P>
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face=Calibri size=3></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3>Over 75% of the machinery required to produce a new J6342
still exists within Hubbell-ICD manufacturing facilities.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We need Hubbell to salvage this
machinery and as well, re-create the missing 25% in order to produce a full
function switch unit.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hubbell
won’t do this unless they feel there is a market for this product and this is
why we must take action now.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3>Please let you voice be heard by sending an email or US
Postal Mail to the Hubbell-Industrial Controls product management and let
Hubbell Corporation know that there is a viable customer base for their
product.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please feel free to
leverage the below text and please pass this request on to other friends and
Cushman vehicle forums.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Together
– we will keep this branch of the Cushman family alive and well.</FONT></P>
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face=Calibri size=3></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3>Please send you communication to:</FONT></P>
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face=Calibri size=3></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3><STRONG>John Schickling</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3><STRONG>Sr. Product Manager</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3><STRONG>Hubbell-ICD</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3><STRONG>4301 Cheyenne Dr.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3><STRONG>Archdale, NC 27263</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3><STRONG>336-434-2800 X110 (Office)</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3><STRONG><A
href="mailto:jschickling@hubbell-icd.com">jschickling@hubbell-icd.com</A></STRONG></FONT></P>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Calibri
size=3><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3><STRONG>Dear Mr. Schickling,</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3><STRONG>I write today to ask that Hubbell-ICD restart the
production of the Furnas J6342, a Five Position Selector Switch - a critical
vehicle component of the Cushman Electric Minute Miser, series 730.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please take all commercially available
means to ensure the near and long-term preservation of J6342 product drawings
and manufacturing machinery to ensure and enable future production of complete
J6342 Drum Controller Units.</STRONG></FONT></P>
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face=Calibri size=3><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Calibri size=3><STRONG>Thank You.</STRONG></FONT></P>
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