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<p><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 5, 2009 5:28 PM, "John Kern" <<a href="mailto:johnmkern@gmail.com">johnmkern@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Hello Fellow Sillylittlecars Members,</font></div>
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<div 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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<div 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> </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> </span></font></font></div>
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<p 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> </span>Please don’t allow this to happen</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="3">The Call To Action:<span> </span>Please Help Save This Line of the Cushman Family! </font></p>
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<p 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> </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> </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>
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<p 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> </span>Please feel free to leverage the below text and please pass this request on to other friends and Cushman vehicle forums.<span> </span>Together – we will keep this branch of the Cushman family alive and well.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Please send you communication to:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><strong>John Schickling</strong></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><strong>Sr. Product Manager</strong></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><strong>Hubbell-ICD</strong></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><strong>4301 Cheyenne Dr.</strong></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><strong>Archdale, NC 27263</strong></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><strong>336-434-2800 X110 (Office)</strong></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><strong><a href="mailto:jschickling@hubbell-icd.com" target="_blank">jschickling@hubbell-icd.com</a></strong></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><strong>Dear Mr. Schickling,</strong></font></p>
<p 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> </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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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><strong>Thank You.</strong></font></p>
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