Trash Talk with Donnie: 1963 Cushman Golfster

Hello web world wide, my name is Donnie. Floyd and Norm asked me to post about some of my interesting trash stories. Ever since I got let go at the railroad I’ve been making it by selling or scrapping anything I can get my hands on. Money can be made from almost anything if you put your mind to it. I’ll start out with my first big item. A 1963 Cushman Golfster.

One day while scrounging the local dump for stuff, I saw this interesting looking 3 wheeled golfcart over behind the garbage truck shop. Walter, the afternoon fella, told me he had been planning to fix it up and couldn’t let go of it. $50 in cash changed his mind about that. It was complete, with a non-running gas motor, and even had the rare top and windshield option. Intending on restoring it myself, I disassembled it down to the frame and engine, but never could get it to fire.

At the time my main mode of transportation was a 1968 Chevelle that I’ll post about later, and it started having carburetor issues. Needing money to get my car back on the road I decided to sell the golfcart on ebay. It sold for $675 even though it was in pieces and looked like this:

Picked: $50

Sold: $675

Profit: about $610 after dang ebay fees