[Tim Hancock]

My wife's boss is making space in his warehouse and he has a '53 Cushman Eagle ready to reassemble with many new parts and profeesionally refinished parts along with a still assembled '57 Eagle (super husky model?) that needs a restoration (he is at a point in life that he knows he will never take the time finish restoring these). Both are complete and he wants to let me "steal" them for 2k each. A quick internet search shows that they are probably more than worth it, but I just don't know if I can get excited about a couple of Cushmans. If I buy them, one will become a gift for my father, as he had a lesser model Cushman as a kid and always wanted an Eagle.

Any Cushman gurus or afficianados out there who can talk me into it? I can probably get them for 3k total along with this years annual inspection on his airplane which I do for peanuts for him anyway as he is my wife's boss and a close family friend.