NBR: Anybody know what this is?

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:32 pm

It's the only photo I have. One of the guys in the local scooter club is making us guess. It has a lot of people stumped.

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:36 pm

Body style looks like a old Zundapp Bella from the 1950's.

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:50 pm

... except for that big toothy grill under the light.

Post by **illnoise** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:13 pm

Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon C-90 (1959-ish?)

Imported to the US by Rockford Scooter Co (IL represent! The Genuine of the 50s/60s!)

Also sold as the Rockford Silver Pigeon and by Montgomery Ward as the "Riverside Commuter."

MonkeyWards also sold Lambrettas as Riversides, (like Sears/Vespa/Puch/Allstate)

Do I get to keep it?

Post by **illnoise** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:24 pm

Also, I see a good space to put a Stebel Nautilus Compact.

Bb.

ScootingInTheRain · Post by **ScootingInTheRain** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:44 pm

illnoise wrote:Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon C-90 (1959-ish?)

Imported to the US by Rockford Scooter Co (IL represent! The Genuine of the 50s/60s!)

Also sold as the Rockford Silver Pigeon and by Montgomery Ward as the "Riverside Commuter."

MonkeyWards also sold Lambrettas as Riversides, (like Sears/Vespa/Puch/Allstate)

Do I get to keep it?

Wow. You must have access to the Rockford Files...

baDUM - chk!

Thank You! I'll be here all week. Try the veal, it's heaven.

StL_Stadtroller · Post by **StL_Stadtroller** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:06 pm

Holy Crap! I thought that was a picture of my wife's scoot for a minute!

Yep... that's a Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon C-90. 200cc, 4-stroke, flathead, automatic.

Quad-cities... OddScoot... local guy making you guess...
Brian? or Dean?

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:11 pm

illnoise wrote:Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon C-90 (1959-ish?)

Damn, dude ... that's impressive.

StL_Stadtroller wrote:Quad-cities... OddScoot... local guy making you guess...
Brian? or Dean?

Actually, it's Aaron (superfreak). He spotted it a the swap meet. The guy wanted $2K for it.

StL_Stadtroller · Post by **StL_Stadtroller** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:17 pm

Orange Guy wrote: Actually, it's Aaron (superfreak). He spotted it a the swap meet. The guy wanted $2K for it.

ouch!

that's damned steep for a SilverP... We paid... uhh... shite I forget now.. like $900 I think for Diane's, and it looks in similar shape to that one. maybe a little better...

Post by **ericalm** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:49 pm

ScootingInTheRain wrote:
illnoise wrote:Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon C-90 (1959-ish?)

Imported to the US by Rockford Scooter Co (IL represent! The Genuine of the 50s/60s!)

Also sold as the Rockford Silver Pigeon and by Montgomery Ward as the "Riverside Commuter."

MonkeyWards also sold Lambrettas as Riversides, (like Sears/Vespa/Puch/Allstate)

Do I get to keep it?
Wow. You must have access to the Rockford Files...

Way to date yourself!

Post by **ericalm** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:50 pm

Good call! My guesses were "well, it looks like a lot of German and Eastern Euro scoots, but it's not as far as I can tell…"

illnoise wrote:Also, I see a good space to put a Stebel Nautilus Compact.

Bb.

Or a toaster oven!

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:08 pm

ericalm wrote: Or a toaster oven!

mmmmmm, Pop Tarts on the road ...

taile84 · Post by **taile84** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:12 pm

Orange Guy wrote:
illnoise wrote:Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon C-90 (1959-ish?)
Damn, dude ... that's impressive.

StL_Stadtroller wrote:Quad-cities... OddScoot... local guy making you guess...
Brian? or Dean?

Actually, it's Aaron (superfreak). He spotted it a the swap meet. The guy wanted $2K for it.

That is seriously impressive man! Good Job!

Post by **illnoise** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:52 pm

I'm not that much of a nerd, I had to look up the details, like the model number and year and Riverside model name, but I've seen a few of those in the flesh. It's a pretty good looking scooter. The turn signals or reflectors or whatever those are gave it away.

I don't think I've ever seen one running. $2000 is a lot, even if it is running, I think POCPhil traded a hunting knife, or a Vespa PK frame, or something equally worthless for the Silver Pigeon that he sawed in half to hang on his wall at the Ohio City POC.

They're pretty rare, but you see 'em pop up in the midwest once in while, since they were imported through Rockford and sold through (Chicago-based) Montgomery Ward.

Rare isn't always good, it's just too hard to get/keep something like that running with pretty much no parts support. With something like a Bella or Tourist, at least there's a pretty big following in Europe, so you have somewhere to go for parts and knowledge.

Post by **ericalm** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:31 pm

Orange Guy wrote:
ericalm wrote: Or a toaster oven!
mmmmmm, Pop Tarts on the road ...

Metal box attached to the exhaust. This can be done.

MikieTaps · Post by **MikieTaps** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:59 pm

ummm I think it is a scooter... duh.

Portland_Rider · Post by **Portland_Rider** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:20 am

Simple. It is a red pickup truck with a bunch of old scoots and cycles in front of it in a fenced-off place that is open to the sky.

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