Re: Restoring a 1957 Marketeer
Nice! I have one also. Mine is an earlier one from what I can determine. I am beginning the work at the moment. Mine has a much different drive system with the motor connected by belt drive to a narrowed light truck axle (war surplus) and the earlier front suspension. The speed control uses wood components and the later ones are Micarta. That's interesting about the door handles. I would like to see a photo of them to compare to what I have as one of my flat coiled springs has broken.
There are very few of these around. With exhaustive searching I have found photos of 5, I think. A fully restored one sold a couple of years ago for $10,000. These are the precursors to the golf cart. They should do over 20 mph.
Dennis
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