Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon
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| Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon | |
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| Manufacturer | Mitsubishi |
| Production | 1946–63 |
The Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon is a series of scooters made in Japan by Mitsubishi between 1946 and 1963.[1] The first was the C-10, based on a scooter imported from the United States by Koujiro Maruyama, which began production at the Nagoya Machinery Works of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.[2] Along with the Mizushima three wheeler pickup truck it represented Mitsubishi's first contributions to the Japanese post-war personal transport boom.[3]
The Silver Pigeon proved sufficiently successful to remain in production for almost twenty years. Motor Cyclist magazine voted it "best in styling" for three consecutive years in the 1950s, a decade after its introduction, while from 1950 to 1964 it maintained an average 45 percent share of the domestic scooter market.[4] By the time production came to an end in 1963 over 463,000 had been manufactured, with the 1960 C-200 proving the most popular individual model, with almost 38,000 sales.[4]
| Year | Model | Specification |
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| 1946 | C-10 | NE10 112 cc, 1.5 PS |
| 1948 | C-11 | |
| 1950 | C-25 | |
| 1953 | C-26 | |
| 1955 | C-57 | 192 cc single cylinder engine |
| 1955 | C-70 | 125 cc two-stroke |
| 1957 | C-90 | 200 cc |
| 1958 | C-93 | 210 cc |
| 1960 | C-111 | 210 cc four-stroke |
| 1960 | C-200 | 125 cc two-stroke |
| 1960 | C-300 | 125 cc two-stroke |
| 1960 | C-76 | 192 cc four-stroke |
| 1960 | C-110 | 175 cc |
| 1960 | C-300 | 125 cc two-stroke single cylinder engine |
| 1961 | C-110 | 175 cc four-stroke, 8.3 hp |
| 1963 | C-140 | 125 cc two-stroke twin cylinder engine, 8 hp, three-speed transmission, 143 kg |
| 1963 | C-240 | 143 cc two-stroke twin cylinder engine, 9.2 hp, three-speed transmission, 143 kg |
[edit] References
- ^ Mitsubishi scooters, scootermaniac.org
- ^ Silver Pigeon C-10, Mitsubishi Motors Web Museum
- ^ "Rebuilding the Nation", Mitsubishi Motors History, Mitsubishi Motors South Africa website
- ^ a b Silver Pigeon, Mitsubishi Motors South Africa website
[edit] External links
- "What's a Silver Pigeon?", Marvin Wuehle, silverpigeons.com
- 1959 Silver Pigeon, Max's scooter page
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