You won't find sheet metal body parts this way because they were manufactured by Cushman, but many of the mechanical parts used in these industrial vehicles were standard OEM automotive or fork lift parts. Fork lift repair shops also repair all kinds of industrial vehicles, and also kept the Cushman Trucksters repaired for the local factories. His comment was that they were also used on some older fork lifts, so he kept them in stock. Brake shoes and wheel cylinders were also available from him for great prices. The price that I paid for it was 1/2 what they are going for on Ebay. The parts guy at the forklift place looked at my master cylinder, went in the back, and came back with a new identical master cylinder. It was in his head from years of experience. There's no cross reference listing for Cushman available at the auto parts stores. If I brought in a part, he could look at it and remember if it was a common auto part, then go to the shelves and open a few boxes, and usually come back with an identical replacement. The local ORiley Auto Parts had an older guy working there that had been in the auto mechanics and parts business for years and he was also very helpful. If I had the Cushman part number it helped them, but they could find parts without the number. When rebuilding my 87 Truckster I found that a local forklift repair shop had access to some kind of cross reference list and could get me many of the steering and drive train parts that I needed.
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