Got a COOT....

[Coop]

I've been looking for one of these for awhile. Everything I found around here, ( Upstate NY), was rusted out and in need of lots of repair. I found this one on Evil Pay, looked pretty good, so I took a chance and bought it. It has no engine, but it is rust free, and a 4 wheel steer. Only other problem was it was 2000 miles away. I used U-Ship, found a ride for it, it got here this morning at 6 AM. I haven't had a chance to look it over to close yet, but it looks pretty solid. I put it up on my trailer so I can move it in and out of the shop until I find an engine, and the torque converter for the engine, with those 2 items I should be able to get it driving. I know where 2 COOTs are locally that will be good parts machines, so I'm going to pick those up this week. Kinda anxious to get it running, see how it works.

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[Mike]

That should be a fun project. Are you going to leave the name as it is? "Cooty"

[Coop]

Hows this for reviving an old thread? I got it done, or close to it. 2 years later, it has been totally disassembled, sandblasted, painted, rhino lined and re-powered with a Briggs Vanguard 20 hp. New tires and we should be done. I did do a build thread on it here: COOTWORLD • View topic - COOT Build Thread This thing is a tank, but I still like my Cushman Tracksters better.

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[Mike]

Nice work. Now you can play around with it when you're not cruising in your Tracksters.

[Coop]

Here is a short vid of the COOT going thru a ditch. Sorry about the 45 seconds of video before the COOT shows up, I had to start the camera, go get on the COOT and drive to the ditch.

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[Coop]

Here is a quick walk around of my COOT:

Restored COOT - YouTube

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[rentalrider]

I LOVE this thing!! Congrats, did a great job. I have a newb question now, most don't articulate, right? I thought I saw one at dealership that had a pwc seat on it??

[Coop]

Thanks...All COOTs articulate, that is what mekes a COOT so good at going places you can't believe they'll go. They were the first rock crawler. I'm not sure what a pwc seat is....

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[rentalrider]

sorry, personal watercraft. like a jetski