Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon

Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon
Manufacturer	Mitsubishi
Production	1946–63

The Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon is a series of scooters made in Japan by Mitsubishi between 1946 and 1963. 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.Along with the Mizushima three wheeler pickup truck it represented Mitsubishi's first contributions to the Japanese post-war personal transport boom.

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.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.

Year	Model	Specification
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