The Hiawatha name was manufactured by the Beam Manufacturing Company of Webster City, Iowa. Gambles store chain produced the Doodle Bugs to compete against the Cushman scooters sold under the Allstate brand by the retailer Sears. A Clinton engine powered the standard Model B. All standard Model A's featured a Briggs & Stratton NP engine. Approximately 40,000 standard Model Bs were produced, with the standard Model A seeing just one thousand or less created.