Chitty, chitty, bang, bang… here he comes!
Is he whistling the tune, "Drive'n down the highway?"
He must be checking his GPS?
Smile for the camera now!
Good thing it's not raining... otherwise he'd need an umbrella.
Hey... you're getting a little too ahead of me now!
Would you call this Amish travel modernized?
No need to worry about crosswinds with all that ventilation!
"What?!... I could have driven a one ton instead?"
Now why would you want to do that?!
The old motor vehicle displayed above is a DoodleBug. Here’s some Wikipedia info about them:
Doodlebug tractor is the colloquial name for a home-made tractor made in the United States during World War II when production tractors were in short supply. The Doodlebug of the 1940s was usually based on a 1920s or 1930s era Ford automobile which was then modified either by the complete removal or alteration of some of the vehicle body. The preservation of examples of the Doodlebug tractor has become popular in New England and upstate New York where there are several clubs holding monthly meet-ups in the summer months to put their contraptions to the test by pulling large stone boats in a tractor pull.
Doodlebugs have many names. Friday Tractors, Scrambolas, Jitterbugs, Field Crawlers, and many others as well as the most common, The DoodleBug which is a nickname for the aftermarket tractor kit made by David Bradley “The old DB”. Initially the idea of the homemade tractor came from several catalog and implement companies in the mid 1920’s to the mid 1930′s such as New Deal, Peru Plow Co., Thrifty Farmer, Sears, Montgomery Ward, Pull Ford, and Johnson Mfg Co.
Doodlebugs are used to plow, hay, haul logs, and pull out stumps. To do all this, the doodlebug needs good ground clearance for use in any conditions, going under trees, and climbing almost any terrain. For protection they have a hood, cowl radiator, a small seat, some have a small truck bed, and most have a hitching point to tow with.
