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Doodlebug tractor is the colloquial American English name for a tractor home-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 ...
The 1929 Worthington Model A golf tractor was fitted with a Model A engine, [6] [48] as was the scarce PAL Tractor. [49] Thieman Harvester Company / Thieman Brothers, in 1936, began offering tractors – either complete with Ford Model A engine (about $500), or as a kit, without engine, driveshaft, or rear end ($185).
Update: I am in touch with C. Skirkey of Doodlebugs Homemade Antique Tractor Club who provided a lot more information about the history of these vehicles, just need to get it referenced before adding it. Also trying to get some pictures, and a list of Doodlebug clubs. In8sworld 14:38, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
Little Cobbler Mountain (North Cobbler Mountain) – Elevation 1,447 ft (441 m) Big Cobbler Mountain (South Cobbler Mountain) – Elevation 1,562 ft (476 m) 38°50′19″N 77°57′10″W / 38.8387°N 77.9528°W / 38.8387; -77.9528 ( Big Cobbler Mountain (South Cobbler Mountain
A Doodle Bug scooter in the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum The Doodle Bug was a motor scooter built from 1946 to 1948 [ 1 ] by the Beam Manufacturing Company [ 2 ] of Webster City, Iowa , US. [ 1 ] They were sold through the Gambles store chain to compete against Cushman scooters being sold under the Allstate brand by Sears . [ 2 ]
A drawing design of the N&W class J locomotive. After the outbreak of World War II, the Norfolk and Western Railway's (N&W) mechanical engineering team developed a new locomotive—the streamlined class J 4-8-4 Northern—to handle rising mainline passenger traffic over the Blue Ridge Mountains, especially on steep grades in Virginia and West Virginia.