A flash of sun. That was all I saw from the corner of an auto-parts store parking lot as we drove toward downtown. I whipped the car around and saw a familiar blue oval.
The oval was attached to a chrome grill, affixed to a hood and cowling that identified the wreck on the trailer as a 1930 Ford Model A. Or so I thought…
No ordinary Model A, this. Long ago, someone removed the top, shortened the chassis and added larger rear tires. I took a closer look. Yes. It was…
…a Doodlebug, the nickname given to cars converted to tractors. This was a common practice in the late 1940s and early 1950s: people needing tractors made their own. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Doodlebug_tractor) This Doodlebug is awaiting a field to plow, a stump to pull. Oneonta, N.Y., 940 miles northeast of Atlanta.
No. 102: A Doodle-What?
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