mchook

If your not sure what a doodlebug is, it's what people used during the depression & during WWII for a tractor. If you couldn't afford a tractor or you couldn't buy one (during WWII) you built one using old parts from what was around. Model A Fords were popular for this because Henry made millions of them & they were easy & cheap to fix. Just get rid of that pesky body, shorten the frame, add a transmission and your off. I've had many over the years, this is what I learned to drive on, skidding logs & moving stuff in the junkyard. I still have it today & use it often, it's a 1933 Ford School bus my father cut down & added a Mercury Flathead v8 & an old wrecker boom. Anyway, here is one of my models of one, a 29 Model A with 2 transmissions & a trailer made from parts. I built the cross cut saw from one of my worn out hobby blades. The last picture is of my real 33 Ford Doodlebug!

I had this left over from a school bus stock car hauler I was building. So I decided to make a storage shed like the one my father had in the junkyard when I was a kid.

Here is my old Dodge pickup with a scratch built slide in camper tow hitch & bike hauler.

I started this a while ago & I'm thinking about finishing it or trading it. The hard work is done, I used a 68 elcamino bed, frame & interior. It stalled so I just don't know if I want to finish it.

Just playing with some stuff in the nice weather.

Great build. I want to do a 1979 Ranchero so I was wondering what you started with to make this?

Looks sweet! Great paint!!!

This is my old 41 Chevy wrecker. I built the boom from scratch, used some old slot car gears for the hand crank & it all works pretty good.

Here is my 1930 Model A Ford doodlebug tractor. I started with some left over parts & scratch built what I needed. I wanted a tricycle front end & a worm gear rear. I added 2 transmissions & wired & plumbed it.

I had this sitting around & it was nice & shiny but it looked like a toy. So I gave a redo, just in the other direction!

Looking through the site I came across this section & was blown away by all of the artists here! I had to laugh when I found some old pictures I did over 30 years ago & figured everyone else should laugh along with me!!!

Thanks, ya I wanted to put it in the under glass section but I had a brain fart. The bikes are some diecast toys I found years ago at my local dollar store.

This was a stake body kit that I wanted to build a rollback out of but after building the short frame by accident I ended up building a wrecker out of it. Everything from the cab back was built with Evergreen & Plastruct styrene. The booms swing out and the tow bar goes up and down.

This was a stake body kit that I wanted to build a rollback out of but after building the short frame by accident I ended up building a wrecker out of it. Everything from the cab back was built with Evergreen & Plastruct styrene. The booms swing out and the tow bar goes up and down.

Here is my 34 Ford yard truck.

I saw these at Rhinebeck car show in New York.

Hi these are some trucks that I've done from the Dukes of Hazzard tv show, my favorite show as a kid!

Here'a a few of my old Dodges.

This was an old built 53 Ford kit I had that needed something done to it. I changed it to a 55 by sticking in a y-block & changed the grill. I built the Manley style working wrecker boom & body from Plastruct & evergreen styrene. I like doing junkers, I know it's not as cool as the pristine models that are done but they're fun to do.

Hi, I started this a while ago. The cab was an ebay buy but it was bad so I cut the back off & made it a crew cab. The cab has been sitting around for years & I finally figured I'd do some work to it. I stretched the frame & built the body from scratch. I have more pictures but I can't load them, something about the size of the picture or something. I'm not a computer person at all. This & ebay is about all I can handle. Anyway I'll get some more pics as I go & hopefully I'll be able to load them.

Thank you to everyone here for all the great compliments! It's nice to see you guys enjoy the work we do & not just point out all the inaccuracy in things, & god knows my work is full of them.

Hi, I'm new here so I figured I'd show a build I did some years ago. I built this hippie bus because I live about 15 min. from the original 1969 Woodstock festival & it's a familiar thing around here. It's all hand painted & the interior was made from scratch. Just figured I'd post something cool that I've done. Thanks for looking!