2011 Vintage Truck Show
Young's Jersey Dairy, Yellow Springs, Ohio

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All Photographs Copyright © 2011 by Robert E. Pence

Doodlebugs were tractors made from parts of old cars and/or trucks by farmers who couldn't afford factory-made tractors. A few companies made
conversion kits, most notably for the ubiquitous Model T Ford cars, but doodlebugs mostly were home-built. This one was built from a 1928 Chevy, with
a rear axle from a heavy truck. Sometimes two transmissions were arranged one behind the other in order to attain low gear ratios and pulling power.

Several fire trucks of various makes, ages, and levels of sophistication were present.

Fearsome-looking 1976 Oshkosh dump truck

1917 Ford Model T fire truck

This Mack left while I was there. When he took off down the road, the exhaust was obnoxiously loud and harsh.

1928 Chevrolet Pickup - 1928 was the last year for four-cylinder Chevrolets; the 196 cubic inch three-main-bearing six was introduced in 1929. This
one still is a work in progress, but it's evident that they're doing a beautifully painstaking job.

1940 Chevrolet

1931 Ford Model A

Dodge, about 1937, I believe

Exceptionally sweet Chevy. This one caught my fancy.

Dodge must not have sold a lot of these. I don't remember ever seeing one on the street, back in the day.

Carefully restored 1949 Studebaker 1/2 ton pickup. This one has the cast iron flathead six-cylinder Champion engine. When one of those is properly
tuned, you can sit at a stoplight and not be able to tell if it's still running.

'Nother 1940 Chevy

Sporty-looking 1927 Ford Model T Roadster Pickup

1930 Ford Model A Pickup

1955 Studebaker 2-ton truck with a dump bed

1960 Studebaker 4 Wheel Drive half-ton pickup, formerly US Navy

1959 Studebaker V8 stake truck

1963 Studebaker with 212 cubic inch 2-cycle Detroit 4-53 Diesel Engine

1929 Ford Model AA stake truck. The Model AA was a heavy-duty version of the Model A.

1937 Terraplane pickup. There aren't many of these around. Terraplane was a brand of Hudson
Motors. It sold at a lower price point than Hudson and was noted for being light and
powerful and a good performer. I believe Terraplane's production ended with the 1939 model.

Ford, about 1940

International Harvester Travelall

I remember seeing these around, but I never saw one in Fairlane trim. Generally they were basic models used in delivery service.

Robust-looking 1941 Ford 3/4 ton pickup

1924 REO Speedwagon fire truck. REO built a respected line of automobiles into the 1930s, too.

Spiffy '54 Chevy half-ton needs a chrome windshield visor to match the period chrome headlight visors.

Great engine! Good performer, reliable, easy to work on, standard across the Chevrolet car and truck line in the 1950s.

Diamond T trucks used Hercules 6-cylinder engines and were known for power and ruggedness. By 1967 White Motor Company had acquired both
Diamond T and REO and merged them into Diamond REO. The brand went out of existence altogether in the 1970s.

1965 International Harvester Carryall.

1929 Ford Model AA

Going camping, sixties-style. 1965 Ford F250 Camper Special with a slick and shiny aluminum-skinned 1957 Airstream trailer. It didn't get any better.

1951 GMC half-ton pickup

1964 Chevelle El Camino

1941 Plymouth pickup - very similar to Dodge except for the badging

1948 Willys 4 Wheel Drive

1951 Ford half-ton pickup. Note that all the pickups smaller than 3/4-ton had short beds.
Ford broke that barrier in 1954 by introducing a full 8-foot bed on a half-ton pickup.

1947 Dodge half-ton pickup

1941 International Harvester (semi tractor, I think)

1961 Willys 4 Wheel Drive pickup

1961 Willys and 1945 Dodge half-ton Express

1952 Dodge M-37

1973 GMC (left) and 1971 Chevy

1919 Ford Model TT, the heavy-duty truck version of the Model T. Apparently this one is driveable; it has a current Ohio historic vehicle plate.
That must allow exemptions for minor safety features like doors on the cab.

Spiffy 1951 Ford F-1 half-ton 100 horsepower flathead V8. Cast-iron flathead engines in good condition were very quiet.
The mass of iron deadened sound, and they didn't have the noisy valve train of overhead-valve engines.

Stylish 1937 Studebaker pickup

Beast. 1955 Chevy 1-ton Suburban with NAPCO 4 wheel drive. The NAPCO option included a dual-range, shift-on-the-fly transfer case and could
be factory ordered for about $995, or could be field-installed by a capable shop. Installation by an experienced mechanic required about 3 hours.

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