Sat., Sept. 9, 10-3, FORD MODEL T SHOW & JITTERBUG/DOODLEBUG COMPETITION PULL
FORD MODEL T SHOW & JITTERBUG/DOODLEBUG COMPETITION PULL
Saturday, September 9, 2023, 10AM-3PM
ADMISSION: $10 Adults, 18 and Under: Free
LUNCH: $6 a plate: a hotdog or hamburger or sausage, potato salad, macaroni salad,
chili, and baked beans, Bottle water. Sodas and fruit juice for sale at the Country Store
along with other merchandise.
Collection, Carousel Rides, Car Show, Performance, and Spectacle
Curran Village will be hosting 27 Model Ts from Pine Tree Model T Club this Saturday. In
addition, Maine Antique Tractor Club (MATC) will have a jitterbug pulling competition. Ribbon prizes
awarded for wins in different categories.A jitterbug, also known as a doodlebug, is a homemade tractor.
These were fitted with dual transmissions for additional pulling power. They are created from vintage and
obsolete autos. This was a phenomenon that began in the 1920s and 1930s out of necessity in rural areas
in order to mechanize your farm or lumber operation at a low cost. Ford, Sears & Roebuck, Montgomery & Ward,
and others produced kits and parts for the purpose of adapting passenger cars. Farmers made their own utility
vehicles when they could not afford to buy a tractor. Model Ts especially were re-purposed into tractors,
cord saws, log skidders, pulp lumber trucks, and farm trucks. The Museum has a collection of these.
MATC keeps the tradition of mechanical prowess and Yankee ingenuity by providing venues for hobbyists
who either build new jitterbugs or preserve vintage ones.
Other activities include a timber framing project underway, mechanized wood splitting, work done in the
Carpenter’s Shop, lessons in the one room schoolhouse, a ride on the 1894 carousel, letterpress printing,
and the Country Store is open
for the first time.
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
