Early modifications to Model T's by owners

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Benjamin Kahan on Friday, June 27, 2014 - 04:05 pm:

I am new to this forum and came across this passage in a Sherwood Anderson book from 1925. Does anyone here know what a "Bug" modification is? Thanks. Here is the passage:

As I have gone about in the streets of American towns and cities I have noticed that even the Ford cannot escape the Workman impulse. Boys buy second hand Fords and rebuild them into ‘Bugs’ and these ‘Bugs’ are often enough light, graceful, and fine. Ugly lines have been cut away. Something altogether lacking in grace has been made graceful and it would be worth while if people could come to understand does that the boy is a craftsman following a craftsman’s impulse


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Herb Iffrig on Friday, June 27, 2014 - 04:11 pm:

I believe he is referring to a "doodle bug" or a speedster.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kevin Holland, Utah on Friday, June 27, 2014 - 04:19 pm:

Traditional speedster.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Treace, North FL on Friday, June 27, 2014 - 04:45 pm:

'20's slang for a cut down Ford or other car, from the term "buggy", to describe a speedy racy look and performance.

A 'Bug' :


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Roger Karlsson, southern Sweden on Friday, June 27, 2014 - 04:54 pm:

Here's a thread on MTFCI:s forum with hundreds of old pictures of modified T's back in the day: http://www.modelt.org/mtfcivb/showthread.php/16-Authentic-original-speedster-pic tures


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Walker, NW AR on Friday, June 27, 2014 - 09:05 pm:

Lotsa' nice "bugs" on that thread. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Benjamin Kahan on Saturday, June 28, 2014 - 11:45 am:

Thank you all! This is fantastic!


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