Nothing Runs like a Bug:)

 

 

OW's so proud of his "bug" he hopes to give it to St Urho someday !

The thing has about the wheelbase of a Honda Civic

& was built from all scrap parts,

urged down the road by:

a VW "bug" front-end,

Allis Chalmers fenders,

"B" John Deere gas tank,

wheelchair ramp rollbar,

bed frame motor mounts,

manure spreader wheels,

an old Ford Bronco frame,

'57 Chevy truck transmission,

Canadian Curtis-Wright snowmobile engine,

a Maverick rear-end (can you say dat here? Okay, "Ford" rear-end!)

etc. so it's practically new!

Goes 45 wide-open in summer but after about 5 miles the pesky plugs melt.

Prefers running to the fish-house & towing terrified kids on snow-saucers!

The thing has sputtered & wheezed its way thru countless parades ---

( and a few that DO count )

 

 

 

This was taken during a blizzard a coupla winters ago -- sadly, the flirtatious grasshopper

made a pass at the "bug"s driveshaft during this year's St Urho's Day parade

and somehow got "tangled-up" in a rather brief "whirlwind" romance!

p.s: We had a sympathetic vet chop out the papier mache & chicken wire --

and the bug still wonders why the grasshopper hasn't called --

Eventually I spoze we'll hafta adorn an 8-foot pine box with grapes

& conduct a little "farewell" service by the statue

( she was my smartest 'hopper" too --- where do insects GET ideas like that --?)