Vendors, old tractors, antique vehicles draw fans to SCRAP
GIBSONBURG - The SCRAP festival brought out people from all around Ohio on Saturday. The parking lot was filled, and the smell of kettle popcorn and diesel was in the air.
The event had volunteer members running from gate to gate to park the number of cars lined up by the front entrance.
The Antique Tractor Pull had more than 20 entries, including 21-year-old Emily Williams in her Oliver Row crop 66. This is the second year for Williams. She runs tractors that are in her family or belong to her friends.
“I haven’t won any awards yet,” Williams said. “But my grandpa pulled, my dad's pulled, and I just do it because of them; it runs in the family, and I also do it for fun.”
The Allis-Chalmers 20-35 tractors were the featured tractors for this year. They were made in 1921 and in 1929 they introduced the model U. The fan favorite was an Allis-Chalmers WD45 1948 with a weight pull of 252.34.
Festival included antique car show
The SCRAP festival — which stands for Sandusky County Restorers of Antique Power — also featured an antique car show with vehicles from 1910 to 1970s. One of the antiques was a 1924 Ice cream truck from Defiance owned by Lynn Lantz.
“I had entered and won about four awards for this truck, and it took me 12 years to restore it and sat for four years before I could get it running,” Lantz said.
Lantz's wife made him some fake wooden Ice cream cones to go with the truck since it no longer carries cold ice cream.
The other featured vehicles ranged from a 1970s Dodge truck to a 1920s Ford Model T sedan.
Nonprofit agencies participate
The Friendly Center from Toledo was serving root beer floats, pie, cookies, fried bologna sandwiches, pulled pork, and chicken sandwiches in the red food barn. The Friendly Center is a nonprofit center that uses all its proceeds to help those in need with food, free lunches, clothes, coats, and anything to help their community.
“This is our fifth year serving food and we enjoy it; we give to organizations that might need help,” said Terry Robideau, president of the Friendly Center.
There were other food vendor trucks lined up outside the red barn offering goodies ranging from funnel cakes to barbecue sandwiches and walking tacos.
Visiting the flea market
The flea market at SCRAP was about the size of a football field and it was packed with people walking with wagons, some with bags and others on golf carts, shopping the rows of goodies, and enjoying the weather. About 100 vendors were selling their goods that included plants, books, dolls, DVDs, and doors.
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