David Eilers

1958 Article on the Tulare County Four-Wheel Drive Club

This December 06, 1958, article in the Tulare Advance Register highlights the Tulare County Four-Wheel Drive Club with pics and text. It's not a club that I recognize, but the club was pivotal to the formation of the California Association of Jeeps Clubs in 1959 (later known as the California Four Wheel Drive Association). I tried to find a club logo or sticker, but couldn't locate any example.

Here's the 1958 article (spliced for easier viewing):

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Here's how the full page article looked:

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2 Comments

  1. Mike P.
    David, that was a nice article about early jeep clubs, My Dad was and still is at age 89 part of the Fresno Four Wheel Drive Club they have been meeting since 1953. https://www.fresno4x4.com/history Fresno is just down the road from Tulare
    1. David Eilers
      Mike, That area was a hot-bed of jeeps and four wheeling for sure! I wish I had the time to drive around and capture some oral histories from some of the early four-wheelers like your father. During this last decade, the PNW clubs have lost some early members as well. A lot of history went with them (Don Prine is a good example). - Dave

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