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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):
Here’s how the full page article looked:
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
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