Wasted Trails 4x4 magazine April 2014 Vol 11 | Page 39

Thank Your for your Support this past Year Wheels of Time:“Tail” of the Lobster The “Lobster” dune buggy, with brother Dale (L) and Dad, Elmer (R) We called it “The Lobster” because I guess you could say it looked like one. With two bug eyes peeking out from along side an exposed radiator, and a tail that swished around plenty in the sand washes of southern California, it did sort’a remind folks of a land-lubing, wheel-sprouting lobster. It was our buggy. It was my first OHV. I have a story to tell about these wheels of time. It was forty plus years ago that I took the picture in this article. That’s how long I’ve been wheeling. Seems like yesterday in some ways. In other ways, it tells quite a tale about the last forty years. My