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First dune buggy - Henry J. Kaiser - 1963 to 1965 |
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This picture shows what a Henry J. Kaiser looked like... before modifications! I just read the ad and it said that it got from 30 to 35 miles per gallon! Wow!  |
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I was a 15 year old kid in 1963 when my dad first started building a dune buggy and "I sort of helped out." We took an old Henry J. Kaiser that was rusted out and stripped the body off. Dad cut 2 feet out of the frame and he also made a set of wide wheels. Except for the aluminum cowling around the engine, the body was actually made of wood. It had a vapor-lock problem and was always stuck in the sand... but I loved it! That is me driving in each of the pics above. The bottom picture (above) shows the scariest thing I have done in the dunes. Dad wanted a picture of us jumping off a little dune. Of course, with the engine out front, it wanted to do a nose dive. This was about the 4th attempt, with dad yelling "Faster!" over and over. This was also the last attempt! I think it taught me an appreciation for what might go wrong. In all of these years I have never had an accident in the sand. Of course... I did run over myself in the garage! |
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