Evolution of a Duner and their rides - IN PICTURES

[Dune-Track-N]

So in the Speed UTV thread @WheresHotBoat got me thinking, HA HA. How did you evolve lets see the pictures from then to now and maybe what's next?

Started duning when I was 3-4yrs old, Oceano in a Manx style buggy. No pics to prove it, yet.
HS 14-17yrs old, buddies had Yota's on 33's. Beach tent camping Ocean.
1998-2005ish Duned my Land Rover Freelander with a 2" lift and 29" Mickey Thompsons
2003 bought a beam car Prowlers Sand Sprite 4 Buick 215 V8!

Glamis for the 1st time in 2006 but just rode with my friends.


2006 bought a Rhino, ugh said I'd never do that....

2008 bought a 2nd Rhino, destroyed that rig. Made tons of memories and joined the desert crowd.

FF thru tons of trips...
2016 started hanging with some rock donkeys.
2018 bought a Wildcat XX to finally retire the Rhino's


What's next????

Oh and along the way the wife decided she LOVED boating and we've been thru two jet boats now, ha ha.
1977 Charger Mini-Day Cruiser

1975 Sanger SuperJet (full resto in my garage)

 

[Big_Daddy_Jp]

This should be fun! Well I will have to do some serious digging for pics and check back.

 

[WheresHotBoat]

Wait what?

 

[Bobalos]

about a hundred years ago (1983/84), a VeeWee buddy of mine had a dune buggy that had a 2180 & a swing axle.  I thought it was SUPER cool.

fast forward to about 2013 & my buddy from AZ invited me to Glamis for MLK weekend & I got to ride & drive his Ricochet.  WOW was that different than a VeeWee.  I was ready for something new & wanted to involve my boys, so I bought a 4 seat VeeWee from a family friend & we stripped it down to the frame & rebuilt the whole thing.  we beat the snot out of that thing for about 5 years.  trying to keep up with long travel LS cars we managed to break just about everything on this thing (multiple times), but the experience with my boys........... priceless....





Then we moved up to something less hard on the body & a lot nicer to ride in. 



one of my favorite pictures.  Hard to see but my wife & sons are sitting in the car while I got the picture. 

 

[D-n-Tyke]

This should be fun! Well I will have to do some serious digging for pics and check back.

This should be a LONG reply...

Can't wait to see these pictures.

 

[Don Parscale]

 

[ChEFF]

OH NO! I'd hate to hit Da chEFF's Archives. But I will! Peace

 

[Bansh88]

I've been on the same stuff for 20 years.  But my girls have stepped up.

 

[Fullthrottleguy]

For Me it was Bikes, bikes, Bikes, then broke my back on a Jet Ski , well Stand ups were bikes on the water ...

First car was a VW so bad I can't even find a pic

Second car was a "well used "($50)  Dico chassis  circa 1985   built a Turbo VW  for it (its the blue car)  did that one in '92  then the first Long Travel a  Ron Lummis  Car  500HP Outfront Subi that was 99



Wife wanted it purple ...



Move to LS cars - Liked the .net cars Bought a couple  - Built and sold   the first bone  - thought I could do better     - Not sure why I changed cars  - I basically built the same car over ...

they were Blown of course first was 2004  last 4 seater was an 06









I decided to go Big but 2 seat 

So I built the wife a lil Busa powered rail for her ... (Of course I drove it more - it was a blast)



 And of course I had to build a Rhino  - it was the thing to have for som e reason... and everyone in Havasu had one in my neighborhood



Next up - 2012  Mosebilt 2 seater  Supercharged 396 LS  and 26" travel 

at 102" wide - swapping tires for the trailer - got old ...



2014 Back to a .net car - this time  2 seater  superchargeed 396 again (great combo)

Mosebilt rolled the roof for me  - tipped the scales at 2000Lbs and had 676HP RWHP



Bought Wife a Rzr to match the car 



that lasted 2 trips - picked up a VW Tatum from matt86m and swapped it over to Ecotec for the wife - much happier ...

Happy wife, happy life and all that  ....



New Engine - New SC , New Sequential, new Body work on the SC.net



 and  after one trip back on the dyno after  new heads, new cam, bigger SC  Had to see 840 RWHP ...



2018  1500RWHP in the garage was nice ...



Business down turn moved me to this clean lil  Buggy works car ...



Pandemic came along ...  Car went under the knife ....

2022 - now

 We left the front suspension and lower cage  ...  New everything else -  Built a nice 427  supercharged of course , New S4, etc  

Scaled out at 1985 Lbs  "Lite is Mite"



Going e85  and repainting white for this season  - chasing 1100 RWHP

Probably the last car for me ...

 

[Dune-Track-N]

AH YEAH we are getting some good history~

:chew: :dan: :carrot: :ftf: :golf1:

 

[dbart]

Started off on Bikes, 

1995 YZ 250, then sold that for a

2000 KX 250, trying to find pics

then found an awesome deal on a 2002 CRF 450-R that was CA plated (still trying to find pics)

Had a xr50 and KLX 110 as well

Sold everything around 2008 and saved up to buy a house. which we did in 2010

Since I had no toys but still went with my buddy's I built the one and only RACE CHAIR (Still have it)

Then around 2014 bought 2007 Rhino and flatbed

Sold that in March 2021...

Then ordered a 2022 Can Am XRS Turbo RR in October of 2021, got it Aug 2022.

 

[Crusty]

Since early 80's and started with CT70s in Ensenada and then quickly moved onto old ATCs at White Water, Honda Valley, Pismo and of course Glamis.

'70's CT70

'78 ATC70

'84 ATC110

'84 ATC200S

'85 ATC250R

'00 TRX400EX

'08 RHINO 700

I know there are family photos somewhere... :atc70:

 

[BENCH]

I'm 44 years old and I'm on #3.  '81 ATC110 to '85 ATC200X to '85 ATC250R.  Been on the '85 ATC250R since June of '93 (Build Thread).

 

[wesinls]

Makes me want to bug my dad for pics from the early days.  

ATC 70. to a 110, (rode my mom's 125 sometimes too) - 185s with front forks, 1985 200x, - then where I have pics below...mix of my wife's toys too (as we all know, we ride them too )

1985 250r



Saved my money and had 2 jobs for a few years - bought a sand bullet buggy as a kit back in 2004..painted and put it together myself (brother helped)



Bought a Pilot for the wife several years later:


Wildcat for for wife a few years after that (POS)



Got her an ACE 900 (she missed the safe feeling of her Pilot but not the suspension)..also used it as am opportunity to learn how to tig weld and bend tubes - looked at cost of a cage vs a cheap tig welder and bender and it was abot the same.

She wasnt happy with it after a few years - can by then the canam became pretty sweet:

And finally - my dream ride - after having the same hayabusa buggy for almost 15 years:

 

[Slappy]

A downright slapptacious thread

 

[Turbofamilyof4]

Evolution of off-road cars in one picture.

started on bikes as a kid and haven’t stopped at 50 years old and don’t plan too.



started camping in glamis in tents as a kids with my parents and brother. Now with my own family we graduated to motorhome. 
 

went from the green buggy in the top pick to this one once the kids outgrew the back seats. 

 

[Sandkist]

My ride in 1986



My ride in 2023 LOL

 

[Richard h]

Started going to Glamis in 1973. Had a single roll bar "tunnel buggy." swing axle 40hp VW.  Stopped going in 1977 and didn't go again until 2000 with some friends. Had a bicycle trip I was working on and put off starting a rail until that was done. Got home and built a vw car similar to a Hi Jumper only I made my frame a little wider and taller. Turned out to be much more comfortable car. It was a 2276 and built swing axle. Used it untill 2007 and then went to Larry Short to get one of his cars as a kit to do the Hayabusa thing. I scared the crap out of myself with that car and only keep it 2 years. Bought another vw car, a Chenoweth mid engine swing axle in 2010 and still drive it today, thou it has changed and is now a 3.5 Honda 2d car. Pretty sure it is my last car but you never know.

Last 2 pics are from this last Memorial day trip, one of the best of the year!

 

[MWB]

Time to start digging thru and scanning some pictures......

Only going to be 8 rides though.