The organization was founded in 1965 by David R. Helland, society member No. 1. The photo is of his original vehicle, built in 1965, now called "Old Yell'er". Dave's newest buggy, "New Yell'er" is a recently restored genuine Bruce Meyer's Manx.

All of the historical society members' dune buggies and Baja bugs are collector cars which are more than 25 years old. These vehicles are maintained and operated principally for use as part of the historical society's activities. Section 5004 of the California Motor Vehicle Code assigns these vehicles special status as "Historical Vehicles".

Membership in the society is strictly limited to owners of yellow street-legal off-road vehicles. Associate membership status is granted to owners of other off-road vehicles, providing their owner(s) promise to paint their vehicles yellow sometime real soon. Some of the society members belong to Bruce Meyers famous Manx Dune Buggy Club. We all use CB radios (Channel 5) on our outings. Some of the members are hams and belong to the Palomar Amateur Radio Club. Most of our outings have Borrego Springs, California as the destination where we all like to "dry camp" in places where the neighbors are few and far between. We are a hearty group that visits the desert year round. Over the years we have found that when it's 115°F in the shade, we get the interesting places to ourselves.

And, if you find yourself in the southwest and are looking to keep with the VW way of life in a new vehicle, make sure you take a look at Chapman VW. They have been in the industry for over 45 years and have a very knowledgeable staff and sales team. There is no better place to pick up a Volkswagen in Phoenix.

• Yellow Buggies of the (More or Less) Month (past and present) 2/23/99
• Historical society's desert rules 5/15/97
• Air-cooled VW Owners Credo
• Desert camping tips 11/3/97
• Y.B.D.B. power blender report 8/27/05
• VW Type 1 Chassis/Engine Serial Nos. (1954-1979)
• Type 2 Technical Resource Library
• Back by popular demand the Manx Dunebuggy Club 2000 Archive
• Y.B.D.B. interesting links
• Y.B.D.B. Website Master Index (sorted by date)

Events:

• November 1999 Baja 1000 trip with the Manx Dune Buggy Club. We abandoned the Manx Club at Mike's Sky Rancho and headed for the Bay of Conception this year...a two week trip. A trip report is coming soon! In the mean time a photo collage of some of our (raw) photos is what's we've got.
• Y.B.D.B. Club member Dave is restoring another Meyers Manx. (Guess what color it'll be!)
• November 1998 Baja 1000 trip with the Manx Dune Buggy Club. We abandoned the Manx Club in San Felipe and headed for the Bay of LA. (Trip report coming...trust me!)
• Finally! A trip report from our 1000+ mile March 1998 "death to stragglers" Baja run (to the Bay of L.A. and back).
  (Photos of new friends from our trip are also on the 'Net...as promised.)
• Photo collage from November 1997 Baja 1000 Manx Club trip.
• A trip report from our October 1997 Y.B.D.B. Baja road-trip
• Recent Y.B.D.B. events (always under construction) 12/29/98

Photos:

• Group photo of the society's board of directors
• The Y.B.D.B. Club submits a poster contest entry for Chris Knight's Absolut VW Web Page.
• Modern-day Web pages need multimedia...check out our VW motor sounds!!
• Best yellow sign, in car window in a nameless farm town on US 80 near Omaha, NE.
• Misc. Y.B.D.B. photos 12/19/98

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