It was 1951, we were comming back from Detroit with a new 51 olds. We had picked it up at the factory. It was Mom. Dad , my Sister , she was unly 18 months old , and my self. We were comming down hwy 50 and there was a sign that said Wentworth Springs 30 miles. Well our name is Wentworth and it was only 30 miles so why not. Well it took us over 4 hours to get to Wentworth Springs from the highway. We had no camping gear, no food and we were out of gas. We ended up staying a whole in the hotel . We ate what little food they han at the hotel and the fish that my Dad caught (never went anywhere without a fishing pole). There used to be an old hand crank gas pump accross from the hotel and we were able to get gas @ $1.50 a gallon . They had an old flat fender that they took people on rides in to Rubicon and that got my Dad hooked. We/ I have been back every year since, not always wheeling but there never the less. In 1956 Dad bought a 55 cj5 that had been in the Gurneville floods of 55 and that was our first 4wd vehicle. Between then and high school I bought and sold a few jeeps. I started building a jeep with excellent help from Archer Brothers of Hayward in 1964. I sold that arround the late 70's . I went through withdrawls and satisfied my self with a full size GMC. Got married bought a house raised the kids and now my Son drives a NICE 89 extended cab Toy. It has Marlin dualultimate , front and rear lockers , 37'' tires, Marlin sas . The rest is the future.
richard Wentworth
