Vintage Monster Trucks

[66340SEDAN]

Was looking at old pictures the other day of Monster trucks, I remember as a kid in the 80's that those trucks were starting to evolve and that was when they actually crawled over cars and crushed them....not today where they jump and fly around like wrestlers in a ring do LOL!!!

Names like Big Foot, Orange Crush, The Ice Monster, USA-1.......cool stuff....anybody have any cool memories of these older trucks? :glasses7:

 

[66340SEDAN]

I always liked this one....Dodge Van called Rollin Thunder :glasses7:

The last 2 pics make me cringe....would love to own that Chrysler 300 440 TNT car :banghead:

 

[66340SEDAN]

This part was from a movie made in 1986 I used to watch that had these trucks in it, I watched it so many times I think I wore out that VHS tape

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[66340SEDAN]

At 3:40, that's a scary moment, that guy almost got crushed in the first ever, side-by-side monster truck race

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[66340SEDAN]

LOL, fount the original movie on youtube

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[J-MacsMopars]

I liked old monster trucks better... They were so cool. I always watched the video, return of the monster trucks. I loved it... My VCR probably about had it imprinted and could have played it without the tape.

 

[66340SEDAN]

I liked old monster trucks better... They were so cool. I always watched the video, return of the monster trucks. I loved it... My VCR probably about had it imprinted and could have played it without the tape.

And they were REAL truck bodies and frames too!!! Now its all safe and no fun LOL...but those new trucks are still cool :glasses7:

 

[Dart_Doctor]

Ive always liked grave digger and snake bite . got any pics of them ? Btw i was thinking bout makin this thread last night . You just beat me too it AGIN lol

 

[66340SEDAN]

Old Grave Digger

 

[Dart_Doctor]

Now thats what im talking bout !

 

[memike]

The first one built was from Missouri, know it has evolved into some real screaming
engineered Big HP peace of plastic bodies with air grabbing and flying Trucks.
Heck they do back flips know .. Yep I remember, and catch myself watching them :glasses7:

 

[bighammer]

This brought back some memories of the Astro Dome tractor pulls and monster truck shows I used to go see when I was in Huston. The Mack truck "Big Mack Attack" set some records, IIRC. Thanks for sharing!

 

[MTmopars]

Big Red

 

[ramenth]

My favorite from back in the day:

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Besides, I got a thing for dentside Fords.

 

[65BCODA]

Not as awesomely monsterous but we built this one in my shop. Belongs to a friend of mine.

 

[Frankie]

I'm not a big fan of monster trucks. I used to go to the shows back in the 70's and 80's with my kids, though. I remember many of them.

Today's monster trucks have little or no appeal to me, they are essentially funny cars. I did, and still do like the original Big Foot (BF #1) truck, as it was a real, street legal truck with some pretty awesome capabilities for the time.

Also, "Rolling Thunder" The 1976 Dodge B200 van always had a special appeal to me and my 3 kids, as I had a yellow, 1976 Dodge B200 long Wheel base, Tradesman van at the time. Of course it was more of a custom street van than a monster truck. It was nick named "Moby Banana" by my son, and that became my CB handle, at the time. lol

 

[FISHYPETE]

Keith, I think I took you to one of those events when you were knee high to a grasshopper.

 

[WildCat]

The guy that started to do the body work on my dart had the BIG BEAR truck sitting next to his garage for EVER. He was to go some work on it.

Actually think it is sitting at Jim's in that picture

Lame *** never did anything, cannot remember if it was on the property the last time I went by.

I liked the REAL trucks before the tube frames mid engine jumping trucks.

Talked to Andy Brass ( think that was the driver ) of Bob Chandlers drivers and told him I enjoyed the original trucks better, he said they could do so much more than the regular modified trucks, but to see a full frame monster truck do wheelies was better than the crap they do today

Bob chandler built BIGFOOT to showcase his shop and it turned into the high dollar business it is today. No matter what, got to love it

 

[DaveBonds]

Had one of these, beat it to death. -

Who needs a 5pt and a helmet with sunglasses and moustaches like all of those dudes had. hahahaha...

 

[66340SEDAN]

:mrgreen:

 

[66340SEDAN]

Poor Satellite :banghead:

 

[Dart_Doctor]

Oh no your hell on plymouths fury in one and a satty in the other lmao

 

[memike]

Poor Satellite :banghead:

Dang !! You are digging up some old dandies :glasses7: Look at the wheels they did not remove from the Satellite :banghead: If they only knew :angry7:

OH!! Hay , I can't imagine you was ever knee hight to a grass hopper :toothy10:

A donkey maybe :toothy10: , I could has said Jackass :toothy10:

 

[GaryS]

Here's my monster truck from long ago. Not much would stop it.

 

[magnumdust]

Not sure if this counts. It was at my local track awhile back. The owner claimed it was an old monster truck from the early 80s that competed in vegas.



Had a blown 454...ran 17s. lol

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