The Leadfoot monster truck was based on a 1977 Chevrolet El Camino. Owned and driven by Ron Dennis of Flagstaff, AZ. We do not know much about it, other than it was powered by a 600hp 425 Chevrolet engine that was coupled to a Turbo 400 transmission. The engine was later upgraded to a 468ci [...]
The Big Brutus 6x6x6 monster truck was owned by Charles Flynn of Henagar, Florida. The unique monster truck was based on a 1985 Chevrolet Silverado, but that is where the similarity ends.
In the today’s world, it seems that everyone has a digital camera. They allow beginners to produce some amazing photographs. I personally started with film cameras and eventually shelled out the big dollars (at the time) for a digital camera…and never turned back. My photography improved dramatically over the first year as I was able [...]
It is not too often that you see Bigfoot 1 with the 10 foot tall tires. The photo is tagged Bigfoot 7, which must be the monster truck trying to climb it. I kind of lost count of the Bigfoot monster trucks after the first three or four.
The All American monster truck was owned by the Spiker family of Florida, who also owned the Miss All American Ford Ranger monster truck. Below we have some great photos of the truck. Did you see the truck in person? Do you have more photos or videos of vintage monster trucks?
Do you remember the Godzilla monster truck? Anyone out there have more photos that they want to share? What was your favorite monster truck from the 80s?
Wow! That is all I can say about this group of monster truck and truck pull photos on Flickr! The photos look to date from the mid 80s through to the early 90s. What do you think of the photos? What was your favorite monster truck from the eighties?
We have featured some great vintage monster truck photos and videos over the last few months. Here is some more for you…enjoy! NOTE: If you are reading this via email or Facebook, you may need to go to Off Road Action to view the videos.
Do you remember the Casper monster truck from the 80s? It was a 79-83 Toyota pickup. However, while surfing through this thread on Monster Mayhem, I found out that the original Casper rolled in late 1988 and the Toyota body was replaced by a 1957 Chevrolet car! Does anyone have more photos of the Casper Chevy car monster truck?
The “Kong” series of monster trucks were some of the most popular in the 80′s and early 90′s. It started with the original King Kong, followed by V12 airplane engine powered Awesome Kong and a few other varieties of Awesome Kong. Check out the photos below.
Flickr user acdude007 has some incredible vintage monster truck photos from the 80s! There is some never seen before photos that monster truck fans will love!
