Dave from Ewillys sent me this photo after seeing the Rapid Transit Jeep in an article about vintage BC sand drag photos on our sister site, Off Road Race Canada. Roger Mason (sp?) from BC owned this Jeep and travelled all over North America to race it. Probably the most interesting part is that the Jeep was powered by a 4cylinder Chevrolet engine and often beat the big horsepower V8 guys!

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?

Today we have an interesting photo of a Toyota FJ25 Land Cruiser from Australia. From my understanding, the FJ25’s were sent to Australia in the 50’s without a top, which was fabricated in Aussie land. It is definatly a lot different from the other FJ25 tops I have seen.

I never thought that I would find a very detailed history of the 1966-1977 Ford Bronco on How Stuff Works. The article provides an in depth look at all the different statistics of the Ford Bronco over the years, as well as interesting quotes from magazines. “Best of all about the Bronco is that West of the Pecos rodeo aura that makes a driver shout, ‘Eeeeeaaaaayyhhooo!’ as he plows four-wheel full tilt through a mountain stream or breaks airborne over a mountain top.”

Do you remember the Stomper Bully? Does anyone have more photos or information?

The Willys Jeep was used for both working on the farm as well as running back and forth to town. It looks like the owner of this Willys Jeep plans on loading it up with a big load

Dave from Ewillys.com posted these photos that he saw on the Salt Lake Tribune website. The Dugway Proving Ground, which is about 85 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, was built in 1942. It has been in constant use throughout the years as not only a test facility for chemical warfare, but as training grounds for soldiers. The photos below have lots of haze and it appears that the chemicals are falling on the soldiers. So much for safety gear!

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.

I am not sure why I love shots of Jeeps rusting away. For some reason the abandoned photos really do it for me.