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!
Broncitis of the Classic Broncos forum has recently purchased one of the infamous balloon chaser F100 and will be giving it a full restoration. You may notice the ambulance Bronco in the photo, which belongs to his father and is also being restored.
Overall, the 1977 F100 stepside is in pretty good shape for being stored outside for the last 20 years. It definatly needs some paint work, the rims will be changed to slots or turbines (both were used) and a mild 460 has replaced the 351m.
Make sure to check the restoration thread out on Classic Broncos and hear some of the wild tales of chasing a hot air balloon across America. Being thrown in jail in Mexico, Ford rescinding their sponsorship…what an adventure!
Last year we featured a photo of the Awesome Kong monster truck, which was the first rear engine monster truck. From the photo above, it looks like there was a little too much weight towards the rear! Via…
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I have to admit that I have not been keeping up with the vintage monster trucks coming out of the woodwork lately. Honestly, there is just to many different things to keep up with…Retro is on the rise! I know that there is a number of 80’s vintage monster trucks being rebuilt and a few newer old school style trucks coming out. Check out these videos from Monster Blog, who covered a recent old school monster truck event. Any monster truck fans want to help us keep up to date with all the vintage monster truck news? We are looking for photos, videos and photos!
Icon, which already mastered the reincarnation of the Toyota FJ (better than Toyota, we will add) and Willy CJ, has its sights on a new project for 2011: the first-generation Bronco. Owner Jonathan Ward has worked with Camilo Pardo, designer of the Ford GT, on the design and even Nike has shown its support by [...]
Last year, we wrote an article with a few photos of desert Racer Dave Shoppe. He drove Class 8 in the 70’s and 80’s and won a handful of races against the factory teams. In that article, we asked for more photos and received some great replies. Above is another photo that we recently came across. Again, we are wondering if anyone else has more photos to add? Email them to weskibble@offroadaction.ca
The note said “This is a picture of my Dad, Don Barlow racing in the Carrera 1000. How I understand it they only put on this race one time. I think it was around 1971 or 1972. The race started in Palm Springs and ran down to Mexico to the Bay of Los Angeles and then back up and ended in Mexicali. Bikes, Trucks and Buggies all ran together. He won overall despite the flat tire.”
Do you remember this Ford Truck tv commercial from 1985? What do you think? Is Ford the best truck? Was the Dodge truck in neutral or was it using its own power up the rock hill?
In October, we featured a vintage sand drag racing Ford Bronco that was originally built in the 70’s and was being restored to its former glory. The owners have been working extremely hard and finished it in time to bring it to a local Southern California Ford car show. They have done an amazing job and the attention to detail is incredible. Read all about the restoration on this Classic Broncos.com thread.