Sand Drag Central is a forum about sand drags, along with a little mud race action. I was surprised when I saw these photos of Monster trucks at Gravelrama on this thread over there.

Check out those speakers! “Dans le haut de la cote des Masses (actuellement rue Robert Schuman) à Paramé (actuellement Saint-Malo), des soldats US, dont certains sont armés, à côté de leur camion Dodge WC54 Ambulance, modifié avec un ” equipment Public Adress ” garé le long d’un trottoir et équipé de hauts- parleurs.” Via Photos [...]

Now how often do you find an article about vintage off road vehicles in the New York Times? Suprise! Here is an article about the Meyers Manx, including an interview with Bruce Meyers himself.

Can anyone tell what year the Bigfoot monster truck tried to make it up the Gravelrama hill climb in the video below? NOTE: If you are reading this by email or Facebook, you may have to go to the Off Road Action website to view the video.

“Officiers supérieurs en inspection dans une ville détruite à bord d’un Dodge WC 56 Command Car, place Gambetta à Isigny-sur-Mer. Un civil regarde la scène. A l’avant casquette blanche l’Amiral King (sous réserve), à l’arrière de gauche à droite les généraux : Hodges, Marshall et Eisenhower. la maison est visible sur les p013319, p012961 et [...]

Armstead Snow Motors from Seeking Michigan on Vimeo. Reader Henri Raab sent this video in. According to the website link he sent: “In January 1926, Time magazine reported: “Having used the motor car for almost every other conceivable purpose, leading Detroit automobile makers have now organized a company entitled “Snow Motors Inc.,” to put out [...]

Here is a great shot of an ambulance Willys from World War 2.

Olive Drab.com is a great site for vintage army vehicle information. Take the above photo for instance. This was the first Bantam, which started the whole Jeep thing with Bantam, Willys and Ford. Bantam Number One, was delivered to Camp Holabird, MD on 23 September 1940. It was called the GPV (General Purpose Vehicle), the [...]

Bigfoot. The first monster truck. Remember it in “Take This Job & Shove It”? Remember seeing it in the magazines in the early 80’s? This is the one that started it all! I am sure there was at least one Bigfoot poster on my bedroom wall when I was a kid! This thread on Monster [...]