I do not get onto the RC forums very often, but this build from Scale 4×4 RC caught my eye. Being that the 1969-72 Ford Bumpside F100 is one of my favourite truck body styles, I fell in love with this buildup! What a great job!

Earlier this month, we wrote a short article about 3 Ford Edsel that used to race in off road desert races in the 60’s though to the 80’s. With the Swift’s racing their restored Ford Edsel off road race car in the NORRA Mexican 1000 this week, we have been coming across more photos for your pleasure. Thank you to Class 3 Racing.com for most of the photos in this post.

You may have noticed that there has been a limited amount of updates over the last week or so. This is because I have moved from Toronto to the interior of British Columbia. While I get settled in over the next few months, I will be staying at my parents place in “the middle of [...]

The NORRA Mexican 1000 vintage off road race held last weekend was an instant success! We have posted a few photos here and here, but we now have the first videos for your pleasure!

Now how awesome is this! According to the owner of the photo, he was participating in a hill climb near Lethbridge, Alberta in the 70’s. He hit a small pothole at full throttle and the photographer was there to grab an awesome shot! The impact of the wheels was not as good. The result was a bent transmission input shaft!

It is sad to see these classics rusting away!

Terry Marvel has some great examples of vintage 70’s Ford Broncos in ads. Some are Ford magazine ads, while some are from different companies, like Minolta.

Now this is awesome! Bigfoot and King Kong were neck and neck for the being the first official monster truck. Check out this video from the late 70’s!

Note: If you are reading this via email or Facebook, you will need to go to the Off Road Action website to see the video.

As you may be aware, the Bantam Reconnaissance Car is the original Jeep based vehicle. On July 11, 1940 the USA Army was fully involved in World War 2. They sent out a tender that was to be received by July 22, only 11 days later! Manufacturers were given 49 days to submit their first prototype and 75 days for completion of 70 test vehicles. The Army’s Ordnance Technical Committee specifications were equally demanding: the vehicle would be four-wheel drive, have a crew of three on a wheelbase of no more than 75 (later 80) inches and tracks no more than 47 inches, feature a fold-down windshield, 660 lb payload and be powered by an engine capable of 85 ft·lbf (115 N·m) of torque. The most daunting demand, however, was an empty weight of no more than 1300 lb (590 kg)…