Can you imagine how many Ford pickup trucks the Bigfoot brand has helped to sell over the years?

I love seeing old video for wen I was a kid at 15 ...makes me so happy ..... I'm 46 now BIGFOOT will for ever be my 1st and only original monster trk love.... Thank you Bob CHANDLER...ALL MY HART

@beltfed4624

4 жыл бұрын

I was stuck watching NASCAR with my family... And then along came Bob Chandler and BIGFOOT, and rescued me from the round and round. My childhood was never the same after the first time I saw "Big Blue" squashing a bunch of Chevrolets and Oldsmobiles! 😁

My 11 year old just fell in love! He's been into monster since i can remember but he hadn't seen any in action just yet. I'm so glad i showed him this video. He's been telling us for a couple of years that driving and building these badass machines is his dream. Now he's definitely wanting to do it! Thank you guys for sharing!

This video is making me feel like a kid again. This was when monster trucks were truly monster trucks.

I always love the original Bigfoot!

I love this truck I wish I could've seen it in person! (I'm 31 so it was probably between 90 and 93 when I went to my first shows) Bigfoot will always be king in my book. Thankfully their still around doing it and I was lucky enough to take my sons both 2 and 4 years old to see the Bigfoot truck and coolest thing of all they got to go wearing MY old BIGFOOT t-shirts from when I was their age. I hope this sport never dies.

I'm a Ford guy and late 70's Ford's are my favorites. When I first seen that big blue truck as a kid I thought it was the coolest thing ever to exist! Thank you for all of the awesome memories Bigfoot! P.S. I would love to take that beast through the snow here in central North Dakota!

@beltfed4624

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah bud!!! After the first time I saw "Big Blue" squash the guts outta those Chevrolets and Oldsmobiles, I was addicted! BIGFOOT is still the top dog!

@thecandyman9308

3 жыл бұрын

@@beltfed4624 "sqaush the guts outta those Chevrolets and Oldsmobiles" 🤣

Great privilege seeing the old videos of Bigfoot from back in the day. :)

Love the playing in the backyard style footage,this truck had me hooked from the time i saw take this job and shove it, i wore that vcr tape out!

That was awesome. I love old school monster trucks

Back when there was still truck in the monsters!

This was great, i loved Bigfoot in the mid 80s when i was a kid. These were true trucks, that just made it better in my opinion. Nothing beats that big blue monster with the blown 640. Nothing.

@nathanmcdonald610

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, only thing is #1 was the only one that ever used the big 640ci V8. This is #2 and it was using a blown 460ci V8, still a powerhouse, but not in the same league as the 640ci was.

Classic footage of a legend and the baddest monster truck name in the buisness 💪🏻

THAT.WAS.AWESOME!! I love old school videos like this. Can't wait to see more from the archives! Thanks a lot for sharing!

The King!!

Lots of high flying car crushing action! Doing donuts in the mud how awesome is that? The best monster truck in the business! The legand in the sport!

Met mr. Chandler at Pontiac stadium back in the 80 s. Awesome truck

WOW... I like the newer racing version of the monster trucks, and appreciate the engineering that goes into them, while they handle unimaginable stresses over and over again.... BUT, the vintage trucks, for some reason, just had a really sexy look about them, Yes, I am sure, the older trucks would take 20 years off the life span of the drivers, as they were dang near beat to death in the leaf sprung chassis's, but I still love the look of these first series trucks, Thank you for the memories, as per this upload, Dru

@erich591

5 жыл бұрын

I agree these early trucks were sweet lookin. They should have a retro class where they build steel body trucks on top of all the new suspension/chassis technology and race them on old school style tracks. That I would watch.

Yes, Bigfoot. I love it!!

I don't care how much horsepower the trucks have today and how fast they are, BIGFOOT is still the best there is and ever will be. He was the first to introduce rear steer ! Everybody else had to play catch up !!

It's actually neat getting those close ups of the truck to see what has been removed. You can see where they replaced the mirrors because of the holes in the door where the lower mounts for the larger mirrors would be. Love these throwbacks.

@timt8029

6 жыл бұрын

Dustin Parks I noticed that too.

I wonder if they ever thought of how big what they started would be in the future, or what legends they would become

This is where it all started

Never gets old!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIG FOOT FAN FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!! I'm like .....dont know ...dont know .....Mr. Chandler is in the passenger side.....dont know......dont know.....THATS MY FAVORITE DRIVER .......YES .....JIMMIE KRAMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you foot family for making my childhood a blast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AWESOME CLASSIC BIGFOOT ACTION !!! Were they testing durability under racing conditions? Serious air for BIGFOOT at the time, pretty quick too. Thanks for posting these classic BIGFOOT clips. Keep em coming.

They had no idea what they were starting.

@clterry07

5 жыл бұрын

and 30 yrs later there jumping 219 ft lol dam thanks bob

Cool downhome footage of MT history here. It's like a chill backyard hangout while testing the truck out, kind of like practicing for 4H or something like that.

What great old history,, looks like a rough ride in those older rigs as they basically had no suspension travel like the trucks we see today

Beautiful AND rugged - Grave Digger would have broke down 10 times.

@Leatherface123.

4 жыл бұрын

Yep

Big foot is the king of the monster trucks

This to me was the best looking Bigfoot

really hammered it on that last pass

So much better than I thought it was!

I always thought their hydraulic self-opening hoods were one of the coolest things about these older BIGFOOTs. Really showcasing the blown V8 in all its 640 cubic inch glory. Not like today's trucks where everything's hidden inside tubular space frames and behind plastic body panels. These were real pickup trucks made of steel by men with big brass balls and big lead feet, hence the name *BIGFOOT*

@beltfed4624

4 жыл бұрын

Everything you said in that comment makes me proud to be an American! 😁 You're absolutely right, these trucks were real trucks, taken off the highway and given the muscleman treatment, and they were sooooo beautiful.

@nathanmcdonald610

2 жыл бұрын

While I agree with just about everything you said, this is Bigfoot #2 which used a 460ci V8. Bigfoot #1 was the only Bigfoot to ever use the 640ci V8.

@user-uj3zk2cx8t

9 ай бұрын

#2 never had a 640

I was ten yrs old when this video was made. A i still have the original Bigfoot monster truck toy. An it still works! Wonder if its worth any money!? This is the original monster truck. Love seeing these kind of videos. Takes me back.

Ahhh... Bigfoot, Snake Bite and Grave Digger. The best Monster trucks.

Lol, that Bobblehead you guys were selling looks just like this truck mid jump!

Baddest truck ever built

2nd half of the video and testing had to have been Jim Kramer at the wheel.

@davehollamon1985

6 жыл бұрын

Yep Jimmy Wasn't Afraid To Drive this trk.

@timt8029

6 жыл бұрын

I believe there were 3 drivers. Ist looks like Don Breitweiser 2nd maybe Ken Koelling the Jim finishes it out.

@Firefyta2

4 жыл бұрын

There was nobody like Jim Kramer. He was and is the best driver in the Bigfoot team.

that looked fun

awesome

thanks for sharing this so awesome !!!!! No engineering team just buy'em buld'em and beat'em till they break then fix and go again until it doesn't fail again .....

THANKS BOYS. WHATTA BEAST.

7:17 big air

Thank You For This. I still have a photo album full of pictures from truck pulls were Bigfoot is the main attraction. Probably from around this time or a bit earlier. Great memories!

Awesome

This is when Monster trucks were actual trucks! Now they are a complete tubular chassis with a center lower engine and a fiberglass body that looks like a truck!

Do you guys have a compilation of all the old videos that we can buy ?

@EASTSIDE-313

4 жыл бұрын

That'd be a dream come true

Almost smashed his face on the wing window 😂

I love Bigfoot. But its sad seeing all those amazing cars being crushed

@Payne427

2 жыл бұрын

You gotta remember though, back in the 80's this was no different than flattening a 2012 Toyota Camry.

In the distance you can see the Bigfoot hauler and Bigfoot 1 maybe @6:02. It's another Bigfoot truck for sure. Great video! Thanks for posting!

@johnwilburn

6 жыл бұрын

Hard to tell which in the photo, but it looks like 4 or a brand new 6.

@timt8029

6 жыл бұрын

I'd guess since they appear to be testing Don and Janice it's probably number 3. I read that 3 had the 87 body first. Would stand to reason since Rich was leaving 3 to go in 4 and George Link had been driving 2 and retired.

@TheIcpfan23

6 жыл бұрын

bigfoot 4 with 87-90 clip

@FordFan01

6 жыл бұрын

Tim T Bigfoot 3 had the 80-86 body style first.

@GunzNGearz

11 ай бұрын

Definitely bricknose

9:29 jim's standin on it

Just crude, tried trued and tested, just sexy. Way better than the new gens . It doesn’t get anymore down home than this.

That thing sounded nasty!

Ok after watching this again I think there are 4 different people driving. I think Kramer does a tame crush with Bob in it to start then we see Don Breitweiser driving because he gets out then we see possibly a new driver being tried out with Bob and his hat riding Shotgun. Then you see Kramer flog number two like he's racing it then I believe it's Ken Koelling driving in the orange then Kramer again.

@timt8029

6 жыл бұрын

Ok correction. The first part is Don driving with Ken riding. Then looks like Janice Oliver driving and Bob riding then Kramer flying high followed by Ken racing a pass then closing with Kramer again. Really cool stuff.

@nathanmcdonald610

7 ай бұрын

Who was Don Breitweiser in the Bigfoot crew? I can only ever remember him from the Bigfoot in action VHS where he says he's driver of Bigfoot #2 but I honestly never hear much of anything about him. You always hear about Jim Kramer, Ken Koelling, Andy Brass, John Piant and Dan Runte. I guess Don never really did a bunch of racing and only really participated in some of the exhibition crushes in the early days.

YYYYEEEESSSSSSS!

I Love This Truck and Always Have. I remember seeing them do this in person when i was a kid. I was on cloud 9 because it was something never seen before. All these monster trucks today are cool, but not one came up like Bob Chandlers Bigfoot. The First and Original Monster Truck..

Pause 7:18 lol this is extremely impressive for the day

ONE THOUSAND TIMES cooler than the fiberglass trucks everyone crushes with today. Stock, metal trucks with leaf suspension look menacing ... can watch old school for hours. Individuality ruled back in the mid 1980s. Can only watch new trucks for 3 minutes. Yawn.

10:50 hard run

@GunzNGearz

Жыл бұрын

11:03

Which truck is in the background at 6:01?

@theskicker8856

8 ай бұрын

Either 3,4, or 6. I think 3 and 6 got the ‘87 sheet metal first so it’s probably 3 seeing how I think they would’ve been building 6.

@nathanmcdonald610

7 ай бұрын

Hard to tell exactly, It's either #4 with the bricknose facelift or it's a very early #6. The only other race prepped steel bodied straight rail frame Bigfoot that carried the bricknose look was #7 which wasn't built until the middle of 1988. I'm betting that truck is #4 because from what I can tell it doesn't appear to have the full bed length roll bars which I believe only #6 carried.

Does anyone know what year the body on this truck is? I'd like to paint a decal an RC replica of this and the #4 truck.

@SHANKDAWGBABY

5 жыл бұрын

I think between 74 and 78

@bigrig4630

5 жыл бұрын

Original bigfoot was a 1974. In 78 they put the new front clip on which is when they came up with making bigfoot 2 being identical twins. So bigfoot 2 is a 1978 and became part of fleet for shows. As #1 stayed as show piece for 4x4 events.

: )

if they only new what they know today

Driver training session?

@Rangerman69420

6 жыл бұрын

Well not brand New but you get the point more of a new part sorry it was really late when I wrote the last comment

@timt8029

6 жыл бұрын

I'd say they were testing with the new axles.

@timt8029

6 жыл бұрын

I just saw the date so the axles weren't new. I'd say George Link had just retired from driving this truck so they were testing with Don, then Janice with some passes by Jim and Kenny. Don ended up in two and Janice in 3 so it's probably 3 in the background.

I'm not a Ford guy but, it looks like a 79

i guess no corn this year lolololol

so how does one tell Bigfoot 1 from 2? is it the flared fenders?

@timt8029

5 жыл бұрын

The black rpllbar and planetaries. 1 had a black rollbar early on but later Chrome. The rear facing lights also tell you its 2.

@Payne427

2 жыл бұрын

#1 is a 1974 F-250 (I do believe) and the idea for #2 came after they installed a aftermarket front end on #1 in 1978. 1 and 2 are basically identical trucks. The only difference is the front end.

@nathanmcdonald610

7 ай бұрын

@@Payne427 Oh there were more difference's than that. The biggest one, literally and figuratively was the engine, #1 used the big 640ci Ford V8 and was the designated mud bogger and hill climber. #2 used a more standard blown 460ci V8 and #2 also ran planetaries which made it more durable in car crushing.

I don’t think that a monster truck is street legal

His helmet was rattling around inside the window frame with every bump... These modern drivers don't know the struggle, until they've drove 10 tons of solid steel with their head hung out the window to see... 😄😄😄

Awesome