so does anybody remember when bigfoot was taken on a joyride?
(http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu27/390joe/editone.jpg) (http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu27/390joe/editone.jpg)
Quote(In reference to the 1983 exhibition crush at the Pontiac Silverdome)
"Bigfoot was still street legal at that point, and Bob drove it to and from shows. After the Silverdome show, George Carpenter, the promoter's event director (and subsequent builder of the Megasaurus car-eating fire-breather) remembered pulling in to the motel as Bigfoot was pulling out. Thinking that Chandler was going to dinner, Carpenter followed the big Ford. Pulling alongside, Carpenter realized that some young punk had stolen Bigfoot and was going for a joyride! Carpenter gave chase until the kid eventually lost control, crashed Bigfoot, and fled on foot. The b-a-t-t-e-r-e-d (?)Ford was loaded on a trailer for transport back to St. Louis. That crazy day in Detroit is generally considered the debut of monster trucks as marquee performers."
Source: Monster Trucks - By Tom Morr and Ken Brubaker
The event in Pontiac where Bigfoot was stolen was actually in 1979. The event in 1983 was with Bigfoot II. The 1979 event Bigfoot 1 was still on the 2.5 tons and wearing the 48" Firestones and wearing the pre-79 grill. I have a picture somewhere of the truck after it was stolen and run off the road. It suffered a broken front axle and a bent frame if I am not mistaken. They also never found the person who stole the truck either. They left the truck on the run after they crashed it. I'll see if I can dig that picture I have up.
No, lol. Would like that Monte in the pic tho
Interesting. Still a badass looking fordd!