Sure, owning this truck makes about as much sense as cutting a pizza with a chainsaw but frankly we’ve never allowed sensibility to interrupt mechanical lust before so why start now? What you are looking at is a running and driving 1979 Ford monster truck that is built in the old school vein of massive leaf springs, four shocks per corner and your chiropractor on speed dial. The engine is a warmed up Ford 400ci piece and the transmission is a tried and true Ford C6. The axles are vintage monster truck standard issue Rockwell 2.5 ton jobs, and the mondo bumpers on either end are the finishing touch that we love. While the ad shows the truck with no bed on it, the ad says that the bed comes with the truck and while it has a little rust, who the hell cares?
So the natural question surrounds what one would do with some a machine and the natural answer is simple. Drive over stuff! Cars, small structures, beaver dams, really the sky or the ground is the limit here. We feel like the truck needs an 8-71 blower coming through the hood and we may tweak the interior to add a racing seat and some harnesses (along with a roll cage) but we simply cannot relate our fondness for these trucks when they have a steel factory style cab and bed on them. Like the video we showed you a few days ago that dated from 1987, THIS is what we mentally picture when we hear the words “monster truck”. Today’s tube chassis wonders are spectacular and do all kinds of gnarly stuff but the trucks that popped wheelies, mashed roofs, and blew the glass out of whatever they were driving over are the ones we will always love.
How would you paint this thing? We’d go with the factory white paint, add all the factory trim, and bask in the glory of owning a truly bad ass truck. Love it? Hate it? Tell us in the comments!
Check out the photos below and then hit the eBay link!
eBay Link: This 1979 Ford monster truck is awesome
I,d mount a muck spreader on back and go fertilize the back forty. That way the thing is some what usefull.