There’s been a resurgence in old school monster trucks recently. So much so that there is an effort to open an international monster truck museum and hall of fame celebrating the great history behind these awesome machines. As children of the 1980s we were front and center for the birth and explosion of the monster truck scene. Between all the VHS tapes we got as gifts, and the stuff we taped off television, we have a pretty good video archives of the “good ol’ days”.
Back then the shows were better in our opinion because the trucks actually crushed the cars and did other cool stuff like mud bogging, hill climbing, and sled pulling. Yes, today’s monsters can leap and fly like trophy trucks, but they have no resemblance to stock trucks any more and the trucks seem to wreck themselves more than they wreck cars (aside from the obligatory camping trailer that gets mangled during “freestyle” portions of the program).
One of the reasons we fell deeply in love with our truck Goliath is because it is a throwback to that early era of monster trucks. They had steel bodies, leaf springs that have the same arch as a McDonalds sign, and really looked like overgrown toys. They sprung up all over the place in the early to mid-1980s and a select few gained rock star status.
So, to the BangShift question of the day. Do you have a favorite old school monster truck? Spill the beans and post a photo!
Here’s one to start…
