You all know my history of being very hung up on cool, old, big trucks. Even I know there is a limit to what can be drug home to Chez Lohnes and this big ol’ Chevy monster truck is way beyond it. That does not make me pine for it any less, but this truck would be the third rail of many marriages and or relationships with a significant other because, let’s face it, there is no hiding a late 1970s Chevy with 66″ tires on it!
The truck was someone’s project that got started and stalled. The seller claims that he has all the parts and pieces to finish the truck but not the money, time, or desire. Everything under the truck is tack welded together so before any car crushing or mud bogging action happens, lots of rod or MIG wire will need to be burned on the chassis and suspension, less you become an instant internet sensation and get video of the truck coming apart like the Bluesmobile the first time you try to lay the lumber to an old car.
Having never built a monster truck myself, I do not know the proper procedure for bracing up the frame and making something that will survive the rigors of jumping and smashing down onto stuff. We do know that it doesn’t seem like the greatest idea to basically put a completely stock, 30+ year old truck frame on stilts and call it a day. That may or may not be what is happening here because the photos seem to show a stock Chevy frame with some stilts welded to the ends acting as spring shackles to achieve the massive lift needed to clear the tires.
Power comes from a 427 that runs but needs carb work, there are no brakes, and the rear steering is not hooked up but there is a “strategy” bar for “back steering”. I think part of my strategy after buying this truck would include a bar…the type that sells hard alcohol.
LINK: HOME BUILT 1979 MONSTER TRUCK
Would love to see this thing finished, and with the front wheels 5 feet in the air over a row of clunkers!
What the hell is hanging from the chains under it? Ballast? Spare engine block?