SAMS3D opened this issue on Feb 04, 2004 ยท 27 posts
Caly posted Wed, 04 February 2004 at 10:30 PM
Just in case... :) Niles- BigFoot Monster Truck Bob Chandler, the creator of BIGFOOT with his wife, was a construction contractor working in St. Louis, USA. Bob used his Ford 250 4X4 Pickup Truck for both work and also off road family fun at the weekends. After breaking the toughest of trucks it soon became apparent that there was nowhere close by for him to get 4X4 parts and spares. Seeing the gap in the market, Bob and his wife Marilyn started up Midwest Four Wheel Drive. The Chandler's used their truck as a work vehicle, as well as using it for promotional purposes. They tried out new parts on the truck, and kept on making it bigger and better. It escalated so much that the truck actually became a attraction in its own right. In 1979, at the Denver car show, the Chandler's used their truck in its first paid event. Truck pulls in arenas and stadiums were soon to follow.
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