See the transformation in the video below.Īt the front, this concept SUV (not so micro anymore) has a giant bullbar that reminds us of modern Ford pickup trucks. That must be why he turned the Punch into an outlandish, extreme 4x4 monster truck. It even has a rhino motif easter egg on the rear windshield which, to the artist behind Bimble Designs on Instagram, signifies aggression. The Tata Punch comes to you from the factory as a micro SUV that’s benevolent (read: spacious) and benign (read: harmlessly underpowered), sort of like a rhinoceros in its natural habitat. Kids lunch boxes (I had one myself as a kid) plus all the toys and there was even a Bigfoot cartoon if I’m remembering right.The rendering reimagines the micro SUV as a monster truck with a crazy amount of auxiliary lights and giant off-roading wheels It wasn’t long until there was Bigfoot merchandise everywhere. This blew everyone’s mind and all the sudden Bigfoot was becoming one of the most poplar trucks in America.
For that show Chandler took off the 48 inch tires and installed the new 66 inch, super wide tire that we know now as a Monster truck tire.
The truck was used to perform at a few small venues but its they got a major break when they were asked to perform at the Pontiac Silverdome in 1982. Bigfoot was so popular that a few other big trucks started to become popular so Chandler knew he was going to have to raise the bar a little bit. The original Bigfoot was still a regular truck using leaf spring suspension which meant for a pretty rough ride especially with 48 inch tires. Also in 1979 Bigfoot made its Hollywood Debut in the film ” Take this Job and Shove it” where it plays a key role as the main characters truck. In 1979 Chandler installed what is said to be the first rear steering system on a truck allowing him to make much sharper turns than he could normally pull off, and when you have a vehicle that big its really hard to turn it.
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