step back in time about 25 years or so....

dougg01 · 07-25-2012, 05:27 PM

Lots of pics I'm scanning from years, and years, and years ago. Posting the better stuff and hope to avoid much repetition.

Only thing I am doing to them is cropping for content. Most were taken with a old Kodak Disc camera or an Olympus 35mm. Venues range from Enid, Perry, Hennessy, Newkirk, Blackwell and OKC, OK to Montgomery Alabama and more. Most of the monster trucks are at Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery.

The Landwehr's of Waukomis, OK had a Jeep dealership and ran a Honcho, then Commanche pulling truck with Boyd-built motors (Norman, OK).
Then they built Love, sweat, and Tears Honcho for mud bogs. It saw a lot of upgrades and eventually ended up as High Risk - a full-on monster truck of the day.
Somewhere I have a photo of the t-shirts they gave me and that kind of stuff because I drew pictures of their truck (which I gave to them and have no copies).

They don't seem to be around any more and information about their rigs is scarce out on the Web. Stir Crazy was a real contender in the SuperMod truck class so I figured finding some data wouldn't be hard.

The Rolling Thunder Dodge Van at a Daryl Starbird's show in OKC. I think it was diesel-powered then.

Jeff Dane's King Kong after he took it off the streets. Yup, it was diesel then.

Dennis hasn't grown up at all.

PHEAR the CHEVY LUV.....

Paula (and Jim) Harbuck's Master of Disaster. This was in her early days and anyone who has been into mud racing knows she went on to become one of the best.

Mud Warrior Toy.

Lil Monster. I watched over the course of about three seasons as this thing morphed from a nearly tame thing into a super-scooper-equipped rocket.

2WD. Yup. Back then there was quite a bit of competition in the 2wd classes.

I can't find the other picture I took along with this one, but the rear on this 2WD modified puller was steerable. I think it was a 2 1/2 ton rockwell with a ram and a toggle switch.
I think the plan was to use that instead of turning brakes to keep the thing inbounds. Apparantly it never caught on.

Sand Scratcher

This one was featured in Off-Road magazine I think. Pinto wagonish-truck on what I remember was an early Bronco chassis.

07-25-2012, 05:27 PM	#1
dougg01 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: NE Scott County, KY Posts: 39	step back in time about 25 years or so.... Lots of pics I'm scanning from years, and years, and years ago. Posting the better stuff and hope to avoid much repetition. Only thing I am doing to them is cropping for content. Most were taken with a old Kodak Disc camera or an Olympus 35mm. Venues range from Enid, Perry, Hennessy, Newkirk, Blackwell and OKC, OK to Montgomery Alabama and more. Most of the monster trucks are at Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery. The Landwehr's of Waukomis, OK had a Jeep dealership and ran a Honcho, then Commanche pulling truck with Boyd-built motors (Norman, OK). Then they built Love, sweat, and Tears Honcho for mud bogs. It saw a lot of upgrades and eventually ended up as High Risk - a full-on monster truck of the day. Somewhere I have a photo of the t-shirts they gave me and that kind of stuff because I drew pictures of their truck (which I gave to them and have no copies). They don't seem to be around any more and information about their rigs is scarce out on the Web. Stir Crazy was a real contender in the SuperMod truck class so I figured finding some data wouldn't be hard. The Rolling Thunder Dodge Van at a Daryl Starbird's show in OKC. I think it was diesel-powered then. Jeff Dane's King Kong after he took it off the streets. Yup, it was diesel then. Dennis hasn't grown up at all. PHEAR the CHEVY LUV..... Paula (and Jim) Harbuck's Master of Disaster. This was in her early days and anyone who has been into mud racing knows she went on to become one of the best. Mud Warrior Toy. Lil Monster. I watched over the course of about three seasons as this thing morphed from a nearly tame thing into a super-scooper-equipped rocket. 2WD. Yup. Back then there was quite a bit of competition in the 2wd classes. I can't find the other picture I took along with this one, but the rear on this 2WD modified puller was steerable. I think it was a 2 1/2 ton rockwell with a ram and a toggle switch. I think the plan was to use that instead of turning brakes to keep the thing inbounds. Apparantly it never caught on. Sand Scratcher This one was featured in Off-Road magazine I think. Pinto wagonish-truck on what I remember was an early Bronco chassis.