MurfTwice

I received mine on Monday the 16th. Only had a chance to look through the kit. A very detailed and can’t wait to start on it.

Chassis is done. building the sides for the compartments on the ramp. should be painting soon.

Finished interior mounted to the frame. I’m using the front wheel mounts from the donor kit to make the body raising pins. I found some body pins from an old r/c to clip to the pins. Don’t know if I want to glue the clips to the body or leave them loose. Body set and raised. I think it’s going to work out pretty good.

Since I used the body from the car hauler kit in creating a USA-1 monster truck I have went with the cab from the ‘84 GMC Desserter kit and will convert from a tri-axle to only a two axle. I had to cut off the inner fenders off the frame of the GMC and glue them to the cab. I moved the extra axle half the distance towards the molded in axle. using these transformer halves to use as a fender flare Traced the curve then cut and filled for the flare. Pics show original look and new look. A look of how the flare will be placed in.

Working on the floorboard, seats, and firewall. I cleaned it up a little, added the radiator and mocking up the body. I know the grilles not right but I like it better the stock plus it’s the closest I’m going to get to a billet grille.

Thanks FoMoCo66 Heres what I was able to work on today. Nothings glued just mocking up. firewall and the seats the door panels that will get glued to the inside of the cab Fitting with the body. I used a bumper to prop the body to give an idea of the raised look. Haven’t figured out how I’m going to hinge the body.

Thanks everyone. Got the flares done and on the truck. Next will be fitting it up to do the body raise with it leaving the firewall, floorboard and seats on the frame.

This is my build of the retro Bigfoot Trophy Truck. As my title states I’m not sure which Bigfoot this one is but here is my build so far.

LOL. Thanks

these are all the Bigfoots I built that ran with the leaf springs before the stadium/race style trucks. ‘79 Original ‘80-‘86 body style ‘87-‘91 body style ’92-‘96 body style The last one is not quite exact but it’s close enough for me. And now a group photo

Funny you post that picture. That is what I’m calling my Bigfoot 15.

That’s pretty cool, thanks. Your work certainly surpasses mine. I like how you took the time to move the rear wheel well forward for a true 8’ bed. I went the easy way and slid the fender flare as forward as I could then trimmed out behind the flare to give it a more accurate look. Your interior work looks awesome too. My Bigfoots 1-3 are done and I’m still working on what I will call Bigfoots 4&15.

Awesome looking build.

I wanted to do an old school body style USA-1 monster truck but could not figure out how to do the fender flares. Shower rings, clear plastic shower rings. I cut them to fit the height I wanted and then dremeled to fit the body contour. Still need to round out the bottoms but this is what we got so far.

Thanks everyone for the info. Here is my plan and what I’ve done so far. Shower curtain rings. I can get two per ring and I have only one partially complete. This is a rough mock up. I think once painted it should look good. It’s worth a shot.