The Original BigFoot Engine Build Part 1- Engine Power Season 2, Episode 4 

As a kid, I got to ride in that truck. My older brother took me and my sister to see this new thing called monster trucks. They ran over cars and thru a mud pit. One lucky ticket holder got a ride in Bigfoot. My sister was the winner. Loving her little brother, she let me go for the ride instead. I was given the choice between over the cars or thru the mud. I asked why not both? With a grin, we did both. The sound this thing made was without description and the vibration shook everything. Was a memory and a smile I'll never forget. Love ya sis

I'm not a Ford man, but I won't lie this brought a tear to my eye. Childhood memories are priceless. Legend created by legends.

I won't lie, even growing up in Australia in the early 80s I remember there was a time where even just from watching tape after tape of rented VHS videos of Monster Trucks, we knew all about these and loved watching them, and Bigfoot is still part of my childhood, just like the WWF.

I grew up with that ancient technology son. We wouldn't be here today without it.

My mom had to work a ton of overtime in the early 80's, along with my dad... They bought me an original big foot power wheel for christmas. Hands down the best gift ever!!!

This brings back a ton of good memories for me. I really loved monster trucks back in the 80s.

the original bigfoot looks way cooler than modern monster trucks

I was at the Bigfoot shop many years ago thanks Bob and Jim and the rest of the crew for giving me a great tour everyone was so kind I regret missing out on the monster truck ride but it was broke still had a great visit

This brings back memories for us 80s kids, owning big foot toys and remote control trucks back in the day.

As an engine guy, I truly appreciate this! Bigfoot was my favorite monster truck when I was a kid.

Bob Chandler is a great example of "speak softly and carry a big stick". Top bloke without even a hint of arrogance. Side note, this show is also pretty effing awesome, never thought I'd say that about an American automotive TV series.

Task: Engine rebuild First thing's first: Put the big tires on it

The one Ford that could get Chevy & Mopar fans cheering.

monster trucks, and race cars, were so much cooler back in 60s-80s

I’m 40 years old and growing up in the 80s it was AWSOME to go see BIG FOOT at our local fair ground or Civic Center. This was my favorite Monster Truck ever and the very reason I’m a Ford to the core💯💯

That Alan Root engine is so cool. As a fan of the 385 series (429/460) this thing is one of my favorite engines.

I had the honor of meeting Mr. Chandler a couple years ago at Arches National Park, walked out with him from the delicate Arch and got to talk with him for quite a while. Really nice guy

Now I feel ancient, I’ve actually seen this truck with that engine run in person. Brings back great memories.

This is history. How can anyone Dislike this???

Wow!!! The tech used on that engine is mind blowing for 1985. Awesome.

“BigFoot” Most legendary truck in history ❤️

I haven't followed anything monster truck-related for years. It's strange how quickly it all comes back. Bigfoot is still my favorite.

I remember seeing this truck in the pontiac silverdome when i was a kid. People were just blown away the place was so loud everyone cheering when he drove on top of the cars the camera flashes just blinded you. Bigfoot 1 still around the silverdome is long gone.

The King of Kings, there’s only one

I like how they talk about this engine being a complete artifact at over 20 years old. Like when a meteorite hit the earth and killed the dinasors or at the time of Moses and the great flood or something.

Predator carbs! Haven’t seen those in years! And I work in a racing engine machine shop! Bad ass!

Thank you for posting this video. I remember Bigfoot and heavy metal and orange blossom. I saw them as a kid in the Bronx over 25 years ago. Those trucks are WOW!

I saw that truck run at the Houston astrodom back in the 80's with my father. My dad had smash up derby cars during those events. I remember it like yesterday. Very cool to see this on yalls channel..

Man big foot and bear foot just amazing Jim and Bob two legends.

I had the RC equivalent of this as a child. Fond memories playing in the yard with it.

My families business was right next door to the Bigfoot shop in St. Louis, seen this truck everyday, until about a decade ago the shop closed and haven’t seen it since. This is cool!

Big foot was my childhood hero I think I became fascinating my trucks from this truck and by the dukes of Hazzard for cars and evel kneivel motorcycles

Dont ever sell it. This os a masterpiece. Belongs in a museum later.

Bigfoot was the Monster Truck of My childhood totally wicked

30 years old and bullet proof by anyone's standards is cool.

Remember seeing this truck getting towed to the Pontiac Silverdome in the early 80's, I miss those times everybody seemed to be a lot happier

I used to check out books in the library as a kid on bob chandlers trucks and got to learn the start of it all. Black and white pics of all the different trucks he went though and how passionate he was about his business.

Dam feeling old as dirt. Grew up building these engines. How I met my first wife. Putting a new cam and tunnel rams on my Nova in the parking lot.

Black kid from the projects in NY and I remember seeing this truck in 89. The nostalgia of this is crazy. Something's have a universal language. In 14 I started restoring a 58 ford pickup with a friend so I'm in heaven seeing this icon from this POV.

Most noting the truck as iconic. It was the driver that was iconic, BigFoot was just along for the ride. Without these classic drivers monster truck interest just faded.

the original bigfoot is the most beautiful monster truck ever! Perfection.

That is one awesome looking truck for real. The original Bigfoot and USA 1 are the coolest moster trucks of all time.

this has to be 1 of the best episodes ever seeing how they did things back in the 80's was cool

Its funny that so many of us are die hard loyal to a brand of truck yet when talking about the old body style trucks you just cant help love them all. New trucks dont have that same feeling.

All these old trucks still Living on! CLASSIC *Not Plastic*

Man Bigfoot is the most outstanding monster truck ever and best of all it was born in St.Louis Missouri.

Hey guys. Just an old mechanic trick. Those screens aren't there to catch debris or broken parts. They're there to help atomize the fuel for greater horsepower. In the days of carbs we knew that fuel under high demand just splashed into the cylinders usually the ones closest to the carb. By adding a screen one could atomize the fuel making it spread to other cylinders and producing a mist of fuel (think poor man's fuel injection) producing better burn and and in turn more power. Learned that at auto trade school from an old school mechanic who used to race dirt track cars.

I must say that I really like Howard’s Cams. They make good stuff and are often cheaper than their competitor’s comparable items. The last item I ordered was a set which included the cam, lifters and valve springs. That particular grind made a big difference in power/torque, worked well, and was probably $50 cheaper than Comp or Crane for a similar set in those brands. Others are great too but I’ve just always been partial to Howard’s I guess. Everyone reading this have a great day and God bless!!

I remember going to see them at reunion arena. The good ol days.

You watch videos from back in the day and life just looked fun.

I wish they'd swallow their pride and compete in the Monster Jam series. Seeing Grave Digger and Bigfoot side by side would the most epic thing ever. I get it- Bigfoot was the original- but monster trucks in general are larger than bigfoot itself now. It's time to join the gang for the fans.

I remember rooting for Bigfoot when I was 5. Always been my favorite monster truck!!

I'm so happy that they opened up there new shop in Eureka Missouri. I remember there original shop in Bridgeton MO. that looked like an old airplane hanger with the murals painted above the door,

Mom used to shake her head in bewilderment when I go crazy over BigFoot on Tv.... sighs... good ole days...

my grandpa had a chance to drive this truck. Never met him because he died before I was born, but I’ve seen tapes of him driving around monster trucks over vehicles jumping dirt-bikes and other crazy stuff

I got to sit in that truck in 1982 when I was 13 years old. It was at an autorama show in cleveland and I was working there as a sidekick. Was also able to sit in the original General Lee. Dream come true for a kid at that time.

love this. grew up watching bigfoot race

I think he needs a few more pens and pencils in that shirt...wow

What's cool to me is that I still have an 8 by 10 black and white of the VERY first Bigfoot version, before the Monster tires, when he had 44 inch Mudders on it! LOL! Shows him 'driving over' a 'kid's' car. ;) I got it a car show in Chicago way back when he was there with the truck. ;)

I remember passing the shop on Lindbergh Blvd. going to work at McDonnell-Douglas across the street. St. Louis, Home of the original Big Foot, F-15, FA-18. We build kick-ass trucks and Jet Fighters!

...better than running into your high school sweet heart 🌹🌹😙😍😙😍 35 yrs later

I grew up watching this truck and usa1 go at it in the silverdome.

TRULY ONCE I TRULY SEEN THE MONSTER TRUCKS AS A KID . TRULY I TRULY WANTED TO HAVE ONE OF MY OWN . TRULY I TRULY REALLY TRULY HAVE THE EXTREMELY TREMENDOUSLY EXTREMELY PERFECT NAME FOR A MONSTER TRUCK .

I miss the Bigfoot monster truck I used to watch him when I was a kid that's what got me started watching monster trucks I wish the original Bigfoot monster truck would make a comeback

“ why don’t we quit talking about it and get to work “ And that’s what it takes to become successful, and in some cases create/ change the world of Motorsports.

The funny thing is I already remember seeing this on TV when they were on Spike

My uncle Ron God rest his soul had a 74 F100 with the big suspension and big tires. It was white and blue and I called it Big Foot. He would mood bog in that thing nothing but fun.

When I was a kid in the 80's my dad and I would watch monster truck races on TV on the weekends and it seemed like nothing could ever beat Bob Chandler's big blue Ford. Big Foot was unstoppable!

would love to see this at the Lemays Car Museum in Tacoma!

We will treat it like its our own is the last thing i want to hear from an engine shop guy with my engine

I grew up by the guy that owned that truck.. coolest thing in the morning riding past the big foot trailer on the way to school.

3:00 that's a big engine in terms of big engines, but small in terms of truck size. Incredible it harnesses and puts out so much power.

Where's my RadioShack bigfoot replica? Ahhh the memories

The one and only BIGFOOT! the best! 💪🏼

Still remember the first bigfoot , grew up in the 70s 1/2 Mile from the original small shop , lindbergh and the train overpass , way before he became a legend me and my dad would stop in there and talk to him something I'll never forget.. thanks Bob 🍻

I can't believe people came up with engines. I mean, we just made all this stuff up out of thin air. It blows my mind every time.

So Awesome. Amazing story as well. Can't wait to see this rebuild

I build the electronic controls for the machines that build those floater tires.

JIM IS ONE OF THE NICEST GUY. WE MEET IN THE 1985 WHEN I WORK FOR FORD IN OKLA. HE PUT MY DAUGHTER SHE WAS 4 OR 5 AT THE TIME IN BIG FOOT AND SHE TODAY TALK ABOUT IT, MY GRANDKIDS ALL LOVE BIG FOOT. AGAIN THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT MEMORIES .

Lol, I have a Polaroid picture with this thing as a child. Those heads, and entire engine for that matter are bananas. Even by today's standards.

Dear recommendation, Thank you for recommending at least one good video today lol

goes to smithsonian..... hi, we were looking for any evidence, findings, artifacts that you guys may have collected on the existance of "bigfoot"... smithsonian- sure.. over here, we actually have bigfoot.....

Oh god…… This was the finest big foot truck of my childhood……. You had weirdo big foots with crazy slim very high wheels, or other strange trucks… And you’ve got this one. That was the ULTIMATE one, the perfection. You watched it and directly felt THIS IS THE ONE. INSTANT CLASSIC. You’ve got that feeling that was the definition of a big foot / monster truck. And then we had a ton of different legendary RC big foots inspired by this one: Tamiya, Kyosho………… I miss my eighties so much. And big foot/monster trucks got REAL car bodies at this time and it changes EVERYTHING. Big salute 🫡 from France, I was a little kid fascinated by these beautiful monsters. ViNZ.

Bob was rolling thru my home town in Woodland California way back when 40 some odd years ago.They stopped at the local pizza place to get a bite and there it was sitting on the trailer.I stopped to say hi and Bob and I talked for about 20 minutes and I couldn't have met a nicer man.A way cool dude!I was in my 20s then and now 64.Good memories.Thanks Bob

This is the truck that was in the movie “Take this job and shove it”.

I'm not a Ford guy But still a classic an one of my favorites of all time

I remember the first time I saw that truck in person as a kid. It blew my mind! I’ve been a fan since.

That’s a true honour I tell you , that truck is as old as me , wow

3:02 dont you just hate it when your supercharger slides of the top of your engine block

It was common in the 1980's to include a swivel on the blower base as seen at 3:02.

The Bigfoot monster truck started my love and passion for fast cars and trucks! And a childhood hero! Thank you so much bigfoot for giving me a passion that I've carried long into adulthood

Now this is a cool off-road duo. Barry writes, "Hey TFL and TFL Fans, Love the recent videos featuring the Land Rover and the Tesla issues. I wanted to show two of my trucks. One is a 1975 Land Rover Series 3, and the other is a 2019 Suzuki Jimny. Both vehicles are perfect for my current location of Vientiane, Laos. Our road infrastructure makes traveling over 50mph dangerous. Both trucks suck at highway speeds. The short wheelbase makes parking and navigating narrow streets a breeze. The best part of the Land Rover is the police never stop me because they think I'm a soldier or that I'm poor. I can't wait until the new Bronco comes out. It's like the Series 3 and the Jimny had a child. Too bad the 2.7L doesn't come in manual. Keep up the great vids, Barry"

They metal gauze in the carbs aren't "catch screens" they are flame arrestors. They should be removed if the engine isn't going back into a boat.

Best thing about it?? ITS A FORD!!!

Everett Jasmer, another monster truck pioneer, ran an ultra rare 513 CID Can-Am aluminum Chevy motor in his original 1970 USA-1.

Child in the 70s and 80s best memory.. BIG FOOT.. man that truck still looks good..

Gets updated and restored... Ford 4 banger ecoboost BigFoot. 😂 fml

How is this JUST hitting RU-vid now.... This aired several years ago.

My First vehicle was BIGFOOT. Christmas 1989. I’d drive that baby around the apartment complex & around town. I was The Baddest 3yr old in San Antonio rock’n my BIGFOOT Power Wheels 🤘🏽😎🤘🏽

Am I the only one thinking that it looks so clean for sitting 20 Year's