I remember this from Four Wheeler I was 20 and this was the most epic thing ever at that time in my life. Love these old school rigs even though the rigs now are more capable, it still cool to see these rigs do there thing and this was a mix of high-end and homemade rigs in 98 that were driven on the street! That is so awesome.
Holy cow, 40's is the biggest tires, barely any beadlocks, lots of ground hogs, lap belts, no helmets, saw a kid in the back seat in the frame twister, friggin love it
Agreed. Not long after this, crazy purpose built rigs started flooding the mag, lots of readers started sounding the alarm, no more was it about your "above average" build, it was tube "Moon Buggy" builds. I like both, but this is more fun to watch.
Oh this brings back memories. The first truck detailed, 1979 Chevy K-30, was the setup back in the 90's. Smaller mud tires in the front with the really big ones in the back. There was an awesome mudding spot in Jacksonville off Pickettville. I remember a truck that used a similar tire setup as the K-30 and the truck was called Splitting Headache. Pickettville was so much fun.
...and these resembled actual street legal trucks, but I think the Scorpion was the vehicle that opened the door to the extreme overpriced monsters they put in TTC today. I liked these older challenges so much better because while they may have been expensive trucks, but they weren't unobtanium like the ones now.
Yep, 44's were the big dog tire size. I remember my dad had a K5 Blazer on 38's and he would always try and hit the holes at the mud spot where the trucks with 44's would go. Best days of my life. I would bring a toy truck with big tires with thick string tied to the front to pull through mud puddles.
When I went to Hollister Hills in the early 2000s, the mud pit really wasn't muddy. Kinda just.. a water trough. I did go once and it was just dry. I guess they hadn't put any water in it. 56:23 and that hill didn't really have those berms. I guess they had worn down since that time. It was still a cool place to go wheeling, though.
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I remember this from Four Wheeler I was 20 and this was the most epic thing ever at that time in my life. Love these old school rigs even though the rigs now are more capable, it still cool to see these rigs do there thing and this was a mix of high-end and homemade rigs in 98 that were driven on the street! That is so awesome.
Scorpion and and Quagmire still some of the most iconic TTC rigs of all time
Holy cow, 40's is the biggest tires, barely any beadlocks, lots of ground hogs, lap belts, no helmets, saw a kid in the back seat in the frame twister, friggin love it
jchevy33 the red k20 had 50s on it
Notsavagepinks K30
Notsavagepinks and they are 48s
God that blazer on 10bolts and 44s and stock steering brought back memories
I like this a lot more than the trucks on TTC now. These trucks are actually possible to build without sponsors
Thanks for uploading this TTC. Brings back memories.
Quagmire truck is legend in Wisconsin and true master of fabrication still bad ass
Quagmyr..... coolest Chevy truck EVER!!!
dude quagmyr is legit in the town next to mine small town blair wisconsin
Its a different world 20 years later. Gota have tons of cash to build to compete. This is no longer a regular guys challenge.
Agreed.
Not long after this, crazy purpose built rigs started flooding the mag, lots of readers started sounding the alarm, no more was it about your "above average" build, it was tube "Moon Buggy" builds.
I like both, but this is more fun to watch.
Now this is cool reminds me of how monster trucks used to be
Quagmire and Rodent exterminator are still my two all time favorite trucks.
the Quagmyr truck is legit in the town next to mine in Blair wisconsin
this was my childhood "cartoon" growing up. America needs boys to watch this stuff to squeeze the soy out of them lol
Oh this brings back memories. The first truck detailed, 1979 Chevy K-30, was the setup back in the 90's. Smaller mud tires in the front with the really big ones in the back. There was an awesome mudding spot in Jacksonville off Pickettville. I remember a truck that used a similar tire setup as the K-30 and the truck was called Splitting Headache. Pickettville was so much fun.
Thank you for posting this! Taking a trip down memory lane.
Love the rigs and technology today but the road legal rigs going though all that shit. One tons, leaf springs, HELL ya!
Love that blazer and F100
tim hardy you are rocking your mustash and thats a good thing
CRAZY HOW 20 YEARS AGO THE BIGGEST TIRES ARE 40'S AND HOW EASY THE EVENTS ARE COMPARED TO TODAY WHERE 54'S ARE THE NORM
And these were monsters compared to the 1993 TTC, which was won by a CJ7 on 33" BFG MT's.
...and these resembled actual street legal trucks, but I think the Scorpion was the vehicle that opened the door to the extreme overpriced monsters they put in TTC today. I liked these older challenges so much better because while they may have been expensive trucks, but they weren't unobtanium like the ones now.
moparman2500 It wasnt even that the "tech" for them wasnt there. I bet i could run 54s back then (if i could find them)
Yep, 44's were the big dog tire size. I remember my dad had a K5 Blazer on 38's and he would always try and hit the holes at the mud spot where the trucks with 44's would go. Best days of my life. I would bring a toy truck with big tires with thick string tied to the front to pull through mud puddles.
moparman2o17
Man times have changed.
When I went to Hollister Hills in the early 2000s, the mud pit really wasn't muddy. Kinda just.. a water trough. I did go once and it was just dry. I guess they hadn't put any water in it. 56:23 and that hill didn't really have those berms. I guess they had worn down since that time. It was still a cool place to go wheeling, though.
This is awesome
Young Tim Hardy
nice
What event did Fred Williams do?
Lol i wonder how many of those trucks shook like hell in that acceleration test.
Oh you know they all did. Half over them were 500hp+ riding on chassis straight out of the junkyard lol.
Man & Machine
Dude with the blazer at 17.25 fucked his bumper
Thanks for posting, I seen the seats shutter and wondered what they hit.
Back when actually trucks/vehicles competed before it went to purpose built buggies and nobody cared anymore.
FE sounded good.
FE always sounds good.
15:17 so creepy lol.
When you wake up with cuffs on.
I think Coke was use there . lol back then . Wish the hole video was here.
Quagmire ain't street legal with tractor tires! Especially in California! Gtfoh! 😄
I used to own the original video on VHS when it first came out. Quagmire was always my favorite truck.
My buddy just bought quagmyr from a guy in Missouri. It’s in northern Wisconsin now. He has got some big plans for it.
This years host says he's a vegetarian but to me he's full of bologna