First monster truck
- WHO
- Bigfoot
- WHAT
- First
- WHERE
- United States (St Louis)
- WHEN
- 1979
Bigfoot #1, a modified Ford F-250 pick up truck on tyres measuring 1.21 m (48 in) tall, was built by Bob Chandler in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, in the mid-1970s. Bigfoot made its initial public appearance in 1979, introducing the concept of the "monster truck" for the first time.
Bigfoot #1 drove over and crushed two cars in a field near St. Louis, Missouri, USA, in April 1981, the first recorded monster truck car crush.