Origins of monster trucks revealed!

[Gordon]

So, ever wonder who thought up the idea for monster trucks? Take a gander:

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1394876&a=10415756&p=40830753

Actually, that's the "Mine Exploder T10" which was tested at Aberdeen Proving Ground in 1944. Wouldn't that be a blast to go toolin' around in.

And no, I'm not advocating that this should have been added to CMBO. http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/smile.gif It never got past the prototype phase.

Gordon

Photo and information from: "British and American Tanks of World War Two" Chamberlain and Ellis


[This message has been edited by Gordon (edited 02-12-2001).]

[Bullethead]

Thanks for posting that up. I've tried several times to describe this beast in "ugliest tank" threads but seeing is believing. Although I have photos of this thing, I'm not about to cut up the book.

Anyway, I guess now I'm the retroactive, revisionist winner of those old arguments now http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/smile.gif


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-Bullethead

In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength, in water there is bacteria.

[Michael Dorosh]

Originally posted by Bullethead:
Thanks for posting that up. I've tried several times to describe this beast in "ugliest tank" threads but seeing is believing. Although I have photos of this thing, I'm not about to cut up the book.

Anyway, I guess now I'm the retroactive, revisionist winner of those old arguments now http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/smile.gif




Yeah, but I think this makes you the loser of all those "how do I scan a photo" arguments...

("cut up the book...?????????????")

[Bullethead]

MD said:
Yeah, but I think this makes you the loser of all those "how do I scan a photo" arguments... ("cut up the book...?????????????")

I don't have a flatbed scanner. It's a roll-through thing for doing single sheets only. The only way I can scan a book's picture is to cut the picture out of the book and feed it through the machine. Crappy scanner, I know, but it's what I have.



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-Bullethead

In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength, in water there is bacteria.

[Brian Rock]

Originally posted by Bullethead:
Anyway, I guess now I'm the retroactive, revisionist winner of those old arguments now http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/smile.gif


I don't know about that. I figure the Bob Semples tanks still holds the crown. It takes a lot to beat a tank made from corrugated iron and matresses.