Return Of The Monster Trucks 1986 VHS HD

The Second original Monster Truck video returns with spectacular old-school action on the First Ever monster truck obstacle course, side-by-side car crush drag racing competitions, and unbelievable close-up car crunching . See a monster truck help capture a bad guy by crushing a mobile home, monster truck racing on water, mini-monsters, more!

[@chriscalvert8023]

This is going to sound weird lol. But this brought tears to my eyes. As a kid I watched this every weekend for probably 2 years at least whenever I went to visit my Dad. He passed away last year and finding this is has brought back so many memories of watching it with him. Thank you.

[@kos9818]

Nah bro. You’re not along. I’m right there with you.

[@Theupstateidiots]

I did the same thing when I visited my dad as well. That's all I'd watch lol. Miss those days.

[@mikesilva3868]

@@kos9818 same here I saw this on VHS I was 6 in 1990 love monster trucks to this day 😊

[@josteincarlsen2905]

This also brings back good memories from my childhood.

[@EASTSIDE-313]

Same here my guys,I practically wore the VHS out, born in 85 this was my life... God I miss these days, real monster trucks..😢

[@danielgandalf612]

From the bottom of my heart the 5 yearold me thanks you for sharing this movie. So much nostalgia

[@cfhcowboy2127]

Me and u both my friend. Me and my cousin had rented this soo many times as kids

[@traviscassidy1869]

SAME!! This video shaped my life!!!

[@jordan-sc8xq]

I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve watched this. I’m 23 now

[@neubauerjoseph]

when I was small like 3-5 played it so many times my mom had to buy another VHS tape and then the DVD

[@thesillypig785]

I love the variety monstertrucks had back then. And boy, do I miss the carcrushing!

[@AirplaneDetective]

I must have watched this a 1000 times when I was a kid. Brings back a lot of memories. Thank you

[@undeadbitch3427]

Spayne007 same man

[@forgetful47]

i remember watching it a lot as a child on a beat up vhs

[@tfaucette87]

Same here. I still have the VHS somewhere in my closet.

[@metrofireaudio]

Same! I still have the VHS

[@mauricecooper176]

Same here I watched it so much I wore it out I'm glad I finally figured out with the name of the video was so I can re order it but when my parents ordered it off the TV back in the day they came with a toy monster truck

[@teristarbird6206]

I loved watching my husband's races and interviews. Thank you

[@RobbieWilliamsandJakobWilliams]

I want you to tell Cliff thank you for all the sacrifices he made during the early years of monster trucks and that I am so proud to have a monster vette Hot Wheels on my bookshelf in my living room

[@nathanmcdonald610]

Man that final race between Bigfoot and Awesome Kong at 42:16 is to this day the most exciting Monster Truck race I've ever seen. They may fly higher and be faster than ever these days, but the 1980's truly was the golden age of Monster Trucks. Announcers were cheesy as hell though lol.

[@bustyrandit]

I got to see a rematch in 1987 at Nashville Motor Speedway, only difference, BIGFOOT 6 had just debuted and won the race jumping the cars. This happened just as BF 6 got to be known for jumping. It was my 1st Monster Truck event, I ll never forget it.

[@capri8225]

Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant here

[@GunzNGearz]

Honestly, it's the only race worth watching

[@Beardo2517]

It's up there with the Andy Brass wheelie run and the Andy Brass figure 8 race against Carolina Crusher

[@jamesnoble3502]

Claude Akins sounded like a slow talking befuddled senile old man compared to his companion😂

[@denniskukla4562]

These three monster truck tapes as well as blood sweat and gears, were watched about a thousand times each

[@coolbigrigs]

RIP Steve Evans. Steve had a distinctive voice. A cool and knowledgable drag race enthusiast and commentator. Greatly enjoyed Steve and his cohost Brock Yates on The Nashvile Network's (TNN) American Sports Cavalcade. Miss those weekend race shows.

[@cfhcowboy2127]

Hell i remember that to

[@andrewfroedge8227]

Awesome Kong and Rollin Thunder!! ... I'm 10 years old again

[@earthboundmisfit79]

The good old days of monster trucks. Love it!

[@mjones2305]

Ahh the good old days of real monster truck racing. Jim Kramer driving Bigfoot while wearing a baseball hat and hanging out the window to see where he's going. Trucks with steel bodies, run what ya brung races. Blown V8's, a screamin Detroit Diesel, an Allison V12 fighter plane engine. Those were definitely the glory days to be a monster truck fan.

[@symbiotesully]

Who else had the vhs tapes of these trucks?

[@bustyrandit]

Still have mine 25 years later.

[@johnlucio195]

My dad did, we watched them all the time, my dads gone now, I have the dvd of this to relive the memories

[@peterbense5650]

I had the Battle of the Monster Trucks on VHS, but not this sequel. Never knew it existed until the other day when my brother sent me this!

[@dyzko1dave]

I love it when everybody runs from Monster Vette doing the donut lmao

[@MattJonesYT]

19:42

[@capri8225]

Lmao I'm glad more ppl noticed

[@generalmassive1907]

Parts flying in every direction 😂😂😂 The 8 year old in me will never forget watching Bigfoot win that race for the 1st time, i am 41 now and proud to be Ford through and through ❤

[@kyledodson2992]

Congrats on coming out of the closet! Ford people are people too

[@jaredm4163]

I had this show on vhs and every weekend I would go visit my father I would watch it as a kid. This is still my all time favorite monster truck show

[@ebla83]

I watched this hundreds of times as a kid. So happy to see this again. Thank you!

[@Pearljam313]

I had this vhs as a kid. So awesome its on here. Brings me back!

[@kyledodson2992]

Love you Chris! Best big brother in the world. This video will bond us forever

[@cbh148]

Helluva race format. This was before safety was invented. They have guys walk in from the side to unhook the sleds, and hopefully the driver doesn't gun it and snatch the chain and maul the worker. Then the lanes cross over each other in the turn. Geez Louise. Loved this VHS tape as a kid and never noticed all these things back then lol

[@ChanceNastyMuzik]

Also no helmets

[@nicholasselvaggi54]

Thanks for the great memories and taking me back to being young again. 😁

[@angelofdeathmichael673]

I should be wearing my pajamas and eating a bowl of cereal and sitting in front of a TV watching this again.

[@mildbill222]

Love this era of monster trucks. Real truck bodies instead of fiberglass characters. Each owner building different mechanical creations. Everyone trying to figure it out. In just a few short years all of the trucks would use basically the same tube chassis and suspension with fiberglass bodies.

[@BrandonHill-th1rd]

I was in attendance at this at the age of 5.My Uncle brought me to several,including this one.I'm forever grateful.

[@jaredsmith6743]

Thank you so much. I was 3 when this came out and watched it enough that I could recite most of it as a kid. I still do! This is great.

[@mimbreno87]

Man I remember my dad had this VHS would watch it all the time dam that's awesome

[@BobK73]

Oh wow, I must have watched this a thousand times. I recorded on beta max when it originally aired and I watched it every day. I probably still have it somewhere. What I love most about this is the drivers didn't wear helmets or any other kind of protective gear.

[@DickieDelouise]

Brings back memories. I remember watching the vhs tapes of this, Battle of The Monster Trucks, Blood, Sweat n Gears and Monsters of Rock n Roll while playing with my Stomper Bully😀

[@djsz1073]

Once my kids were older I showed them these videos that I had on VHS, including Bigfoot's to show them what I was going to see when I was young like them. These guys brought us a sport, that today is still a huge hit with adults and kids.

[@BackBackForwardLightning]

Wild how different monster trucks used to be than they are now!

[@equalizer47]

man i had this on VHS and race wars.. theyre far lost now :( used to watch these both non stop as a kid.

[@deezyD87]

The memories from my childhood are falling out of me

[@buick455muscle]

Suspension travel, what’s that? -Old school monster trucks.

[@mikesilva3868]

Son you were born in the 80s weren't you😊

[@buick455muscle]

@@mikesilva3868 of course, I ain’t no boomer.

[@sportssciotaku7149]

I still have the VHS my dad gave me years ago. Still works too.

[@cfhcowboy2127]

Dont lose it my friend .

[@angleruk3190]

Had all of this series on VHS, battle, return and war , surprised the videos still worked the amount I watched them 😅

[@mikesilva3868]

Cool 😊

[@robertlindley2548]

Always loved renting these tapes as a kid! My favorite was the dream sequence. Always wanted to crush cars with Awesome Kong!

[@cfhcowboy2127]

Wow childhood memories. I miss being a kid sometimes

[@nickbrasawski6656]

I used to watch this and i still do

[@mikesilva3868]

Brings back memories 📼

[@mikem4216]

I’m glad everyone is enjoying the memories of this video. Thank you for uploading this!!!

[@raven122199]

Omg I cannot thank you enough for uploading this! I had this vhs as a kid and watched it weekly! When that music hit I got so excited my wife laughed at me lol! Thank you!

[@innescoull7061]

Same here wore that thing right out

[@CamaroRick]

Ive got the VHS of this sitting right next to my computer desk. Cool video

[@JohnDoe__404]

Thanks for uploading. Watching this 30 years later, and I'm still certain that Blue Thunder beat Awesome Kong.

[@zacharyharris623]

I loved this VHS as a kid. But, being older now and rewatching, Im pretty sure Claude Akins is absolutely hammered during this entire broadcast 😂

[@cfhcowboy2127]

Good ole jim Kramer . Man the memories are flooding my brain. Good times as a child

[@hearingvisions7307]

❤😭🥳 brilliant! What a time to be a kid.

[@battmuff]

I recorded this off the tv as a kid , one of my favourite videos that I watched again and again, super nostalgic and exciting as a 11 year old , 46 now , still love monsters trucks 😀

[@cjeskola3653]

Brings back memories for sure the good old days love it now look what they can do came a long way lmao cheers 🍻

[@ponrix]

I remeber watching this in 91 or 92 as a 5-6 yr old. awesome kong2

[@data0126]

holy shit i remember my dad buying me this vhs tape from a fuggin farm and fleet store when i was like 5. great memories!

[@maccheese3184]

Had this on VHS when I was a kid lost track of how many times I must of watch it

[@Hammerhead547]

Steve Evans would go on to be the lead commentator for TNN's Motorsport coverage in the 90's.

[@jasone4460]

Cypress Gardens is long. I loved their water ski show.

[@MrBluebellEngine]

I love the return of the monster trucks. I use to watch it when I was little and I still love it

[@RobbieWilliamsandJakobWilliams]

Mr Bluebell Engine best VHS ever

[@MrBluebellEngine]

100%

[@AdamMc2003]

I probably watched this 500 times as a kid in the early 90s

[@bubbacoz]

My God the memories this brought back. I know for a fact I watched this well over 1000 times as a kid. Thank you for sharing. :')

[@rainbowthrustars]

Its so awesome you put up the VHS versions of these videos. I watched them all the time as a kid and while they are on DVD nothing beats VHS!

[@adamrenfrow6306]

Had this his vhs and wore it out.

[@yeksun]

I was so excited when they said they were at Cypress Gardens. That was a beautiful place. It was nice to just look at natural beauty. Not everything has to be a thrill ride. It was good to see that again. Of coarse it is lego land now.

[@Hammerhead547]

Fun Fact: Steve Evans actually appeared in an episode of Rescue 911 that aired in november 1989 as part of a segment on the near fatal crash of an NHRA funny car racer named Don Gay Jr at the Mile High Nationals in Denver that past summer. Don "The Snake" Prudhome (who gay jr was racing that day) also appeared in partial voiceover in the story. It's really strange watching him speak in his normal voice sounding morose (you can tell he was traumatized by it) while describing what happened that day at the beginning of the segment. The segment is called: Rescue 911: Funny Car if you're interested in seeing it.

[@mikesilva3868]

I know that 😊

[@88cutty]

Wow! Return of the Monster Trucks (1/11/86) and Superbowl XX (1/26/86) at the Louisiana Superdome in the same month!

[@mvol5973]

The good old days of REAL monster trucks

[@terminator_plays_games8823]

I've watched this when i was kid my dad recorded for me to this day Bigfoot has always been my favorite monster truck

[@gofast3209]

Its 2024.. still fun to watch!!

[@Chicken_Wing91]

i miss when monster trucks were actual vehicles on modified chassis's

[@cfhcowboy2127]

Ya me to .

[@andyhutchins3854]

Corporate. ...just like everything else

[@wendyandmanny]

Thank you for uploading the trilogy of these videos, lost mine awhile ago and the only one I could previously find was "War".

[@craigbowtne5596]

Big foot is the king of the monster trucks

[@IllegallySighted]

Thank you so much for uploading these classics! I remember having this on VHS back in the day, and my friends, my brother, and I would watched the hell out of this tape. I’m so glad I found this.

[@bellthepiratefox7514]

Awesome kong vs Bigfoot

[@aquariumaddickuk]

I'm currently in a hotel room in Agadir Morocco with really rather nasty food poisoning(I'll spare you the details) & only this Is bringing me comfort 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mikesilva3868]

😊cool

[@2007tacoma]

I still have this on VHS. Haven't watched in years considering dont have a VHS player, but still have it

[@cbh148]

4:43 That last name must’ve been HELL in the 90s. Wonder if Jim survived the LA Riots. At least he got to have a monster truck in the years leading up to them lol

[@Mario-cv5el]

Ford Aerostar monster truck love it

[@derrickbarnes5352]

RIP Claude Akins aka Sonny Pruitt.

[@only257]

Thank you very much thank you very much thank you very very much this was the greatest video i saw in 1990 i was 6 my family member had it on vhs they still do 📼

[@stevendudley5687]

You put one of those tubular frame trucks in the water, it’ll probably sink

[@RobbieWilliamsandJakobWilliams]

Any monster truck with planetary gears is going to sink the wheels don't spin fast enough and a lighter truck would float better with all the air in the tires. The tire size is 66x43x25 that's allot of air in a tire at 30 psi.

[@bwilliams463]

I saw Taurus v Bigfoot at Arrowhead Stadium, 1983 or 1984. Bigfoot went through the mud bog, and Taurus did the Sled Pull, and then the Bus Crush. I may be combining several events, though...

[@sicklettuce]

Claude Akins looked and sounded very confused by monster trucks

[@stevemccall3383]

All I could remember from this video was Awesome Kong chasing the robber and bulldozing the mobile home!! Wore out the tape as a kid though!!💪

[@hardcoretam]

I still have this on VHS, my mum taped when it was broadcast

[@wottermelon4060]

These guys aren't even all wearing helmets! Doesn't look like racing seats or much in the way of safety gear. Crazy how much things have changed!

[@gilbertmojica8713]

My most favorites where; Maddog 1&2, Rolling Thunder, AM/PM Boss and Rocket, fly n high, Bigfoot, USA1

[@sissymarylen15741a]

Took the V6 out and put in a V8...Wow couldn't imagine a V6 powering a monster truck

[@nathanmcdonald610]

I felt bad for the guy lol. He was talking up his V8 and how he speculated they were gonna do good only to get matched up with Bigfoot and get completely blown out of the water right out of the gate lmao.

[@Cole-xq2tl]

thank you so much for uploading these. now you just have to deflect copyright hits

[@orangecrate5895]

That segment featuring Steve Evans and Bob Chandler must've been filmed after the event and edited in.

[@travisdelafuente1150]

The New Orleans event with 8 additional trucks I had in mind- Bigfoot- Jim Kramer Bear Foot- Fred Shafer Taurus- Jack Willman Monster Vette- Cliff Starbird Awesome Kong II- Jeff Dane King Kong- Steve Dane USA-1- Everett Jasmer King Krunch I- Scott Stephens Monster Mash- Mike Welch Michigan Ice Monster- Brett Engleman Blue Thunder- Kirk Dabney Southern Sunshine- Mart Williams (died 1986 but this was 1985 so he would have still been alive) Rollin' Thunder- Jim Oldaker Cajun King- Glen Williams Frankenstein- Barry Wentz Texas Armadillo- Gabriel Montz

[@ElgraeProductions]

So beautiful.

[@jamesnoble3502]

I wish the entire unedited footage of that competition at the end was available

[@russellhagan1447]

i always wished awesome kong won as a kid

[@mikesilva3868]

Same here 😊

[@Beardo2517]

Had a girl in 4th grade just show up to school one day and give me this on VHS. Idk if she liked me or something lol

[@nunyabuziness8421]

They don't make monster trucks like they used to and that's a good thing😂

[@cfhcowboy2127]

Thank u so much for this upload . Me and my cousin watched the shit out of this when we were kids lol

[@canadiancatgreen]

I wonder how many people would know Blue Thunder v was a car before

[@MiniOne82]

everyone that watched this back in the day.

[@canadiancatgreen]

Well yes I know but how many people saw this truck/car. Most know about the truck the one that promotes Ford too

[@gearheadred]

RIP Steve Evans

[@bjcash4655]

This is was my childhood

[@MikeMutilator]

Bearfoot should've been included in this competition instead of slow ass Frankenstein.

[@TheIcpfan23]

every truck was slow bud

[@cool3865]

@@TheIcpfan23 no but Frankenstein was really bad, anyone could beat him because his truck was just that bad

[@TheIcpfan23]

@@cool3865 nobody had the money that bearfoot and Bigfoot had that's why it was called ran with what you got.

[@adamrenfrow]

I burnt this vhs up as a kid.

[@samtheleviathan9145]

Omg nostalgia intensifies

[@craigbowtne5596]

That is a 1956 ford f100 the yellow truck

[@jaunelanders5273]

I remember 1889.. I woke up 2 am..to record a short from tv guide..BIGFOOT here in..L A..dad was WHAT.!.yu dont get up.for school this early..

[@bigm3884]

I got all these dvds