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Well, what can I say here! Nigel and I have been involved with modified vehicles of one description or another for many years now. It all started back in the late 80’s when we bought a pick up to transport Nigel’s jet ski about, followed by a trip to Hawaii where he first saw and fell in love with a seriously modified pick up. The bug followed us home and resulted in some rather large tyres arriving at home one day, and then a suspension lift kit, shocks etc. and we were away! The end result was Monstrous a 9ft high, bright pink, modified Toyota Hi-Lux that first gained Nigel fame in the world of 4x4’s. We have now paid tribute to this first modified truck of ours by naming our second monster truck MONSTROUS after it.
Soon Nigel (never contented if you truly know him) Morris was talking about building a Monster Truck and before you could shake a spanner at a supercharger he had built his first monster truck ‘Wildchild’ with a lot of help from his friends. We named it after one of my favourite songs (yes, I am a metal head - it does help in this line of work - believe me!!) Wildchild was a 2/3rds scale monster truck and starred in things like Ant & Decs Saturday night takeaway, a Walkers crisp advert and a music video by Shane Lynch & Keith Duffy to accompany their song “Girl You Know It’s True”. By now the ultimate goal was a full sized monster truck and having completed a deal with Bob Chandler of Bigfoot in the USA back in 2002 work soon began in earnest on Nigel’s latest creation and BIGFOOT 17 was born! This is the only licensed Bigfoot ever to have been built outside of the USA. Bigfoot has gained Nigel even more notoriety and soon the word was out that he is the GURU of monster trucks in the UK.
The rest, as they say is history… but, then again, having been with him for the past 21 years... all I can say is NEVER SAY NEVER! |
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This led us into the world of 4x4’s and all sorts of modifications, small and extreme. I soon became an expert in the language of suspension, shocks, steering arms, tyres (44’s super swampers, boggers etc.etc.), articulation, lengthened props, differentials and so on and so LA Supertrux was born which Nigel named after me.
Nigel is also the president of the MTRAE (Monster Truck Racing Association Europe), which is the European Division of the MTRA. This is the original USA safety body for Monster Truck Operation and we operate under their rulebook. We are fortunate enough to attend their annual tech school and banquet in St.Louis each December since 2000.| All content copyright Monster Photos. Please do not use images without permission. | Site designed by emotive new media Ltd |