Recent content by 1F409

Thanks, I'll see what I can squeeze out of those numbers. I'd seen the 11,000-pound stat on the official site, but it wasn't clear as to whether that was with the larger tires, better engine, or what -- probably the only certainty being the heavy axles. Plus, even if I were to compare the...

I have indeed seen the several videos regarding the restoration of Bigfoot I, and I've gleaned a few facts from those. Sadly, much of the information you provided about the model kits will go to waste on me. My interest in the kit was merely for the instruction booklet that I presume came with...

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, privacy and ethics concerns preclude me from signing up for Facebook. If you know of anyone on there already who might be willing to act as a middleman, though, please do have them contact me. I'm also on Gab, if that helps (it has a chat feature)...

Update: In my search for the truck dossiers included with the AMT/Ertl kits, I called the Tomy company. Their representative suggested that I contact the Round 2 company. Round 2 directed me to yet other number, for customer service. The guy at that final one told me that they might have the...

There appears, also, to be an AMT/Ertl model of Bigfoot, but I have yet to find a picture or video showing the truck biography inside the instruction booklet. There are several of the kits (the 1984 version) for sale on eBay, but I'm not going to pay a hundred bucks just to see a piece of...

I am looking for the specifications of several 1980s vehicles, namely the four "Muscle Machines" of toy/cartoon fame -- Bigfoot, Black Gold, Orange Blossom Special II, and Warlord. Knowing next to nothing about the sport, I started with Internet searches. Information on Bigfoot was the easiest...