Hog Wild pulling truck

[car66]

so, i bought another piece of pulling history from my area. hog wild pulled up and down the west coast in the 80's and was one of the top pullers in its class. back in the day, it had a 440/727 set up in it. i am going to drop a 454/400 combo into it and take it back out onto the track. here are some pics of it form back in the day.








and now

[Jonboy]

Still looks cool to me. I would love to have one of those Econoline trucks.

[slimbailess]

could you make it street legal? that would be even cooler!!!!

[car66]

it would be a massive amount of work to make it street legal again, but it could be done. with the history it has in our area, i couldnt do it lol. she needs to go down the track again, just with chevy power and not dodge power ha ha

[JHT67]

NICE. Nothing beats an original. A former boss now friend of mine just bought an old monster truck. I would love to own a REAL old school ride like yours, good find.

[car66]

thats awesome, what truck did he buy? got any pics? theres nothing cooler than being able to say that you two pieces of truck and tractor pulling history from your area. love your profile pic too man, OBS has always been a favorite of mine.

[_Ogre]

very cool
what rearend is that?
looks like a forklift rearend
classic radiator mount too

[JHT67]

This is the one he picked up, I'm not sure if it has the same body or not, but I'm pretty sure he's putting it back this way. He bought an old ford pick up a while back, and is looking for a truck bed like this for the rebuild.

Truck is called WAR MONSTER

[JHT67]

I've always loved truck and tractor pulls, growing up we never missed them, they were held in the winter at the state fairgrounds indoor stadium, I'll never forget the sounds and smells, probably stupid but I wasn't one to hold my ears, it was so awesome to be able to feel the engines roaring through the seats, and how cold it would get when they'd open the doors to let the trucks in or turn on the exhaust fans.
Yea, I miss it.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

That truck reminds me of a shorter version of halfbreed..

[car66]

funny that you mention halfbreed, my friend down in california is restoring it and plans to pull with it.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Damn kidding if you don't mind could you get a few pic of it from him.... Loved to watch halfbreed and Carl heaps revanooer go at it
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[car66]

halfbreed in its current state.

my friend jason in california has been putting a lot of work into this old girl. lots and lots of body work, freshen a lot up on the frame, setting up a new alcohol injected power plant. its comin along really well for him. we plan to have both old wheelstanders at a couple of pulls together sometime soon

[FRENCHBLUE72]

That is awesome I for one love halfbreed Good to see that see that she is not rotting away in some field... Halfbreed is/was local to me..

[car66]

sadly, it was rotting away when him and his brother found and bought it. but they busted their butts getting it back into shape. i hope to start working on hog wild soon. things are pretty much where they need to be on my other pull truck

[Heavy Evy]

That is rad man! I want to build a puller so bad. There use to be an early 50's willys 2wd puller down here with a 525 caddy. That thing would haul!

[72BlckButy]

Love the new project!
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[car66]

thanks guys, right not its sitting in the carport with a 454 block and heads in it so we can start the process of making mounts and all that fun stuff.

[car66]

since we got the '71 pull truck done, its time to move to the next project...

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Awesome man cant wait..

[screamin_c10]

Sweet!

[car66]

been slowly making progress on the old girl. cut a lot of the old stuff out, removed old wiring, cooling system, and fuel tank. been grinding and sanding on the frame so i can lay some primer on it so when the time comes it can get a coat of black.

[car66]

been pluggin away at the old girl over the last few days. cut the old motor mounts and wheelie bars off, cleaned up all of the welds and slag from many years ago, welded in some adjustable wheelie bars, shot primer on the frame and bed floor. started on the inside of the cab today, pulled the old seats and brackets out, pulled the carpeting that was in there out, pulled the gauge panel out, pulled one of the steel plates that make up the floor out to do some work on it, cut the "tower'' the master cylinders were on out so i can re-work it and lots and lots of cleaning.

[chevyrestoguy]

You've been busy!! I really feel for you when it comes time to paint it, because those old Econolines were 100% painted in color from the factory. No areas to hide with door panels, carpet, or trim pieces. I see a lot of sanding in your future!

It might be worth considering to send it out and have it blasted. I look at all the nooks and crannys in the interior and I can't imagine how long it would take to sand that by hand.

Love the truck, and I always look forward to seeing more pictures and progress!

[car66]

ha ha, yeah i know what you mean about the paint on the econolines. luckily, i actually live across the road from a body shop so i might see if they would be interested in shooting the paint on it when the time comes. if they say yes, i am so gonna drive it over there