FIRST MINI TRUCK EVER

Id have to say Rod Stewart..because with a first name like Rod...your expected to do great things

Originally posted by PimpinMidgets



Id have to say Rod Stewart..because with a first name like Rod...your expected to do great things

lol he might do great things if your the same sex l0l

Originally posted by NRChopShop



Edited: 10/25/2006 6:45:31 AM by NRChopShop

Originally posted by tattedfordguy



I dont know but i can tell you choped the first 49 Mercury... George Barris...

actually it would be Sam Barris. Sam was the real genious behind some of the best Barris kustoms

and the Ayala brothers were building one at the same time



My bad. Ok What was the name of the first chopped merk?

49-51 mercs? or earlier body mercs?
Its simply called the Sam Barris Mercury if you mean the 49. He had is own 40 merc also. Sam also built the '40 Matranga Merc club coupe after his own.

maybe it wuz some neck from Ky with the name of Rod Norris.

me in my grandpas 49 merc

Woody Wilson

Well guys I really like this topic I will have to start digging for the old pictures I got in my first club in 1970. There were some interesting trucks out there. Back then you had to build your own lowering blocks and there were only about three types of wheels you could get. My first truck was a 1966 Datsun That I bought in 1970. I think the first true Mini Truck club that would be the first is Banzai Trucks Unlimited they started in late 1969 in Whittier California. I meet one of the guys his Nick Name was Opie I got into that club in Jan of 1970. I know it makes me one of the few old timers that are still in the scene. Banzai broke up in 1975. Then I went To Westside Truckers for a year and in 1976 I started Sunset Truckers on New Years Eve of 1976. So if you are at Reso this year stop by have a beer and celebrate my 30th being in Sunset and 36 years in Mini Truckin. Thanks for letting me put in my two cents Bob Hase

Thanks we did have a great time with you guys from Freaks

oh my god Banzai theres a guy i used to work with who claimed to have rolled with those guys back in the day, goes by the name of Dennis Smith