Here you should find up to date news and reports on what is going on in the world of Big Pete. Be sure to check back regularly to see what we've been up to.
October
Truckfest: Big Pete ltd. are proud to announce that they will be attending and performing at all six of the 2007 Truckfest shows. The team have not attended the shows for the past 2 seasons but have a long history of working together with Live Promotions who promote the hugely popular shows over the summer months. These shows will take the team to all corners of the UK from May through to August. Check out the events page to see when Truckfest visits your area as well as other events we will be attending over the 2007 season.
The 2006 gallery has finally been updated with pictures of the summer shows for you to browse through.
Steve Murty has unveiled his new toy for the 2007 season, Armageddon. This monster tank weighs in at 7 tonnes and will destroy anything in its path. This massive weight is hustled along at high speed by a brace of Supercharged, methanol burning big block chevy engines, pushing a phenomenal 3,000hp through the massive tracks, be sure to check out the pictures of this amazing machine on our site and we hope Steve will be joining us at some of our events next season, this machine has to be seen to be believed!
April 22nd
As I'm sure many of you are now aware, we have now done our first show of the season - Easter Thunderball and 'Pod.
I have now uploaded the rebuild gallery of the Grim Reaper, it shows step by step how the truck went back together. click here to view (may take a while to load!)
April 10th
We are pleased to announce that our new monster truck - The Grim Reaper - is now ready for action at Santa Pod this Easter. Here are just a few photographs as it was rolled out of the workshop for the first time - We should have some action shots straight after its first performance in a weeks time.
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March 19th
Well, another long break between updates, but rest assured the work is coming along nicely on the spaceframed truck, the work in progress page has a few more pictures and info on this. The body has been repaired and delivered for painting. All the necessary fabrication and modifications have been completed and the engine is now mounted in place and tested. We will now strip the chassis of everything possible to remove the pink chassis paint and re-spray it to suit the new image.
Once this is underway we have a few modifications to our trailer as well as a pre-season service for the Scania.
If you check the events page you'll see that we are getting fairly close to a full calendar now with 30 confirmed show days on the books so far! A fairly hectic season awaits us with shows spanning the length and breadth of the UK.
Bean is now back with us after his winter hibernation in the caves of the Lancashire pennines, surviving on a diet of alcohol and takeaways, Bro is briefed and ready to roll for the season and we're looking forward to the inspiration his inventive mind provides. Regardless his help will be greatly appreciated, the extra truck doubling the work load on our team.
January 22nd
Work has begun on the strip and rebuild of the Blown Thunder truck and we are well underway with that now. A rebuilt stock motor has been sourced to go in when she's done as well as tyres and a few other bits and bobs. Visit the 'work in progress' page to view the pictures.
The calendar for the season is also starting to fill up now, with shows booked the length and breadth of the country, the events list has all confirmed bookings but keep an eye out in your local press for other appearances