The British Abominable Snowmen will face the American Mulewrights in a car-crushing, bone-crunching destructathon this SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!...ahem. Sorry, I got carried away. The teams must build a monster truck to navigate a S-shaped course with bumps and a row of crushed cars they must drive over. The team with the fastest time in three runs will advance in the tournament.

There isn't much room for design deviation. Each team will need big tires to climb over the hills and cars, strong axles that won't break, a super sturdy chassis that won't break under the strain of going over the cars and a very powerful engine to move their gigantic beasts.
 
 
 

The Abominable Snowmen l to r; Rod, Scooby & Captain Paul inset; expert Tim Barks	The Mulewrights l to r; Carlos, Captain Ray & Rick inset; expert Nigel Morris
The Snowmen hope to weld a big engine, big axels & big tires to a big chassis	The Mulewrights want to make a light-weight chassis themselves. A lighter truck is advantageous
This tall ,thin tire isn't what the Mulewrights want	However, these short fat tires are perfect
To increase stability, the Snowmen are going to put 2 wheels at each corner	The Mulewrights are going to rend this perfectly good chassis for parts
Our judge, Jim Cramer	This is what both teams need. A big 7.0 litre engine
Mulewright expert Nigel wanders the scrapheap in search of tubing	Since they don't have enough to make a chassis, they re-weld their old chassis back together
This wimpy battery will never start their dirty big engine	The Snowmen trade one fat wheel for 2 of the Mulewrights skinny wheels
A tight fit	Robert presents a safety seat
A Mulewright welds the roll cage	The Snowmen are topping their truck off with a 1/2 ton body
Cathy & Robert talk about the love of big, noisy trucks

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