Everything Old is Rad Again

BACK IN THE day when names like Tinker Juarez, Perry “PK” Kramer, Travis Chipres and even Dennis Mccoy ruled magazines such as BMX Action and BMX Plus, the raddest of the rad used trucks to carry their bikes to the track or legendary spots like Pipeline or Del Mar.

The ride of choice for most seemed to be the Toyota 4x4, with the occasional lowered Nissan 720 for guys like Mike Dominguez. But, if you had a bigger budget you might go for a C10, and if you had a mega budget like the owners of Mongoose (a.k.a., Skip Hess and Billy “Bones” Miller), you went for a C20 Suburban and turned it into a team hauler.

As one of the dudes at Squarebody Syndicate and a BMX rider, Joey Carberry couldn’t think of anything better than to combine his love for trucks and bikes with a tribute to one of the most iconic brands in BMX, Mongoose. Named after the late, great drag racer Tom “Mongoose” Mcewen, the company’s reputation for speed challenged that of ‘Goose’s own funny cars.

The Mongoose moniker is especially sentimental to us, as Tom worked behind the scenes at Street Trucks for many years and was always willing to share from his treasure trove of racing stories. So when we first found out that Joey was building this truck, we eagerly followed along until it was complete.

Starting with an ’85 C10 Scottsdale shorty, Joey sought out the help of Cameron Kotowski, as well as Ray Pickard at Pic Motorsports, to get the truck’s attitude just right.