Monster Funk Videos/Interview with Bushido's Corbin Hayakawa

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 * Gian: Hello, this is Gian, with Monster Funk. Today I am interviewing the owner and operator of the Bushido monster truck, Corbin Hayakawa.
 * Corbin Hayakawa: Why hello Gian.
 * Gian: So Corbin, regarding the original leafspring Bushido, did you build it?
 * Corbin Hayakawa: No, I bought it from this 60-something American guy from Florida named.
 * Gian: How long did it take to build, or in case, modify?
 * Corbin Hayakawa: Well, it was originally called "". We essentially stripped the chassis of the old 70's Ford truck body and bolted on a dune buggy rollcage we found in a junk yard, then swapped out the Ford engine and gears for Holden ones, bolted on a 1995 Holden UTE body, tinkered with the rollcage to fit the body, painted the truck up and then went, "Yeah, that'll do." It cost about 170 bucks to build.
 * Gian: What was it like in early El Kadsreian monster truck competitions?
 * Corbin Hayakawa: Well, it was hard at first, all of the competitors were El Kadsreian boys like the El Kadsreian Firestorm team mixed in with Aussies, Americans, and Brits Kenny Cameron and his team shipped over from Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. We had problems with donuts and racing, but we were able to win the wheelie competitions with our crazy slap wheelies.