Below is a link to a project of ours that used the door buck to form its' footing. Pretty neat stuff.

http://fab-form.com/fastfootMp/fastfootMpDoorBuck.php

Would like to hear your thoughts on this.

Joe,  This my  mono pour  system.  A  walkout,  4' frost wall with 9'4" of wall on top.

The image is too small for me to view. Did you wet set the first 4'? Or use 1x2 cleats?

No I poured the complete wall and footing as a mono pour with the step footing for the frost wall. No cleats needed.  I'm testing your eyes, Joe.  Too many trade secrets in the picture for a full shot.   Actually Joe I developed my mono pour system the same time your father developed his, in fact, I spoke to him about it sometime ago.