GRAVE DIGGER

OWNER: Dennis Anderson

VEHICLE: 1951 Ford panel truck

ENGINE: stock 1967 Chevy 427 cu.in.

CARBURETION: Dominator 1150 cfm.

TRANSMISSION: TH400

RUNNING GEAR: V-drive gear box allowed for 24 forward gears and 24 reverse, and a Temkin 2 1/2 ton transfer case.

TIRES: 62X26X23 inch Rice-n-Kains with homemade wheels

SUSPENSION: leaf sprung with a home made 13 inch body lift and 9 inch suspension lift

TIME TO BUILD: 3 months

COST TO BUILD: $30,000.00

This truck ran from 1983 to 1989.

I scanned this shot from Bill Holder's book "Monstrous Trucks". Photography by Harry Dunn.

The next 2 pictures are from Jim Mace of Lawton/Ft. Sill Oklahoma

www.teamzebra.homestead.com

This model was built for Dennis Anderson in 1988. It was built using a 1954 Ford Panel Truck and a Destroyer model.

Cost to build; $19.oo Time to build; 12 hours Scale; 1/25th

Features; hand Fabricated front bumper, and rear mounted engine.

Completely hand painted.

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