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KRIMSON KRUSHER |
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Dale Hancock |
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OWNER: Dale Hancock of Evansville, Indiana VEHICLE: 1973 Ford F-250 ENGINE: Ford 460 cu.in. CARBURETION: two 660 cfm. Holleys HORSEPOWER: 600 TRANSMISSION: Ford C-6 RUNNING GEAR: three 2 1/2 ton Rockwell transfer cases to drop drive shaft angles, Rockwell PS115 planetary axles from a fork lift with a 19:1 final drive ratio TIRES: 73X38X18.4 inch Goodyear Special Sure Grips SUSPENSION: a big Chevy dump truck frame mounted upside-down, Firestone airbags and 12 Monroe shocks FEATURES: triple chrome roll bar with a light bar and 5 off road lights, full tilt body, plush captain chairs, and Warn chrome bumpers. WEIGHT: 15,000 lbs. HEIGHT: 11 feet 6 inches WIDTH: 12 feet LENGTH: 18 feet 6 inches COST TO BUILD: $75,000.00 QUARTER MILE: 15 seconds at 80 mph. The Krimson Krusher applied the brakes after bouncing over a small hill to stay out of the crowd, which caused the truck to endo in Louisville, Kentucky in Nov. 1987. Dale had just received his roll cage but not installed it yet. |
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I scanned this shot from Bill Holder's book "The Ultimate Book Of Monster Trucks". Photography by John D. Farquhar. |
I scanned these pictures from Magazines that I purchased.
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