SAMSON I

Don Maples

ORIGINAL OWNER: Don Maples of Huntsville, Alabama BOUGHT BY: Seth Doulton of Golden State Promotions in 1988 VEHICLE: 1984 Chevy Silverado ENGINE: Chevy 454 cu.in. bored to 525 cu.in. CARBURETION: two 750 cfm. Holleys atop a GMC 6-71 blower HORSEPOWER: 1,200 TRANSMISSION: TH400 RUNNING GEAR: New Process 203 and 5 ton Rockwell military transfer cases and 5 ton Rockwell military axles with a Detroit lockers and 20 ton Clark Planetaries SUSPENSION: 9 leaf system and 16 Monroe Magmun 70 shocks TIRES: 73X44X32 inch Goodyear Terras FEATURES: chrome quad roll bar, chrome bumpers, titl hood, Alpine stereo, and 13 Warn lights. HEIGHT: 14 feet WIDTH: 12 feet 2 inches WEIGHT: 19,000 lbs. TIME TO BUILD: 1 year COST TO BUILD: $100,000.00 TOP SPEED: 45 mph.

I scanned this shot from Bill Holder's book "The Ultimate Book Of Monster Trucks". Photography by John D. Farquhar.

I got these shots from Bill Holder's book "Monstrous Trucks". Photography by Harry Dunn.

I scanned these shots from Michael Bargo's book "Monster Trucks".

I scanned these shots from Michael Bensons' book "Monster Trucks". Photography by Mike Bargo.

Dora sent me this picture.

I scanned these pictures from Magazines that I purchased.

Don Sheehey sent me these pictures.

From Landon Harrison

This is a model I built of Samson 1. It was built using a Hammer Head model. Cost to build; $15.oo Time to build; 32 hours Scale; 1/25th Features; Hand fabricated frame, tilt front clip, roll bars, and I cut all 4 wheel hubs off at an angle and glued them back on with the hub up-side-down so that the truck was doing the crab steering. Completely hand painted.

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