STAR MONSTER

Dan Tassone

I took this picture with a video capture card from a TV show.

OWNER: Dan Tassone of Syracuse, NY.

VEHICLE: 1979 GMC Sierra

ENGINE: 427 cu.in. Chevy

CARBURETION: single Predator atop a B&M Super Charger

HORSEPOWER: 600

TRANSIMISSION: TH 400

RUNNING GEAR: 2 1/2 ton transfer case and 5 ton military axles with Clark planetaries

TIRES: 66X43X25 inch Goodyear Terras

SUSPENSION: 10 leaf Fulton springs and 12 Monroe shocks

FEATURES: the rare Star body which the name comes from

TIME TO BUILD: 2 years

COST TO BUILD: $75,000.00

ACCIDENT: "It happened when I was racing along side the Stomper truck. He got out of shape and hit me in the right front. It actually snapped my frame and broke it in half."

Trading Cards

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

Picture from Jon Lenhardt in Syracuse 1989.

From Jon Lenhardt

I scanned these pictures from Magazines that I purchased.

I took these pictures with a video capture card from a TV show.

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