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Rod Litzau |
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OWNER: Everett Jasmer of Spring Lake Park, Minn. VEHICLE: 1988 Chevy Silverado ENGINE: 572 cu.in. Chevy high nickel content alloy racing block CARBURETION: 3 Predators atop a polished 8-71 BDS blower and a custom 16 line nitrous oxide system HORSEPOWER: 1,000 TRANSMISSION: TH400 RUNNING GEAR: ProFab transfer case, and 5 ton Rockwell military axles, the rear doesn't steer, but they had a steering axle that could be installed in 3 hours SUSPENSION: 7 leafs and 16 Rugged Trail Nitro Cell gas shocks TIRES: 66x43x25 inch Goodyear Terras FEATURES: 5 KC Daylighters, Warn reflection front bumper, Warn winch, home built roll cage, roll bar, and on board fire extinguishers. WEIGHT: 11,500 lbs. HEIGHT: 11 feet 7 inches WIDTH: 11 feet 5 inches COST TO BUILD: $150,000.00 Rod Litzau drove the truck to be the very first World Champion of the Renegade/ TNT Motor Sports Tour of 1988. I saw the truck and met Rod in Raleigh, NC. May 7, 1989
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Mike Fussa sent me this picture. |
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Luis Vera from Puerto Rico. I reside in Orlando, FL. |
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USA-1 flipped while capturing the 1988 points championship. Early in 1989 during an exhibition show the truck flipped again. After a couple weeks it flipped a 3rd time. Then it hit a brick wall twice. Then flipped a 4th and 5th time, then lightly laid it over for the 6st, then a violent 7th time. The count goes on but I stopped counting. The truck was just too fast for the suspension at the time, even though it had one of the best suspensions in the business. |
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This is a model I built for Army Armstrong. It was built right out of the box. I had to hand paint the hood as the kit didn't have a decal for that. |
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