Legendary paint job, the new breed of Grave Digger trucks where born.īack in 1981 a man called Dennis Anderson, decided he wanted to enter an Tennessee, they made a light-weight all fiberglass body patterned after a 1950 Chevrolet panel van. Working closely with a fiberglass company from With many trucks changing to fiberglass bodies, because of the trend moving from car crushing towards the speed aspect of the sport, Dennis decided he needed aįiberglass body on his truck. Dennis realized that with his all steel body & heavy suspension, that his truck was racing circuit with his new paint job his truck became a real crowdįavorite, by the end of 1988. When Dennis saw the trucks new look he immediately fell in love with it.Īfter competing in the M.T.R.A. Fred told Dennis to leave him alone with the truck for at least 18 hours, & if he didn't like the paint job he'd change it. They discussed the paint job & Dennis told Fred that he didn't like the idea of green flames on a black truck. In 1985 Dennis made aĪppointment with Fred Bumann of Norfolk, Virginia, an artist/auto painter. The Grave Digger truck became a feature attraction at the truck events. Dennis " The Wild Man" Anderson had entered the world of monster trucks.ĭennis, with his new found sport decided to build another Grave Digger truck, this time with a stronger chassis, Grave Digger two was born. He crushed the cars & the crowd went wild. Dennis went to the promoters & offered to do the job. Then one day at an event in 1984, the monster truck which was supposed to be appearing to crush some cars, failed to turn up. He also put a Chevy big-block engine located in the back of the truck. He changed the body style to what would be the standard body of all his later trucks, it was a 1951 Ford panel van. As he became more serious, he changed parts on his truck to make sure his truck stayed in the winning circle. He continued mud-bogging on the mud-bogging circuit for a couple of years. Dennis responded by telling his opponents: "I'll take this old junk, & dig your grave" he subsequently won the contest. When other competitors found out what he was doing, they laughed in his face, and told him that their new big expensive trucks would run him into the ground. Scrap yards, he used a corroded chassis of a 1951 Ford pickup,& a Chevy engine, he built himself his own mud-bogger. It was in this race that Dennis Anderson broke several ribs thatĬaused him recurring problems throughout his career.īack in 1981 a man called Dennis Anderson, decided he wanted to enter an upcoming mud-bog contest in his home town. Of a race between Grave Digger and Kodiak in 1992 at the Louisville Bigfoot Presents Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks
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