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Frankenbuggy
Misty Crice
Alex started his first 4wd buggy build in 2008. The
original plan for “Frankenbuggy” was Leaf springs
front and rear, half ton axles, running 35’s. However
that vision changed quickly. Frank hincorporated a 7
and a half foot snorkel, for the days he wants to get a
little deeper into the mud & water action. The buggy
sorts a wheelbase of 116” and going 8’4’’ in width.
Then a 500hp, 408 ci Chevy small block with an atomic
EFI system powers this over 3 ton buggy.
Axles are 2 1/2 ton Rockwell’s with welded gears
front and rear, hemmit wheels, internal double beadlocks and the rubber was upgraded to custom, cut
54” Mickey Thompson TTC Baja Claws. The power runs
thru a sm465 4 speed tranny mated to a Chevy np205
twin stick. One link “graderball” suspension front and
rear with homebuilt 25 1/2” travel shocks dapening
the front and Tuff country 8,000’s out back. A Warn
mil9000 electric winch sits up front and a 15,000lb
PTO winch handles the action out back. Topped off
with a 10” Extreme LEDs, for running at night.
Alex’s whole family loves off roading and racing, at
an early age than most, he was introduced to this lifestyle. Two weeks after Alex’s birth, a close friend of his
Father’s, Harold Emery, gave Alex his first buggy ride
in his VW powered rail buggy. Equipped with just a tee
pipe exhaust, this buggy ride showed that Alex was
a natural, he was soundly asleep well before the ride
was finished.
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April 2014