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Grave Digger has really changed through the years. Sometimes having its ups and down through out the years. The very first truck was created in 1981... the year I was born. The cost of any monster truck is a lot... the reason they don't flip them when they are just starting out. The cost can be close to $250,000 and that is with parts to fix it if needed. The engine alone costs $50,000.
Back in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, Dennis Anderson created the monster we know today. Anderson pieced together his machine from old parts of discarded vehicles. The original "mud-bogging" truck was supported by the corroded chassis of a 1951 Ford pickup and ran on a high-performance Chevy engine. Although his competitors had the advantage of high-tech equipment, Anderson boasted to them "I'll take this old junk and dig you a grave." With these words the legend of Grave Digger was born.
