BIG DUMMY

Frank Schettini

OWNER: Frank Schettini VEHICLE: 1981 Chevy ENGINE: Chevy 454 cu.in. CARBURETION: 2 Predators atop a BDS 6-71 blower HORSEPOWER: 1,000 TRANSMISSION: Art Car TH400 RUNNING GEAR: 5 ton Rockwell military axles TIRES: 66X43X25 inch Goodyear Terras SUSPENSION: double Rancho leafs, and 4 RS7000 Rancho shocks on each corner. FEATURES: Shaved door handles, mirror mounts, fuel tank door, hood, and tail gate. Suicide doors, Bushwacker fender flairs, fiberglass bed cap, and roll cage. $50,000.00, 2,600 watt Pioneer stereo with 10 tweeters, 8 six inch midranges and 8 sixteen inch woofers, 8 power amps, a cassette deck and 6 disc CD player. Full raise body, 12 KC Daylighters and a 12,000 lb. Warn winch. COST TO BUILD: $85,000.00 for the truck, $135,000.00 with the stereo.

From Frank Schettini

	This shows how the double spring set up looked. The upper spring has the shackle at the rear and the lower spring's shackle was at the front. This design allowed the axle to pivot between the springs upon impact and use the suspension travel.

Don Sheehey sent me these 3 shots.

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