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2009 Top Truck Challenge Competitor: Leroy Latham's 2008 Monster Buggy

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Leroy Latham's 2008 Monster Buggy
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2009 Top Truck Challenge Competitor: Leroy Latham's 2008 Monster Buggy

Golconda Anaconda

By Ken Brubaker
Photography by Ken Brubaker, Sean P. Holman

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Leroy Latham resides in Golconda, Nevada, where he kills time between trail rides by wrenching on other people's stuff (he's a mechanic). Apparently, he's pretty good at buggy building, too. This rear-engine two-seater is designed to slither through places like the Tank Trap with no problem. Will our seven events be simply the prey that Latham will crush?

Specifications
Owner name/city: Leroy Latham/Golconda, Nevada
Occupation: Mechanic
Vehicle model: 2008 monster buggy
Estimated value: N/A
Engine/aspiration: 460ci Ford V-8, EFI, custom headers, Dynatech mufflers
Transmission: C6, Broader Performance torque converter, dual coolers, TCI aluminum pan
Transfer case: NP205, twin stick
Suspension (f/r): Triangulated four-link, 16-in King remote-reservoir coilovers, King hydraulic bumpstops, limiting straps/triangulated four-link, 16-in King remote-reservoir coilovers, King hydraulic bumpstops, limiting straps
Axles (f/r): 2 1/2-ton Rockwell, Detroit Locker, full hydraulic steering/2 1/2-ton Rockwell, welded spiders, full hydraulic steering
Axle ratio: 6.72:1
Wheels: 20x12 Stazworks double beadlock
Tires: 54-in Mickey Thompson Baja Claw TTC

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