Grave Digger 5 (Aussie)

Grave Digger 5 (not be confused with the two American Grave Digger 5's) was a Chevy monster truck built in 1991 by Andreas Richardson out of Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia as a Aussie version of . The truck used a leafspring frame with coil shocks and tube chassis-style suspension, similar to in it's later years. The truck was sold in May 1994 to MTA Promotions out of Adelaide, South Australia who ran the truck with driver Skip Rodriguez out of Hobart, Tasmania until 1996 when the truck was sold to Canada and became the Bentley monster truck British Invasion. The truck currently runs in the United States as the truck Hot Rod Smasher.
The truck appeared at the USHRA's Abu Dhabi Challenge in 1993 with Andreas driving, and appeared at the same event in 1995 with himself driving.
The chassis was not painted green until 1992 due to a shortage of green paint (namely Benjamin Moore's Douglas Fir 2028-20 paint) in Tennant Creek.
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