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2009 Top Truck Challenge Competitor: Tracy Graf's 2007 Hendrix Off Road Buggy

The Corner Office
By Ken Brubaker
Photography by Ken Brubaker, Sean P. Holman
2007 Hendrix Buggy With Drivers
The Hendrix cagework is quite... 
   
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2007 Hendrix Buggy With Drivers
The Hendrix cagework is quite stout-13/4-inch DOM tubing, and all chassis components are powdercoated. Fifty four-inch Boggers wrapped around 20x14 Stazworks double beadlocks comprise rolling stock, and a Warn 9.5Xp sits up front in the unlikely event this rig needs an extra pull.
2007 Hendrix Buggy Rear Axle
Bringing up the rear is the... 
   
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2007 Hendrix Buggy Rear Axle
Bringing up the rear is the same 6061/7075 aluminum four-link arrangement found up front, along with the 16-inch King coilovers and Light Racing JounceShocks. The addition of PSC rear steer makes turning the 54-inch Boggers mounted at each end of the Rockwell deuce-and-a-half a heck of a lot easier.
2007 Hendrix Buggy Front Axle
The Hendrix's front suspension... 
   
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2007 Hendrix Buggy Front Axle
The Hendrix's front suspension resembles the Road Kill's, with an aluminum four-link and 2 1/2-inch King coilover setup delivering up to 16 inches of suspension travel. The Rockwell 2 1/2-ton axle is locked by Detroit, shafted by Ouverson, and engaged by a Fabworks driveshaft, which in turn is slowed by a Wilwood pinion brake.
2007 Hendrix Buggy Engine
Very, very clean. Under the... 
   
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2007 Hendrix Buggy Engine
Very, very clean. Under the custom aluminum hood sits a 427ci World Products Motown race-trim V-8 topped by a Holley 950 TBI kit and K&N filter, with an Optima RedTop and MSD coil and distributor on board for electrical duties. The 570hp engine feeds power to a reverse manual-valve-bodied TH350, which in turn drives a Lo-Max 3:1-geared NP205 transfer case.
2007 Hendrix Buggy Interior
The buggy's interior is simple... 
   
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2007 Hendrix Buggy Interior
The buggy's interior is simple and straightforward: Grant GT steering wheel, Art Carr shift gate, Auto Meter Phantom gauges, and Corbeau seats with four-point harnesses.

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