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terrain. Swamp buggies may be purpose-built buggies or vehicles modified to traverse swamp terrain. Swamp buggies are capable of traveling through or over deep mud and water, moderately dense vegetation, and rough terrain possibly including logs and stumps. They may also be capable of floating in
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Though swamp buggy design varies greatly, there are two basic types. The "Glades Buggy", originally a Model A frame with large rear tires, sits lower and resembles a jeep in build. The "Palm Beach Buggy", a type developed in the northern
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Another tradition started in 1957. The winner grabbed the "swamp buggy queen", the wife of the winner, and threw her into the mud with her dress on. Ever since then, it is a tradition for the winner and the queen to jump into the mud pit together.
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Swamp buggy races were invented in 1949, when a parade through Naples was held and at the end of the parade, the men went to the mud to test their buggies with the crowd watching. Swamp buggy races are now held annually in Naples.
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in the 1930s and 1940s. Aircraft tires from war surplus often found their way onto swamp buggies in the 1940s and 1950s. Tractor tires commonly used in commercial agriculture became the norm during the 1980s. The state of
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