FRANK PANA 1971 VH VALIANT CHARGER 770

Colour: 1969 F6 Dodge Bright Green

DONK

Type: Chrysler 426 Hemi Inlet: Barton single-plane Carb: Custom Holley Dominator Heads: Ported Indy Legend aluminium, Stage V rollers, ARP studs, Cometic gaskets Valves: 2.25in (in), 1.92in (ex), PAC springs, Manley titanium retainers Cam: Custom Bullet solid-roller, 270/280@.050 duration, .720/.680 lift Pistons: Diamond forged, Speed Pro rings Crank: Bryant billet 4.5in-stroke, ARP studs, crossbolted mains Conrods: Saenz forged H-beam Radiator: Griffin aluminium, Holden V8 twin thermo fans, CSR electric water pump Exhaust: TTI 2.25in headers, 3.5in SS system, down to 3in with dual Magnaflow mufflers Ignition: MSD Digital 6, leads and locked distributor, crank trigger Power/torque: 815hp/770lb-ft at the motor

SHIFT

’Box: 727 Torqueflite, billet steel drum, Griner billet valvebody, aftermarket clutches & steels Converter: UCC 5000rpm stall Diff: Dana 60, 35-spline Detroit locker, full-floating hubs, Watt’s link

BENEATH

Front end: HDK custom K-frame Shocks: QA1 coil-overs, double adjustable Steering: Manual rack-and-pinion Brakes: Wilwood four-piston calipers and discs (f), Nissan Skyline calipers and Commodore discs (r)

ROLLING STOCK

Rims: Center Line Auto Drag; 15x6 (f), 15x12 (r) Rubber: Nankang 205/75/15 (f), M/T 29x13.5x15 (r)

THANKS

Rod Marinucci at Plum Crazy Racing; Linton Carter; Tony Kamarinos at TJ Wreckers; Rod Harlow at Rodders Inc; George at KB Restorations; George Germanos, Manny Marko & Mike Vovos; Darren ‘Ed’ Spalding; Shane at Soda Blast; Denny Laube; Mark at Dynamic Trimming; Lenny at UCC; Jamie at Full Flight Engineering; Pia for her patience, spannerpassing and motivation!

SECOND COMING: This isn’t the first time Frank’s Charger has graced these pages. When we featured it way back in SM, Oct/ Nov ’93, there was a 360 small-block under the bonnet and it was painted turquoise. It was a big hit at the time, as not many...