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    BARRA THE CHARGER

    Nov 10, 2021 4 minutes
    WORDS DENNIS PUKALLUS WITH JAMES SECHER​
    PHOTOS
    JAMES SECHER & OWNER

    Resto file

    ORIGINAL CAR 1972 VH CHARGER

    LENGTH OF RESTORATION 5 YEARS

    My name is Dennis Pukallus and this is my 1972 VH Charger. Myson, Shane, and I built this car together. He’s the fabricator and I was the body man. It took me about five years. His job was over in a couple of weeks. It wasn’t on my mind to do the engine swap, but Shane had thought about it for a while. I just wanted fuel injection, rack and pinion steering and better brakes, because these things are pretty woeful in the brakes department. He turned around and said, “how much is all that going

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