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ONNA, you bitch! Alf Pagano growlsas his HD spews green liquid like aSchoolies teenager after too muchMidori.

His old Holden thats Donna has come a long way from rusty family transport totwin-supercharged showstopper and the road tosuccess has tested his patience many times.

People name their cars so they dont feel stupidtalking to, and sometimes caressing, a lump ofmetal but it also helps in moments like these whena temperamental old girl blows her cool.

By the growing river of coolant and clouds ofsteam emanating from the front of the Holden we

know something has happened; we just dont knowhow bad it is because the bonnet release cable hassnapped.

Thats the problem with making the engine bayclean all the wiring and cables are hidden so you

cant get to them when they break, Alf says as he

tries to jimmy the bonnet open. Were gonna need abigger screwdriver, he adds, red-faced and lookinglike hes about to boil over too.

The story of Donna and the former panel-beaterbegins with a three-week rebuild Alf doesnt hangaround which transformed the HD into a show-worthy sedan via a set of jelly-bean mags and somepaint and panel work.

I never thought the car was good enough for

anything like that but my mates in the QueenslandHD and HR Club said to enter it at the ClubNationals, so I did and I won my class, the Brisbane-based builder says.

This first incarnation didnt last long a secondrebuild was called for after Alf crossed paths with a

wayward Datsun.The second build took six weeks, which was a

long rebuild. I had to do it cause I T-boned a Datsunon the way home from work one day the bloke

just pulled out in front of me.Alf decided to force-feed the stroked 192ci red

motor during this build, adding a single Toyota SC14Roots-type supercharger straddled by a 350cfmHolley.

It was his sons suggestion to add the secondblower which put Donna under the surgeons knife

for the comprehensive third rebuild. And put Alf onthe road to mechanical hell.

After the second build, the left-hand side of the

engine bay looked empty and my son said: Itd lookbetter with another charger there. So I put one in,

just to even things up a bit.This third rebuild added the all-white leather

interior and stereo/video systems, which Alfs

sons helped with. It was also when the droppedsuspension on HJ stub axles, discs and caliperswent in the front, with a VL four-link rear and17-inch wheels all around.

The second Toyota blower was mounted up on

custom brackets, with most of the labour of lovedone by Alf, in his shed.

Some people just pay others to build their carsbut to me thats not right. You have to do it yourself,he says.

The twin-charger theme looks killer in the enginebay but the set-up has created a multitude ofproblems that Alf and his mechanic mate BradPankhurst who did the engine work are still

trying to overcome.I had billet shafts made up for the chargers

after they broke on the dyno but then the belts keptsnapping, so now Im running a custom carbon-Teflon belt.

This belt doesnt snap but it can have the teethstripped if a supercharger locks up. Once thebonnet is open, thats what Alf finds has happened

in our overheating episode.So far weve reached 325rwhp on the dyno

with just over half throttle but that was before wesnapped the supercharger shafts.

The blowers force 10psi each into a Holden lumpthat features a Yella Terra stage 3 head, ceramic-topcrowned pistons, Starfire rods, 37/78 cam, a HolleyBlack fuel pump and high volume oil pump to keep

things wet.Most people say: What the fuck! when they see

it at shows but its been hard work getting it to thispoint and to run right, Alf says.

On the body side of things, the bonnet scoops

are from an HG Monaro, and there are customblinkers and round (instead of square) fog lights onthe front valance, all of which Alf crafted.

The paint is straight off the gun it hasnt beendenibbed or buffed and I did it myself. I got my twoboys, Pat and Eddie, to come up from Sydney tohelp me do the interior and audio system, which hasa seven-inch LCD screen in the dash and a 15-inch

screen in the boot.The car is pretty much how I want it now so I

dont think Ill change it; maybe just the paint. I likecruising and dont have to prove what my car can do,he says, then adds: but I will take it down the stripwhen its running right just to see what she can do.

Its been a rough ride with Donna plentyof heartache and compromise but like all

he second build took six weeks, which was a long rebuild. Ihad to do it cause I -boned a atsun

interior:You need sunglasses for the intwhich features stitched X2 logthe white leather that extends the seats and rear console to th no shoes allowed. The interwas completed by Alf and his sand Eddie who travelled from S

engine bay:The brake booster and wiper mlive under the dash. All the engwiring has hidden out of sight

until you need to get to it!

ALF PAGAN1965 LDEN D X2Colour: Sappstone custom blue

white pearl roof

ENGINEBrand: Holden 186ci red motor

192ci

Inlet: Custom alloy donuts and r

4bbl Holley manifold

Blowers: Toyota SC14 with billCarbs: Holley 350cfm x2

Head: YT stage 3, 1.5:1 roller ro

Camshaft: Watson Race 37/78Conrods: Starfire shot-peened

resized, ARP bolts

Pistons: ACL with HPC ceramiCrank: Stock, knife-edged and

Oil pump: High volumeCooling: Holden Blue motor jum

pump, triple-core radiator with

Exhaust: Two-inch ceramic-co

Fuel: Holley Black fuel pump

ANSMISSINGearbox: Toyota Celica steel ca

brass-button clutch

Diff: VL Commodore 3.3:6 ratio

SUSPENSIN & BAFront: HJ stub axlesRear: VL four-link, lowered

Brakes: HJ discs and calipers

LLING SCKRims: Dragway 17x7 (f), 17x8 Rubber: 205/40 (f), 215/40 (r)

ANKSBrad Pankhurst, Pat and Eddie P

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