THE RESPRAY AND BIG WHEELS ARE BARELY DIGGING A NAIL INTO THE FLOW-COATED SURFACE, BECAUSE PROGM8 HAS BEEN TOTALLY REBORN UNDERNEATH
WITH shitloads of detail and a stove-hot 355 from Flowcraft Race Engines, Frank Darmanin’s first incarnation of PROGM8 was more car than most of us will ever have in our sheds. Debuting in 2007, the VH SL/E became a staple of the show car circuit.
“I drove it a bit, but I didn’t get to race on a slick with the old engine,” Frank recounts. “Then I had a little mishap, so I tore it down and started again!” It takes proper ’nads to pull apart such an epic car to essentially start from scratch, but
