{"id":2213,"date":"2012-06-19T14:01:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T21:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/?p=2213"},"modified":"2012-06-22T08:49:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T15:49:36","slug":"57-in-1997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/2012\/06\/19\/57-in-1997\/","title":{"rendered":"’57 in 1997"},"content":{"rendered":"

I ran across this old photo today taken by Jeff Dykes at the top end of the track @ SIR (Pacific Raceways)\u00a0in 1997. The car had our old hood scoop on it then that worked as well as our Aero-type scoop. – Roger<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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’57 in 1997 @ SIR at top end of the track<\/p><\/div>\n

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Speaking of being bored, I scanned a couple slides from around 1973 of the Fallnationals at SIR for nostalgia<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Fallnationals at SIR, circa 1973<\/p><\/div>\n

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Going back even further in the archives, I found this slide of our ’57 at Puyallup in approximately 1973:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Our ’57 at Puyallup in approximately 1973<\/p><\/div>\n

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Here’s a shot of our 1st Modified Production short block. It was 292 cubic inches (+.060 283) with JE<\/em> 11:5 pistons, Crankshaft Company<\/em> fully counterweighted crankshaft, Howard<\/em> 5.7″ aluminum rods, Racer Brown<\/em> R-66 roller cam, 2.02 straight-plug FI heads, and Harland-Sharp<\/em> roller rockers.\u00a0 We’ve come a long way since then!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Our first Modified Production motor, early 70’s<\/p><\/div>\n

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And here’s the car back in those early days in F\/MP trim when it was ground-towed [UGH!] :<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Early F\/MP days. 292 SBC, 4-speed, 10″ slicks, leaf springs<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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