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​THE BOB PATERSON 57 RACE CAR

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This special 1957 fuel injection Corvette, vin #5346 was a fuel injection , 4 speed car since birth. Only 766 cars had the special 283/283hp engines. Southern California original owner Wayne Brown raced the car at Paramont Ranch and Pomona in 1957.

Wayne sold the car to Corvette collector and Historian Mike Philsbury in 1986. Noted 57 collector Frank Buck from 
Gettysburg , Pennsylvania bought the car, and before he could restore it BOB PATTERSON, West Coast racer and former owner of the original Grand Sport # 003 purchased and restored the car to NCRS and  BLOOMINGTON GOLD standards.

Bob  received the BLOOMINGTON GOLD AWARD IN 1991 and the SPECIAL COLLECTION AWARD in 1994. Bob has been vintage racing the car these last 21 years at west coast venues including MONTEREY HISTORIC, SONOMA SEARS POINT, PORTLAND, SEATTLE and CORONADO SAN DIEGO. 
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above photo was at the 50 anniversay Corvette celebration at Monterey Historic in August 2002 at LAGUNA SECA RACEWAY. Race history goes back to Paramont Ranch and Pomona in 1957.

​TWO COMPLETE DRIVELINES are with the car. Original 1957 fuel injection 4960 unit and 548 block and a later race engine by SHAVER SPECIALTIES. TWO 4 speed transmissions and many other parts. Call Bob for details in Northern California Pacific Time zone please,  at 650-208-9169, or contact Jim at jim@vettefinderjim.com or 909-557-4870 cell Central time.