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Part of the issue was that the Canadian/US border is still closed to "non-essential" travel. The Northwest Nostalgia Tour have quite a few members in BC.

UPDATE: The event has been cancelled. very disappointing Paul

Joel: I have been in contact with Dean's sister Diana and we have been talking. The track is still working on details. What I know so far is this is an invitation only race (we have been invited), it takes place on Saturday, July 4th (one day race), we will be racing starting late...

Joel, there is going to be racing on their road course during the day on Saturday. Drag racing will start late afternoon/early evening. I don't think anything is going on, for us, on Friday.

Here is the link to Pacific Raceway's Rules

I talked with the track Monday and they are planning only racing Saturday and that will be in the evening. They will open up for early parking starting Thursday. Perfect chance for Joel to visit family and Dave and Marina to vacation in the NW.

The rules for a street car are pretty simple. You have to have a seatbelt and your battery has to be held in place with the factory old down. No leaking fluid is a must too.

Cashguzzler you are very close. You should bring the ole girl out, I know you can better that 18.5 ET. I'm going to need a head count pretty soon for the track so let me know. Paul

Welllll, it is only a 1 day event. It sounds like it is an Nostalgia Exhibition event to celebrate their 60th anniversary. As soon as I get more information I will post it.

Yesterday I received a call from Pacific Raceways in Kent, Washington, home of the NHRA Northwest Nationals. This year is their 60th Anniversary, July 4th to be exact, and they have asked if we can bring our 348-409 race cars to be in their NW Nostalgia Tour Exhibition on July 4th. They are...

Most of the systems come with shims to make the needed adjustments

My current system does work well but there is less to go wrong with the hydraulic system. I've had linkage springs break, clutch rods break and clutch forks bind. I have piece together clutch forks, fork balls and rod lengths to match my Quick Time bellhousing and clutch so I get the right...

Hello Everyone and happy new year. I have been thinking of converting my clutch linkage setup (stock) to a hydraulic clutch system. As most of you know I drag race my '62 and was wondering if any of you racers have done this conversion. If you have how is it working out for you? American...

Thank you for the birthday wishes. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Cheers to the New Year, 2020

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