'57 Chevy Rochester Fuel Injection

Pete L · 05-02-2020, 12:58 PM

If you ever go to the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles, it is well worth paying a few extra bucks to take a tour of the vault. They have an original 57 Chevy “Black Widow” drag car that was in the vault when we went through a couple of years ago. The Black Widows were built by SEDCO with “back-door” funding from Chevrolet and this particular car was diverted from NASCAR to drag racing where it ran in G/Stock.

https://www.petersen.org/blog/2018/5...et-black-widow

Garry Dearn · 05-02-2020, 02:35 PM

Just read the info on the Black Widow '57 Chev.Wrong info on the engine Specs! Solid Lifter F.I. engine was rated 283 H.P.-not 250! 250H.P. engine had hydraulic lifters.

Greg Reimer 7376 · 05-04-2020, 10:38 AM

Way back when, I lived in Temple City, Calif, and it was a quiet working stiff community but also there were a lot of car people around. We used to see an older gentleman driving a red 57 Bel Air sports sedan, that was the 4 door pillar less hardtop. This one was red, white top, and original right down to the hubcaps. The real draw was that both front fenders had large crossed flag emblems and the rare as could be Fuel Injection badges. It had the Powerglide trans in it, so it would have been the 283/250 horse motor. When discussing that car at work one day, a sales manager told us that several were built for salesmen's demonstrator cars. They were fairly decked out with options for back then and had lots of extra trim options.Seemed like over the years, a lot of car guys that I knew had seen that car running around, nobody had any luck trying to buy it. Hope somebody eventually got it and gave it a good home.

Frank Castros · 05-04-2020, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete L

If you ever go to the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles, it is well worth paying a few extra bucks to take a tour of the vault. They have an original 57 Chevy “Black Widow” drag car that was in the vault when we went through a couple of years ago. The Black Widows were built by SEDCO with “back-door” funding from Chevrolet and this particular car was diverted from NASCAR to drag racing where it ran in G/Stock.

https://www.petersen.org/blog/2018/5...et-black-widow

OMG, too cool.

05-02-2020, 12:58 PM	#1
Pete L Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Surrey BC Canada Posts: 16 Likes: 415 Liked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Re: '57 Chevy Rochester Fuel Injection If you ever go to the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles, it is well worth paying a few extra bucks to take a tour of the vault. They have an original 57 Chevy “Black Widow” drag car that was in the vault when we went through a couple of years ago. The Black Widows were built by SEDCO with “back-door” funding from Chevrolet and this particular car was diverted from NASCAR to drag racing where it ran in G/Stock. https://www.petersen.org/blog/2018/5...et-black-widow

05-02-2020, 02:35 PM	#2
Garry Dearn Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Lasalle,Quebec,Canada Posts: 12 Likes: 3 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: '57 Chevy Rochester Fuel Injection Just read the info on the Black Widow '57 Chev.Wrong info on the engine Specs! Solid Lifter F.I. engine was rated 283 H.P.-not 250! 250H.P. engine had hydraulic lifters.

05-04-2020, 10:38 AM	#3
Greg Reimer 7376 VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora,Calif. Posts: 1,137 Likes: 172 Liked 719 Times in 220 Posts	Re: '57 Chevy Rochester Fuel Injection Way back when, I lived in Temple City, Calif, and it was a quiet working stiff community but also there were a lot of car people around. We used to see an older gentleman driving a red 57 Bel Air sports sedan, that was the 4 door pillar less hardtop. This one was red, white top, and original right down to the hubcaps. The real draw was that both front fenders had large crossed flag emblems and the rare as could be Fuel Injection badges. It had the Powerglide trans in it, so it would have been the 283/250 horse motor. When discussing that car at work one day, a sales manager told us that several were built for salesmen's demonstrator cars. They were fairly decked out with options for back then and had lots of extra trim options.Seemed like over the years, a lot of car guys that I knew had seen that car running around, nobody had any luck trying to buy it. Hope somebody eventually got it and gave it a good home.