did not get very far with abe.... it runs and all but not able to read anything
NameError: global name 'sifcoin_hash' is not defined

it's running now on a node I made but returns nothing obviously, i now understnad what Graham meant when he said it may be impossible since difining sifcoin_hash is not so straightforward as in other proof of work coins..... I will think it over if i come up with something clever will let you know....

The supporting sifcoin-hash module is https://github.com/gjhiggins/sifcoin-hash and on PyPi: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sifcoin-hash/1.0.2