POSSIBLE BALDWIN MOTION? on CL
Burning Brakes
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From: Cortlandt Manor New York
That is not a Motion Performance paint job that I have ever seen. Also the 350 small block was not used by Motion. It looks like a typical 70's custom paint job. It was quite the thing back in the day.
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From: Eustis ( Area 51 Bat Cave ) Fl
Well...that car looks like a zillion other 70's custom c3's to me the rear is the very common Ecklers GT rear with L-88 flares...yep, Motion bought those from Ecklers for their Phase cars....it costs a fair amount to get mr motion to doc a car and pretty much all have been found...
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Safety Car
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From: Belmar NJ
Only 4-5 missing Phase III Gt's out of all produced between 1969 through 1971 or 2 (going from memory here, too lazy to look it up). Good start to a clone though. Just need a nose and hood (and a paint job). If anybody here buys it, let me know.
it could use paint and some wheels 
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From: Eustis ( Area 51 Bat Cave ) Fl
Lots of people have an "opinion" when something like this pops up, how many were built how many are left how many are lost...all opinion not fact....
In this case I have seen too much posted over the years to believe anything besides Mr Motion docs that include DMV docs
In this case I have seen too much posted over the years to believe anything besides Mr Motion docs that include DMV docs
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It's my understanding they can account for all the Motion cars except one. One of the mags -- can't recall whether it was Corvette Fever or Vette -- did an article a while back on the Motion cars. One burned and is confirmed to be gone. The other nine or ten are known to exist; one of the cars is missing.
Joel Rosen has records of the cars he built. Send your VIN to him, pay his fee ($1500 I believe, non-refundable) and he will confirm whether your car is one of his.
The CL car is not the missing one.
Joel Rosen has records of the cars he built. Send your VIN to him, pay his fee ($1500 I believe, non-refundable) and he will confirm whether your car is one of his.
The CL car is not the missing one.
Last edited by Easy Mike; Jul 21, 2010 at 10:53 AM.
Racer
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From: Pensacola Fla
Don't think it is,just by the photos,check out Alan 71's posting earlier today with Kevin McKays Motion Phase 111 car.As I remember it back in the day you could buy parts from Motion to install on your car.
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From: Stafford VA
It's my understanding they can account for all the Motion cars except one. One of the mags -- can't recall whether it was Corvette Fever or Vette -- did an article a while back on the Motion cars. One burned and is confirmed to be gone. The other nine or ten are known to exist; one of the cars is missing.
Joel Rosen has records of the cars he built. Send your VIN to him, pay his fee ($1500 I believe, non-refundable) and he will confirm whether your car is one of his.
The CL car is not the missing one.
Joel Rosen has records of the cars he built. Send your VIN to him, pay his fee ($1500 I believe, non-refundable) and he will confirm whether your car is one of his.
The CL car is not the missing one.
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Growing up in the 60s/70s I always thought that when you bought acid that there should have been a warning label with the blotter saying "Warning Do Not Paint Your Corvette After Ingestion! and just because it's brown doesn't make it all bad".