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Nov 25, 2014 | 03:51 PM

#21

Postal123

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Any ideas what that hump is to the left of the scoop?

Agreed, that '68 Mark II looks great! For a street car, I prefer the subtle (no striped) look.

Nov 25, 2014 | 04:02 PM

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The13Bats

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Originally Posted by Postal123

Any ideas what that hump is to the left of the scoop?

Agreed, that '68 Mark II looks great! For a street car, I prefer the subtle (no striped) look.

It's a tach...some others cars Pontiac had them factory...Whitney sold aftermarket ones for years....

Nov 25, 2014 | 05:00 PM

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Postal123

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That's what I figured, but it doesn't seem like a worthwhile mod on a vette since so much dash space is dedicated to a tach...? I was hoping for a monster Z-bar extension to handle all that extra oomph!

Nov 25, 2014 | 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Postal123

I used to think these were used on cars that didn't have tachs in the dash but that's not the case, but it might have been to run an electric tach in the era of cars with dizzy drive tachs

Nov 25, 2014 | 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by The13Bats

I used to think these were used on cars that didn't have tachs in the dash but that's not the case, but it might have been to run an electric tach in the era of cars with dizzy drive tachs

That's a great point I never thought of. In fact, Joel may have made mods to certain engines that used a totally different distributor therefore requiring a new tach.

Nov 25, 2014 | 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ed427vette

That's a great point I never thought of. In fact, Joel may have made mods to certain engines that used a totally different distributor therefore requiring a new tach.

You nailed it!!!
He did...I recall that big old brain box of the then state of the art electronic ignition thing Mr Motion added...it had "motion
Phase" decal on it, when whitney sold it it said something else I have one laying around somewhere...

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Nov 25, 2014 | 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by gbvette62

I just took a quick look at some of my old issues of "High-Performance Cars" magazine. High-Performance Cars was based in NYC, so they had easy access to both Motion Performance and Baldwin Motors. They regularly featured Motion Corvettes, Camaros, Novas, Chevelles and Impalas, as well as using Motion's shop for many of their tech articles.

Every Corvette I saw in the magazines, with a Motion hood, had the scoop opened up. I can post a few pictures from Cars tonight or tomorrow, if you'd like.

That would be GREAT! Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov 25, 2014 | 09:20 PM

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Postal123

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Very cool! Now thinking of a new CD box and leather wrapped steering wheel for under $100! The marketing blurp is pretty cool too...I think you'd be sued these days for such claims...?