whoo hoo got it on the first try!

 

What was the last year for the special Balwin Motion Vettes? I see that they did a Chevelle (with L88) in '73. Any Vettes then or later?

tom...

 

71coupe

The car in your first pics. should be shown on the cover in color Red w/ black stripe, think you should show the cover pic., looks even better in color !

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IxIx DRAGON xIxI

Would look great ! Think about blue metallic main stripe w/ black thin. A model is a good way to do it if you can not visualize it. Have run a racing stripe on the street, not again, too much attention.

:cool:

 

Dragon,

I think your car looks great just the way it is. Leave it alone. Of course, getting another one to paint in the BM theme would be neat. I always have liked that paint scheme.

Doesn't Bamavettes have a Baldwin Motion car?

 

Yea,
The old Baldwin Motion shop is located on Sunrise highway, Baldwin L.I. N.Y. across from the Baldwin LIRR train station. That's where the test runs were done!! (Sunrise Highway). Now, there is a place called SpeedWorld.com located there and a Thrifty Muffler type shop. Pass by it every day on the way too work. I also use to hang there during my HS days. An old buddy of mine back then, purchased a new 1971, Camaro from Baldwin Chevy, (now a CVS) and ordered it with the Baldwin Motion Option for the Phase III setup. It was available as an option from that particular dealer during that time era. Mack Markowitz Olds in Hempstead N.Y. also offered a Motion Performance Option for their cars. I believe BM offers a service of authenticating their Phase I,II and III cars for a fee. Probably through vins. They weren't just Vettes and Camaros. So if ya think ya have one, check with them at their website, posted on previous replys. I have an article with pics somewhere around with the owner of the old Baldwin Motion (Joel Rosen talking with Zora.) I'll post pic if I can locate it. Memories!! 71 Coup, I'd appreciate it if you could E-Mail those pics of the BM cars/atricles. Thanks, L8TER, Paul.

 

THERE WAS ONE FOR SALE AT CARLISE: $150k

 

Dellanex - It's either Bamavettes or someone else on this forum. It's a dark blue car with the hood and the wheels, but not the rear window or the stiped paint scheme - I think? :confused:

 

Hi everyone, Did anyone see this car at Carlisle under the tent. It was bad behind. It was totally original and it was selling for $150K. An older couple owned it. It was so funny, they were sitting in lawn chairs and the man was doing a crossword puzzle while his wife was knitting. Can you image... going to Carlisle to sit and wait to sell your Corvette for a cool $150k. :yesnod:

 

Did anyone take a picture of this Motion Corvette at Carlisle? What color was it? The old 1967 Motion sponsored drag car called Ko-Motion was there. Anyone see it and/or take pictures? I collect Motion pictures and info. thanks

 

Yes, saw it. Remember it well from all the magazines at that time. There's a great 2 1/2 page story about the car and the original owner (killed in Vietnam) in the 2001 Corvettes at Carlisle Programme that was handed out at the gate.

Got pictures. If they turn out all right, I'll post them.

 

Some one asked where the yellow and black striped Motion Vette is and what it is worth? I don't know what the owner paid to get the car back. But as recent as a couple of years ago, Popular Hot Rodding, I think was the magazine, did an article on that car. It was shot below the front of the Memphis Belle, a famous WWII B-17. The article stated that the creator Joel Rosen ( not sure of the last name) owner had bought back the car. It has a big block under the hood I believe and a sports an overdrive unit to help with gas mileage due to the tall rear end gear set. You can still find Baldwin Motion ads occasionally in the back of Popular Hot Rodding advertising parts for sale. Joel is still alive and kicking. He still has many of the molds for the Phase III vette stuff and the parts are still available for a lofty premium price. I fell in love with the Motion Vettes while looking through old early 70's magazines looking for ads for my 73 when I purchased it Dec of 99. I contacted Joel and inquired about the Phase III hood. It runs around $1,200! That would be 1/3 of the purchase price of my car, which is an unwrecked virgin bodied L-48 coupe that was stripped of the paint and in need of mechanicals, with a sweet interior at the time I purchased it. I also asked about the rear gas cap. I think that was priced around $250. I bought a similiar one that was supposed to have been on an Indy car for $50 at Charlotte last spring, that needs TLC and polishing. I currently have my car in gel coat, but with a similiar style Motion "T" stripe with a phunky geometric patterned lace laid over the medium blue base color stripe. Rather than run the expensive Motion Phase III hood, I have opted to buy Ecklers "Stinger " hood or that same style hood from Vancour. The reason is because my car sports a tri-power induction system on a small block mill. I will cross the '67 factory hood stripe, with the Motion "T" stripe. Now that the summer project of engine rebuild is almost complete, with the final bugs to work out, the body work and paint are the next major hurdle to overcome.
Baldwins are...poetry in Motion!
"Teach"

The KO Motion Vette was a dark candy apple style red or maroon looking color with gold lettering

I also vaguely remember seeing a blue Motion Vette with a triangular white strip that went down the side of the car with hooker style side pipes. I'm reasonably sure the car was later than 73 because I recall it had a chamfered back end indicative of 74 and later C3's

There were several versions of the "T" stripe on the Motion Vettes. One style is "T" style like on the vette at the top of the page. There was the later "T" version stripe that extended forward in a huge triangle, which I think looks pretty gaudy, and there was an in between version that extended forward from the rear portion of the "T" stripe, but was long, narrow and arched parallel to the top of the quarter panels. It was kinda neat, but I like the simple "T" stripe style best, though I like having the quarter panel section of the stripe wider than the original Motion cars. Mine ends at the front edge of the rear side marker light, about where my chrome bumper ends.

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Anyone???

 

1974. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=144493

 

Can anyone tell me if those fastback windows were available as an after-market add on?

Reason I'm asking is there's a 1969 parked alongside a country road here in Virginia, it's been for sale for years. I went and looked at it about 3 years ago out of curiousity. It had that same identical flat fastback, and I've never seen one before. I just assumed it was Bubba's work to cover up a rear-end collision, and never looked back. The seller wanted $7500 for the car.

 

There was no Phase I or Phase II Motion cars. The Phase III name was used for the high end package but you did not have to get a full Phase III. You could have ordered the car built to your own spec. The last year for a Baldwin Motion car was 1972 because Baldwin was closed or sold. Motion continued to build cars (buying from other Chevy Dealers) until the Gov. shut him down in 1974. Motion still built cars for export and racing after 1974. This is according to info collected so far. We are working on a new Motion web site and are looking for info and stories about Motion Performance. Here is a pic of a real 1969 Motion Phase III GT with documentation from Joel Rosen "Mr. Motion"

 

that looks like a Datsun from the front.the rest is very :cool:

 

71coupe
could you please send the article to my mail?
erestivo@velocom.com.ar
Thanks
Gary

 

The KO-Motion 67 Corvette drag car was at Carlisle. It was built by Motion and Astoria Chas. He was killed in Viet Nam and the car is supposed to be in same condition since 1969. here is a small story on it
http://www.carsatcarlisle.com/corv2001/chips.htm

 

Joe 58 - Nice pics of that Phase III. Do you have any photos of the rear?
(specifically of the rear window)

 

thejaf,
Those fastback conversions were available from Motion for many years. My wife found one of those cars in Austin a few years ago, and I called Joel Rosen at Motion and spoke with him about it. He said that the VAST majority of the cars running around with the body kits were NOT Motion cars, just cars with Motion kits. He has records of the originals and will verify one for something like $1000 plus expenses.
You are also most likely correct about the Bubba rear end repair. Evidently the kits were alot cheaper than replacement parts to make it original so some cars that were damaged in the rear were converted to save money on repairs, same with the front end.
The car my wife found was a '68 with the matching numbers 327-350HP engine and 4-speed. Needed a little work, and the guy wanted WAY too much money for it, then it was hit by a truck driver who fell asleep at the wheel, and disappeared into an insurance settlement. Would have liked to have bought that one as a toy.
Jeff