Corvette GT...It DID exist!!! Proof here!!!
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Re: Corvette GT...It DID exist!!! Proof here!!! (Redshark6974)
I have full color pictures of that car in one of my books, also the phase III Chevelle and 'maro. They all used the L-88, I'm fairly sure. (The 427 Version.) Very awesome cars.
Think they quartered in the 11's.
-Steve
Think they quartered in the 11's.
-Steve
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Re: Corvette GT...It DID exist!!! Proof here!!! (Redshark6974)
Type what they wrote on that....I can't read it. :D
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Re: Corvette GT...It DID exist!!! Proof here!!! (427V8)
Cept it's not a Corvette, it's a Baldwin Motion car...
Dep
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Re: Corvette GT...It DID exist!!! Proof here!!! (Dep)
:rofl: I'd do the same for you bud :cheers:
Of course we all know a real Baldwin car is worth more than an L88...
Of course we all know a real Baldwin car is worth more than an L88...
Cept it's not a Corvette, it's a Baldwin Motion car...
It's a factory Corvette modified by Baldwin Motion...so what??? I'd still cut off YOUR left nut to have one!!! :D
Dep
It's a factory Corvette modified by Baldwin Motion...so what??? I'd still cut off YOUR left nut to have one!!! :D
Dep
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Re: Corvette GT...It DID exist!!! Proof here!!! (427V8)
427V8: No disrespect to you or your left nad...I'd cut off mine to have a Nickey/Yenko/Baldwin car ANY day, as long as it was a 427!!! :yesnod: :yesnod: :yesnod: :yesnod: :yesnod:
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Re: Corvette GT...It DID exist!!! Proof here!!! (Pacin'California)
Thes were cars sold by Baldwin Chevrolet of Brooklyn, N.Y. They teamed up with Dyno tuner, drag racer and entrepreneur Joel Rosen who produced these along with the much more famous Baldwin/Motion Camaros. These were done by swapping in L72 427 crate motors and selling the L78 396 engines. Baldwin/Motion also produced 427SS Chevy II's and Chevelles. Rosen had a reputation as a dyno tuner supreme and racer so they wer very fast.
Motion sold 350 and 454 Vega swap kits well into the 70's after his relationship with Baldwin Chevrolet ended. He also sold the parts to make your own Corvette GT if you were so inclined.
If you think you have an original Baldwin/Motion car you can contact Joel and he'll confirm it... for a fee! Otherwise, he'll neither confirm or deny.
Since these were all modified after leaving the factory, I'm not sure these qualify as an original. However, "original" Baldwin/Motion cars are quite valuable and for that reason there are quite a few clones out there. Especially Baldwin Camaros.
GUSTO
Motion sold 350 and 454 Vega swap kits well into the 70's after his relationship with Baldwin Chevrolet ended. He also sold the parts to make your own Corvette GT if you were so inclined.
If you think you have an original Baldwin/Motion car you can contact Joel and he'll confirm it... for a fee! Otherwise, he'll neither confirm or deny.
Since these were all modified after leaving the factory, I'm not sure these qualify as an original. However, "original" Baldwin/Motion cars are quite valuable and for that reason there are quite a few clones out there. Especially Baldwin Camaros.
GUSTO
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Re: Corvette GT...It DID exist!!! Proof here!!! (GUSTO14)
GUSTO: What's really weird is even the clones go for big $$$$$!!!!!
If a clone is done well and is identical to looks and equipment like an original, it's not unusual to see them go for $30,000 and UP!!!
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
Dep
If a clone is done well and is identical to looks and equipment like an original, it's not unusual to see them go for $30,000 and UP!!!
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
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Re: Corvette GT...It DID exist!!! Proof here!!! (Dep)
Here's a COPO Camaro CLONE. Hang on to your socks when you see the PRICE!!! It's a nice car, but HOLY COW!!!!!
http://www.dealsonwheels.com/search/...-200309-000002
Dep
http://www.dealsonwheels.com/search/...-200309-000002
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Re: Corvette GT...It DID exist!!! Proof here!!! (Dep)
I dont get it its not real but the get real money. Its a shame motion went out of biz they made some cool cars. Not to mention they were about 1 1/2 miles from my home.
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Re: Corvette GT...It DID exist!!! Proof here!!! (78 Vette)
I dont get it its not real but the get real money. Its a shame motion went out of biz they made some cool cars. Not to mention they were about 1 1/2 miles from my home.
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Re: Corvette GT...It DID exist!!! Proof here!!! (Dep)
I think that all the time go back in a time machine or something lol. And then when you here all the stories about how they cut up allot of those cars. Makes a grown man want to cry :cry .
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Re: Corvette GT...It DID exist!!! Proof here!!! ('79ProwlerOrange)
My dad used to have a 69 Yanko Camaro w/a all aluminum 427. Car was purchased by a company called Smokey Unit. Low 10 sec car. Radio delete and heat delete w/all disc brakes, no drum. He used to race it in NY, NJ, Philly, and Delaware.
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Re: Corvette GT...It DID exist!!! Proof here!!! (Van Steel)
Not too long ago someone on here posted the pics of the GT car on here. I have the full color pics saved on my screen saver. Pretty cool car with Datsun headlights, slantback glass and firebird taillights.
EDIT: I found the link to all the pics I have on my computer. HA, they came from EBAY. Where else. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168
[Modified by Eddie 70, 8:25 AM 12/4/2003]
EDIT: I found the link to all the pics I have on my computer. HA, they came from EBAY. Where else. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168
[Modified by Eddie 70, 8:25 AM 12/4/2003]