1972 Baldwin Motion Corvette Phase III - SOLD

[LolaonWheels]

1972 Baldwin Motion Corvette Phase III

Documented survivor. Motion invoice, letters of correspondence btwn original owner and Joel Rosen and 2011 Certification letter from Joel.

One-family owned car. Survivor and unrestored. Original drivetrain with 28,500 original miles. Ontario Orange with black interior. No striping. Currently not-running and has been in garage storage. Options include: Phase III 454 open chamber engine with aluminum heads, Hooker heads / side exhaust, Hone overdrive, street cam, high RPM shut off, electric pumps, traction bar and Koni shocks, power brakes, power steering, am/fm stereo, HD Turbo Transmission w/ sure shift (& modified governor for ZL), 4:88 posi-traction rear, high rise manifold and 850 carb and Phase III hood. Car invoice was $11,067.00 in 1972. Pictures can be supplied upon request or at a later time. Asking $90,000. Serious parties only please. Please send all inquiries to [email protected].

Please note the correction made to mileage from 25,500 to 28,500, typographical error. Also, the entire car was repainted the Ontario Orange in the 70's for reasons unknown.

Update 7/17/11: As of this morning, I accepted an offer. Thanks so much for your interest in the car.

[Bill Pritchard]

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[GenOne]

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[Fast67VelleN2O]

Another one? AWESOME! Great price to boot.

[lwkitt427]

SURE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE PIC'S

[x Baldwin Motion]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: lwkitt427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">SURE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE PIC'S </div></div>

I would like to see the photos of any body mods in 72.

[John]

.... Wow <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/drool.gif

...That didn't take long ... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif

[Dave Rifkin]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: John</div><div class="ubbcode-body">.... Wow <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/drool.gif

...That didn't take long ... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif </div></div>

Yea, and we never even got to see it. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif

[Charley Lillard]

Congrats...Hopefully the ad being placed here helped to sell it.

[Justbad Joe]

Go to youtube and type in&quot;BM vette hasn't been started since 80's&quot;. Hate to say it but she turned over like yesterday!
Joe

[Tenney]

Awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ac_TWobJcI

[ssl78396]

<span style="color: #3333FF">WOW!</span>Just look what some polishing does for a car <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/drool.gif
Great score.. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif

[Salvatore]

Hey, I recognize that smiling face and that resto shop. Could it be Deuce Heaven?

[PxTx]

Sounds great! What pumps do we hear growling away just before it is fired up?

[Schonyenko2]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: [email protected]</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hey, I recognize that smiling face and that resto shop. Could it be Deuce Heaven? </div></div>

Could be.

[Salvatore]

You guys are really moving up in the world. Looks to be a real nice car too! More pictures!! How about a driving video?

[Justbad Joe]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ssl78396</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="color: #3333FF">WOW!</span>Just look what some polishing does for a car <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/drool.gif
Great score.. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif </div></div>
That was actually before polish. The vintage pics and all the docs on this car is amazing!!! From what the owner says, Joel said this car MAY have the most paper of all the cars. Glad to be able to part of a cool Motion car! ZLX 600hp survivor with lots of history.
Joe

[mockingbird812]

&quot;Eww, that didn't seem so tuff&quot;!!!!!!! I've heard the voice before! Sounds GREAT!! (the engine, that is)

[m22mike]

:worship:

[mockingbird812]

Hey Mikey. Rather than writing out that you &quot;worship&quot; the Corvette, we have these things called emoticons. You should try them sometime! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/whistle.gif

[Schonyenko2]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mockingbird812</div><div class="ubbcode-body">&quot;Eww, that didn't seem so tuff&quot;!!!!!!! I've heard the voice before! Sounds GREAT!! (the engine, that is) </div></div>

It wasn't as easy as it seemed. Actually reminded me a lot of when we fired the Roof deuce the 1st time after setting all those years except no old mouse nests flew out of the exhaust pipes on the Vette.
This is the first Motion hone a drive I've ever seen installed in a vette. Especially in a automatic application. Car has a 4.88 rear. Hone a drive splits it up to 3.42 for highway use.

[mockingbird812]

I like those Hone-o-drives!!!

[mockingbird812]

Justbad Joe sent these....


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/mockingbird812/sYc%20site/72BM1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/mockingbird812/sYc%20site/72BM3.jpg

[mockingbird812]

This thing had smog syst. on it for awhile at least! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif

[Fast67VelleN2O]

That air cleaner is the worst lol. Why no fly eye?

[Justbad Joe]

The original flyeye is still with the car. I sent Sam a picture of it.
Joe

[mockingbird812]

Here is the fly-eye shot. Joe, some of the other photos (which are way-way cool) are too small. Pls retransmit in a larger format! Thanks...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/mockingbird812/sYc%20site/72BM2.jpg

[SuperNovaSS]

Cool car. That work bench looks familiar <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif


Jason

[Justbad Joe]

Sorry Sam, I'm an old man just figured out how to attach pics to an email.lol This discussion may need to go in the Motion section. There is alot of as found and vintage pix as well as today photos of this beast. May need a little tutorial to resize some of the photos. Thanks for your help Sam and may need some more! The pix of the burnout and the original owner shooting the gun are simply timeless. Hopefully I can figure out how to resize.
Thanks,
Joe

[mockingbird812]

You sound like an old man Joe! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif



<span style="font-style: italic">&quot;The pix of the burnout and the original owner shooting the gun are simply timeless.&quot;</span> You ain't kiddin' Joe. Resize them and I'll get them up here. In the mean time, check out what the magicians in Donahue have been up to!!!
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/mockingbird812/sYc%20site/bm1.jpg

[mockingbird812]

A few more including vintage shots from Joe.....


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/mockingbird812/sYc%20site/honeadrive.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/mockingbird812/sYc%20site/holster.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/mockingbird812/sYc%20site/pistol2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/mockingbird812/sYc%20site/badass.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/mockingbird812/sYc%20site/BMburn.jpg

[owners2]

Very cool. Is that installed by motion? That would b a one only option purchased.

[MosportGreen66]

Keep them coming!

[njsteve]

Nice 1911 .45 and 1960's era, first generation M16 with the triangular fore end and no forward assist feature.

Priceless. Was he in a hospital bed in the M16 photo?

[mockingbird812]

Steve - looks to me that he may have had a head cradle on for traction or some such thing. I remember reading he had been paralyzed in Vietnam.

<span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">Fixed Bayonnets, Man!</span></span></span> <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif

[njsteve]

And I thought it was a cool Viking/biker helmet.

Looks like one mean dude.

What was the whole story on the original owner?

[SuperNovaSS]

That guy is F'ing crazy! Cool car! I would much rather be that guys friend than his rival.


Jason

[Justbad Joe]

Imagine that burn out pic with hand controls making a quick left. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif Talk about freaking crazy!
Joe

[Fast67VelleN2O]

So this car had hand controls?

[whitetop]

Is the original owner still living??

[Charley Lillard]

Those are great pics

[Schonyenko2]

The original owner passed away from agent orange exposure aquired while in Nam.
He had hand controls on the car as he was paralyzed from the waist down from being shot in the back. Those controls were removed in the 80's when his uncle had the car. I thought maybe that's why there isn't a park brake lever. That maybe that's where they put the hand brake, but found out through conversations with Joel, that the park brake had to be removed to make room for the hone o drive unit.

[ORIGLS6]

Gorgeous!!! I love Ontario Orange.

[PeteLeathersac]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ORIGLS6</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I love Ontario Orange. </div></div>

Me too and WoW car!!!
Considering the original owner's whole story, the significance of his color choice stands out!.

Salute to this lad who served his country!.
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And his buddies!!!

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~ Pete

[GMC_Typhoon]

You guys need to learn how to Google.

My 30 second search of&quot;baldwin motion&quot; &quot;1972&quot; &quot;paralyzed' came up with the original owners (David Akenbauer from Covington Ky) life story.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-general/2910762-1972-baldwin-motion-corvette.html


Here his parents old house: http://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0...IcmfiALe8rTNBw) (http://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x8841b0a4bc149233:0x7d994642941bdaa5&amp;q =615+grand+ave+covington+ky&amp;hl=en&amp;ved=0CA0Q-gswAA&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=rr97TqumIcmfiALe8rTNBw))

[bashton]

I am happy to announce that this car will be joining us at MCACN 2011 in our second annual &quot;Motion Madness&quot; Invitational display.

I am sure that Joel and Marty will have all kinds of neat stories about this one!

Bashton
MCACN Managing Member

[mockingbird812]

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