More old photos

[427TJ]

From various magazines. This one shows a test drive of a freshly-converted SS 427 Camaro. Note the trunk emblem.

[427TJ]

The good old days.

[427TJ]

From an article on how to install Mid-year Corvette sidepipes on Camaros and '68-'69 Corvettes.

[Mr70]

Bill
What Magazine is that first picture from?
Rick

[427TJ]

Man, I scanned these from dozens of old magazines, mostly "Cars" and "Speed and Supercar."

Here's another gem from the past.

[musclcar]

must need more...........!!!!!!!come on i know you have lot's more.seriously i'm making an album with old pics like that and if you got more i'd appreciate it thanks 427TJ http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[427TJ]

Yes, I have more. Here ya' go.

[427TJ]

And another.

[427TJ]

One more and then I gotta' go eat dinner.

[55chevy]

more more more more more!!... I collect these things too. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif Awesome pics man

[55chevy]

Anyone know the history of the Black/White 68 L88 in that cover??? Does anyone know where that car is today?? Awesome Camaro. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Stingerhood]

Gotta love the hood ! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[Born30YrsLate]

Hey Bill...does it mention anywhere in that article what color the car is that you got the pic of the '68 427 transplant that is about to be road tested...?
Thanks again...great pics!!

[musclcar]

i'm with 55chevy keep em coming your allowed to eat once and awhile but need more please!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[mhassett]

Fred, it's Blue with white stripes.
Mark

[DarrenX33]

Great pictures Bill thanks for posting.

Oh yeah, keep em coming!

-Darren (no STI 02RS) http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[tom406]

Mark, I believe you know the color of that car because you own it now, right? (I know someone on the board has it now...)
TOM

[Born30YrsLate]

Mark - that's your car?.....SUPER COOL.... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[427TJ]

The '68 L88 Phase III on the Speed and Supercar cover could have been Joel Rosen's car as I think I read that in one of the road tests. I think it's also the car used in the Motion ads.

[427TJ]

No mention in the article on who this guy is. The article was about installing an overdrive unit.

Note: No spoilers.

[427TJ]

Where's my checkbook?

Note the "427" emblems were installed on the SS hood.

[427TJ]

Just a hint of tire smoke. Note the mid-year sidepipes.

[427TJ]

Not a very clear photo. Car was named "Ridge Runner."

[Mike]

Great stuff!!!! Keep them coming! Anybody have any info on that plain jane '69 camaro. Seems odd to see a non-SS Camaro get the Motion treatment...unless it was a COPO http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif. Does the article give any hints? Could you post it?

Thanks,
Mike http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[NEW]

Great pictures, only downside is that my computer is soon overloaded!

NEW

[427TJ]

No mention of this specific car in the article. It was in an article in the 1/69 Rodder and Super/Stock called "Building a Mindbender." Here's another angle. Note the "427" emblems on the front fener in the stripe.

[427TJ]

Another photo from the "Building a Mindbender" article. Note the stripe over the roof and the Motion decal on the right rear window.

The Man.

[427TJ]

Yeah, I'll bet this car was a COPO that was converted to a Phase III. The article was in the 11/69 Cars and the owner's name was Marc Cohen. Note hood tach and window sticker.

Photo went across the center of the magazine, unfortunately.

[427TJ]

From the 9/70 Cars Magazine.

[427TJ]

Another from the 9/70 Cars Magazine road test of the '70 Motion Camaro. Note the factory "moon" caps. I dare someone to run these on their '70 Motion Camaro!

[427TJ]

Motion show display. You could talk with Joel Rosen himself and discuss how you wanted your '69 Motion car optioned. You could even finance it through Baldwin Chevrolet. What--$500 down and you're off!

[Mike]

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gifOKay....I think I've had enough!!! Where are all these cars and how come nobody is finding them?? Who's in for kidnapping Joel? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif Just kidding.

Great pics.

Mike

[COPO]

At SCR6, Joel Rosen was VERY specific that they had no idea of the COPO program. The question was posed in response to the picture you posted. Today the Motion cars are tough to find for a variety of reasons including the fact that most lived a very hard life on the street and track as well as all of the salt used during the winter the N.E. where most of these cars resided. Not to mention very few were built to begin with as they could get pretty pricey.

[mhassett]

Tom, I am not a 100% Sure because it is a black and white picture but supposedly they only made 3 and it is exactly like mine (no rear spoiler and not a Rally Sport) and Kevin S. has a rear spoiler. Mark http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif <font color="666666"> </font>

[JChlupsa]

Who has this 68???

[copo9566aa]

427TJ Thanks
Great Pics http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
[ QUOTE ]
At SCR6, Joel Rosen was VERY specific that they had no idea of the COPO program.
The question was posed in response to the picture you posted.

[/ QUOTE ]
And for Baldwin Chevrolet (Baldwin have no idea of the COPO
program) ???

[COPO]

[ QUOTE ]
And for Baldwin Chevrolet (Baldwin have no idea of the COPO program) ???

[/ QUOTE ]

John Mahle(sp?) the Baldwin Chev. Parts Manager was also at SCR6 and agreed that they knew nothing about the COPO program.

[427TJ]

Boy, if it's not a COPO that makes it hard to explain the origins of this car. (I attached the photo again.) Could the owner have bought a COPO elsewhere and taken it to Motion for modification? Man, that sure looks like a COPO with the bowtie grille emblem and no displacement emblems. Yeah, Motion swapped emblems on most of the cars. Another mystery to be solved by someone out there.

[micky69396]

Any BM chevelle articles? You never see anything on them.

[Pantera]

That is just a std camaro and could have started out as a 6 cyl even. It is just a std hood with a 67 vette scoop on it. I think we are wishing, when the thought of a Copo comes along but Joel would use what ever he could get his hands on quick if he had a sale. In fact he said it himself that he was not aware of the Copo program or beleive me he would have taken advantage of it.

That actually looks like a 6 cyl car to me. Just remember he was selling horsepower and who cared about what it came in. For that price it was a real bargain!!!! I bet he was making pretty good money on the cars two ways. He could buy them wholesale and then sell the orignal motors out of them for probably almost as much as he had to pay Chev for the new crate motors.

My cousin was the parts Mgr of Bill White Chev in Tulsa and I blew up my 283 in my car. I paid $195 for a 375 hp 327 shortblock back when they first came out. My 57 chev was a real badass for about 3 months till everybody found out and would not race me for money anymore.

[427TJ]

Here's a '67 B-M Chevelle. The original article calls this the first Chevelle SS 427 conversion by Motion. The photo went across the center of the magazine.

[427TJ]

From the article in the 4/68 Cars: (photo attached)

"Charlie Mason of Stamford, Conn. is a young, avid drag racing fan who doesn't believe in buying a compromise supercar, then going to usual soup and sweat route. Being a young, avid drag racing fan who has to work for a living he couldn't afford the two-car bit, which ruled out a workhorse for daily transportation and a race car in the garage for Sunday service. Charlie Mason was almost ready to compromise. There seemed to be no other way out.

Just when things were getting pretty bleak, Charlie picked up on some ads in national performance auto magazines pertaining to ultimate street-strip supercars. The ads were for Baldwin Chevrolet's line of SS-427 Camaros, Chevelles, Chevy IIs, Chevys and Corvettes. Five weeks after he paid Baldwin Chevrolet a visit, he drove out of the showroom with a magnificent SS-427 Chevelle loaded with a host of factory and specialty performance options. Two weeks after that momentous occasion, Charlie drove from his home in Stamford to New York National Speedway (over 100 miles) in his 4.88-geared Chevelle and smartly set a new B/HR track record. After a few weeks he was running consistent 11.50's with trap speeds of 120-plus mph. And he was still driving the car to and from the track and using it as daily transportation during the week. Just for the record, his best time to date is 11.50-123 mph. And that's with a showroom stock, 3350-pound legal street machine that's used as a weekday workhorse."

Read that and weep.

[427TJ]

"How do you get a 3350-pound four-five passenger street machine to run 11.50s? It's relatively simple if you have $5500 to spend and you don't want to bother fiddling with all kinds of speed equipment. All you have to do is head on down to Baldwin Chevrolet, go for a packed-out demo ride in the display Chevelle, and sign on the dotted line. And the best part is that the complete package, speed goodies and all, can be financed." (see photo)

[55chevy]

Keem 'em comin' Bill http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[JoeG]

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif- http://www.yenko.net/attachments/118629-Scan0011.jpg

[427TJ]

I wonder where that Motion '68 drag car is now? Probably worth a half-mil restored to the way it looked/ran in '68.

[JoeG]

Your probably right---
I thought it was a http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif photo with those 50's cars in the background----

[JoeG]

This was like a photo for framing-- http://www.yenko.net/attachments/127869-nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.jpg

[JChlupsa]

so where are these Camaro's today???

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/HawaiianCamaro/Magazine%20articles/79MotionCamaropage1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/HawaiianCamaro/Magazine%20articles/79MotionCamaropic.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/HawaiianCamaro/Magazine%20articles/FerraraandZul69MotionCamaro.jpg

[Charley Lillard]

The black 80 is with my Idiot Friend Freddie in Canada....Eh..