Baldwin Motion Vega

**John** · #1 03-09-2003, 08:39 PM

Anyone own a B/M Vega?

musclcar · #2 03-10-2003, 12:37 AM

i think the baldwin motion vega was one of the wildest cars ever created by joel and his team.just think, 400 plus horsepower under the hood of that little car .i think i remember hearing of one purchased @ barret jackson auction but i'm not positive.i would do anything to get a hold of one [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif[/img]

**olredalert** · #3 03-10-2003, 12:53 AM

------Back in the mid 70s a buddy of mine in FLA. built an LS6 powered Vega with a 10 inch engine setback.Cant remember the specifics but I know he never got near a racetrack with it.He used to bring the thing out late at night with enough prodding and just slaughter anyone unlucky enough to goad him into anything.......Bill S

JoeC · #4 03-10-2003, 01:04 AM

there is a Motion Vega in the past feature car section.
Most were LT1 but there were a few with 454. Motion advertized a 9 sec Vega. Not long after that the G-men went down to Motion to talk to Joel and shut down his car production.

musclcar · #5 03-10-2003, 02:51 AM

about how many if known were big block equipped.also.what was the main reason for the officials to shut down production.back in 1978 a high school buddy of mine actually had a baldwin motion vega that his dad bought for him.that car was awesome,boy did the local cops know him well. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif[/img]

**John** · #6 03-10-2003, 03:31 AM

The 1975 (vol.6, number 1 ) Issue of "Chevy hi-performance & accessory Guide" has an article on a "rolling Test vehicle" that was equipped with a 350 LT1 motor with the "Edelbrock's Smokey Ram intake with a single carburater and a "Paxton supercharger". [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif[/img]

JoeC · #7 03-10-2003, 12:44 PM

The Gov. was going to fine Joel something like 10K for every car that he sold with air polution devices disconnected. Joel had to get a lawyer and go to DC. They made a settlement where Joel had to agree to stop selling cars for highway use. The Gov. used the car magazine articles about Motion to make their case on him.
I have seen 2 Motion built BB Vegas in old magazines maybe a few more were built but not many.
There were also some with turbos, and one was a woody wagon. The place were Joel bought the Vegas also sold their own V8 Vega and sold the Yenko Stinger Vega.

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