Motion @ MCACN

[Tracker1]

thanks Dan - great pics.

[mockingbird812]

Lud Renner's<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold"> L88-powered Corvette Bronze Survivor <span style="text-decoration: underline">Original </span><span style="text-decoration: underline">Owner</span> 4K miles '68 Phase III BM RS/SS Camaro</span></span> was my favorite car of the show! Thanks for showing us the shots of this Beast Dan - great to see you and your bro.

The underside of this car is unbelievably clean and original with an awesome patina. I spent some time talking to Lud about his '68 and it was like he was telling the story for the very first time. What genuine enthusiasm. What a cool, cool, gent he was. He had to have Mom co-sign on the car and she was very concerned about safety features on the car, so Joel took Lud's cue and expounded on the metallic brake linings, safety glass, redundant brake lines, etc. in order to satisfy Mom's concerns. Lud's first trip to the track with his car was his 1st trip to the track with a car EVER! He drove the car on the road for awhile but soon came to the conclusion that the car was too quick and dangerous for this type of setting. So off to the track he went. He kept remembering the guarantee made by Motion for ll.5 quarters at 120mph. He remembers staging next to the other guy and &quot;waiting for the green light&quot;. By the time the green light registered in his brain, the other guy had already launched. Next thing Lud did was dump the clutch and row the gears. When all was said and done, Lud had ripped off an <span style="font-size: 17pt"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-style: italic">11.6</span></span></span> on his first drag race he had ever run!

Thanks Lud for sharing your stories!

[Martyn L. Schorr]

Thought you might like to see this posting about MOTION MADNESS @ MCACN that went up on the Car Guy Chronicles yesterday,
http://www.carguychronicles.com/2011...of-titans.html

Marty

[motionwannabe]

Very cool Marty!!!

[mockingbird812]

Nice web site Marty!

[74NovaSS]

c'mon... you can post more pics than THAT!!... geez

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[whitetop]

Those L-88 Hoods look so fitting on nearly every Chevrolet.

[SS427]

I had a great chat with Joel and got him to sign my Motion book since I missed him last year though after having Marty sign it. Joel was in awe of the cars that were at this years show and I made it a point to thank him and shake his hand for creating a legend that still lives on strong after 40 years. He had no idea that these cars would gain the status that they have today nor did he even think about it. It was all about running a business and building a car that would perform as advertised. He did that and more. Very nice to see him again. Joel and Marty, two of the best! Some unbelievable Motion cars there this weekend!!!

[Verne_Frantz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I had a great chat with Joel and got him to sign my Motion book since I missed him last year though after having Marty sign it. Joel was in awe of the cars that were at this years show and I made it a point to thank him and shake his hand for creating a legend that still lives on strong after 40 years. He had no idea that these cars would gain the status that they have today nor did he even think about it. It was all about running a business and building a car that would perform as advertised. He did that and more. Very nice to see him again. Joel and Marty, two of the best! Some unbelievable Motion cars there this weekend!!! </div></div>

Joel signed my Motion book too...........................but I haven't seen my book yet. It's lost in Brooklyn.............. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[sYc]

A Joel “Mr. Motion” Rosen and Don Yenko story.

I have known Joel for 10+ years and because he knows I am into Yenkos, he likes to call my cars “circus wagons”, then tells me I need a Motion Car. I respond by saying “find me a Motion car I can afford and I would be glad to own one”.

At the SCR reunion he attended he was asked what he thought of Don Yenko and his cars, Joel smiled and said, “next question”.

Well, at MCACN, I run into Joel and Rayburn Pennington. Joel starts to laugh as he tells me that he has just introduced himself a couple of times as Don Yenko.


BTW, as he was leaving, he stopped to tell me that there were 7 Motion racecars out there, just waiting to be found. Most Camaros, one in Hawaii.