Interesting thought - Page 2

#11 10-30-2002, 09:15 PM

I have been through that area (Baldwin) a few times...great place to street race...I have seen quite a few of the articles on the Motions..the pictures show cars that look like the modifications were done with a pair of tin snips in some cases..not really that professional of a job...case in point the side exhaust on a '69 Nova...skirts look like a kid cut the clearance cuts...I guess the whole point was going fast..

djunod · #12 10-30-2002, 09:42 PM

Some of the work was sub-contracted out. For example:

There's a guy in the area here that when he saw my Maco, came up and started talking to me. He said "We used to build those for Motion". He worked in a shop in New Jersey that did the Maco's and some of the other cars. I never did ask him the name of the shop. I should probably look him up again and ask him about it some more.

supergonzo · #13 10-31-2002, 01:19 AM

Steven J,interesting, I have a 69' Judge RAIV it runs mid 13's.
Dan Jensen ran a Blue LS6 car this year, it went high 12's. I am thinking about purchasing a LS6.

Speedwin...not a big shop

Some of the work was contracted out, such as bodies, like Maco's and dune buggies, they were built on Lawson Blvd. In Oceanside L.I. and sent about 4 miles over to Motion.

Chevy454 · #14 10-31-2002, 01:26 AM

supergonzo:

I'm thinking Jensen's Chevelle went 12.50s...Pete can correct me on exactly where, but that thing was hauling.

supergonzo · #15 10-31-2002, 12:02 PM

Dan's LS6 now runs 12.12's....as he now has that car running super.

**Mr70** · #16 10-31-2002, 12:55 PM

This sure looks like Dan Jensens Chevelle.Could it be?The Blue LS6 on top line right,at our favorite place.www.futureclassicsnj.com/carlistframe.htm

**NEATSS** · #17 10-31-2002, 02:34 PM

Dan's Chevelle has white stripes now. Don't remember if it had them when he bought it. The car at Future Classics was sold new in Michigan and wound up in a trailer park in Kentucky. I considered buying it in the early 90's. It was a bare shell and a bare block then. Mains were all spun and a guy in Indy had parted it for his drag car in '87. He sold the shell and block for $300.

#18 10-31-2002, 03:11 PM

Any particulars on this LS6..I am keeping a database on them...

Chevy454 · #19 10-31-2002, 03:28 PM

Hey gonzo...which "little birdie" told you about the 12.12?! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] That is flat out hauling the mail! What was his MPH?

supergonzo · #20 10-31-2002, 05:48 PM

No little birdie told me, Dan himself!!
Anyway gotta run, be back in a few days.

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