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Old 12-25-2012, 02:54 PM
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It's interesting to note that modern Camaro &quot;tuners&quot; are celebrating that their <span style="font-style: italic">branded</span> new ZL1 Camaros are breaking into the 10s, averaging 10.8 to 11.2 seconds on the quarter-mile. Impressive indeed, but also worth noting is that Joel Rosen ran consistent 11.1s (and set an AHRA record at 11.3s) on 7-inch tires in 1967 in the Baldwin-Motion/Motion Supercar Club/CARS Magazine '67 Camaro. It was powered by a stock L88 with single-four-barrel intake and headers. Granted it didn't have full power and AC, but we did sort it out in traffic on Sunrise Highway before going to the track. Let's hear it for the good old days!
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Old 12-25-2012, 03:02 PM
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Very Cool pic Marty!! Joel knew what he was doing back then and probably still knows more today about how to make a motor run on basic principles than most of these mechanics today can with computer assistance. One thing I always wondered, on the car in the pic, on the drivers door, in your book you have a pic of this car rolling back off a trailer getting ready to race and you can read the words Driver then it looks like it says Joel Motion .What does it say?
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Old 12-25-2012, 03:33 PM
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I STILL miss national speedway!
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Old 12-25-2012, 03:52 PM
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Looks like it does say Joel Motion. This stuff was changed all the time, sometimes it was Joel &quot;Mr. Motion&quot; Rosen. These racecars were always being changed: lettering, paint, wheels, engines, etc.
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Is this car known of today?
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Old Motion record-holding Camaro racecars have not been located, still out there!
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Great stuff Marty - thanks for posting.
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Truly remarkable. Thanks Marty! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]
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incredible times considering the antiquated suspension the 67's had ...
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Let's hope we find some of these Cool old race cars. Probably hidden right under or noses...
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