If I had the money the car would not be for sale, and yes I have driven it.:3gears::laugh::laugh: Duane
I think this car is worth it as its a one of one built by Motion. Im sure if it was a Motion Chevelle it would be huge money and not one of one. Maybe someone can answer were the aftermarket parts including the wheels and tires the way Motion built it or were they period correct things done during the restoration?
I wrote an article about this car and was involved in helping put together the info needed to document it. All the "scars" from the placement of the "Motion" aftermarket parts were noted and authenticated. The car, as it is today, is basically just like it was when it left Motion, and that was done when it was a new car, not sometime years later. It's also a pretty wild ride, with the long ladder bars you need to be careful in traffic. It doesn't like to do anything but grab the road, so if you aren't careful and apply too much pedal it trys to eat the trunk lid of the car in front of you. It takes a little getting used to.:laugh: Duane
Motion did, its a 69 Blue GS 400 from Oshua Canada. That car is set up completely different then the GSX. Some of the 69 "Motion" parts include (if I remember correctly), B4B, Holly 4-bbl like used on the 70 Chevelle LS6 motors, BB Chevy Valves in the Buick 400 Heads, Stage 2 cam, Headers, Old style steel 2 or 3-piece scatter shield, short ladder bars, Hot ignition system, electric fuel pump, bug-eye air cleaner, "Motion" emblems on the valve covers, hood, dash and trunk lid, Hurst equipped emblems on the dash and trunk lid, aftermarket tach & gauges mounted to the 4-speed consolette, Hurst wheels with red line tires, with the front & rear drums painted white. Plus the car has a uique set of stripes that were painted on the car. Ya know, come to think about it, I also drove this car, of course we were towing it at the time, but I still drove it like 30 miles.:laugh::laugh: Duane PS. I am still pissed off that I didn't get the 70 Motion Camaro that was for sale in my area. At the time I was 1 day late in finding out about it. I got to see it, and had first dibs if the guy coming to see it didn't take it, but Oh well. There was also a Motion Vette in my area for sale, but I was too young at the time to afford it. Of course that didn't stop me from looking at it every day it was at the dealership. That car just looked plain mean sitting there. Next to it was a 69 Green Vette convertible with flames on the front end. I was having a hard time trying to figure out which one I wanted. Oh to be 16 again................................
is this Motion Co. a different co. than Baldwin/Motion or are they the same? It was a long time ago, but a Friend of mine had a 21' semi V hull with a Baldwin-Motion Big Block Chevy twin turbo, twin inter-cooled motor hooked up to a TH400 AT, very fast boat. I just remember them as Baldwin-Motion unless its a different co.
It is one and the same company, However by convention the term "Baldwin-Motion" is reserved for the cars that were built by Motion and sold at the Baldwin Chevrolet Dealership. These cars were basically sold as new by the dealership, and were available in certain performance packages. If I remember correctly the 70 Camaro I was looking to buy was a "Baldwin-Motion Phase 4" car. The term "Motion" is applied to vehicles that were built at the Motion Speed Shop. This would include cars that were merely tuned by them, thru to total race ready radical conversions. Basically all cars other then Chevrolets cannot be anything other then "Motion" cars. It might not sound like much of a distinction, but the difference in price can be large, plus the value of a "Motion" car depends on what was done at the shop. The more unusual the vehicle, and the more performance modifications it received, determine the value of the vehicle. I generally do not track these types of vehicles, so I am probably not explaining this well, but this is how I understand it to be. Both Buicks we are talking about here were done to different performance levels, per their owners specific requests. They are very different vehicles, but both are quite interesting, and very collectable. There are people out there that just collect Supercars, and as far as we know right now only 2 of these collectors could have a "Motion" Buick in their collection. Duane
I used to pass by Motion Performance all the time as I lived in the area. I stopped in once when I was 18 or 19. I bought the Buick Power Book and a set of high performance secondary metering rods. The nice man behind the counter gave me his card :grin: I remember seeing three Motion Grand Nationals out front in 87. I wonder where those are today?
Did Joel Rosen assist in authetication? I live right down the road off Sunrise Highway from the old Baldwin Chevrolet shop. Rosen was still involved with new camaros beefing them up as if they need it!
Yes I also know the original owner of the car and he took time out of his work schedule to go by Then and Now and discuss the car with Mark.Extremely interesting story. Also found out last week a long time friend I worked with in the 80s was the service writter at the original selling dealer and he also remembered the car. Also Mark and I found it interesting that even after the conversion the car was just a car to the owner....he gave Mark a picture of him and the "X" stuck in a snow bank in the 70s here in Atlanta during one of those freak storms we have, the pic shows him watching the tow truck backing up to pull him out....if thats not scary enough the car has snow tires.ou: Love those car history stories.....
The car is now advertised for a little bit more by this car dealer in the Czech Republic: Click photo to view website :Comp:
^ That stinks ^ It would be ashamed for the car to leave the USA. That is my favorite GSX and if I had money to burn it would be mine. Nelson
