Great "waste" of bandwidth!! I'm always in awe of just how simple selling a car was in the day....a simple one liner with a phone number, interested buyers would call and hurry over, money in hand warranted a test drive, then yea or nay, rinse and repeat. No...."more pics", "is this still available", "be right over then vanish"......sorry for the mini rant.

Great stuff Pete. Some amazing cars built especially those L-88 powered Vegas. Can you imagine rolling up with that to the local McD's on a Saturday night in LI?

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Yep, those were the days and so much for progress in so many ways.:crazy:
Love the BB Vegas too, what absolutely genuine Motion built Vegas are known today?:hmmm:
More old Motion ads below, sorry some are difficult to spot in the strip but w/ so many other great cars, I’m trying not to cut everything out and leave a few of the best ones.
On w/ the show, let’s match a few ads up w/ existing cars or someone smoke out a new find!:eek2:
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Anyone know of this ‘76 Co-Motion Show Car, it’s not year digits mixed up and ad for ‘67 Ko-Motion is it?:dunno:
What about the ‘65 Phase-3 Vette, weren’t Maco Sharks all ‘68 up cars:hmmm:
Bargain of all time may be the 07/78 Fort Worth ad for the ‘68 427 car @ just $500!:eek2:
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Here’s more old Motion ads, again LMK when to stop…or read ‘em and weep.:no:
Anyone ever hear of the O/O Phase-3 GT ‘70 ‘Vette Show Car in the 10/73 Montreal ad?
08/77 Baltimore ‘73 E-Motion sounds like what Motion Electric Performance cars would be called today.:hmmm:
Last few w/ Motion Parts + some Non-Chevrolet Motionized Cars including a Mustang + ‘69 442 + ‘72 Firebird..
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Anyone know anything of 10/71 ad above w/ BM Distributor Edwards Sales group in Atlanta?
Interesting it’s not just Motion but Baldwin Motion, love to hear of any cars they delivered.
Here comes more old ads including another Motion car at Lebanon’s Car Village.
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Here’s more including some CA Ads w/ Plate #’s, again anyone please speak up if you recognize any cars.
It doesn’t specify but Phase-3 Engineering as this CD Ignition ad is actually Motion, right.:hmmm:
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First ad edge missing but all I could find for this Orange Motion 427 ‘69 ‘Velle ‘Vert.
Note mileage on second ad ‘69 BM Nova, must be accident damage/written off?:hmmm:
Lots more to come if you guys want ‘em!
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Pete ( :) )...absolutely! keep posting:biggthumpup:

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Thanks Bruce and here’s another batch of old ads for Motionized cars.
First off, a Cars Magazine spread w/ great info on the different Motion Phase-3 engines.
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Meant to mention, the ‘68 Motion L72 Biscayne ad above is a different newspaper but same seller phone # as ad @ the bottom of Page 2, tough to know how many ‘68 Biscayne L72’s Motion ever built but good chance this car may be the Street Racer Special in the Motion advertisement as Post#14 back on Page 2.:dunno:
On w/ the show, sure love to have the ‘69 L88 Nova in this 08/72 ad immediately below.:drool:
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Found a few more Old Ads for Motion Cars I had saved in my old system, sorry if any duplicates.
Details in some Ads including color/drivetrain/names/#’s/dates/locations etc may help recognize known lost/existing cars or better yet, although faint hope…someone backtracking up a new find!:eek2:
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S:eek2: many other great cars mixed in w/ these old Motion Ads.
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Love these ads!!

I wonder where all of these Motion cars are now. I'm sure a good number were destroyed either from racing, accidents, and rust over the years. Is there a registry kept for Motion cars? If so, I wonder if they've cross referenced it with the cars in these ads to just keep track of them all. If not, someone should.

One of the cars that Pete posted (71 BM 454 LS-6 4-speed Camaro) for sale in 1980 in Lebanon PA at Car Village was a Red w/white striped car that I used to own. Not sure where it is now, but is was in great unrestored condition with mostly original paint.

I saw that red / white Camaro driving on Pacific Avenue in Atlantic City in the 80's when I was a valet parker at the Tropicana. It was in great condition and wish I was able to buy it back then.

OK well, interesting to find this group. I have all of the Motion Performance advertising from Joel Rosen's office and all advertising files from VW on up. Every ad, every catalog everything. 2 tubs full. Have no idea where to start so up for sale. Includes the TOP SECRET GM ZL-1 document. Easily 1000 pcs there. Maybe more. All of Joels hand done advertisements, price lists etc. From VW on up! Don't know where to start! Also have every magazine that had an article on a Motion car. App 500 pcs. 2 huge very heavy tubs worth! About 75 - 100 are postmarked to Joel at Motion Performance. CAR's magazines obviously given to him by his partner Marty Schorr who was the editor. [email protected] if interested. text 203-223-3297