| caflorin |
11-06-2025 07:42 PM |
Marty- The car I have was certified as the first Phase III Corvette by Joel. It has been referred to as his street demo car in some articles, it was on the cover of Speed and Supercars (Apr 69) and has pictures and narratives in Marty Schorr's book. I picked it up this year (Jun 25). Over the years a few things have been swapped out, so I am on a long term quest to bring the car back to where it looked when Joel passed it on to Customer #1. I drove the car to a few local shows, but the engine was consuming oil and had a few leaks. That's when I started looking at get the car back in good running condition (keeping the Engine, transmition, etc) in "as delivered" specs. So, no boring, keeping all of the orignal internals, but replacing rings, seals, bearings. There are many one off features on this car such as the hood that is not like many of the follow on MP corvettes, but true to the early pictures of the car. The ignition system is currently points and this thread has the current story and assumptions. The car has less the 21K miles on it, and the history of it being mainly being raced and the verbal history of owner 2 and 3 putting very limited miles on it along with the minimal wear on the engine internals (all still well within specs) is consistant with the mileage. When you look at the picture I posted you will note the Mustang Mach 1 /Torino GT mirrors. I was told by owners 2 and 3 that these are the R/C mirrors mention on the Motion Build sheet. I am not racing the car, but will be showing it locally (Virginia Beach) spreading the story of Baldwin Motion. There is another local person who has a 67 Berger Corvette, so we intend to park them side by side at the shows. As for you ask, anything you have to help me get the car back to its 1968 self would be appreciated.
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