Nice car---what does everyone think?
 

Very nice car, very good description (no misleading wording). Fairly low price. What are the Motion guys opinions on this one? Possible? Possible Motion 'Vette?

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Probably a Motion body kit bought mail-order back in the day but who knows? Remember when there were alot of Corvettes that looked like this? It reminds me of the "Cruisin' USA" series in Hot Rod or one of those great cover blurbs from the '70s: "VETTES! MILD TO WILD!"

Yes, it is nice to read a seeingly honest eBay item description.

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Very nice car but, I highly doubt that it's a Motion car. Back then all of the parts mentioned as "Motion" identifiers could have been purchased mail order through motion performance; in fact a friend of mine bought some Motion valve covers and a mirrored dash kit for his 1974 Corvette through Motion way back when.

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-----All the pictured body pieces look to be Ralph "Ecklers" stuff. If you go into the catalog even today you will find all the same pieces. There are other aftermarket fiberglass places that have popped all of Ralphs stuff though so it would be hard to give the actual correct original manufacturer..............Bill S

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I doubt that Joel would do that kind of bodywork on a car and not use his hood and would take the "Corvette" letters off the back of the car. I think this is just another wana-be Motion.

I agree with the others that to me it looks just like Ecklers body parts, especially the hood. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...thumbsdown.gif

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What a beautiful Vette!! Great pictures as well....

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That is an L-88 hood... Why do you call that an "Eckler's" hood? Some people prefer the L-88 hood to any other hood... looks great on all C3 Vettes and 2nd Gen Camaros.

I do agree that is a beautiful & very straight car.

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I like it! BUY IT! At least it looks period correct. Probably runs good. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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A True L-88 hood that looks like that one, only came from Chevrolet on 68-69 vette's. They are a "short" hood. What you are looking at is the L-88 raised area on a 73-79 "long" hood. Note there is no wiper door like all '69's have.

Therefor it has to have been a aftermarket hood. Ecklers and others made them so that you could update the older 68-72 cars with a neat looking hood.

One thing is for sure is that it did not come from Chevrolet on a factory L-88.

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Here you go------- https://www.yenko.net/attachments/85188-L88.jpg

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I know that... neither did it ever come from the factory on a Camaro. I just wouldn't call it simply an "Eckler's" hood...

Here's a [famous] Motion car...

https://www.yenko.net/reunion/73RP.jpg

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OK--------I'll take them both to go ----------- https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif

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Well all I can say is that both of my cars have a short hood eith the wiper door on them. The pic you show is of a 73-79 era Vette that came from the factory with a longer hood and no wiper door.

Here is a pic of a "Documented" '70 Baldwin Motion "GT" and you can see the hoods are not even the same...????

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Pennington's '73 vette /Pantera's GT vette---both Motion cars/hoods----THE hood on the blue vette is different from any Motion hoods I've seen,which doesn't really mean anything, since it is a Nicely done Vette unless you are just trying identify the maker of the hood---This section is something I haven't seen on any Motion Vette--Anyone have any Photo's of an Eckler Hood? https://www.yenko.net/attachments/85218-hoodF.jpg

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Joe..! That is a good pic to show him why we feel this is not the correct hood.

You can see the gap at the top of the LF fender where the fender meets the windshield. In that pic of the blue car, it plainly shows it does not belong on the car originally. Originally there is a small SS/painted trim piece on 68-72 cars that the blue car is missing. You can clearly see the hood and the fender do not line up properly in the pic because it is missing.

On 73-79 vettes the fender is made taller in that area and it continues the curvature of the back edge of the hood in the area where the trim piece would normally go.

It should line up with the curve of the hood and end at the door.


Also Joel did not build any of his cars with the stock chrome side mirror. He used the sleek looking for the time period Mustang GT mirrors on both sides.

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Bill, I think you got it---- https://www.yenko.net/attachments/85226-ECKLER.jpg

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Here is a pic of a "Documented" '70 Baldwin Motion "GT" and you can see the hoods are not even the same...????

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Back when it had side pipes intact? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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Where is a sign that says "55 Chev sucks" when you need one??? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif

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------Thanks JoeG, I havent bought anything from Ecklers in a coons age and they long ago gave up on sending me catalogs, but I remember a whole bunch of his pieces. They were used back when I lived in Ft.Liquerdale on the thousands of wrecked Vettes due to either too much booze or bad drugs during the "hazy" era (app.1963 to 1975). Back then it was rare to find a stock Vette. Ralph must have made an absolute fortune in south Florida alone...........Bill S