UNKNOWN SUPERCAR DEALER???
 

Has anyone ever heard of a dealership in Marietta Georgia , named Anderson Chevrolet . Back in the late 60's, they were supposedly taking regular Nova's and Camaro's and dealer installing 427's. They were supposedly competing with Baldwin Motion and their conversions. If this is true, does anyone have any information on this dealership...such as old magazaine ad's or such. I have never heard of this dealership before, I hope you guys might be able to help. -Thank you
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Apparently asking because of this e-bay auction.

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Doesn't ring a bell with me. I'd look over that paperwork very closely. The guy doesn't sound real intelligent and assumes the buyer will be equally as gullible. JMO of course.

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The real history I found out after some time is that in 1969-1971 Anderson Chevrolet ( Marietta Ga)Was building Super Cars and Stated in sells promotion "More Motion for your Money". As you can see the bill of sale is $1.33 less than the same advertised motion rates.The buyer also purchased a 1969 Impala SS-427 From Anderson as well for his son.The car was sold in 1982 to the second owner with 16329 miles owned by him for 10 years(he also purchased the Impala as well) and sold to the third owner in 92 with 19080 miles.I purchased in 97 with 32010.This is the fastest bad to the bone Rat 427 you will ever drive.Dyno 600+HP 635LBS without Gas or Supercharger.I ran this car only once in 97 and ripped two mid 12sec passes on the Goodyears you see.If this car could hook it would easy bust 11's.I thought my Viper was fast untill I drove this Monster.I have all papers and docs to prove this is the real deal.The Car was delivered to Timers Chev 11/11/68 car was relocated to Anderson for conversion and resold as New 4/7/69.I spoke to the second owner about 2 months ago to get more info if needed,he is now almost 80.Protect-O-plate as well.I fill this car would bring 75K plus on a Berrett Jackson auction but I am offering it here first for the reserve of what I paid for in 1997.I was told by the third onwer Anderson only sold 20-30 cars that had been convered and did it to bring in other buyer,s. This is one of a kind car .No joy rides

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I think if Joel knew this was happening back then he would've shut down "Andersons" Motion conversions pretty damn quick. So was this Anderson dealer buying Motion stuff mail order and playing copy cat and trying to sell these using the Motion name??? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/confused.gif The hood scoop looks like something off a late 70s early 80s Mustang https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/crazy.gif and the big wide stripe just looks novice... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/crazy.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/crazy.gif
This poses a new question.. where does a car like this fall if it indeed was dealer built and sold new this way??? albeit riding the coat tails of a REAL Supercar builder (Motion Perf)???

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This "Anderson Chevrolet" sounds similar to another Car & Dealer I have mentioned in the past here recently.
Ray Ridge Chevrolet in Trenton Michigan,(Now Defunct & Moved & Pam Rogers Chevrolet in Michigan),did a similar thing to a few Brand new 1970 Chevelle LS-6's back then.
Ray Ridge put on all the Hi-po mods on them,ala MOTiON.
I have 3 pages of paperwork on this one specific Chevelle from 1970 & Ridge shows the exact same paperwork/options that Joel Rosen shows in his MOTiON Catalog from 1970,verbatim.
I showed these to Joel & he said it does look like that's what Ridge did,and circumvented Joels actual services,but never once do they mentioned MOTiON or that the parts came from him.I don't see any specific parts that would have carried the word MOTiON on them either.
It looks like they possibly ordered all the Hi-Po parts through Joels shop,then installed them in Michigan for the paying customer to the tune of $6781.31.
If they didn't get the parts through Joel,then they got them directly from Joels supplier.

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Must have been the real deal, auction ended early.

Rick can you post the paperwork for the Chevelle? Sounds very cool. Would that make it a *Motion car? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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There is a Days Chevrolet and a Bill Heard Chevrolet in that area now. Bill Heard is a mega dealer that owns quite a few dealerships. I've only been in the area about 10 years, so I'll ask around and see if anyone remembers the place.

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Apparently asking because of this e-bay auction.

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I did see that advertisement on E-Bay. Anyway of knowing if it is indeed a legit car? If is is...and it does have documentation, it would be neat to own.
I recall a dealership in New York, called Myrtle Motors. They did to the Firebirds, what Motion did to the Camaros. They would remove the 400's and install 428 HO motors, or whatever configuration you would like. Neat stuff!!!
Thank you for your responses.
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It is possible the car is what the guy says it is. I was here during that time and the big dealer was Central Chev. on Peachtree in what is now Buchead. There were not that many chevy dealers in the area at that time. I would want to see concrete proof.

BTW - Central was where I bought my 70 LT1 vette as it clattered off the truck (solid lifters).

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There is a Days Chevrolet and a Bill Heard Chevrolet in that area now. Bill Heard is a mega dealer that owns quite a few dealerships.

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Bill Heard in Columbus, GA sold at least one 1970 Yenko Deuce in Hugger Orange which is waiting for resto in NY and is owned by a member of this site.

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It is possible the car is what the guy says it is. I was here during that time and the big dealer was Central Chev. on Peachtree in what is now Buchead. There were not that many chevy dealers in the area at that time. I would want to see concrete proof.

BTW - Central was where I bought my 70 LT1 vette as it clattered off the truck (solid lifters).

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Great stuff...let's keep it going. I know there is more stories and pictures out there! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif

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Anderson Chevrolet dealership 900 Roswell Street,later
became Nalley Northside Chevrolet-Geo,most recently it was Armada Van Rental

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Somebody's been googling https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif I read that article too.

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Roswell street? Hwy 9? I own property at 801 S. Atlanta street which is Roswell Road and Hwy 9 and sometimes called Roswell Street. Weird I know, but that same road runs from the heart of Buckhead to Lake Lanier.
I'll goggle it too.

About the LT1. I bought a used 69 vette which was the biggest POS on earth. GM still didn't have all the bugs worked out from the 68 model change. My dad went with me to Central but there was nothing but convertibles and autos. I wanted a real vette. As we were leaving they were backing the LT1 off the truck. I had never heard anything like it. Traded the 69 on the spot. LT1 listed for $5,200.00 prox.

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Not the same. That's the Roswell Street in Marietta. Don't anybody get started on all the different Peachtree Streets. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif

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Days Chevrolet in Ackworth, Georgia is a familiar name to us. The nice, original '67 Malibu that my wife drove for a few years was sold new there according to the original paperwork that came with the car. We e-mailed the dealership regarding the car but got no response.
Any dealership could do engine swaps if they were so inclined. Motion didn't have any corner on the engine swap market. They just had more ambition and interest than most as did Yenko and a few others. Not too many people were inclined to do an engine swap and lose their 5/50 warranty on top of the cost of the swap. For most of us it took most of what we had just to buy the cars in the first place.

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Eactly, giving up your warranty on a new car just for tinkering with it was yet another good reason to own a 55 chev.

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hey GRB, my 1969 L78 Camaro came from Central Chevrolet. I talked to the original owner who now lives near Ringgold. I found his name on some papers in the glovebox and did a search. He was very surprised his car was still around. He said he was in the Navy in 1969. He and his dad went looking at new cars. His dad liked to "negotiate" prices with dealers and talked the salesman down, so they bought the car. The car is a fathom green, midnight green vinyl top and standard medium green interior SS 396 with L78. It now has 72,000 miles with most of the original paint. I bought it from a guy in Cumming, Ga. who kept it in his basement.

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Bob - makes you wonder how many of our old cars are still out there doesn't it? I would guess your L78 lists for about $3,500-$4,000?

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The Bill Heard Deuce was in Alabama - came home one night from working on my deuce and there was this message...... a week later the huggar orange deuce was in NY https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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Somebody's been googling I read that article too

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Can you provide a link to that article. I don't live too far away from there and if there were 20 or so 427 cars built by this dealer as stated in the Ebay ad, perhaps some others are still in the area. You never know. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif