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I am new to this site, just discovering it a few weeks ago. Having grown up on the island some of my finest memories are of week nights and Saturday afternoons in Baldwin Chevrolet's showroom drooling over the Motion cars! I have read every page of postings and downloaded all the pictures to my Motion file.
I remember a gloomy fall afternoon watching 2 '69 Motion Camaro's coming out of the service door. Both cars were 427's one having an era custom green and white flip flop paint job. They were being driven down to North Carolina to the new owners. The mechanics were joking regarding the likelihood of both making the trip unscathed with the big cams & steep gears.
I have a bunch of slides from 67-69 at Islip and West Hampton that I need to go through, I know there are some Motion cars in there. I'll need to have some prints made to scan and send in. I'm attaching a picture of the Astoria-Chas vette taken out at Hampton and an article on the Ribbon Camaro I had not seen posted.
Thanks again for the GREAT memories!!!

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try this

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patiently awaiting for cool pics.

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Welcome aboard Dog. Folks around here will dig any and all Motion stuff. Bring it on!

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Welcome Dog. What magazine was the article on the Motion ribbon camaro from?

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Super Street Cars - April '71
lots of NY area speed shop ad's - 2pg motion ad & full page Motion Minicar ad

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Awesome picture of the KoMotion car.
Welcome to this the site!

-Dan

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What a Cool Picture. One of the best I have seen of a "back in the day" shot of the KO Motion car.

Thanks for sharing. Welcome to the site.

-Dave

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A shot of another vette from the same day - don't know what COPO stood for

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Welcome.
Damn nice vintage color slides.
Keep posting. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif

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<font color="blue">WOO HOO ... great newbie postings.
Bump DOG up to "cool" status.

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WELCOME DOG!! POST THOSE MINICAR ADS. YOU DA MAN.

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Too Chttps://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gifhttps://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gifL!!!

Dog, you really are man's best friend...more, more!!! .

Love the '67 Vette w/ the 'Copo Motors' on the door...anyone know any more on this one? .

~ Pete
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Motion Minicar

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Old Motion invoice - its nice when you've never thrown anything away in your life!

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Nice article Joel submitted on page 55 of March 07 Hemmings Muscle Machines on how he got started..."The Saga Of The Skunk". https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Does anyone happen to know what ever happened to the "Skunk"? I can only imagine what that car would be worth.

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Motion Minicar

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Rick, could you scan and post that please?

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I don't have a scanner here.
I can take a digital pic close up,but past experience has shown me you won't be able to read the text on your screen,regardless how close I get,even if I set it on Macro.
Maybe somebody else more technologically adorned can help?

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saga of the Skunk

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Got my issue today. Very cool to have Joel sharing these stories! Dog427, welcome to the site. Do you know if you have any slides of fullsize cars (Impala Biscayne etc)? We have a 68 SS427 convertible sold new at Baldwin.
Steve

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thanks dog, but now I have a sore neck, it's sideways !! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif

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I'll be going through the slides this weekend - I remember a '69 Camaro and a Chevelle - but I'm not sure of what pictures I have of what.
Your '68 sounds great - I had a '66 Impala SS L72 - 427/425 4 spd that saw a lot of action at Hampton. Was not a Baldwin car though

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Another killer shot of a Day 2 Race Vette. Very Cool!

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Thanks for posting the ones of your L72 66. I wonder if that car is still around somewhere.. Along with the convertible we also have this one, a 68 SS427 L72 hardtop. This one is from O'keefe Chevrolet in Riverhead. It's very unique as it has the cowl plenum air cleaner setup. I look forward to seeing whatever you dig up https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif
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Steves family has quite a collection of SS427 Impalas. All you are missing is a '67 SS427. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif Very neat collection to say the least.
stable of SS427 cars
Rick

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Nice Toys---

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Nice stable of SS's! Love those big blocks!
I let mine go around 1970 - When I ran slicks it was ripping the trailing arm mounts off the bottom of the car and tearing out the trans crossmember mounts. After blowing the rear and tearing off another trailing arm I stuck it in a friends garage for a couple months then traded it for a velvet vette. I haven't seen it in 30 years - but who knows?
It was a true DAILY DRIVER as the attached picture shows - thats me in the middle of the street.

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I'll shed some first hand light on the "COPO" Vette,
MY father worked for Custom Auto Collision that is displayed on the quarter panel.late 60's. My dad was very good friends(goombas) with "GENE COPOBIANCO" aka Gino, Owner of COPO motors, I recall going down to hang out at the shop many a saturday while the car was being prepped by my dad for paint as gino was not a very patient man when it came to such things, the shop was located in astoria queens under the "EL" the day it was to have the paint started my father decides to exercise the big block while it had some puny painter tires on it, i think this scenario was later used in the french connection movie, but the car returned unscathed, as is the way friends go their seperate ways and i only saw the car once again after it was painted,(picture does not do it justice) at National Speedway in Center Moriches, by now I was class racing my 66 cuda, Gino remembered me and allowed me to stroll the pits in the car, I belive the pic here is in the far end of the pits after the ticket booth, along side Graham road. As a side note I have lived within walking distance of MOTION since 1975.

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Welcome, FanFac, which side of the tracks did you live on?

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Thanks Dog,
Heres one of my dads 68 SS427 convertible from Baldwin Chevrolet. This one was taken in the summer of 78 in Freeport.
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Steve