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Actually, a full on Phase III SS427 car was quite expensive back in the day, depending on how it was set up. These cars were all custom ordered and were likely the most expensive muscle cars ever built. Joels clients came from around the world and even included royalty. Marty will discuss alot about this in the new book. The new car pricing is probably not that far off in todays dollars.

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True, but Joe Oldham wasn't royalty (sorry, Mr. Oldham!), nor were the street racers and local gear-heads Like our JoeG who patronized Motion for conversion work. Yes the full B-M conversion cars were more expensive than factory L78s and L89s (etc.) but not as comparitively expensive as the new-build Motion cars are vs. the current crop of new muscle, especially when compared to the diminished purchasing power of today's working stiff. That was my point. One of them anyway. A new Camaro with all the high-perf options is in the 50K range and the new 2010 Motion Camaros add 50K to that. Even if they are 'only' 100K I don't know many 'regular guys' who have 100K (plus) to spend on a new Motion Camaro (let alone 50K-plus for a loaded 2010 Camaro SS). 169K to start talking about buying a new-build '69 Motion Camaro is REALLY out of reach of the average working man. So your point is well taken but my point is that today, in 2009, you really DO have to be royalty to afford a new Motion-built vehicle.

I already pre-ordered my copy of Marty's new book on Amazon and I can't wait to see it.