Good News....! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif[/img] Finally....!!! I found out today the
answers to the last few questionable things that were still unanswered
about my '69 Motion car. One was the side louvers having wire mesh
behind them. I got some time to go to the shop and check to see if my
car has the mesh and it did. When I first got my car the Motion gas
cap had been molded in with bondo. (This was not a good idea as the
bondo would crack the paint when you put gas in the car) With my heavy
Motion gas cap removed you can see the holes that were drilled in the
deck/gas door area for the Motion cap to fit and the remaining bondo all
around the gas door area to make it fit flush.
And NOW .... Last but not least, the most important item was if the
car in the auto show was a TH-400 or not? Well, earlier today I found
a magazine article on the
http://www.motionperformance.com/motion.html
(go to the old magazine articles and it is at the very bottom) website
that shows a rear shot of the back of Joel's car's rear window that
shows the gas cap molded in and if you click on the pic of just the car,
it will blow up bigger and you can clearly see the automatic shift knob
with the little chrome button on top through the back window.
[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif[/img] BOY O'BOY ........! Am I ever excited ..!!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif[/img]
[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif[/img] That was the final and most important Item that I needed to
re-assure myself that for the last 30 years, I do indeed own the very
same car as the car in the pictures in the Magazine articles.
With every picture that has been published of Joel's car, and that I
have been able to find and compare my car to the old magazine articles
of that time, and the statement from Marty Schorr that it was the same
color as my car and not red like it looks on the cover of his Car's
magazine. Combined with the info from the original tank build sheet,
showing it originally came from Baldwin Chev when new.
Finally...!!! I feel confident that this was his first Phase III GT. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif[/img]
I guess it is now time to send Joel some $$.
Thanks to all of you for your interest help and support.
Pantera
AKA = Larry Clain