Re: Visible progress!
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I don't think that back then anyone looking to buy a new Yenko car even knew what a Motion or Nickey car was.
[/ QUOTE ] I understand where you're coming from Ed, and I don't want to speak for them, but I think Marty Schorr and Joel Rosen would both beg to differ. The Motion cars were undeniably well advertised, and sure all of this was well before my time, but I think if you were in the market for an ultimate Chevrolet 427 performer back in the late 60's, you'd have read up a little on the subject before plunking down the kind of cake it took to buy one. My Dad was living in Pittsburgh in 68-69 and not only visited Yenko Chevrolet in the heyday but also knew quite well what a Baldwin-Motion car was. All it took was a trip to the newsstand. CARS magazines weren't hard to come by back then, or even today for that matter, and Marty's articles and Joel's 11 second guarentee made the Baldwin-Motion connection seem unstoppable. My father unfortunately didn't have the coin to buy one of these new supercars, but he did buy a brand new 68 Chevelle that almost immediately received a grafted on Motion influenced hoodscoop and a new set of mag wheels on redline tires. He did all of this to his brand new car going on nothing but what he'd read in magazines, and recognizing the bada** look the Motion cars had. A few years down the road he had a 69 Nova SS that he performed similar mods on, including sidepipes, Yenko Deuce inspired striping and a Motion hoodscoop. IMO, if you lived anywhere near Pittsburgh or Long Island NY in 68-69 and could read, you knew what a Motion and a Yenko was. Understanding how they came to be, and what they would become is another matter altogether... I agree with you Ed, we should enjoy these cars anyway we can, which is what makes the drag racing, and no judging format of the SCR the place to do it. It was nice meeting you at SCR6 and an interesting coincidence us both having the J-town connection. Looking forward to doing some more bench racing at SCR7. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]
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