Motion Oldsmobiles

OK guys - I gotta question.

This is my first post on this board, and I have a question about a dealership outta Hempstead Long Island, called Mack-Markowitz Olds. They offered a package, in conjunction with Motion Performance, called the "Motion-Markowitz Racing Division". They were called "Mach 1 Supercars". It included prepared W-31's, W-30's, 442's, and even Toronados !!!

Does anyone have any information relating to this Olds offering ? I have ONE article that showcases a "Mach 1 Ram-Rod 350" (W-31). I'm looking for catalogs, dealer info, documentation, cars ....

PS - My username comes from my DESIRE to own a Yenko Deuce. Those cars have always impressed me. The Camaros and Chevelles get all of the ink - but those Novas are my weakness.

[Fhakya]

I've got a number of those adds and a few write ups (They had that 68 W-31 sitting like a fuel altered!). I was in contact w/ a gentelman about a year ago who's brother owns what he claimed to be a Motion tweaked W-30 car (can't remember the year) which was originally owned by one of the writers for 'Hi-Performance Cars' Magazine (Joe Oldham maybe?). I talked to another guy shortly thereafter who claimed that there were no Motion Oldsmobiles produced. This was supposedly from the mouth of Joel Rosen. I'm sure that Motion had done some tweaking on Oldsmobiles but have never come across any of the advertised 'Mach-1' Supercars. I'm guessing that they were simply performance tuned by Motion (Topcat Kit and suspension tuning) and never badged as such. I'd like to find out more though. Anyone have any more input?

-Mark Holman

[JoeC]

There were a few of the Motion Olds built but I was told that there was not much interest in the program. If an Olds customer asked about the Mach I, they were told to bring their new olds to Motion for modifications.
Markowitz Olds also had a 442 drag car.
Here is a ad from Sep. 1968 Cars mag

YEP !!

That's the ad that I have too. Too bad it wasn't a popular program

Can you imagine a 455 "Ram Lux" Motion-prepared Toronado ??

Any other info out there ??

[Fhakya]

Interesting you bring that up..hehe. I'm guessing I'm kind of a 'pup' here at 28. But, I had a '69 Olds Toronado (courtesy of grandma) for a winter car my 2nd and 3rd year of college. Being a die hard gear head, I looked up the specs on the motor of my beast and found that the engine was strikingly similar to the W-30 of the same year (cam profile etc.). It did have a forged crank and would turn some serious smoke from the front tires from a stop sign.....God...the looks on the peoples faces! This particular car had such a serious case of cancer that you could see through the trunk (from outside the car) and a radiator that could've aided the hoover dam in production. But be damned If I could get it stuck in a MN winter! I got it high-centered one time but that was on a huge snow drift in S. St. Paul on a dare.....I thought I could clear it (70 series tires measuring at darn near 29"). Much to my stupidity, I let it slip out of my hands to some towing company when I didn't have the funds to move it (college) when it finally died (cooling sys, not engine).
Uggh! ...type 'C' heads!

-Mark

[copo9566aa]

Very cool
A 1968 Motion Markowitz Cutlass (Ram-Rod) post coupe, was pictured in Rodder & Super/Stock Magazine
of March 1969 in a Motion Supercar Club ads.

The ads is black and white, the Cutlass is probably white, chrome 5 spoke mag (cragar SS or GT) and the car is racing in E/S class.And my magazine turn to yellow hahahaha.

Its the first time i listen Mach 1 motion oldsmobile. Its for this i love the online board, i can know new thinks all times.

I Have full of old magazine,but not scanner for the moment sorry.

[JoeG]

Going thru some of my old Motion stuff---Motion-Markowitz '68 catalog--------

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[chevelleman]

Joe is there anyway you could make the sec pic bigger? Ertl did a Motion Markowitz Olds this year in 1/18 scale and I would like to see how close they got it.


Thanks,
Ralph