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12-25-2012, 02:54 PM
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Good Old Days
It's interesting to note that modern Camaro "tuners" are celebrating that their <span style="font-style: italic">branded</span> new ZL1 Camaros are breaking into the 10s, averaging 10.8 to 11.2 seconds on the quarter-mile. Impressive indeed, but also worth noting is that Joel Rosen ran consistent 11.1s (and set an AHRA record at 11.3s) on 7-inch tires in 1967 in the Baldwin-Motion/Motion Supercar Club/CARS Magazine '67 Camaro. It was powered by a stock L88 with single-four-barrel intake and headers. Granted it didn't have full power and AC, but we did sort it out in traffic on Sunrise Highway before going to the track. Let's hear it for the good old days!
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12-25-2012, 03:02 PM
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Re: Good Old Days
Very Cool pic Marty!! Joel knew what he was doing back then and probably still knows more today about how to make a motor run on basic principles than most of these mechanics today can with computer assistance. One thing I always wondered, on the car in the pic, on the drivers door, in your book you have a pic of this car rolling back off a trailer getting ready to race and you can read the words Driver then it looks like it says Joel Motion .What does it say?
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12-25-2012, 03:52 PM
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Re: Good Old Days
Looks like it does say Joel Motion. This stuff was changed all the time, sometimes it was Joel "Mr. Motion" Rosen. These racecars were always being changed: lettering, paint, wheels, engines, etc.
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12-25-2012, 03:33 PM
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Re: Good Old Days
I STILL miss national speedway!
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69 camaro Z-28 burnished brown X-77 bought 1978 70 camaro Z28 forest green M40 black vinyl roof PROJECT 99 camaro SS Hugger Orange 6speed no t-tops 1 of 54 11 cts-v black diamond edition wagon 556hp GONE 15 camaro Z/28 white AC brand new
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12-25-2012, 03:53 PM
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Re: Good Old Days
Is this car known of today?
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Day 2 is Life.
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12-25-2012, 04:09 PM
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Re: Good Old Days
Old Motion record-holding Camaro racecars have not been located, still out there!
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01-02-2013, 03:30 AM
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Re: Good Old Days
Love that car. Was it an original L78? Can you give us any clues that would help ID the car?
Thanks, Tony <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Martyn L. Schorr</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Old Motion record-holding Camaro racecars have not been located, still out there! </div></div>
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01-02-2013, 02:37 PM
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Re: Good Old Days
What ever details we had on the car are in my Motion book.
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01-02-2013, 10:26 PM
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Re: Good Old Days
Marty's book does say that the car was a base model Grenada Gold Camaro delivered by Simonin. The L88 427 was a replacement motor provided by Mahler. The car was painted white and lettering was added as well as Cragars and slicks. I would assume it was either a 327 or 307 maybe even a 250-6cyl. Either way, all that really matters is the racecar that it was turned into. I believe it hasn't been found. I think it said that somewhere in the book also
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