67 Baldwin/Motion chevelle 427

[GTO_DON]

Maybe you can answer this question I asked about this car before. When did the 427 emblems go on the car?? You can clearly see it has 396 emblems on it in the old pics.
Also Are you sure about it being the only 67 ss Motion car built that year? Back around 1980 There was a burgundy or plum 67 SS427 that used to stree race at the meadows around here and it said Baldwin Motion on the sides of the car!! Wonder if that car was real because I did not think anybody was cloning cars back then.

[JoeC]

I was also trying to find the car for many years and know a few people who remember the car from back in the day.

I was told at one time it had a heavy metal flake blue paint job. When I first saw the car at Tom's house I saw the metal flake blue paint still on the dash and knew it was the right car.

We then found the old CT reg paper with same plate no. as in the 1967 articles.
The the Baldwin POP was still in the car also.

Great Chevelle

[COPO]

Don, both Joel and Marty seemed pretty certain it was the one and only newly built BM Chevelle in 67 and the late delivery date (August 67) bears that out. The original magazine that talks about the car as delivered from Baldwin when it set the track record at NY National states it was the 1st one built.

I would not doubt other 67 chevelles were modified at some point at the Motion shop, but I think this is the only one that came through the new Baldwin Motion program and sold new completely modified with the 427.

As far as clones in 1980, there were quite a few in my area including a ton of cloned Z28's, Hemis, SS's and even a Yenko and a Dana Camaro. This is in the Washington DC area when I was in highschool. I bought a REAL 70 Z-28 that year as my first car, and I remember looking at a number of clones before finding a real car which I still own today almost 30 years later.

Can't wait to see the car completed. It is a special one for sure.

[Dog427435]

In the early eighties every other '69 Camaro (mine included) was a cloned Z-28!

[MASON]

JOEC you are correct about the blue metal flake. Thinking back, in my grand parents house it had metal flake paint, I did forget about that, Thats one more question I will ask my father, when it was painted. You have to understand that my father worked at my grandfathers garage with his brothers. If he wanted he could have repainted the car daily. I did ask my brother about the color when it had lettering. Many of you didn't know the color because of the pic being to dark. The car was two tone. it had the org. color on top and a navy blue on the sides, thats what my father had told him, Its hard to get all the info out of my father because I don't see him all the time and to ask question after question about the car, it may get tiring to hair. So little by little I will find out your questions, Also I read the post from COPO that you purchased the car without the engine? Where's the 427? When Tom had the car I never seen it again. but when he got it from Eddie the engine was in it. Only the trany was missing. will be back alittle later. Ron

[MASON]

Just talked to my father got alittle info, First he never changed the emblems on the chevelle, when he picked the car up from Baldwin as he can remember they were on the car. The car also had the gears changed and the tranny worked at Baldwin. The car had 5.13 put in. He honestly doesn't remember what year the car was painted the metal flake. Maybe a few more questtins I will ask over the week end. I will be back on around 11 est. Where is the supercar show, sounds great. My brother and I are interested, but to get my father from his work would take alot, we have been trying to get him to Englishtown with us but hasn't gone yet, maybe this year. Ron

[Mr70]

August 29-30 2008 @Collinsville,Il.

[Born30YrsLate]

Does your dad know that he is a celebrity around here?...

[COPO]

Realistically, I seriously doubt the car will be ready to show until the 2009 SCR. The work has started on the restoration, but it is early in the process.

Once I got the car, I was really shocked to discover the original 12 bolt survived all of years of racing and still matched the POP. I'm not sure what gears are in it now, but from the factory it was a 4:56 rear per the POP, and then Motion installed 4.88's prior to the sale. Later it might have gotten some bigger gears as Ron mentions.

Imagine in 1967 driving 100 miles each way to NY National Speedway with this car having 4.88's and an M-20, setting the B/HR track record 11.50 @ 120+ and then driving home! That's a stout beast!

[mc25t190]

I am proud to say that i am the happy owner now and the car is going to be restored to the mint condition you referred earlier in this post. i will be trying to contact you soon. Can you private message your phone numbers to me. What a piece of history!