New Generation of Motion Camaros - What Happened?

[dreemz]

"Joe Six-Pack could easily buy(finance one)". Not the case for a NEW loaded Phase III SS 427 car at the time. Lots of individuals had some component from Motion Performance on their cars (i.e. the local gear heads and street racers you refer to) but a loaded new car was a totally different story. A member on this site owns a GT Corvette that had a sticker of over 17K. What would that be in comparable dollars? A Lamborghini Miura at the time was 20K. Today a Murcielago goes for 300K plus.

[markjohnson]

You know, what did that New Generation Baldwin-Motion Camaro sell for at B-J a few years ago? I wanna say it was $400K-$600K. That's a narrow market that caters only to the wealthy. How about a version for around $100K? That would immensely increase your market of "eligible" people. I'm visualizing the gathering up of a fleet of decent, base coupe 1969 Camaros for maybe $20-25,000 a piece, a Bill Mitchell Hardcore Crate 540-572 CID Engine (because of his past history with Joel Rosen and Motion), a new Autogear Super Muncie M-22 Rockcrusher or Tremec TKO 600 5-speed, and a new Moser or Strange 12-Bolt. That's the basics for less than $50,000 and add around another $50,000 for the small details, paint and assembly. Keep these things basic also and DON'T offer any other options to exotic. Now I know that the price tag of roughly $100,000 is still a lot of money to most people, but just look at that price as falling between a new Z06 Corvette and a new ZR-1 Corvette and all of a sudden, it doesn't seem so bad. After all, this would be the opportunity for many to buy a brand new 1969 Rat-motored Camaro again if you couldn't afford it then or maybe wasn't even alive yet! You christen this car the "Baldwin-Motion Heritage Edition" or maybe even the "Baldwin-Motion Continuation Series" and I just can't help but think you have a winner on your hands! Oh yeah, I just realized, with all those cubic-inches and superior-flowing aluminum heads, you can offer this car with a guarantee of a 10.50 time slip or faster! That's within reason. Heck, I think I've talked myself into one!

[Motion Camaro]

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"Joe Six-Pack could easily buy(finance one)". Not the case for a NEW loaded Phase III SS 427 car at the time. Lots of individuals had some component from Motion Performance on their cars (i.e. the local gear heads and street racers you refer to) but a loaded new car was a totally different story. A member on this site owns a GT Corvette that had a sticker of over 17K. What would that be in comparable dollars? A Lamborghini Miura at the time was 20K. Today a Murcielago goes for 300K plus.

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<font color="blue">In 1968 a NEW Camaro was in the $2500 range, a NEW B-M Camaro could be had in the $4500 area; not quite twice the price.
So if you don't start with a fully loaded 2SS &amp; go for the simple 1LS/1SS @ $25K/30K
there is no reason it should be more than $40-60K for the Motion car ... TOTAL.

Now, of coarse if you start with a $50K car it may cost you $100+.
Remember, the more you check off on the option list, the more you gotta pay.

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So, give me a 1LS with a Motion 427 option, 5 Speed, a 4.56 rear &amp; a 90 day warranty, I'll drive the wheels off it for $40K.

Put Motion back on the map. Let me &amp; others have a chance to buy a NEW MOTION CAMARO without mortgaging my life. </font>

[JoeG]

That's pretty much the way it was for a basic PhaseIII setup Mike.....then there was the go &amp; show option list..........