Big Mike Taylor’s L89 Motion Corvette

[GMC_Typhoon]

Originally Posted by Tuna Joe

thank you for the info GMCTyphoon!
Below is a thread from 20 years ago on my car(big Mike’s) and the teammates car (Ray May)

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...ht=Mike+Taylor

No prob.I actually posted in that thread.
How did your car go from fully restored to basket case with a 350 in it? I am not getting this story at all. Your car has stock headlights and taillights.Was the other car fake?

[Tuna Joe]

Originally Posted by GMC_Typhoon

No prob.I actually posted in that thread.
How did your car go from fully restored to basket case with a 350 in it? I am not getting this story at all. Your car has stock headlights and taillights.Was the other car fake?

Post #38 talks about how the 350 got put in the car.

I don’t think the car was ever “fully restored”.
2 people prior to me were going to restore it but one fellow died, and the other guy never got around to it.
Those 2 people account for 23 years of ownership.
The guy that passed away tore the car apart, at least that’s my understanding.

This car is not a Phase III or GT car. So no Datsun headlights.
It is a Motion conversion.
Now, Ray May’s car may have been a Phase III Corvette. But that’s speculation on my part.

[GMC_Typhoon]

Originally Posted by Tuna Joe

Post #38 talks about how the 350 got put in the car.

I don’t think the car was ever “fully restored”.
2 people prior to me were going to restore it but one fellow died, and the other guy never got around to it.
Those 2 people account for 23 years of ownership.
The guy that passed away tore the car apart, at least that’s my understanding.

This car is not a Phase III or GT car. So no Datsun headlights.
It is a Motion conversion.
Now, Ray May’s car may have been a Phase III Corvette. But that’s speculation on my part.

Ok so what does the Gold Phase III car you posted got to do with this? It's not your car and it's not Larry's car.

[Tuna Joe]

Originally Posted by GMC_Typhoon

Ok so what does the Gold Phase III car you posted got to do with this? It's not your car and it's not Larry's car.

The gold Phase III car I know nothing about it except in the thread from 20 years ago the second post someone asks if it used to belong to a pro football player.
I’m assuming not that many NFL players had Motion cars.
So possibly it was owned by Ray May at some point? Who knows?
Obviously some of the info in that 20 year old thread is incorrect.
Like Big Mike’s car being converted to a Phase III.

Larry’s dead, Jeff is dead, Big Mike is dead, and the guy in California who bought the car from Big Mike’s brother is possibly dead.
I’m doing my best to track down any history I can on this car but with so many people dead in the ownership chain it’s tough.
Larry stated in the 20 year old thread that he had a discussion with Jeff about these cars. But Larry is also dead.

Are you taking the time to read any of this stuff? Case in point-how the 350 ended up in the car was clearly outlined.
Go back to the link to the 20 year old thread. Look at posts #4,5,11,14