Motion Phase III '75 Trans Am!

[bowtie3168]

Thanks for being cool about 73-77s. I thought that the Laguna was cool because like the Torino Talladega, and the Charger 500, Superbird etc. the option was made so that Chevy would be more competitive in Nascar Grand National Class. Now another Chevelle question, you said 68-72 Chevelle,what about 64-67s? The 65 Z-16 was one of the coolest cars EVER made.
Andrew

[71LS5]

A "jet black" or gold colored '67 big block car are the only ones from that era that are very attractive to me.

My first car was a '68 Firebird 400. Even the 396 Chevelles, as long as they were stock, could not handle me. Oh that Pontiac passing gear!!!

IMHO, '69 was really the first year for the eye catcher colors and style. A Hugger Orange Chevelle SS or Daytona Yellow Camaro was the best looking and best running cars on the street. Z/28's decked out with those runway stripes on the hood that year were awesome.

Then Chrysler had to do one better and go completely crazy on their colors. I must admit, the price/performance for the old Mopars was better than GM or Ford at that time. Duster and Demon 340's in the early '70s were a great buy as were Roadrunners and Cudas. Buddy of mine had a '70 Plum Crazy Roadrunner. Bone stock 383. The only options were pistol grip Hurst four speed, and my personal favorite, the ram air hood. Looked meaner than the flapper stuff on the Chevelles. And could that thing ever fly!!!

One of the wilder looking cars I saw was a lime green Hemi SuperBird over at Frank Scott Chrysler in Joplin, MO. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[JoeC]

Motion also built some cars in the mid 80Ãs. One was an IMSA style Trans Am that was built for the Kenwood Stereo co. another was a Magnacharger Camaro and a third was a four seat Corvette. I do not have much info on them but I believe they were done to compete on the show car circuit. Motion also built some mid 80Ãs street Camaros and Monte Carlos that had mostly fiber glass add-on and paint modifications.

[mahoy78spyder]

Andrew, I did go back an check out Mike Guarise's Trans Am that was the September 2000 Feature car. I don't know how I missed that one. I thought I had checked them "all" out, but that appears to be the only one I missed. I was shocked to find it, because I thought finding the '75 T/A was pretty interesting, knowing that his supercars days were almost behind him at that point in history, but to find a '78 (even newer) was all the more fascinating. Yes, I understand that Joel did some mid-80's projects that seemed to be mostly body & paint mods and I think I've even seen one or two of them when they were on the show car circuit. (your description of them sounded familiar Joe... I'll have to dig back through some old "500 World of Wheels" photos I have from various Indy shows) But the true supercars that had the large displacement, heavily modified motors, were the ones that I thought were extinct by the mids 70's, so that would make these unique T/A's all the more special.

But anyway you look at it, all of Joel's projects were fascinating in their own unique way.

Does anyone know if Mr. Rosen ever modified a Chevy Monza? (since it seems apparent that he was open to modifying anything the customer desired)

Ken