JoeG's 1969 Baldwin Motion SS L78 Chevelle

[JoeG]

hvychev,
Thanks for posting photos- [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]---I've got to get this scanning thing in gear-----

Just about to shut computer down and saw your post---
HP----Just listed as the L78 factory rating 396/375-
that was just on paper---- on dyno was over 450---- rear wheels would start to hop off the dyno wheels .,had L-60-15 MT on, the rollers on this particular machine had a hard time with these tires---------for insurance purposes the vehicle was listed as a 1969 Chevelle V8
Other Motion cars in Brooklyn------,sorry to say I never ran into another Motion car, at least they weren't saying ---I didn't advertise the fact either---I was like- TIM ALLEN & JAY LENO ---I'm running stock.
.Yes -----drove it to car hang-outs -to put together some runs, but I did drive it around--- In the begining , the 456 gears would run about 3000rpm at 50/55mph on the highway ,did that for about 1 year.-took a little getting use to and if I remember correctly gas was 35 cents gal Sunoco 102octane?----JoeG

[Alwyn678]

Nice looking car. What color is that and what are the yellowish things on the headlights>>??

[JoeC]

JoeG cool car! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
thanks for posting the pictures
Do you have original underhood pics?
Do you remember what parts Motion added?
I'll have to buy your car in diecast [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[copo9566aa]

JoeG very cool car!
Very special this hood [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
Thanks for the Pix [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/[/img]

[JoeG]

The yellow things on the hi-beams---Lucas flamethrower headlight.---It may look like I was trying to turn the car into an off rode vehicle with those in the woods photos, but that was my uncles property in ROSCOE, NY---like to fly-fish so ---on one of my night trips to his property ,I came very close to having a doe@fawn as part of my grill----hell you would thing the noise of the car would scare them away,---the Lucas lights lite up the dark country back roads like it was daytime------they are no longer on.
Color---not a traditional chev color----burnished brown---the color looked black in overcast shade----it could look golden in bright sunlight----JoeG

[JoeG]

Back then---if it couldn't be waxed --I didn't take a picture----
The engine was set-up as a PhaseIII---minus the 427---there was a picture of blue PhaseIII Camaro in a mag-MCR?- with Joel Rosen's picture in the upper corner---that is what the PhaseIII engine package looked like.
1969-PhaseIII L78
396/375
456/rear
scooped fiberglass hood
keyed hood locks--had to change to pins--safer!
super-bite suspension[frt/rear shocks]
three-barrel Holley carb with 427x Edelbrock int--manual choke
fly-eye-air cleaner
Mallory dual pt dist---modified by Motion
burn proof ign wires/rajah clips
Mallory CD ignition
dual electric fuel pumps in trunk with shut-off at dash
Hooker comp headers/thrush mufflers
modified M-40 /sure-shift kit
ladder bars/snapped bar---- Motion replaced with ET bars with steel bushings
car raised all around/rear had air bags to pre-load chassis
mags
prowler rear tires
sw/sun--amp,water,oil gauges-I added vac gauge
hood tach---only electic tach that worked with the CD IGN.--didn't want a gear driven tach.--they tried to steal the hood tach when the car was parked----sun then came out with sun 802 --worked with CD ign.---still have the tach--pontiac tach with chevrolet name over it.
PhaseIII -mirrors actually 1969CJ Mustang mirrors
Grant wood steering wheel
car was power tuned on dyno

1970--Motion installed Hone Overdrive/Hone-o-Drive put in 488 gears-----driving on the H'way---70mph aout 2500/3000rpm---12/14 mpg on hwy.-----JoeG-- [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]

[55chevy]

Joe, Awesome Chevelle. I love seeing more Motion cars I haven't seen before. Keep the pics coming. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[COPO]

Awesome! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/[/img]

[zgator]

That is sweet!Love the stance,but then at 55 I'm old school. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/[/img]

[JoeG]

JoeC,
That modern side-view and hood view are the ones that were sudmitted to Ertl.

zgator,
That rake or slight rake look ----was on a lot of the Motion cars--I was always partial to a slight rake especially on the early camaro's.----JoeG--

Denis,
Thanks for cleaning that picture up --it's like looking thru a clean pair of glasses---I made myself a copy-- [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]---