Baldwin/Motion Phase III GT Corvettes

[Pantera]

Darrel,

Great to hear from you. I have always wondered about your car. There are just a few pic of the car that I have seen and I have to say I love the colors.

I hope you don't mind me asking you a few questions about your car.

Was it always blue? So you are saying it came from Joel blue with a Gold stripe?

Your discription of the taillights sounds a great deal like my '70 that came from Joel. If they would have been a little brighter perhaps then you may not have gotten hit from behind. I know mine are not too easy to see when they are lit up.

I love the 200-S wheels you put on it. I have a set just like them that I used to run on my car way back when.


Please email me sometime so I can have a way to get in touch with you. I would love to chat on the phone sometime about the cars if you don't mind.

Pantera

[P3GT]

Pantera,

The 200S rims were on the car when I purchased it in 1988. I'm pretty sure they were put on it in 1970 by Motion when it was converted to a GT.

The original color is Lemans Blue and the Gold stripe was added to that when it was a Phase III. From the pictures it looks like it had Inglewood tires with the T.T. rims.

When I bought the car in 1988 it had just been repainted about a year or two before, but it was repainted faithfully to the way it was. So when it was converted to a GT it was changed from Blue/Gold to Blue/white. The shade of Blue is the only thing I'm not sure of.

By the way I need a set of mint original 200s center caps if anybody has some.

Pantera check your P.M.

[Pantera]

Blue and gold sound kinda neat together to me. I have to say that I sure do like the blue and white better.

Of course your color of Blue is one of my fav colors.

I remember when the 200S wheels first came out in 69 so that would be about right if they came on your car. I remember ordering them for a '68 Blue 400 hp cpe that I had at that time. I never heard of Motion until the Aug of 69 article came out on the newstand. I must have read it at least 3 time s right there in the store. I remember that they made me buy the magazine instead of letting me read it all afternoon. Man am I glad that I did. I would never have thought I would someday own the car on the cover though.

I think there is a chance that another one may pop up one of these days. I only hope that I get to live long enough to see all of them restored and together at a show someday.

Thanks for the PM. Talk to you tomorrow.

Pantera

[55chevy]

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The original color is Lemans Blue and the Gold stripe was added to that when it was a Phase III. From the pictures it looks like it had Inglewood tires with the T.T. rims.


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Hey Darryl. Glad you're here. The only thing we knew about your car was from the story on the monthly feature page. Does your car have the stock rear window or the GT slanted window? Thats been the biggest question since there isn't any real definitive pics of the rear top view of your car anywhere I can find online.. Can you post the old pics of it you have? I'd love to see how it used to look

[P3GT]

Ed

It has the slanted GT window. In fact it has the complete GT body package, including the GT gas filler which you might not be able to see in the pics. The old pics of it were graciously sent to me by the original owner. All four as it was in 1969 as a Phase III. Two before the wreck and two of the wreck. Let me just clarify here, the wreck was when the car was sitting at a red light and someone didn't stop and hit it in the rear. Maybe 30-40 mph. The car was still drivable and it was mostly cosmetic damage. I'll have to get help posting them. If I can get it done I will.

Darryl

[Chevy454]

Darryl: if ya need to, email them to us and I'll post 'em for ya...

[55chevy]

Thanks for clearing that up Darryl.. I could have sworn it did by straining my eyes and adjusting the contrast on the pics I have of it. If you got others you can share I'd sure like to see those too. Can't ever see too many pics of any of these cars

[MOTION1]

Ed-

Sorry I am so late in posting... this is a good view of the GT tail lights you have been discussing.

Dan

[55chevy]