August 69 Hi Perf Cars

[MotionVette]

From where did the recessed headlights originate from?

[Pantera]

I think Joel was trying to give his "GT" cars a Ferrari like look at a price that could be afforded by average racers.

Also in your first post you asked about the headlights only avaiable in 1970. I think at the time of that issue they were not quite ready to have them finished till then. After all that was Aug of 69 and it was not too long till the new year.


The orange car you were refering to with the new lights and the stock taillights just might have been the first car completed in late 69. Perhaps Joel was not happy with the stock look of the rear, so he sent it back to have the taillights re-done. That car just may be the one with the Dodge Charger pop-up gascap, unlike all the rest with the "MOON" popup cap.

It seems that each GT completed, seemed to get more and or larger slots on the taillights. Don't ask me why my white/Gold 70 has smaller ones than Dan's car as his was built just before mine by a couple of months.

So far, of the 9 cars there are only about 5 accounted for. Not each one of them was a actual Baldwin Chev sold car. The Gold/black vette sold at BJ is just a Motion GT. But it still is a neat car and I love the colors on it.

Pantera

[55chevy]

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From where did the recessed headlights originate from?

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Story goes that Joel wanted an American "GT" sports car that would overshadow the European "GT" (Ferrari..etc) cars in every way, other than price. I would say he succeeded with the Phase III GT Vettes. The open headlights and other body mods on the GT were Joels design.