New member - old Motion fan

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I'll shed some first hand light on the "COPO" Vette,
MY father worked for Custom Auto Collision that is displayed on the quarter panel.late 60's. My dad was very good friends(goombas) with "GENE COPOBIANCO" aka Gino, Owner of COPO motors, I recall going down to hang out at the shop many a saturday while the car was being prepped by my dad for paint as gino was not a very patient man when it came to such things, the shop was located in astoria queens under the "EL" the day it was to have the paint started my father decides to exercise the big block while it had some puny painter tires on it, i think this scenario was later used in the french connection movie, but the car returned unscathed, as is the way friends go their seperate ways and i only saw the car once again after it was painted,(picture does not do it justice) at National Speedway in Center Moriches, by now I was class racing my 66 cuda, Gino remembered me and allowed me to stroll the pits in the car, I belive the pic here is in the far end of the pits after the ticket booth, along side Graham road. As a side note I have lived within walking distance of MOTION since 1975.

[x Baldwin Motion]

Welcome, FanFac, which side of the tracks did you live on?

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Welcome, FanFac, which side of the tracks did you live on?

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Thanks, Not DID! but STILL live there, 1 block off long beach Road. Married the wide eyed girl who said "cute car" down at nathans one summer nite, 25 years later I have a son in the points chase at E-Town, I seen the Motion Shop go thru some changes, and now its back to performance, Just had a chassis dyno installed, (re-installed).

[x Baldwin Motion]

hmmmmm... Nathans on Tuesday nights.

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Well tues became bike night, thursday car night, but Kravit the jeweler got pissed cause he was open late on thursday, so wed became car night and the ricers are ruining that now.
All the gold accents and lettering on the COPO vette are REAL gold leaf, The more i thnk back the more i am remembering about those days, I actaully went thru an old family album and found some stuff worth scanning,

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Went through a bunch of photo's over the weekend - heres another shot of the COPO vette - not in great focus - but check out the Riv taillights!

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This was a local Motion car 396/375

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Did someone say hanging at Nathan's???

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These were taken in '76 - looks like they are getting ready to tear it down??

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These were taken in '76 - looks like they are getting ready to tear it down??

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in a 4 door 6 banger... might take a while but

photo!