Information/history of a 72 Motion Camaro in NC

[Chris KH2PM]

This was originally a Z-28. The OEM upper swaybar brackets are still in place on the frame, but now being used as an exhaust hangar.

...and a pic of me in 1982 with my '70 1/2 Z-28...

[Dog427435]

My rusty bell is still not ringing - but you sure can't argue with a car from Kevin Suydam's personal collection!

That bar doesn't look like the Lakewood bars I'm familiar with - double snubber?

This is an early Lakewood bar -


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[John Brown]

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My rusty bell is still not ringing - but you sure can't argue with a car from Kevin Suydam's personal collection!

That bar doesn't look like the Lakewood bars I'm familiar with - double snubber?

This is an early Lakewood bar -


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I never saw a real Lakewood bar that didn'd attach to the bottom of the spring, replacing the original shock plate/spring retainer, not clamped to the spring. The bar in this picture looks to be a late model cheapie wanna be traction bar..... maybe a Blackjack or the like.

[Dog427435]

? That late model cheapie wanna be came out of a Lakewood box over 30 years ago.

[John Brown]

30 years ago (1978) is late model to me.

[owners2]

The stripes are accurate to stripes that would have continued off a standard Z stripes.The emblems look real & those were not pins there like casting set pins for the mold.The emblems should have just been applied with 2 sided tape,but whoever re-painted the car just put them on the way he felt would hold them on the best.

[Chris KH2PM]

Thanks Jeff owners2 for that information.

Is it common for MOTION emblems to have been modified in this
way over the years? Scott was thinking about filling in the holes that were drilled in the emblem and finishing them with black paint, and using two-sided tape to hold them on. If it's common and 'acceptable' for screws to be holding them on the car he'll have an option.

One other thing that I recall, and that Scott also has more detail in his recollection is a badge on the dash on the passenger side. I was thinking it was either a PHASE III or MOTION emblem affixed to the dash, but Scott thinks it was a plastic engraved MOTION or PHASE III badge. There is a spot on the dash now that does have the outline that something was there. Anybody have any pics or info on that?

Thanks again for all the input!