67 Baldwin/Motion chevelle 427

[MASON]

Just talked to my father got alittle info, First he never changed the emblems on the chevelle, when he picked the car up from Baldwin as he can remember they were on the car. The car also had the gears changed and the tranny worked at Baldwin. The car had 5.13 put in. He honestly doesn't remember what year the car was painted the metal flake. Maybe a few more questtins I will ask over the week end. I will be back on around 11 est. Where is the supercar show, sounds great. My brother and I are interested, but to get my father from his work would take alot, we have been trying to get him to Englishtown with us but hasn't gone yet, maybe this year. Ron

[Mr70]

August 29-30 2008 @Collinsville,Il.

[COPO]

Realistically, I seriously doubt the car will be ready to show until the 2009 SCR. The work has started on the restoration, but it is early in the process.

Once I got the car, I was really shocked to discover the original 12 bolt survived all of years of racing and still matched the POP. I'm not sure what gears are in it now, but from the factory it was a 4:56 rear per the POP, and then Motion installed 4.88's prior to the sale. Later it might have gotten some bigger gears as Ron mentions.

Imagine in 1967 driving 100 miles each way to NY National Speedway with this car having 4.88's and an M-20, setting the B/HR track record 11.50 @ 120+ and then driving home! That's a stout beast!

[mc25t190]

I am proud to say that i am the happy owner now and the car is going to be restored to the mint condition you referred earlier in this post. i will be trying to contact you soon. Can you private message your phone numbers to me. What a piece of history!

[JChlupsa]

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Imagine in 1967 driving 100 miles each way to NY National Speedway with this car having 4.88's and an M-20, setting the B/HR track record 11.50 @ 120+ and then driving home! That's a stout beast!

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even more fun with 1967 gas prices

[x Baldwin Motion]

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Imagine in 1967 driving 100 miles each way to NY National Speedway with this car having 4.88's and an M-20, setting the B/HR track record 11.50 @ 120+ and then driving home! That's a stout beast!

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even more fun with 1967 gas prices

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No hon-0-drive ?

[COPO]

I could be wrong, but don't think any Motion cars got the Hone Overdrive until the 69 model year. There were VERY few cars built in '67 as it was the first year of the new partnership between Motion and Baldwin Chev. and the program was started later in the year. Things really got rolling in '68 and onward.

[mc25t190]

i am very happy that Ron has joined the thread. It just makes this car all that more interesting. The parts hunt is on the way right now on the 67 Chevelle. It is coming along quite nicely. As you know the car will have to undergo quite a bit of metal work. Joel and Marty have joined in as well as i am hoping any other information i may get from Ron and his family will make for a nice story on this car. I do not have any pictures as of yet to post. We are getting everything together as we speak. The car will be done by Ricky Smith along with the 68 Baldwin Motion Camaro. Ricky has the 69 RS/SS Z28 JL8 car as well. Needless to say i and Charlie B. are keeping Ricky quite busy. I will start posting some pictures as soon as i have something to post. It will probably be the end of the summer before i get a real start. We were very luck to find someone locally who owned a 67 that he had had for 14 years and never started on the car. He had every piece of trim you could think of and will certainly narrow down the parts time chasing. We have most of the driveline right now and of course the original rearend. We have the date coded engine and a slew of other stuff. Our parts chasing has gone very well. The difficult part of this car will be the metal work. I wish i could say that i thought i would have it done next year, but, it will probably be a couple of years. However this thread and speaking to the original owners family will certainly motivate us.

[Born30YrsLate]

Does your dad know that he is a celebrity around here?...

[JoeG]

Hi Mason,
Your dad's car is one of the HOLY GRAILS of the Baldwin Motion combine............
How did your dad wind up at Motion Performance--thru the magazines or seeing Motion run at the track..
When your dad ordered his Chevelle did he initially plan to have Motion throw the whole HI-PO parts book at it.....JoeG