B-Motion Prod. #'s Bogus?

[whitetop]

Joe C gave a long list of different Motion cars. How is this for something different. Chevy Action 1976, 1st Qtr, has a Motion Phase III wreck truck featured. It had 454, Phase III hood, emblems, valve covers etc. This is not a joke. Seems the owner commissioned Joel to build him a fast truck. This truck was also in Hot Rod in the readers letter section in 1977-78. Motion also built Phase III Chevy Blazers with all the Motion stuff. Mrs Rosen rode around in this one.
Again, I'm not kidding.

whitetop

[JoeC]

Whitetop - I believe it - Motion would hot rod anything! Motion built at least one Elcamino with a 427/425hp motor. It was featured in HP Cars mag and was built as a tow car. Another odd Motion vehicle was the V8 Vega woody wagon that Joel drove as his personal transportation.(this was also in an HP Cars article). Old Magazines are great.

[djunod]

Old topic again...

I believe another factor in the inflated numbers is EGO. People liked to be viewed as prolific.

On August 20 2002, I talked with Joel Rosen on the telephone about some Maco issues---current pricing for the Maco & Manta Ray kits that he STILL sells).

He told me flat out that he made 3 Maco's and 1 Manta Ray (Ray Pennington). Those are different numbers then I've seen in magazines.

BTW---Here's a picture of outside Silva's shop.



[edited September to August]

[Rat_Pack]

Whitetop, I think the 500 number is probably close to correct if you count all makes of cars he did: Oldsmobiles, Dodge & Plymouths, Buicks, and of course the VW's. Let me clarify, all cars he "modified" or converted including the cars from Baldwin Chevrolet. What do you think?....................RatPack.................