Baldwin/Motion

[harrythor]

more photos, first owner and dealer for Motion performance Mr.÷rvar Sigursson,this photo was taken for newspaper 1979

[JoeC]

Motion had a list of ten "Overseas Dealers". One was listed as "O. Sigardson Reykjavik, Iceid." Others were in Iran, Kuwait, and Hilo, Hawaii.

[JoeC]

I have been tracking down some of the Motion built cars of the 70s and 80s and have purchased two from Joel. They are "his and her" Motion cars used in Motion catologs and as show cars and as personel transportation. One is a 1989 Mustang GT convertiable which I think is the last car Joel Built. He did some 3rd Gen big block Camaros, a 4 door Corvette show car, some supercharged and some turbo and others. Here is a web page of the Motion Mustang GT http://hometown.aol.com/hotjob57679/page1.html
I may be selling this car if anyone is interested email me
Joel was building cars and also bought back some of his old cars and restored them then sold them again. I believe one collector bought 3 Motion Corvettes that Joel found and restored.

[SuperNovaSS]

Hmmmm... I live in Hilo, Hawaii. Any particlular cars I should be looking for.


Jason

[Belair62]

Forget the cars.....get to the beach !!!!

[SuperNovaSS]

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] Don't worry about that I get plenty of sun. But Hilo also gets more rain than anywhere else in the US. I need something to do on those gloomy days. What's better than going through some old sugar fields looking for cars!

Jason

Thanks Harry!! Car is in US safely now! Heading to IA. It was sent to Iceland by airplane in Jan. of 1971, so I decided to bring it back the same way. Thanks to the previous owners for cooperating with pics, documentation, and original parts that were gathered to be installed on car once again. Such as original headers, sidepipes, ladder bars, ansen wheels, etc. The largest paper in Iceland actually ran a story on this transaction. The story was labeled " Motion camaro going back to USA." The original owner e-mailed me this statement: This is more than just a motion car, it is a large initiating part of Icelands history of racing culture." I have some nice vintage photos of car with Joel Rosen and crew prepping and racing this car. Harry even sent me an Iceland motion jacket. Joel and Orvar were and still are close friends, and Joel visited Iceland several times. Orvar (former motion dealer in Iceland) is also going to attend this years reunion. I plan to have the car there with some poster size vintage photos. Again, thanks to the 3 previous owners! Dave [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]

[Stefano]

Wow [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]

[copo9566aa]

Yes WOW [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img] and [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[JoeC]

Nice car! What year was it built?
I know Motion Performance concentrated on overseas sales after the trouble with US Gov. in 1974.