'69 Baldwin-Motion SS427 Phase III "GT" search

[dreemz]

Pantera-
You might as well pay the 1500.00 and get it over with. Your car is well worth the investment. Keep in mind it is very possible the name of the client JR built the car for could be on his original circa '69 working Motion Performance invoice-

[Pantera]

I am ready but I thought I would take one more chance to see if I can find any more info about the car. Joel might not know who had the car painted black with the twin gold stripes.

I feel strongly that Gary the Local brush did that years ago. When I was chatting with him at SCR6 he described the color of gold and the style perfectly. He is just not able to remember who it was though.

No mater what, it somehow made it all the way to Tulsa OK in early 1972 when it pulled into my service station and I bought it the next day. I have only been able to trace it back to the same dealer (Ronnie Diamond Mtr co.) that I bought my other 70 Phase III vette from in Dallas two years later. He was a big hotrod/corvette used car dealer in downtown Dallas. I wish I had taken some pic of his place back then, with it full of vettes and camaro's and such.

Here is a pic of it about a year ago, but he has been gone from there years ago. It was just a vacant building and lot when I was down there a year ago. I had a hard time finding it again. Must be getting old. (Shut up Ed 55chev)

If anyone has pic of it back years ago I would love to see it.

Pantera

[Pantera]

One more

[jfkheat]

Is this the car that belonged to a Pittsburg Steeler football player? I remember reading somewhere that the player had a Motion Vette painted black and gold.
James

[Pantera]

No it turned out that Ray May the football player and his buddy only took their vettes to Joel to have some work done on them. It took me most of a year to track him down. Nice guy but the vette he owned turned out to be a 68 and did not have any custom body work done on it. It was later painted Pittsburg Steelers black/gold colors. They both took their cars to NY for Joel to do his magic on. I know one thing and that is he sure was impressed with Joel and the work he did on this and his buddys vettes. He couldn't remember for sure what year it was but Joel sure made a huge impression on him.

He bought it new in Pittsburg and then a couple of seasons later when he retired, he had a hell of a race all the way to Calif, with another Pittsburg teammate that had a similar vette. He sold his vette a couple of years later in Calif for $4200.

He was quite interesting to chat with about his car. Like most that you talk to, he wishes he had never sold it.


Pantera

[Supercar_Kid]

Have any pictures ever turned up of Ray May's '68 Vette in Steelers trim? When you spoke to Ray did he mention where in Pittsburgh he originally purchased his 'Vette?

Would be pretty wild if it happened to be at "Washington County's Largest Volume Corvette Dealer" Yenko Chevrolet...then there'd be a Yenko/Motion out there somewhere.

Could have been any number of Pittsburgh areas dealers, but Grabiak Chevrolet in New Alexandria comes to mind as well, as they've been a high volume Corvette dealer for years.

Good luck in your search Larry, your persistence will pay off eventually.

[55chevy]

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If anyone has pic of it back years ago I would love to see it.

Pantera

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I have quite a few pics of it in it's current condition I'll let you have at a reasonable price