Original Motion window sticker?

[Charley Lillard]

Wow, nice car and paperwork..

[firstgenaddict]

I realize that she won't give up the contact info... but does he still live near the area? The name is uncommon and should be easy to get a lead on.

[L34Pace]

I'll get a close up of the Motion sticker this weekend. It is somewhat faded from being on the outside of the window but says Motion Super Car Club, Dedicated To Performance, and Member. Seems to be black white and red. Just curious but what type of performance parts would a guy have to buy from Motion to get this decal? I doubt he took the car from the midwest to the eastcoast for any major conversion. Could Harrell have been hooked up with Motion some how after the partnership with Yenko ended? It does have signs of ladder bars being on the car other than that and the stickers I dont see any signs of modification.
The brother does still live in St. Louis "part time" I did get that out of Donna. I have run the name John Helmke through a people search but I'm not 100% sure thats his name. Just because his mothers last name was Helmke doesnt mean that is his last name. I did come up with an unlisted John Helmke age 56 in St. Louis who lives at 1166 Hawkstone Lane. Would'nt it be cool if this cars motor is sitting in the garage at that address

[Tim Penton]

L34Pace, No purchase of performance parts was required to get that sticker. The owner probably was a member of the Motion Super Car Club which was a deal offered by Mr. Motion, Joel Rosen. It consisted of a printed club news letter and offered cheaper prices on performance goodies. Site member JoeG is an original member of this club, not to mention an original B/M Chevelle owner that he still owns today-lucky dog!!

[L34Pace]

Thanks for the reply Tim! I guess I'll hang my Green Hornet decoder ring from the rear view mirror too I've come a little closer to tracking down John Helmke. I called all the Helmke's in St. Louis and got ahold of his son. He is passing my contact information along to his dad. He said not to hold my breath, the car is a real sore spot within the family. Here's a poor photo of the Motion sticker. I had horrible lighting and using the flash on the window was unproductive. I did take the time to read back a couple years of the Motion posts. What I got from the reading is that only the Baldwin dealership cars are considered "true" Motion supercars although Joel used a network of dealers both domestic and foreign to build his performance parts empire. What I did'nt fully understand is if these dealers also were involved with the L72 conversions? I hear a book is in the works?