Possible Baldwin Car?

[71LS5]

Thanks for the leads, guys.

I suppose that Joel must get so many requests to do research on these cars that may or may not be Baldwin cars that he feels like he needs to charge a fee.

I was just hoping that there could be a verification that it was prior to pursuing with Joel. My buds are not opposed to paying whatever Joel wants for the documentation if it is truly a Baldwin car. Seems kind of harsh for someone to tell you no and charge $1K. There were only about 500 total cars made anyway, wasn't there? I was just hoping that there was a list of VINs documented for these cars somewhere in internet land or in a library.

This summer I footed 1500 dollars plus expenses to document a motion 1969 corvette, only to find out I was looking at a clone. I think the excitement of seeing a car with stripes and some decals overrides your sense of judgement. This particular car had sat in a garage since 1980 and had never moved.It didnt seem possible that someone could have cloned a car pre 1980, WHY? It also appeared to have original paint and hood, etc. etc. etc. The stories always seem the same. I know its real, I just know it! Joel told me that the SELLER is responsible for the verification, not the buyer.He is absolutely 100% right. If they know enough to say it is a motion car, then they are aware of the documenting process, and you would have to be a fool to not pay the 1500 dollars to triple the value of your car if you already know that it is one.I just walked away from another "motion" deal in CA. A person bought a so called motion nova in 1985 from a man in NJ. No documentation again. Looked good, but after I talked to the guy several times, he became skeptical and now thinks that the hood was added later, and that it might not be a motion car, just some lookalike parts. I wasnt so excited this time to open my wallet.

[Bob Jenkins]

here is a link for a Baldwin Motion Corvette for sale, nice pic of front end, etc:


http://www.corvetteforum.com/photoad...oto&AdNum=4100

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Mr4speed;
RELAX!

'YENKO's story completely discredits your theory about Joel documenting wheelbarrows. As you can see from the photos that YENKO took below, Joel had the perfect opportunity to document a pretty correct looking, unknown car - but came back with a negative answer. JoeC is right, Joel gets his money upfront - regardless of the answer. Joel may be difficult to deal with, but believe me, after many years of putting up with 'tire kickers' and 'cloners' the patience has to run thin.

Enjoy!!
Marlin

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

This Chevy Action magazine has a lot of Motion, and similarly modified, cars in it. It's a January '75 edition.
M

[JoeC]

One of the things making the Motion cars tricky to identify is that the fiberglass parts were sold separatly by Motion. There is a Corvette hood on ebay now. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...895343&r=0&t=0