Documented 1969 Phase III GT Motion Corvette

[Pantera]

I have information that a Gold car w'black interior was owned by a Mike Taylor (aka=Big Mike) played OT, #77 6'4" 245lb 24 yrs old drafted from USC and played 69-69. He took it to Joel in late '69? to make a Phase III out of it.

He also may have introduced a fellow player to Joel and that then bought my '69 Baldwin Phase III and then had it painted black w/Gold stripes. He must have been traded to Dallas because both of my Motion vettes came from the same used corvette dealer in Dallas named Ronie Diamond. The dealer (not diamond) I got the '69 from had bought it from Diamond.

A couple of years later I drove into his lot and saw my '70 car and later bought it when he traded back for it.

Kinda weird that the same dealer in Dallas had two of these cars come through his car lot. So that is all I know about these cars past history.
I Hope someone one here may know something about him. I sure need to find the original owner of my '69.
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Here is a better pic of the gold vette

[Pantera]

Yes that is the same car. here is a pic of it on E-bay

[sixtiesmuscle]

Could you clarify what you mean by both cars were "brought to Joel" to make Phase III cars. Were they sold originally by Baldwin Auto Co. as Motion converted cars, or, sold as 427 cars somewhere else, and, had body mods later by Joel?

[Pantera]

The info I got was that the '69 gold car was ordered new by Mike Taylor as a 435hp car from a PA dealer and then later taken to Joel to be converted to phase III. Then when he got it back home, one of his teammates saw it & he wanted one too. So, Mike then took him to see Joel and he bought the orange/black genuine Baldwin NY auto show '69 that was Joel's personal car and later had it painted Black w/Gold stripe. I think black/gold was the Steelers colors? That was a true Baldwin Phase III car and the one that I now own. I just don't have the guys name that bought it.

I sure hope the story is true as it makes sense why my car wound up in Dallas. If he got traded to Dallas he would have to sell it or have it painted Blue/silver or else they might have burned it to the ground.

I sure wish I could find any info on this. It would be good news for both of us as we can trace down the original owners of both cars.

[JoeC]

Larry,
Check the Steelers web site. Maybe some one can narrow down a list of names for you. Original owner of one of my cars played for Denver Broncos in 1967. I found the guy in the team picture on the web site. I also found him on a football card and bought his card and had him autograpgh it. He only played for a couple of years but said he gets cards in the mail every year from people asking him to autograpgh them. My point is that if he was a pro football player, you should be able to find something on him.

[COPO]

I believe when the car was for sale on Ebay, it was mentioned that is was purchased new at Reedman Chev.

[69motionvet]

The car was purchased, by the second owner, from Emmerich Chevrolet in Pennsylvania. The second owner purchased the car with about 1500 miles on it. The dealership that it was originally ordered from or through at this time is still unknown.

[Pantera]

JoeC

The problem I have... is I don't know the name of the player. He was just a friend of Big Mike Taylor. So unless I can locate him and see if he has any memories of the two cars or even better yet has some pic's from back then, I am just at a standstill.

He was drafted in '68 from USC in California and I understand that he is back there now and in the BB-Q business. So unless somebody in Calif has knowledge of how to find this guy? then I am at a deadend.


Thanks for trying to help. This is sure a great place to hang around.
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[Born30YrsLate]

Larry - this link may help.... USC Football Draft History

[GMC_Typhoon]

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JoeC

The problem I have... is I don't know the name of the player. He was just a friend of Big Mike Taylor. So unless I can locate him and see if he has any memories of the two cars or even better yet has some pic's from back then, I am just at a standstill.

He was drafted in '68 from USC in California and I understand that he is back there now and in the BB-Q business. So unless somebody in Calif has knowledge of how to find this guy? then I am at a deadend.


Thanks for trying to help. This is sure a great place to hang around.
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There is only one guy that comes to my mind Preston Pearson
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