1968 Baldwin Motion Chevelle

Superbird McMonte · December 28, 2018

After finishing the Buick GSX, I was eager to start on the brand new 1968 Chevelle from Revell. Almost 20 years ago I painted a couple cars that were to replicate a pair of Baldwin Motion cars sold ordered by Roberto Schneider.

The Camaro cost $9,300 and the Chevelle was over $7,000! The Chevelle was used by Mr. Schneider to flat tow the Camaro to Texas and eventually into Mexico.

I’ve always wanted to build the pair in towing configuration and was well on my way when a couple problems arose with the Chevelle. #1 was the tail lights. They are very inaccurate. #2 was, the stipe I laid down was much narrower on the hood than the rest of the car.

This fustration sidelined the project for a long time.

After realizing that the new Revell Chevelle will probably be released as a 1969 down the road, I decided to continue to wait on this project.

In the meantime, my love for Motion cars steered me towards what I think is the “prototype” Baldwin Motion Phase III Chevelle.

One reason I believe it is the prototype is the hood. It’s the only one I have seen with Corvette scoop with no stinger portion on top of the Chevelle SS hood! The “production” fiberglass hoods were the full stinger on a flat Chevelle hood.

I spoke with Joel Rosen a couple weeks ago but didn’t ask him about the 68. I have an email in to him to see if my suspicions are correct.

In the meantime I started getting stuff together for this project. And here is where I’m at.

The stinger scoop is from the 1967 Nickey Camaro, side exhaust is from the 1969 Motion Camaro and the wheels are from EBay.

Any questions and comments are welcome!

Deuces · December 28, 2018

Got my attention!!!!..... ☺️?

afx · December 28, 2018

Interesting project Dominick.

Snake45 · December 28, 2018

Fabulous project, I'll be watching!

If that stinger is from the Revell '67 Camaro kit, you might want to take a look at its shape. I think it's much too flat--look at it head-on VS the pic of the real Chevelle you posted. I'm working on one of those and am planning to work the top of the stinger down on both sides.

Good luck with this, and drive on!

Ron Hamilton · December 28, 2018

Looks good to me!

kelson · December 28, 2018

Great project!,im looking forward to this build.

Superbird McMonte · December 28, 2018

4 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Fabulous project, I'll be watching!

If that stinger is from the Revell '67 Camaro kit, you might want to take a look at its shape. I think it's much too flat--look at it head-on VS the pic of the real Chevelle you posted. I'm working on one of those and am planning to work the top of the stinger down on both sides.

Good luck with this, and drive on!

What about the scoop from Revell’s 67 Corvette?

Snake45 · December 28, 2018

17 minutes ago, Superbird McMonte said:

What about the scoop from Revell’s 67 Corvette?

I think that one has more slope to its roof--I'll try to take a look next time I'm down in the Snakepit.

Superbird McMonte · December 29, 2018

4 hours ago, Snake45 said:

I think that one has more slope to its roof--I'll try to take a look next time I'm down in the Snakepit.

Here I have the scoop from the 67 Corvette.

charger74 · December 29, 2018

Really cool project

Bob Ellis · December 30, 2018

Thank the EPA for suing and killing off Baldwin supercars They never made that many anyway so why the big deal to eliminate them in 1975.

Classicgas · December 30, 2018

Watching this.

Brudda · December 30, 2018

Looks fantastic!!!! I’ll be watching and learning

1972coronet · December 30, 2018

4 hours ago, Bob Ellis said:

Thank the EPA for suing and killing off Baldwin supercars They never made that many anyway so why the big deal to eliminate them in 1975.

After that dark cloud descended-upon Rosen , et al. , in 1974 , Joel began selling his modified vehicles as " For Off-Highway or Export Use Only . Sold 'As-Is'. " , which kept the EPA ,et al. , off his back .

mod3l Lover · December 30, 2018

I like the '67 Corvette scoop better. (IMHO!)

That one just looks like it belongs there!!

David S.

KWT · December 31, 2018

I'm liking this. Will definitely be following along.

Superbird McMonte · December 31, 2018

22 hours ago, 1972coronet said:

After that dark cloud descended-upon Rosen , et al. , in 1974 , Joel began selling his modified vehicles as " For Off-Highway or Export Use Only . Sold 'As-Is'. " , which kept the EPA ,et al. , off his back .

That is correct. He also sold kits for mini cars, dune buggies and a lot of bolt on fiberglass stuff.

Hotrod 97 · January 1, 2019

Looks awesome!! I’ll definitely be following!

Edited January 1, 2019 by Ty Gontz

Superbird McMonte · January 2, 2019

I don’t have any pictures of the specific motor for this car so a little artistic license is in order. I’m shooting for something like this.

Finding headers to fit a big block Chevelle proved a little difficult. The best ones I had in stock had no flange to mate to the heads with. So I have to fabricate something.

If anyone knows what kit these were in, please let me know. I’d like to make another set and cast them for future projects.

You can see here where I had to notch the cross member on one side and frame on the other.

And the motor in place.

I put the kit valve covers on temporarily as I have a set of Motion covers in stock.

This distributor is one I cast myself. I feed the wires through the mold and then pour the resin. It’s a little difficult, but the result is great and a real time saver! Less eye strain too! ?