What's the Ko-Motion

[johnwitzke]

Joel Rosen of Motion Performance built some of the quickest tuner car during the 60's an 70's. His guarantee, they would run 11.50's at 120 mph in the quarter mile. As time permits, and as I take a break from building WW II airplane's, my plan is to build a number of cool Baldwin Motion cars, such as the 1967 Ko-Motion L88 Corvette, the first 1967 SS427 Chevelle, a 1968 SS427 Camaro, a couple of 1969 Phase III SS427 Camaros, a 1969 Phase III SS427 Corvette, a 1969 Phase SS427 Nova, a 1969 SS427 Chevelle, a 1970 Phase III Chevelle, and a 1970 Phase III Camaro. I will post as I make progress.

[1972coronet]

NICE !!!

I can't wait to see your progress with the "Fantastic Five" !

Have you read Marty Schorr's "Tales of a Muscle Car Builder" ?

The chapter on "Astoria Chas" and the KO Motion Corvette is a truly sad tale ( ) .

[PappyD340]

NICE, can't wait either!!

[johnwitzke]

Yes. I have Tales of a Muscle Car Builder. Great book with a lot of info about the Baldwin Motion cars.

[Len Woodruff]

I will look forward to your builds.

[fantacmet]

This looks promising I've wanted to do something like this but with Yenko cars. I'll be watching this one.

[1972coronet]

Yes. I have Tales of a Muscle Car Builder. Great book with a lot of info about the Baldwin Motion cars.

I still have to get my mitts on Joe Oldham's "Confessions of a Supercar Tester " , too .

Do you have a favourite year or model of the Fantastic Five ?

[johnwitzke]

I would like to get a copy of Joe Oldham's book too. As far as a favorite. That is a difficult question to answer. If I had my choice out of all of them, I would probably take the 1969 SS427 Nova

[w451973]

How about the 73 Chevelle he did ?

[1972coronet]

[johnwitzke]

My Baldwin Motion collection will begin with the only 1967 Chevelle SS427 produced by Motion Performance. This car was originally ordered new by Charlie Mason. This build will start with using the Revell 1967 Chevelle SS396 kit. Scalefinishes Marina Blue paint will be used for the exterior and interior. The car will have a black vinyl top.

Several photo etch and resin parts have been sourced in order to complete an accurate build when the car was new. Some of parts are Torque Thrust Wheels, Redline Tires, M/T finned valve covers (low gloss), valve cover wing bolts, Mallory ignition coil, photo etch under dash gauges (two originally located on the left side of the steering column), column mount tach, Hurst T-Handle shifter, and photo etch SS427 for the rear panel. I plan on scratch building the custom steering wheel.

I am getting ready to begin this one and will post pictures as this project moves along.

Edited May 14, 2014 by johnwitzke

[Danno]

Neat project!

[GMCMAN52]

Man, I can't wait to see the pic's on this great build

[Brizio]

Cool project!

[tmartin03]

What ever happened to the project build?

Was looking forward to seeing the '69 Nova in particular.

I'm currently starting to gather research on a '70 Baldwin Motion Nova.

[58 Impala]

Very ambitious project, keep us posted.

[Ron Hamilton]

John,

I cannot wait to see any progress on this topic. As a rabid teenager, I could only dream of acquiring a Balwin-Motion Car. Unfortunately, living in Washington, DC, the insurance would have been horrendous, as well as the cost of upkeep for such a beast. However, with palstic and resin kits, reality is as easy as a 1/25 scale kit.

When I was doing this car, I remembered that Balwin-Motion marketed the '69 Biscayne, as well as the Impala SS427 as part of their program.

as well as the Impala SS427

Maybe we can have a Baldwin-Motion car build-off. There is plenty of base kits out there to do it.

[Snake45]

Baldwin would build you anything you wanted, as long as you had the money.

[Toast]

. . . 1969 SS427 Chevelle. . .

Uhm, you have my complete and undivided attention! Can't wait to see these come together.