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Old 05-09-2019, 09:16 PM
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Found this in a Hot Rod magazine write up.

http://www.superchevy.com/features/1...18329516CA514D
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Where did the 50 years go? Incredible how the Motion "hot rods" went from beat on "street racers" to highly desirable, valuable, collectibles.
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Brings back a lot of memories of growing up on Long Island and visiting Joel with my 65 fuelie. A great time for me that I will never forget and man everytime I got my car back from him it would really crank at the track for sure.................................... ........................................ .....................


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Great find ... thanks RR
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Brings back a lot of memories of growing up on Long Island and visiting Joel with my 65 fuelie. A great time for me that I will never forget and man everytime I got my car back from him it would really crank at the track for sure.................................... ........................................ .....................RVZIO
Being from Commack we used to go down there on some weekends and check out the cars they were building.
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That IS a great write-up. Thanks for sharing it.

We used to drive around burning gas and taking pictures of any hot rods we saw along the way.

Motion being the topic, here's one I took a loooong time ago- probably '68 / '69.

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Personally I liked the Mark III SS427 model the best. A little more understated than the later models.





An interesting side note. In the following picture, you can see how Motion hacked the tri-power accelerator cable bracket after they swapped out the stock L-71 tri-power for a Holley and Edelbrock.



I have a buddy that has a '68 that was originally an L-71 that a PO swapped in a small block. You can see the remains of the tri-power bracket that they used in a similar fashion.


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It's a Import car Tuner shop now...
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Great article.

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