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A Chaparral 2E:
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(this Laguna Seca/Las Vegas Can-Am version with the wingtips and nose spoilers), and I'd be wearing a firesuit and full-face helmet, which I'd take off on the spot and be wearing a tuxedo underneath like James Bond
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(this Laguna Seca/Las Vegas Can-Am version with the wingtips and nose spoilers), and I'd be wearing a firesuit and full-face helmet, which I'd take off on the spot and be wearing a tuxedo underneath like James Bond
I like the way you think Smokey. I was actually thinking of this the other day. We (almost) always see celebs pull up in luxury and exotic cars. Would'nt it be cool if we see one pull up in a legendary muscle car to get people talking. I can here Joan Rivers saying "what the hell is a Baldwin Motion?, do they sell them on Rodeo drive"
I grew up in Baldwin, NY, so I am all for props to my old town.
I would pull up in a custom dragster vintage ice cream truck, towing a custom convertible Partridge Family bus full of hot babes.
[/quote]Wow I would have loved to be that close to Motion back in the day, I know I would have bought one.
The book by Marty Schour about BM is reallly good, but I am sure you have it. Really like your avatar to, I have that 69 Chevelle and I think it is so sharp even if it is a little old.
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You guys are forgetting that you have to drive these things. Remember the Top gear episode where they made stretch limos? For the last challenge they had to chauffeur celebrities to some awards ceremony. Only they got there late because the limo + london peak traffic +narrow London roads = disaster. So a 17 foot bat mobile may be a little too much!
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For once, I'm speechless...I'd show some class and roll up in this.
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Hi Smokey,
I regret that the original Baldwin Motion closed it's doors the year I was born, so I did miss it in their heyday. My family moved to Baldwin, N.Y. in the 60's so I do have uncles and my grandfather that remember that place well. The place changed hands a few times but always kept the same name. I used to drive by there twice a day on the bus to school. A friend of mine and I checked them out in the 90's, they had 2 modded drag Grand Nationals out front and some 80's/90's camaros also.
I just recently found out about the book and bought it 2 weeks ago. Very nice detail and the pictures remind me of my hometown.
I actually have 2 of the brown/white Ertl BM Chevelle in my avatar. One has diecast cancer, the other wasdicovered broken by Ebay retailer after I bought it and a few other cars, so he just shipped it to me for free. It is weird becasue I can't find any cancer on it, but it is snapped at the A pillars(?) I have most of the ERTL BM cars, but the newer Hwy 61 ones seem to be much nicer. I just wish HWY 61 expanded their BM offerings, like the Ko-Motion, Vega, 442, Cobra's etc...
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I grew up in Baldwin, NY, so I am all for props to my old town.
I would pull up in a custom dragster vintage ice cream truck, towing a custom convertible Partridge Family bus full of hot babes.
[/quote]Wow I would have loved to be that close to Motion back in the day, I know I would have bought one.
The book by Marty Schour about BM is reallly good, but I am sure you have it. Really like your avatar to, I have that 69 Chevelle and I think it is so sharp even if it is a little old.
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I regret that the original Baldwin Motion closed it's doors the year I was born, so I did miss it in their heyday. My family moved to Baldwin, N.Y. in the 60's so I do have uncles and my grandfather that remember that place well. The place changed hands a few times but always kept the same name. I used to drive by there twice a day on the bus to school. A friend of mine and I checked them out in the 90's, they had 2 modded drag Grand Nationals out front and some 80's/90's camaros also.
I just recently found out about the book and bought it 2 weeks ago. Very nice detail and the pictures remind me of my hometown.
I actually have 2 of the brown/white Ertl BM Chevelle in my avatar. One has diecast cancer, the other wasdicovered broken by Ebay retailer after I bought it and a few other cars, so he just shipped it to me for free. It is weird becasue I can't find any cancer on it, but it is snapped at the A pillars(?) I have most of the ERTL BM cars, but the newer Hwy 61 ones seem to be much nicer. I just wish HWY 61 expanded their BM offerings, like the Ko-Motion, Vega, 442, Cobra's etc...
Steel
I like the way you think Smokey. I was actually thinking of this the other day. We (almost) always see celebs pull up in luxury and exotic cars. Would'nt it be cool if we see one pull up in a legendary muscle car to get people talking. I can here Joan Rivers saying "what the hell is a Baldwin Motion?, do they sell them on Rodeo drive"
I grew up in Baldwin, NY, so I am all for props to my old town.
I would pull up in a custom dragster vintage ice cream truck, towing a custom convertible Partridge Family bus full of hot babes.
[/quote]Wow I would have loved to be that close to Motion back in the day, I know I would have bought one.
The book by Marty Schour about BM is reallly good, but I am sure you have it. Really like your avatar to, I have that 69 Chevelle and I think it is so sharp even if it is a little old.
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I have just about all of those in your pic as well, except the ko-motion which is pretty much my current holy grail car!!! They all look great in that BM style packaging. I would love for someone to do a more detailed ko motion or any other motion cars. My fav is the Vega, although the Highway 61 camaros are awesome models, I got the green one thats in the book that you just got. I saw that car in person last year along with about 12 other BM cars at the MCACN show in Chicago, it was one of my all time favorite car moments, and the year before that I saw the Ko-motion and Draggin Snake at the same show.Truly grat stuff! I really really love BM cars,and I refuse to buy any other Chevy dealer cars for my collection(Yenko, Douglas, Gibb, Harrell, Nickey, etc.).
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The Ko-Motion was my holy grail also until I found 1 at a price I was willing to pay, it took a while though. The Vega is also very hard to find. I almost paid as much for the Vega as I did the Ko-Motion. I too like the Motion boxes, I have a few of the plain black box packaging in the other Baldwins, but they are not as nice. I took a look at some of the HWy 61 Baldwin's today at a local hobby shop. The black with red stripe is nice, but I think I like the green one you have. It is on sale now at scale18 and I am tempted. It is also the only HWY 61 Baldwin with NY plates. I am a Nova guy and would love HWY 61 to make the white/black stripe Baldwin that ERTL made, I love that car. Sounds like it was a great car show. I love the Draggin Snake. I recently bought the ERTL model and the King Cobra. I have never seen a real Baldwin in person, unless of course one drove by when I was young, I would have not noticed it back then. Today I would chase it down on foot
.I have to say that you are a more loyal Baldwin fan than I, I do have some Yenko cars (Chevelle and Nova (GMP), some COPO'S as well as 2 Berger "Super Novas", I just love the cars of that time period. But Baldwin will always be my favorite. I will someday build a Baldwin Motion diorama for the cars and stage it with my Baldwin high school stuff.
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I would drive up in this.
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What is that under there? Is it a Merc 230E ?I'd show some class and roll up in this.
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Thats a good question Craig[sub].[/sub]
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