The 1969 Baldwin Motion Camaro

In 1969 two companies joined together to build an exceptional camaro, the two companies were Baldwin Chevrolet, and Motion Performance, and they built what would become one of the most remembered super camaro's built by ant company.

They of course used the most popular Chevy big block to build the Baldwin Motion Phase III Camaro, and that big block is the 427 CID rat motor, and it would power this car to greatness, this car was a monster in every sense of the word, you'd better have a strong heart before buying one of these.

Motion had put a guarantee on the car to run an 11.5 quarter mile all day long, and it did, now if I remember correctly the car was rated at 425 HP, this was untrue, the actual HP to push a 3650 pound car through the ¼ mile would have been about 483.3 rwh, and 604 HP at the flywheel..

They had a 12 bolt rear end, and usually came with a 4.10:1 gear set, although the 3.73:1 was available also, and a lot more street able of a gear set, but not as zippy in the ¼ mile, a true motion phase III camaro will command about a $400,000 price tag today, but in the 1960's about $4,800.00.

These cars were not just the normal camaro at all, you'd better be a real driver to handle one of these, or it could spell the end for you, and a really cool car, yes a special car it was, and no it was never built again after the 1960's.

You can say whatever you want to about the Motion camaro, but the honest truth is that it would chew up and spit out most cars that that had the nerve to race it, there were of course a few exceptions to the rule, but not enough the the car to worry about.

It was basically a race car that was put on the street, it did have to contend with the L88 Corvette, and the ZL1 camaro, but I figure that was about the only one it had to worry about, and these cars you'd see even less of then the motion camaro.

They didn't build hundreds of thousands of these cars, and as a result they are very rare and hard to find, but they are worth every penny of the asking price when you do, if you find one, be sure to buy it, it's a real true investment in automotive history.