The History of Baldwin Motion (Part 1) 

I own my 1971 Baldwin- Motion since 1982. It has the LS7 454 phase 3 engine. I will never sell it or separate it from me. Been in love with this car since i was 16

>> *I REMEMBER ALL THIS AS I LIVED IT THEN. >> IN LOS ANGELES . WHERE I LIVED... I STREET RACED MY 67 SS 396 4 SPEED CHEVELLE WITH 427 HEADS AND EVERY SINGLE UPGRADE YOU COULD THINK OF INCLUDING A CUSTOM MADE HUGE SOLID LIFTER CAM AND A 30 POUND STEEL FLYWHEEL.. NEVER LOST TOO MANY REVS BETWEEN SHIFTS THEN.. WE RACED THAT CAR IN ALL 5 SO CAL COUNTIES. OVER 300 RACES. 99% FROM A 20 MPH ROLL... WITH ALL UPGRADES AND 4:88 GEARS I LOST 3 RACES IN 2 1/2 YEARS.. A 69 440 DART.. A 67 CAMARO WITH A TRACO ENGINE WITH OVER 400 HP AND THE CAR WAS LIGHTER LIKE THE DART.. HIS TRACO ENGINE OUT OF CULVER CITY COST OVER $3,000... THAT WAS HUGE DOLLARS THEN.. A LIGHTER BB NOVA GOT ME TOO. ALL 3 LOSSES WERE LOST BY LESS THAN 10 FEET. YES.. I HAVE PROOF OF ALL THIS...RACED AT LIONS DRAG STRIP TOO. 1320 FEET. 12:15 ET.. AT 120 MPH.. MISS THOSE DAYS..

As a kid reading Car Craft and Hot Rod magazines, I used to drool over the Motion performance Big Block V8 Vega swap kits.

I bought a 70 blue/white Baldwin Motion Camaro out of a buddies insurance yard for $600 in 79. It was a recovered theft. Put back on the road with a 350 and used it as my daily driver for a couple of years.

LOVE THIS BM ,, THERE WAS NICKY , COPO YENKO,, IN 71 I WAS 17 I REMERBER THEM LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY ,, GROUND SHAKING CARS

I grew up on south shore during summers when Mr Motion was the king of Sunrise Highway street races. Great story. Incredible le history.

Nice video. Just want to clarify, the 427 425hp engines that were installed were Not All aluminum. Would like to see part 2

I got a 68 Camaro from them phrase 3 427 very fast 10.99 123 mph quarter mile still have it in my collection

Yes my thing is Mopars.... But I love this era of cars when you had Baldwin and Yenko and lots of others doing mods to cars just not the same today... Great story!

Cool history ❤

JOEL didnt put the 1st 396 BIG BLOCK in a camaro. BILL THOMAS did in early 67 which they did a magazine article on. It also had the first ELDERBROCK intake manifold and first hurst 4speed shifter for that model of camaro. 👍

I wish I had lived back then with a bunch of money and invested in yenko, copo, nickey, motion, etc.

I remember a BM Camaro 454 in a magazine and came with 4.88 gears and had a Hone overdrive unit that dropped the ratio down to 3.42. What a package and look

Vic's Garage thanks for uploading this video

You have beautiful Handwriting, if you want to remember something, write it down VS, read it. Because reading it. You always forget or mostly forget. You forget less often if you write it down sometimes several times help

Didn't know you could get a fold down rear seat in a Camaro. Learn something new everyday!

Good video , waiting on part 2.

I was watching a documentary tv show about the mob in N.Y.C. and the had a pic of a mobster outside the courtroom and in the background is a 1969 Firebird with sidepipes and Baldwin Motion emblems! Where is it now?

Great story

It's a GREAT Video, thankyou. I don't SEE Part 2 though (!¿?!) 🏁gF NM/FL ☮️

The Baldwin motion story: Pull the trigger then say you didn’t.

My dad was friends with Joel i have pucture of that cobra 😮

That be pronounced (I slip) Long island same as baldwin L I but rest all good 👍

I'm with the where's part 2 crowd. Thank for the first one , anyway.

Where is part 2? It's been 4 months

Awesome video. 👍Please check out my 1968 Barracuda fastback powered by a rowdy 512 stroker backed by an A833 4 speed manual. I think you'll approve. 👌

14 second 1/4 mile in a big block Cobra? Too slow, I don't believe it. That guy didn't know how to drive.

Is this vinwiiki?