1973 Motion Performance Phase III Camaro by Baldwin-Motion available at C.Brody Investment Motorcars

This is the final "Gen 2" Phase III Camaro of 12 produced by the folks in house at Baldwin Motion Performance in 1973 located in Baldwin New York. Baldwin Motion was a collaboration between Baldwin Chevy & Motion Performance owned by Joel Rosen. Its totally restored to its original race spec but is fully street legal.

[@jasonrackawack9369]

That color and those wheels make that one of the neatest looking Motions I have seen...love it!

[@terryk5412]

Superb. The Centerpiece of any Collection.

[@rooster68able]

Easy on the doors& hood!! Its not a truck its history!

[@dennishipsley8703]

First saw one of these in a magazine. It had 4.88 gears with a Hone over drive unit that reduced the ratio to 3.42. Nasty car.

[@chadhasvold1872]

Absolutely Bad Ass! Thank you for sharing

[@user-kn9ks1pf2z]

I own one of these myself.....I've owned it for 35 years

[@engine22emt]

Motion performance was Joel rosen’s shop He paired with Baldwin Chevrolet to Produce “Baldwin motion” cars But they were two separate companies

[@fatboysgarage7984]

I don't know if I'm more interested in the Camaro or the guitars.

[@s3hooligan]

Awesome Camaro! I want to see more about those guitars also!

[@bubblelvr1]

The engine is a ZLX 454 it’s the Cast iron version close to what you might ad a LS7 12 To 1 compression engine now the cam could be the ZL1 180 cam or motions J cam which I would love to get my hands on the zlX is basically a all cast iron L88 the iron heads used are very similar to the 074 aluminum open head heads with round exhaust ports but cast iron I believe they might just be the 076 castings I’ve seen a pair of these heads very nice but heavy and rare more rare than the 074 aluminum heads

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

I had that same shifter in a car in high school in the 70's. A Winters gate shifter. The whole car was setup for street racing.

[@victoroneill4381]

under 10sec quarter mile now thats impressive for a street car from the seventies with full trim,.

[@chadhaire1711]

never did 10 sec...total BS.

[@hermanmuenster1405]

That's what I'm saying. Full interior, street tires, no power added, maybe a 12 second pass @@chadhaire1711

[@mustangmarty8491]

A time when you could look at a car & know what it was, now you have to look at the emblem..🇺🇸 MERICA

[@irocitZ]

Beautiful, that looks like a Superior 500 steering wheel. If so, it will say it under the horn cap, my next car will have one of those one way or another. It's a cool day 2 accessory

[@gmoney1061]

Just...AWESOME!! I’ll take one in ALL BLACK please!! 🥳👍🏾🔥🎁😎🤟🏾🎉😆

[@tjdorsey654]

I just watched an old video on youtube of Peter Klutt of legendary Motorcars Driving this car. Now i see why he was struggling finding gears, That shifter is unusual.

[@jefferystiltner2760]

I gotta go watch that

[@jefferystiltner2760]

That's alot of oh shit handels

[@shadvan9494]

That might be the last 1973 Motion Car. but it was not the last motion Camaro. there is a picture of a Blue 1974 Motion Camaro in Teran, Iran circa 2007 in Martyn L Schorr's book on motion performance. Joel Rosen has always been really tight lipped about how many cars he made. but i know it was way more than 12 by 1973. that may be the 12th and final Camaro he made that year, but i know there are way more than that total. it's a very cool car. and i would love to have one, but these things bring ridiculous prices. I happen to own a vintage set of motion valve covers, mine don't have a black motion badge glue to them like most, mine have a red Motion Super Chevrolet sticker. I believe they are from the mid 70s. they were new in a box with a motion performance parts catalog with some silver and black mylar Motion Performance Stickers. I have had them since the mid 80s. I plan to use them on my 70 Camaro SS 396 4 speed car that i am in the process of building. I would love to find an old Edelbrock tarantula manifold and one of those weird 3-barrel Holley that Joel used on those phase III cars.

[@DaviniaLee-ww6yw]

If you decide not to use the valve covers, etc, I am interested in them for my 68 Camaro.

[@bartsimpson6767]

Love it !!! No power brakes going that fast might be hairy..😳

[@eliudcastro419]

Very nice 1973 camaro woow

[@jamesdalton7191]

That looks like Papa Johns Camaro

[@mikebelcher8417]

I have an original copy of the parts book of these cars and optional parts. Lots of interesting read

[@brunningwolf]

I have a motion performance 68 camera phrase 3 loaded does 10.3 quarter mile now I put an L88 in it now 9.17

[@altforce44]

Obviously 3 and a half year old video - I assume it sold by now ... ?

[@eliudcastro419]

A real FREAK of nature my god

[@rollyhorton4803]

BLS 6 back then was an all alone 454 that's not an LS6

[@zxtenn]

'Standard' L-S-6? I thought Motion had the L-88 or ZL-1 cam and 12.5 compression? Basic LS-6 was the same as the 427/425. I would bring it up for a few runs. 9.6 ET?? I would have to see that in action, 9.6 was PRO STOCK times in the mid 70's

[@zxtenn]

@@generallao1554 Yes but the 427 had several versions, 427/425 then the L-88 with more radical cam and 12.5 compression. I would have to see that run any faster than mid 12's with a standard LS-6. in 69 Yenko used the 427/425 and i think only Motion got upgraded to the L-88 if you wanted it. In 1975 i built a 67 Yenko clone, it was a 427/425 with 456 gears and a 4 speed, good thing i worked at a Shell station then.

[@craighovde6195]

I have a motion performance history 1967 camaro rs/ss 427ci m22 4 speed convertible with 16300 original miles 615 663 0433 joe knows this car

[@martitinkovich4489]

Who's joe?

[@joe-hp4nk]

You can build a 454 with todays parts and make way more horsepower and torque.

[@martitinkovich4489]

Go ahead and you build one that'll run in the high 9's......and i'll eat my shirt!

[@joe-hp4nk]

@@martitinkovich4489 If that car will do 9s I'll eat my hat.

[@markmurray7031]

It's a cool car, love the body style. Paint work looks nice but the panel gaps suck for such a valuable car. All in all it's a crappy designed roll bar with crappy welds. Hard to believe Motion put that in there.

[@thadevilzadvocate]

Love these just dont like the look of the front bumper.

[@user-rt8ik1ow4i]

Is this a real BM Camaro

[@youknoweverything7643]

11s for the average rich muscle car head guy but if you was a real racer he would build you one to go sub 9s in the quarter just saying but money talks as well. The person who owns this car and that room it's in is very very rich

[@chadhaire1711]

474 gross horsepower...that is only 385 net in the car.....not much more than a 2022 Camaro SS at 455 net.....and this only got 8 mpg.

[@alexgolovchenko3791]

Absolutely awesome car! ( hate the colour ) 😑

[@coolmoodee]

How much ?

[@williepelzer384]

Not a 73 front bumper, the striping is horrible, couldn't give me a set of those stupid hood pins, other than that pretty nice

[@glengabruch4664]

Phenomenal Phase III. 👍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. 👌

[@ludedude5228]

HEMI WHO ?

[@hermanmuenster1405]

There's no way that car can cut a 9 second quarter mile. Sorry

[@tedshantz6193]

if it is restored its not original

[@engine22emt]

Man so your research before you make a video The LS6 wasn’t available in. 1973 And the LS6 only produced 465 hp in stock dress And it did not run 11’s from any factory

[@engine22emt]

@@captaincreator7657 yes I do know a bit about motion and about the LS series engines And sadly your information is flawed at best

[@engine22emt]

@@captaincreator7657 again You first state the car is original as it left motion and you are incorrect I also find it amusing that you instantly want to fight about it And I doubt if you know Joel Rosen well enough to be calling him “Joel” like he’s your neighbor or bowls on the same team as you

[@gmain1977]

@@engine22emt when you bought these cars he guaranteed mid 11s and if not you got more money back . An AMG A45S runs mid 12s with 420hp these had over 550 and I have read books and mags like years ago that backed this up

[@gmain1977]

@@engine22emt also Joel heavily modified the engine so yes it may of done 465hp but after he finished had much !re than that

[@gmain1977]

@port nut yep the phase III Camaro ran mid 11s or your money back