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During the late-1960s and early-1970s, Motion was well represented on the NHRA circuit. Motion-equipped\/sponsored Camaros raced by **** Arons, Mike Fons and Ralph Ridgeway were consistent record-holders. Bo Laws’ unbeatable drag racing Corvettes were also Motion-equipped.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n After Baldwin Chevrolet and its successors, Williams Chevrolet and Lyons Chevrolet, closed their doors in 1974, Joel Rosen sourced his new Chevrolets from other dealers as well as customers. Compact Chevrolet Vegas were later added to the Motion portfolio and Motion Super Vegas could be ordered with naturally aspirated as well as turbocharged small and big-block V-8s (350 to 454 cubic inches).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n It was an article about the 454 Motion Super Vega in Car Craft, \u2018King Kong Lives On Long Island,’ that set off alarms at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1974 and forever changed the nature of Joel Rosen’s business. Joel Rosen was presented with a Cease and Desist order from the EPA (to halt the building of new cars with powertrains not available from the factory), executed by the Department of Justice. The bottom-line: If Motion did not cease production of its specialty vehicles, it would be fined $10,000 per emission device removed in the build process. This translated to $50,000 in fines for each V-8 Vega!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Rosen settled with Uncle Sam in 1975, paying a $500 fine and agreeing to the terms outlined in the EPA and DOJ documents. While this put a major crimp in business, Motion did continue building and marketing ultra-high-performance specialty Chevrolets. However, all vehicles were special-ordered (and invoiced) ‘For Export’ or ‘For Off Road Use Only.’<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Except for a short run of super-trick Motion IROC Camaros and Monte Carlos in the 1980s, and specialty work on 5.0 Mustangs and Buick Grand Nationals, Joel Rosen has kept a very low profile in the industry. Since 1995, Rosen has been running Motion Models (www.motionmodels.com), specializing in custom, highly detailed museum-quality military, commercial and personal aircraft and boat models. He is also a consultant to Racing Champions\/Ertl and other companies that have produced thousands of models of Baldwin-Motion cars for collectors and hobbyists.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In July, 2005, Joel Rosen and Marty Schorr, the people responsible for the ground-pounding, take-no-prisoners Baldwin-Motion 1967-1974 SS and Phase III 427 & 454 Chevrolet Camaro, Nova, Chevelle and Corvette specialty cars, formed an exclusive strategic business partnership with Joel Ehrenpreis and Larry Jaworske, MOTION, LLC, Sarasota, FL. The mission: Re-launch the Baldwin-Motion and Motion brands and create and market the Great American Supercar. In addition to coachbuilt-to-order, limited-edition Baldwin-Motion supercars, MOTION, LLC will develop a line of Motion-branded high-performance products. The Launch Edition of the Great American Supercar project is a new, highly sophisticated 1969 Baldwin-Motion Camaro SuperCoupe, powered by a 600-plus horsepower fuel-injected, all-aluminum 540-cubic-inch Merlin\/Motion big-block built by Bill Mitchell.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n New Baldwin-Motion and Motion-branded vehicles and products will respect the brands’ original heritage and integrity and, like the originals, will have no peers, on the road or the show floor, here or abroad.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n NOTE: Genuine Baldwin-Motion low-volume specialty cars started life as new car orders placed through Baldwin Chevrolet, were converted by Motion Performance, then delivered (and financed) by Baldwin Chevrolet. New car sales were handled by Joel Rosen at Motion Performance or Ed Simonin and Dave Bean at Baldwin Chevrolet.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Motion-branded vehicles include Motion Performance modified new and used Camaros, Chevelles, Corvettes and Vegas sourced from other dealers (after Baldwin Chevrolet and its successors closed their doors). Both new and used cars were also brought to Motion Performance by their owners for complete bumper-to-bumper power and custom upgrades. Many high-performance vehicles worked on at Motion Performance were upgraded to power levels, badging and styling treatments normally associated with rarer and more valuable Baldwin-Motion supercars. They are usually categorized by Joel Rosen as being, ‘shop order cars.’<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Baldwin-Motion Supercars Chevrolet Dealership Turned Super-Tuner During the late-1960s and early-1970s, Motion was well represented on the NHRA circuit. Motion-equipped\/sponsored Camaros raced by **** Arons, Mike Fons and Ralph Ridgeway were consistent record-holders. Bo Laws’ unbeatable drag racing Corvettes were also Motion-equipped. After Baldwin Chevrolet and its successors, Williams Chevrolet and Lyons Chevrolet, closed their doors in 1974, Joel Rosen sourced his new Chevrolets from other dealers as well as customers. Compact Chevrolet Vegas were later added to the Motion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":353900,"parent":335125,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-295655","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n![](\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/82440c872b3e98fb497c7d8295aa5f28.jpg\")
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