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LOT #1418 - 1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO RS/SS BALDWIN MOTION – NO RESERVE
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MOTION A SNAPSHOT IN TIME
THIS UNRESTORED 1968 BALDWIN-MOTION
427 CAMARO RS/SS REPRESENTS

In the 1960s an entire army of small Camaro, for the powerful 427/425hp V8 that was
manufacturers, dealers and tuners viewed factory optional in the Corvette. Besides the added power,
muscle cars as mere raw material for the supercars Baldwin-Motion addressed the Camaro’s penchant
they envisioned. You’ve heard the names — Yenko, for wheel hop with its “Super-Bite” suspension
Nickey, Shelby, Royal, Mr. Norm and others. In package with traction bars. There were numerous
the northeast, Baldwin-Motion built the cars to speed parts options available as well, and the cars
beat for drag racers in the market for the fastest were even covered under warranty.
possible Chevrolet. In 1968, Baldwin-Motion expanded the
The New York-based Baldwin-Motion was a program to what it called the “Fantastic Five”:
partnership between a speed shop and a Chevrolet 427-powered editions of the Camaro, Chevelle,
dealership. In 1958 Joel Rosen opened his Motion Chevy II, Corvette and Biscayne. In car magazine
Performance speed shop in a service station advertisements of the day, Baldwin-Motion
in Brooklyn, later moving to Long Island. He guaranteed its dyno-tuned Phase III SS-427
teamed up with nearby Baldwin Chevrolet in Camaro would run 11-second quarter-mile times.
1967 with a program to build Baldwin-Motion The cars were certainly track-ready, but Rosen
SS-427 Camaros centered around swapping the knew the heart of their market was the late-night
factory 396ci engine, the largest available in a street racer. “Our market was street cars, but, if

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