baldwin vega diecast coming!

[73astregt]

supercar collectables is advertising a diecast of a 71 baldwin motion vega available in june 2014 heres the link! http://www.supercar1.com/catalog/index. ... ts_id=6873 drool boys, drool!

[Biscayne John]

That is pretty cool, when we moved out of the Bronx to Long Island we were a few miles away from the Motion shop. The building is still there, when I get back up to NY I will take some pictures to post, pretty much looks the same. Baldwin Chevrolet who supplied the cars for Motion used to run ads in the local paper for brand new/hardly used six cylinder engines. The engine in our 63 Nova Wagon died around 1970 and my Dad and I went there to look into buying one. We went to Baldwin Chevrolet on a nice spring Saturday and the parts manager told my Dad the engine was coming out of a brand new car which he showed us, I think that too was a Nova. My Dad felt something was wrong because he felt that the engine had to be bad if it were coming out of a new car, he thought flood damaged. Despite the Parts Manager telling him he did not understand it either but they are taking the six out and putting in V-8's, Dad shook his head and walked away and he told me in his thick NYC/Bronx accent "something f'n stinks here" So we went then to junkyard where he bought a used engine that burned oil and needed a valve job. At that time I was 13 years old. My Dad was a car guy then but was into Brass Era Model T's and he had a 1917 490 Chevy, and only viewed new cars as throw away transportation, and felt nobody would ever restore them as he would say "way too much cheap f'n plastic" Come to think of it I would suspicious too if I went to a dealer today and they offered me an engine out of a new car for half price a crate engine. I just did not realize what I was looking at then, my loss.

Before my Dad passed away I showed him the Baldwin Motion Book, and still thought he made the right decision back then.....

Sorry to bore everyone but looking at the Motion Die Cast just brought back to a great place and time in my mind........... Thanks

[T-FATTY]

I got one from American Muscle a couple of years back.

[Musicman]

Any idea what scale they will be?

[NVEGAR8D]

Hi,
They are likely 1:18 scale
nick75vega

[Monza Harry]

John you didn't bore me and I am sure that most were not! The whole collector culture is about revisiting the past (trying to make it the way we wanted to back then) so these trips down memory lane are the blessings of revisiting the past, sometimes HAPPY sometimes melancholy! With time we come to appreciate both. I'll have to watch for that baby at the hobby shop. Thanx for sharing! Harry

[73astregt]

supposed to be a 71 baldwin in cherry and white and a 72 in orange and white orange looks the same as a members clone here. and yes they are 1/18th scale diecast they are on my list for my vega diecast collection. does anyone have any 1/24 scale plastic vega kits theyd be willing to part with? i want to (a) build a mini me of my astre (B)try to build a motion vega or two! yes im pretty sure there are no 73 astre kits ever produced but i will make the grill mods and tail light bezels from modelling putty. here is a 62 impala ss 409 4 speed i just finished and gave to my aunt who had one when i was a kid!

[ol55]

Great story John I thought the same thing as your father when I sat in a new Challenger in 1970(without the f'n,that came later). In that case, I think the build quality on restored vehicles can be better than the original.

That '62- She's Real Fine (but not mine )

Nice models but I will need to put the $ into my Vega. Maybe when it's finished, I'll be able to buy one for $179 on ebay.


Larry

[peterpan]

I have two of the orange and black ones I painted one chevy indigo blue cause I thought it was the color I wanted on my 72