 Radical fender flares in the rear housed larger than OEM rubber. This often was accompanied by a 4.88 gear in Phase III cars. |
 Pop the hood, and there is a replacement L88, using as many original parts as possible. The 780-cfrn Holley replaces the very rare 950-cfm three-barrel that Motion was fond of back in the day. |
Gauges, shifter and a Motion Supercar Club sticker let the driver and anyone foolish enough to get into the passenger seat know what was going on under the hood. The car’s solid condition when found leads us to think that not many guys had the guts to hammer on this thing. In a word – terrifying…
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| A 427 emblem, L88 callouts on the fenders and chrome Hooker header feeding sidepipes let every one know that this was not a toy. A pair of big ones was needed to make it rumble beyond 4,000 rpm. | As normally seen, the Motion package used this flat open top air cleaner, which you had to just hope didn’t catch on fire if the carb flamed out. |
 Viewed from down low, the car retains an impressive road-race-like stance, aided by fat rubber on all four corners. Nothing like taking a curve at 150 mph without a rollbar, eh… |
When it was done, the Belks displayed it in Forge Musclecar Show in Tennessee, where it was a real head-turner, even among some of the rarest musclecars on the planet. It later went to Barrett-Jackson, then Orlando Classic Cars had it listed for sale. It is now the highlight of someone’s special collection.
The Sixties ended, and today’s Corvettes are more sophisticated then the Motion monster here. Now, this car harkens back to an era when horsepower ruled Detroit, a time which, like the so-called Age of Aquarius, will never return again.
Special thanks to Tim Lopata and the Forge Musclecar Show (www.forgemusclecarshow.com) and the Belk family for access to this car. The 2006 event will be at the Sevierville Events Center on October 26-27.
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