THE 11-SECOND TOW CAR
IS IT BOASTING IF YOU CAN BACK IT UP? “We think so much of our Phase III Supercars that we guarantee they will turn at least 120 mph in 11.50 seconds or better with an M/P-approved driver on an AHRA or NHRA-sanctioned drag strip. Phase III Supercars are completely streetable, reliable machines that will run these times off the street.” – Joel Rosen, Baldwin-Motion In an era of regular 14- and occasional 13-second quarter-miles on traction-averse street tires eager to boil into smoke at the first sign of excessive torque, the promise of 11.50s — or your money back! — must have seemed simultaneously within reach (it’s a Chevy, after all) yet utterly unobtainable (it cost how much?).
Where Baldwin-Motion separated itself from the likes of other dealers peddling COPO models was with the plethora of options available. The COPO machines were ordered in batches, with little to differentiate them beyond color and transmission choice; they were generally stripped out to be all-out speed machines. A Baldwin-Motion SS427›Phase›III Supercar, on the other
