Supercar Shorts
Description: During the muscle car boom of the 1960s and ’70s, dealership-based supercar builders like Yenko, Nickey, Grand Spaulding Dodge, and Royal Pontiac revolutionized performance car customization. These dealerships offered a ‘supercar’ service, transforming stock-bodied vehicles into high-horsepower machines using either tuned factory power plants or high-performance crate engines.While most followed a traditional formula, Baldwin Chevrolet in Baldwin, New York (Long Island) took a distinct approach. Instead of modifying cars in-house, Baldwin sold new Chevys and sent them to Joel Rosen’s Motion Performance speed shop, also located in Baldwin. There, these vehicles became street-legal, turn-key drag cars, many featuring optional wild custom body
