Has anyone seen this one yet...Neil Armstrong's 67 vette

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Neato!
Rumor has it that this car was actually sold last year for around $275,000....maybe this guy has his dates wrong or sumptin. It's a nice piece of history, in several areas. It'll prolly wind up at Terry's place in Ohio(Pro-Team).

MY dates are wrong...the story I read actually said the car was up for auction 10 years ago...not last year...my bad. Don't know if the story is true or not...thass why I prefaced it with "Rumor has it".


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Joel Adams
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"Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comforting to cry in a CORVETTE than in a Kia"

I bet that was a Rocket ship back in it's day!

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Chump change...it will be in my garage by the end of the month.

Bruce, it would look good between the Vette and the Avanti's

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Here's a link to an online article about the Vette:

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Just think - for about $600K+, you could have a nice NCRS quality 390hp midyear. What a deal! Should be fun to see if it ever sells on ebay.

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Well...I can't see the vid(dial-up), but I know where at least ONE of the black/gold '69's are..in Austin, wid my bud Danny....I've got some pics I took of it several years ago somewhere, and Danny gave me an autographed photo of it, too...




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Jim Rathman was a Chevy dealer in Florida.  He was (the?) one who got the tradition started of getting Corvettes to the astronauts.

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I wanted a Corvette my whole life, but I never dreamed of all the wonderful people I would meet because of it!

BTW, years ago, I saw the former ('72?) Corvette of astronaut Jim Lovell (the Commander of Apollo 13 -  "Houston, we may have a problem") at the Indy Mecum auction.  It was a little rough, but I beleive they were looking for 30-40K.  Can't remember if it sold or not

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I wanted a Corvette my whole life, but I never dreamed of all the wonderful people I would meet because of it!

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Yep...Danny is a fellow NCRS member. The car is in great condition...all he has done since buying it is to clean it really well. He has all of the history on it, of course. The car sounds just like you would expect a big block to sound...healthy!
The paint isn't all the nice anymore, but it is as applied back then, and it's still presentable. Interior is super nice.
We first met Danny at the NCRS National Convention in Galveston in 2001. We talked to him for quite a while about the car one evening when we were both doing some last minute detailing. He told us the history, and what all of the different paint colors on the fender "Stripes" meant. Kewl stuff. I took a lot of pics that night...wish I could find them somewhere...I'll keep diggin.

btw...I doubt that he has ever pushed it really hard...the history is just too important to risk damaging it...but he do have a little fun every now and then. Next time I see him, I'll ax, tho.


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"Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comforting to cry in a CORVETTE than in a Kia"

I had the honor of being one of the escorts (for NASA Safety) with John Glenn and his wife, Annie..along with Dick Gordon (Apollo 12) while here at KSC on the 27th of Jan, 2012. I got Glenn and Gordon to sign my '06 Vette on the fuel rail covers. Got my own picture of a couple of heros (even if Gordon is not sitting on my Vette in this picture)!! 

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I personally know the guy who has the car right now...I was at his house 2 days after its' arrivel here on Merritt Island, Florida. We both belong to the Cape Kennedy Corvette Club. The guy owned the car before now lived in Georgia, and had the '67 since Glenn turned it back in on the 28th of December, 1967. The guy I know now personally knew the previous owner since, as kept asking to buy the car since 1979. The car has NEVER been resold until now. No more rumors!

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So you are saying that ebay car is not as advertized?  That is a story in it's self.   Can you get some pictures of the 67 being that you two are in the same club?  Would like to see them.

The car is as advertised on EBay. It is a rough car at the moment...but that is expected after 30 years + left alone. Yhe owner plans to bring it back to survivor status for grading next January at Kissimmee's NCRS show near Orlando. He has taken the suggestion of numerous car experts that restoration should take it to the point of survivor and not a full blown frame off restoration...it would compromise the purity of the car and what/who it represents.

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Long overdue, but here is a web site that talks about the car with a couple of videos featuring the car in a preserved restoration, a video interview with the owner, and a video that features an interview with me.

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