Neil Armstrong's '67 Corvette

[GT38]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FIRS...dbid&ver=single&viewandbid=251051174912#v4-43

"THIS IS THE ULTIMATE CORVETTE "BARN FIND". THIS CORVETTE WAS DELIVERED TO MR. NEIL ARMSTRONG THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON, ON DECEMBER 15, 1966 FROM JIM RATHMAN CHEVROLET IN MELBOURNE FLORIDA UNDER A PROGRAM INITIATED BY MR. RATHMAN TO PROVIDE OUR ASTRONAUTS WITH A CORVETTE. THEY WOULD KEEP THE CORVETTE FOR A YEAR AND THEN TURN IT IN AND GET A NEW ONE. THIS CORVETTE WAS BOUGHT BY A NASA EMPLOYEE WHEN MR. ARMSTRONG TURNED IT IN AND WAS RETAINED BY THE OWNER UNTIL I PURCHASED THE CORVETTE FROM HIM IN FEBRUARY OF 2012."

I wonder if Armstrong actually owned it, and I wonder how many other Corvette's he had if they could get one per year.

 

[2112]

one thing for sure, it was cherished by the second owner. :rolleyes

 

[MAD IN NC]

been watching this for a while... first bid was for $100k................
Pass. Done it - been there. have a C2 NOM project that is already nickeling me..... and it's not even a Big Block!

Views from the C2 owners are.....


http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c1-and-c2-corvettes/3048922-first-man-on-the-moon-astronaut-neil-armstrongs-1967-corvette-2.html#post1580722449

 

[FENZO]

I'd rather have Alan Shepard's '68 Stingray. It is on display at Kennedy Space Center and looks like you could hop in and drive away. He was the first American in space. :thumbsup

 

[2112]

$250K for Armstrongs beat Vette? I don't know, Now if it were Jim Morrison's GT500, I would understand it. :biggrin

 

[SteveA]

Looks like he drove it to the moon and back.

 

[Gulf GT]

Looks like he drove it to the moon and back.

:lol

 

[GT38]

Looks like he drove it to the moon and back.

All the returning Apollo capsules were in MUCH better condition than this car! This looks more like it spent it's post-Armstrong years as a rental car - as in, "The difference between a rental car and a 4wd is that the rental car can go ANYWHERE".

 

[2112]

Lucky for the bidders.....the reserve is astronomical.

 

[GT38]

Lucky for the bidders.....the reserve is astronomical.

Good one! :lol

 

[Empty Pockets]

$250K? 'Idiocy if you ask me...and no one did!

Like I stated on the other Forum, I've never understood the 'extra added value' that's supposedly attached to this-or-that item because this-or-that notable owned it for 15 minutes at some point in its existence.

Okay...mebbe an extra hundred bucks...but, come on...

 

[Longhorn]

If anyone is interested, I own a 2x4 that was once owned by Hitler's pool man. Low Reserve!:biggrin

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FIRS...dbid&ver=single&viewandbid=251051174912#v4-43

"THIS IS THE ULTIMATE CORVETTE "BARN FIND". THIS CORVETTE WAS DELIVERED TO MR. NEIL ARMSTRONG THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON, ON DECEMBER 15, 1966 FROM JIM RATHMAN CHEVROLET IN MELBOURNE FLORIDA UNDER A PROGRAM INITIATED BY MR. RATHMAN TO PROVIDE OUR ASTRONAUTS WITH A CORVETTE. THEY WOULD KEEP THE CORVETTE FOR A YEAR AND THEN TURN IT IN AND GET A NEW ONE. THIS CORVETTE WAS BOUGHT BY A NASA EMPLOYEE WHEN MR. ARMSTRONG TURNED IT IN AND WAS RETAINED BY THE OWNER UNTIL I PURCHASED THE CORVETTE FROM HIM IN FEBRUARY OF 2012."

I wonder if Armstrong actually owned it, and I wonder how many other Corvette's he had if they could get one per year.