Just like Apple Pie and Baseball the American Astronaut and the Corvette are about as American as you can get so when a Classic 1967 Corvette that was owned by America’s most famous Astronaut goes up for sale it is important to take note that a piece of American history is up for sale.  This past Sunday an auction for a 1967 Chevrolet Corvette once owned by Neil Armstrong ended with a high bid of $250,090 but apparently didn’t meet the reserve price. 

Many of you already know that Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon in 1969 but you may not know that Chevrolet had a program with Astronauts to lease them a brand new Corvette for $1 per year and they would be eligible to exchange the car every year for a new one.  When the lease for this

This 1970 Plymouth Superbird which goes up for auction next month is known as “the car that killed the muscle car” as it was bought and owned by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) for emissions testing back in the 1970’s and early 80’s.  This Superbird was purchased in 1972 by the EPA and outfitted with special tools for the EPA to monitor emissions, brake dust, MPG and more. 

This Superbird started out as a stock white car, and once is was acquired by the EPA it was painted ice blue, and had an A833 automatic transmission installed, as well as an additional alternator, 3 batteries, fuel cell, air shocks and testing equipment for sampling the exhaust of a jet engine.

While many think this is the car that killed the muscle car many historians

This past weekend was not a good one for the 1969 Dodge Charger we all know as “General Lee” which sold for a low $120,000 dollars which by most accounts was far less than expected for General Lee #001.  But this weekend was a great one for America’s wounded soldiers when a beautiful 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS sold at auction for $175,000 of which all proceeds of the sale will be donated to  Achilles Freedom Team which supports injured Veterans from all branches of military service. 

The one of a kind tribute Camaro was painted by Mickey Harris who himself grew up living on military bases.  This special car traveled to 30 military installations across the U.S.A. and according to Harris even burned a little rubber inside the Pentagon.  Check