CORVETTE CHEVY EXPO

NCRS Historical Document Services

Published - size: 600 × 809 in Barn Find Reveal: Apollo 15 Astronaut Corvette Found
Since Danny has taken ownership of the car, it has been documented by the NCRS Historical Document Services, and like Alan Bean’s 1969 it is one of the "Special Lease” cars: 26-000 / Florida Zone Car / delivered to Rathmann Chevrolet in Melbourne, Florida / Build Date: 2/13/1971.

Since Danny has taken ownership of the car it has been documented by the NCRS Historical Document Services and like Alan Beans 1969 it is one of the Special Lease cars 26 000 Florida Zone Car delivered to Rathmann Chevrolet in Melbourne Florida Build Date 2131971

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Since Danny has taken ownership of the car it has been documented by the NCRS Historical Document Services and like Alan Beans 1969 it is one of the Special Lease cars 26 000 Florida Zone Car delivered to Rathmann Chevrolet in Melbourne Florida Build Date 2131971

June 1971 issue of Life Magazine
This photo appeared in the June 1971 issue of Life Magazine. This is the text under the picture of the astronaut's Corvettes. "Next, to the brand-new red, white and blue Chevrolet Corvettes belonging to Apollo 15's three astronauts, James Irwin, Alfred Worden and David Scott (left to right), the LRV looks homely but also quite functional. The cost of designing and producing three Rovers-one for each of the three final Apollo missions-plus spare parts and other paraphernalia was $37,800,000, almost twice the contractor's original estimate."
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