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Hi Terry, yes and no. You will find thousands of
altered cars, regardless of make, changed by dealership, owner, whoever thru the
years. A case could be made for leaving something stock, however, a case could
also be made for changing something, whether into a racecar, custom job, or just
owner changes such as aftermarket equipment available in that era. There are a
slew of 'stock' Vettes out there adn thenthere are a slew of 'non stock' Vettes
out there. Here is a more modern take on a car. The Hennessy cars are rather
famous and built about 10 miles from me. So you buy a new Jeep and give it to
them to accomplish this:
2007 Jeep SRT600 Turbo - 620 HP Goes
0-60 mph in 3.5 seconds
& 11.9 seconds @ 116 mph in the 1/4
mile!
Or the Vipers they build the engines for. 850+
horsepower. Or this:
again, non stock to a new car some deem instant
collectible, on par on superior to the Vettes.
Again, nothing more than someone's personal choice.
Then.......and Now........
On the Grissom Vette, it would be interesting to
learn why Gus (who died in the flash fire in the Apollo capsue on the pod with 2
other of our astronauts) wanted it red/red. My guess is he was a flyboy at
heart, and most flyboys like.........red!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 11:40
PM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] one more
worth noting
I was just thinking if it was his Vette and it was blue when he owned it
wouldn't it be worth even more if it was blue. I was thinking of one of Elvis
pink Caddies. I mean I think pink is ugly as hell on a car but it just
wouldn't be the same if I painted one blue. It doesn't matter I couldn't
afford a hubcap off of either one of them
Terry
Eddie Stakes
<eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Back in the day this was not uncommon to change
the color. There were some butt ass ugly colors AMC offered and could nto
move them off the lots until the dealership painted them. With a Corvette,
this was a gift and if I remember correctly, his favorite color was red. So
sort of a no brainer I guess for it to be changed from blue to red.
Including interior. Just a personal taste whether someone puts a crossram on
a car, or flair kit or changes engines or installs spoilers, mags, tosses
the breathers and so forth.
I wished I had a dollar for every AMC breather
I threw away, ever door panel I cut up to put in speakers, every AMC logoed
AM/FM radio I tossed, every dash I drilled into for aftermarket gauges. But
no, didn't like the stuff in the 70s/80s and it was not uncommon to 'change'
things. Still do (I do) as well past my concourse years and whatnot, now
more like Monster Garage on Jagermeister.
Going back to the Vette belonging to Gus
Grissom, the bottom line is it is a 'celebrity car' and has that pedigree to
add to it, probably a paper trail a mile long. Sadly it is a tragic story.
However, usually celebrity cars, no matter what it is....fetches a lot more
than your average bear. How many of you remember the Conway Twitty AMC
Pacer that sold for $27,000? $27K for a Pacer.......
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006
5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] one
more worth noting
Stupid question. If you had Gus Grissom's Corvette why in the
hell would you change the color from blue to red.
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