Greenlight – 1:24 1969 Chevrolet Corvette NASA Apollo XII “Astrovette”

Greenlight – 18254 – 1:24 Scale 1969 Chevrolet Corvette NASA Apollo XII “Astrovette”

On May 5, 1961, Alan B Shepard Became the first American to travel into outer space. When he returned to terra firma, Sheppard got behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Corvette – and the legends of America’s favorite sports car and spaceman have been intertwined ever since.
After winning the 1960 Indianapolis 500 as a professional racer. Jim Rathman opened a Chevrolet-Cadillac dealership at Melbourne, Florida, near the Space Center, in 1961. Sensing that most of the spacemen were at heart Corvette Types, Ratherman negotiated a special lease arrangement with Corvette to put them into the sports cars.
When Apollo 12 astronauts Dick Gordon, Cahrles Conrad and Alan Bean ordered new 1969 corvettes through Rathman, they asked that the identically equipped 390-hp 427 Stingray Coupes be custom finished in a special black-accented Riverside Gold color scheme desighed by Bean. A inique red, white and blue insignia wa also added to the front fenders.
The Apollo 12 cars were the only special-ordered Corvettes in the Chevrolet astronaut lease program. Only this one remains.

Brand new 1:24 scale die-cast 1969 Chevrolet Corvette NASA Apollo XII ‘Astrovette” model by Greenlight.
Has steerable wheels.
Rubber tires.
Has opening doors.
Made of diecast with some plastic parts.
Detailed interior, exterior, engine compartment.
Dimensions approximately L-19,W-7.5,H-5.5 cm