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.......Eddie Stakes'
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5-12 day reply times, call if important----- Original Message -----From: twa1950@yahoo.com Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 5:27 PMSubject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] one more worth notingStupid question. If you had Gus Grissom's Corvette why in the hell would you change the color from blue to red.Non AMC: this is a Corvette that belonged to astronaut Gus Grissom. I used
to work with his oldest son at a club here in Houston in the 1980s, good
kid. Spoke fondly of his dad, who died in a fire in a capsule in the 60s. I
often wondered what happened to this car. It originally started it's life a
blue on blue car. Very nice history behind the vehicle, even with teh
tragedy of Gus. Not sure he ever got to enjoy the car and don't know what
ever happened to his son, as last saw him in about 1986.
http://www.russoandsteele.com/ collector_ car/1967_ chevrolet_ corvette_ grissom_427/ 6645.html
One more to look at a 72 AMX:
http://www.russoandsteele.com/ collector_ car/1972_ amc_amx/6770. html
And a 74 AMX:
http://www.russoandsteele.com/ collector_ car/1974_ amc_amx/6622. html
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