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Old Jan 27, 2003 | 10:16 PM
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i was watching apollo 13
if the launch was april 11 1970
question #1 tom hanks corvette
apears to have amber turn signal lights, thus late 71 or 72
the other vette appears to be war bonnet yellow also
71 or 72. so did ron howard need a vette expert on
this film or is it me just daze and confused.
please straighten me out if you know
thanks
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Old Jan 27, 2003 | 11:18 PM
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I think it was a 72 LT-1 used in the film if I remember right.

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Old Jan 28, 2003 | 02:45 AM
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yep it was a 1972 lt-1....must have been cool back then just about all the astronauts were given vettes if they were selected to go up. :chevy
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Old Jan 28, 2003 | 03:06 AM
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i belive your both correct
but 13 went up in 70
(Come on Ron Howard)
did he not think any fair knowledge
corvette owner would know that you
could not be driving a 72 lt1 in 70
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Old Jan 28, 2003 | 04:15 AM
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i have lost all respect for Ron Howard. :sad: :jester
I still think his brother is cool though! Especially in Austin Powers... "Johnson!" :lolg:
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Old Jan 28, 2003 | 12:50 PM
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at least he didn't use a C4...
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Old Jan 28, 2003 | 01:38 PM
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The number of people that would notice that is so small that I'm sure they were not concerned about it. (Obviously since they didn't get it right)
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Old Jan 28, 2003 | 01:40 PM
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I still think his brother is cool though! Especially in Austin Powers... "Johnson!"


Wasn't he the little kid from the old "Gentle Ben" TV show?
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There was an article about the actual corvettes that were given to the astronauts in one of the corvette magazines in the last year.
Just thoughtyou might like to know.
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