Longhorn Corvette Club hosted its fourth annual Austin Corvette Day, with proceeds raised benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
The Make-A-Wish folks grant storybook wishes for terminally ill children, and a Corvette club makes an appropriate host, since the Corvette itself has been sort of a wish fulfillment for many people. Last year the club raised $9700 for the Foundation, with this year's event promising even more.
The Longhorn Corvette Club has staked out Rudy's
Country Store and Barbecue on highway 183 as its home court for the show. Highway 183 in Austin is a busily traveled thoroughfare, and the location draws a good crowd of passers-by. "It's amazing to me how much attention you can get with a few Corvettes," said club president Dave Doig.
The show attracted somewhere north of 230 cars, predominantly C-3s and C-4s, although the range of Corvettes in attendance included one 1954 model, two 1955s,
ABOVE: One of the highlights at the Austin Corvette Day was Danny Reed's 1969 AstroVette. One of the three matching black and gold Corvettes presented to the crew of Apollo XII, Reed's car was originally owned by Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean. The 1969 AstroVettes were each powered by 390-horsepower 427s, and were equipped with four-speed transmissions and air conditioning.
The "LMP" script stands for Alan Bean's position as the Lunar Module Pilot.
