The Big Record was a record hop styled music show hosted by singer
Pattie Page and featured a mix of young and old big name guests of
the music and recording industry performing for a musical hour. They
included Harry James, Paul Anka, Gogi Grant, and Sammy Kaye. The
choreography was done by June Taylor. The Big Record was sponsored
by Oldsmobile and ran for 7 episodes from 1957 to 1958 on CBS-TV.
General Motors Company (GM) was founded in Flint, Michigan as a holding
company for Buick, controlled then by William C. Durant who was a leading
manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles. GM’s co-founder was Charles S.
Mott, whose carriage company was merged into Buick prior to GM’s
creation.
William C. Durant
Charles S. Mott
This 1908 Cadillac was produced the year GM was formed.
Car number ten million for General Motors, a 1929 Buick sedan
The 1967 Chevrolet Corvette once owned by the late Neil Armstrong
(Fox News) – A few months ago it was little more than a curio: a Corvette once
used by Neil Armstrong being auctioned on Ebay. But with the passing of the
American hero on August 25th there’s new interest in this very unique piece
of history.
The now derelict 1967 coupe was driven by the first man on the Moon for a year
through a special leasing program offered to astronauts by Melbourne, Florida, Chevrolet dealer Jim Rathman. Upon its return, the blue ‘Vette was purchased
by an employee at the dealership but was left unused in a garage since 1981
before being bought by its current owner, Joe Crosby of Merritt Island, Florida,
in February of this year.
The Corvette failed to sell during the Ebay auction in May, with a high bid of
$251,638.00 coming just short of the unpublished reserve, according to Crosby
who says he received calls from three of the bidders within an hour of the
announcement of Armstrong’s death, but that the offers still aren’t quite where
he wants them. Crosby hasn’t raised his original target price, despite the
newfound significance of the car.
Crosby isn’t planning to put it back on Ebay, but he’s listed in the phonebook
and ready to listen to any serious offers.
Neil Armstrong
