AFX Racing - 1969 AstroVette LMP12 Gold LTD HO Scale Slot Car

1969 was the golden age of exploration. Moon landings were no longer the stuff of sci-fi stories. Space explorers had become real life superheroes. Besides taking a trip to the moon, astronauts also had one particular job perk to look forward to - driving a '69 Corvette. Thanks to former Indy 500 winner, Jim Rathmann, astronauts in training were given the use of new Chevy cars every year for the whopping sum of $1. Apollo 12's all-Navy crew picked the Riverside Gold Corvette Sport Coupes. All three were identical save one "touch of uniqueness" - a small rectangular plaque on the car's fender. Each driver's role on the spacecraft was engraved in the color assigned to them for their mission: red, white and blue. The AstroVettes - as they were called, came with the thunderous roar of a 427 Turbo-Jet V-8 engine, four-speed wide-range transmission and 390 horsepower. The gold body donned black-painted "wings" designed by iconic stylist Alex Tremulis, evoking the colors of the Apollo 12 modu