{"id":498305,"date":"2019-08-01T15:12:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T22:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=87505"},"modified":"2024-12-02T20:48:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T20:48:32","slug":"astronaut-civil-rights-vehicles-to-go-on-display-in-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/astronaut-civil-rights-vehicles-to-go-on-display-in-washington-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronaut &#038; Civil Rights Vehicles to go on Display in Washington, D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A special exhibit, in Washington, D.C. from September 12 \u2013 26, will feature two historically significant vehicles:<\/p>\n<p>September 12 \u2013 19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Apollo 12 Astronaut Alan Bean\u2019s 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>September 20 \u2013 26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong> 1966 Volkswagen Deluxe Bus owned by Esau and Janie B. Jenkins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each will be a part of the Historic Vehicle Association (HVA) <em>Cars at the Capital <\/em>exhibition on the National Mall in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Displayed in the HVA glass enclosure on the walkway between the Smithsonian National Air &amp; Space Museum and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, the exhibition is free to the public.<\/p>\n<p>These historically significant vehicles are privately owned and are being commemorated and recorded as part of the HVA\u2019s National Historic Vehicle Register program, in partnership with the U.S. Department of the Interior\u2019s Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) to be permanently archived in the Library of Congress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/723158_Corvette_Release_No.1_Profile.jpg-e1564697040266.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-87507 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/723158_Corvette_Release_No.1_Profile.jpg-e1564697040266.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"1395\" height=\"708\" \/><\/a><strong><u>Apollo 12 Astronaut Alan Bean\u2019s 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starting in 1961, General Motors offered a program to all astronauts \u2013 lease a Chevrolet Corvette for $1\/year. Each would come from a former Indy 500 winner and GM dealer, Jim Rathmann, who owned a dealership close to the Space Center in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth human to walk on the moon, Alan Bean, the Apollo 12 Lunar Module Pilot in 1969, took part in the lease program. Along with his colleagues (all of which had a hand in designing the color scheme) Bean, Pete Conrad, Mission Commander; and Dick Gordon, Command Module Pilot, chose a gold and black color combination. On the front left fender of each car was a red, white and blue plaque, in each square were: LMP, CDR and CMP, to stand for the positions they held on the mission.<\/p>\n<figure class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953385.jpg' class='tipi-lightbox'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953385.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953385.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953385.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953385-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953385-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953385-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953385-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953385-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953385-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n            <\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953386.jpg' class='tipi-lightbox'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953386.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953386.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953386.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953386-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953386-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953386-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953386-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953386-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953386-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n            <\/div><\/figure>\n<p>The Corvette won a Top Flight award (with more than 97 points) at the 2002 National Corvette Restorers Society (NCRS) National Meet, and in 2003 won the coveted Duntov Award of Excellence at the NCRS Nationals. In 2008, the car also won the NCRS American Heritage Award &#8220;for the preservation of a historically significant piece of Corvette history&#8221; at the NCRS Nationals, making it the only Corvette in history to win both Duntov and Heritage awards. To date, the car has just over 35,000 original miles on its odometer.<\/p>\n<p>Of the three custom-ordered 390-hp, 427 Stingray coupes, only the Corvette formerly owned by Alan Bean survives.\u00a0 The current owner, Danny Reed, has owned the car for 48 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/723146_Volkswagen_Release_No.1_Profile-e1564697101329.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-87508 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/723146_Volkswagen_Release_No.1_Profile-e1564697101329.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"1346\" height=\"795\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong><u>1966 Volkswagen Deluxe Station Wagon owned by Esau and Janie B. Jenkins <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Esau and Janie B. Jenkins were pioneers before and during the civil rights movement. As business owners, community organizers, and founders of organizations and institutions, together they dedicated their lives to providing opportunities, and hope, to the people of Johns Island, South Carolina and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1940\u2019s, using money from farming and selling produce, they would purchase buses to transport children to school and workers to jobs in Charleston, SC. During the bus rides, Esau and Janie B. would teach their adult passengers the information needed to pass the literacy exam so they could become registered voters. Along with others, they were responsible for The Progressive Club, a co-op started in 1948 that provided community programs such as legal and financial assistance, child and adult education, and community workshops. The building housed a grocery store, gas station, community center, meeting and classroom space. Leaders including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and others, participated in workshops and community meetings there.<\/p>\n<figure class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953387.jpg' class='tipi-lightbox'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953387.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953387.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953387.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953387-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953387-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953387-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953387-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953387-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953387-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n            <\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953388.jpg' class='tipi-lightbox'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953388.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953388.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953388.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953388-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953388-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953388-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953388-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953388-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/953388-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n            <\/div><\/figure>\n<p>Their 1966 Volkswagen was an icon throughout their community and throughout the South. On the back hatch of the microbus was painted the infamous saying of Mr. Esau: \u201cLove is Progress, Hate is Expensive.\u201d In 2014 the family donated the back hatch, along with the engine cover, to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC where it remains on permanent exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe automobile has left an indelible mark on our history and we believe America\u2019s automotive heritage should never be lost nor forgotten,\u201d said Diane Parker, Vice President of the Historic Vehicle Association. \u201cTo support our beliefs, we\u2019ve made it our mission to document and share America\u2019s automotive heritage by telling the human-interest stories behind the horsepower, and ensure their histories are captured in perpetuity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.historicvehicle.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.historicvehicle.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special exhibit, in Washington, D.C. from September 12 \u2013 26, will feature two historically significant vehicles: September 12 \u2013 19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apollo 12 Astronaut Alan Bean\u2019s 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray September 20 \u2013 26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1966 Volkswagen Deluxe Bus owned by Esau and Janie B. Jenkins Each will be a part of the Historic Vehicle Association (HVA) Cars at the Capital exhibition on the National Mall in Washington D.C. 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