Astronaut Frank Bormans 1963 wheelcovers???

[Ralph S.]

http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/pts/2486558440.html

[Ronald L.]

Re: Astronaut Frank Bormans 1963 wheelcovers???

Sounds like a creative way to find the car.

[Norm B.]

Re: Astronaut Frank Bormans 1963 wheelcovers???

Blue 1963 with black leather? Hmmmmm.

[Tom H.]

Re: Astronaut Frank Bormans 1963 wheelcovers???

He should have posted the VIN.

[Jim L.]

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Borman was given a used Corvette to reward him for his trip to the moon? That doesn't sound quite right.

[Michael D.]

Re: Astronaut Frank Bormans 1963 wheelcovers???

Check the dates for his Apollo mission. The 63 they "gave" him was already a five year old used car.

[Marc W.]

Re: Astronaut Frank Bormans 1963 wheelcovers???

I think he has his dates and facts a little askew. Borman was in the second group of astronauts picked in 1962. So he most likely participated in the Corvette lease program, which is where the 63 most likely came from. I don't think anyone received a free corvette other than Alan Shepard's" 61. The lease program ran from 1963 till 1971, so there is a good chance Borman had other Corvettes as well.

[Dave S.]

Re: Astronaut Frank Bormans 1963 wheelcovers???

I think he has his dates and facts a little askew. Borman was in the second group of astronauts picked in 1962. So he most likely participated in the Corvette lease program, which is where the 63 most likely came from. I don't think anyone received a free corvette other than Alan Shepard's" 61. The lease program ran from 1963 till 1971, so there is a good chance Borman had other Corvettes as well.

I remember meeting Frank Borman in 1978 when he was president of Eastern Airlines. We had just completed a new reservations center in Boston and he came to the Ribbon cutting Ceremony. At that time he seemed bigger than life.

[Mark D.]

Re: Astronaut Frank Bormans 1963 wheelcovers???

As an astronaut, he is bigger than life . As an airline executive, he was an astronut.

I prefer to remember him as astronaut.

God bless the astronauts and I pray STS-134 returns safely.

[Dave S.]

Re: Astronaut Frank Bormans 1963 wheelcovers???

As an astronaut, he is bigger than life . As an airline executive, he was an astronut.

I prefer to remember him as astronaut.

God bless the astronauts and I pray STS-134 returns safely.

Mark,
I can't agree with you more. He put Eastern in the dummper pretty fast. In those days corporate America thought "figure head" presidents were the way to go. Time has proven that theory wrong and Eastern is living proof of that. Shaking hands with him in 1978 was truly amazing.
Other than an occassional night out with the NCRS crowd that was/will be my only contact with the moon.

[Michael D.]

Re: Astronaut Frank Bormans 1963 wheelcovers???

I remember meeting Frank Borman in 1978...At that time he seemed bigger than life.

Did you happen to ask him about this set of wheelcovers?

[Dave S.]

Re: Astronaut Frank Bormans 1963 wheelcovers???

Did you happen to ask him about this set of wheelcovers?

I was to nervous to think of anything. Besides 78 Pace cars were the rage.