NASA's Classic 'Moon Rod'
NASA AS17-143-21932HR
For Sale!!!
This classic 1972 Moon Car is truly one of a kind. This rare, rust-free example is 1 of only 3 built for cruising on the lunar surface making this car much more desirable than a Ferrari 250 GTO, a 1971 Hemicuda Convertible, or even a Duesemberg. It is fully documented with matching numbers, broadcast sheet, and ownership history. The Delco electric wheel motors are original as well as the plastic fenders, and they performed swell in the ultra-high vacuum coupled with all of the mega radiation of the moon, not to mention 500 degree temp swings....
Original paint! This rod is an auto-stick and is equipped with MPS (Moon Positioning System) as well as an Earth Broadcasting System for quick, crystal clear conversations with Texans. The folding lawn chairs are a bit worn. This rod has very few desert miles and only explored a handful of craters. The piano wire tires are original, but unfortunately the space-saver spare was lost during a moon EVA and bounced into a deep ravine. Changing the tires requires a wire suspension system to hold up the moon car as piano-wire tires tend to go flat in Earth's gravity...
The potassium hydroxide electrolyte batteries will definitely need to be replaced after long exposure in space. This lightweight, folding vehicle does not even leave tire tracks in the sand after hours of driving (Astro-actor boot tracks in this photo are an anomaly...), and thus will make the perfect dune buggy to drive around in volcanic cinder cones like ones near Flagstaff, or even manmade craters in the far suburbs of Vegas... Handy for collecting volcanic breccia or basalt even in regions where no volcanism exists....
For sale as-is where-is, and is presently parked on the moon exactly where the Astros of Apollo 17 left it before blasting off inside Mr. "LEM" (the flying tin-can you see in the background which unfortunately experienced 100% testing failure on Earth). Despite the non-existing stars in the lunar sky, this open-top hotrod will make a perfect date-night cruiser here on Earth, from which stars are typically visible even through an atmosphere along with the east-to-west orbiting moon, which by the way NASA seems to think is orbiting in reverse....
$35,000,000.00 OBO. Partial trades considered. Shipping is the responsibility of the buyer, and good luck 'trailering' this classic back to Earth through the atmosphere at hypersonic 25,000 mph without turning into a meteor (NASA has cleverly avoided this frictional nuisance with the deployment of cargo planes...). Serious inquiries only please as NASA is busy depicting exploding stars with the help from photo-shop as well as hunting E.T.'s with the Bubblescope, and therefore has no time for "tire kickers". Duct tape for any fixes on this classic moon-machine sold separately...
NASA AS17-137-20979HR
Even after a hard day's labor driving this classic moon-rod around and fixing a little fender-bender with some handy-dandy duct tape, this bad boy still evades leaving piano-wire tire tracks on the "moon" (The boot prints in the mortar mix... excuse me... lunar dirt, or "regolith," are again an anomaly...). Duct tape is amazing, even inside the micro-wave oven and the 2x10E-12 Torr mega-vacuum conditions of the moon, it stays sticky... real sticky...
(Astro-actors and their Buddies are willing to pass on this classic moon rod as they are still content with their '71 'Vettes... If no ones buys this classic moon car, it may end up at a junkyard sale in Watts...)
Back in 'semda-two, Apollo 16 astro-actors Charlie Duke (from Charlotte, NC) and John Young took one of the 'Moon Rods' out for a joyride after partaking a hardy breakfast of "scrambled eggs" and "grits" inside Mr. "LEM". These classic cars certainly have made automotive history, and therefore are indeed well worth every penny...
Charlie Duke...
“Slow
dayawn thaar John! You aint runnin’ from the law up‘er! Are ya haulin’
some Moonshine er somethin’? This aint tha Charlotte Motor Speedway! Yuur a rooster tailin’! Man ya outta try
out fer Richard Petty’s NASCAR team! Hey, I just had me an idear… Maybe NASA
could sponsor you fer NASCAR! Man, that’d be fayantastic! They kuud put
a rocket booster on tha hood of a Pawniaak! It shore is a good thang NASA let us
use real taars fer shootin' this here video in tha desert instead of them
flimsy thangs they done made outta piano
waar…Hey, I’ll practice bein’ oun tha pit
crew and change ‘em up raat quick…”
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