What do the oldest living astronaut in the world, a Tasmanian drag racer and the suburb of Invermay have in common?
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The former car of Colonel Frank Borman, the commander of Apollo 8, is now showing alongside a functioning drag racer at Invermay's National Automobile Museum of Tasmania.
Those two cars, and a host of others, are part of the museum's Hi-Po exhibit of iconic American muscle cars being held until the end of January.
Colonel Borman's former car, a 1951 Oldsmobile Rocket, came to the museum from an owner in the North-East of Tasmania, and museum manager Phil Costello said the car itself was quite rare, regardless of its affiliation.
Mr Costello said that affiliation made it one of the most rare cars in Australia.
"It was owned by the Colonel, who is now the oldest living astronaut," he said.
"It's not the average car you would expect to see at a museum."
Alongside the piece of history would be the functioning drag race car of Mike Evans.
Mr Costello said it was a privilege to have the car in the museum made only possible by the fact drag racing had the skids on because of COVID restrictions.
The 1970 Plymouth 'Cuta is capable of going from zero to 280km/h in 4.3 seconds and had held Evans in good stead throughout his career.
Evans' bright orange 'Cuta was set to be part of a similarly bright exhibit, such is the regularity of American muscle cars to be painted eye-popping colours.
Also at the exhibit would be a 1970 Chevelle SS, a 1970 Ford Torino, a 1974 Dodge Challenger, a 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner fit with a Warner-Brothers-style Roadrunner sticker and a 1000 horsepower Shelby Supersnake Mustang.
Though that was not the limit of what would be on show.
Mr Costello said the museum would show a whole host of vehicles during the exhibit, with a procession of different cars coming and going throughout.
He said the collection had been curated over a couple of months, and the museum was exited to put it on.
"These are really true American muscle cars and in Tasmania there's not heaps of them," Mr Costello said.
"Most people think of a mustang as an American muscle car - a pony - but these are the next level."
Details about ticketing for the show are available at www.namt.com.au.
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