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Mid America Displays Austin Powers Corvette

Posted November 4 2009 11:24 AM by VETTE Mag 
Filed under: Corvette News, C2 Corvette

Effingham, IL (October 29, 2009) – Mid America Motorworks, marketer and manufacturer of Corvette and Air-Cooled Volkswagen parts and accessories, announces the display of the Austin Powers 1965 Corvette Roadster on loan from a private collection to the MY Garage Museum. 


The Corvette arrived in time to display during Corvette Funfest 2009, in September and will remain on display until spring 2010.

“We are pleased to display Felicity Shagwell’s 1965 Corvette Roadster from the Austin Powers 1999 movie, “The Spy who Shagged Me” with Mike Myers.  It’s a beauty and is a prime example of the American Sports Car in a movie role”, states Mike Yager, Chief Cheerleader of Mid America Motorworks.

 

Additional information on Austin Powers 1965 Corvette Roadster:

Red, White and Blue in American Flag design

New Line Cinema’s sold the Corvette for $121,000 at auction

 

The MY Garage Museum contains a collection of specialty Corvettes and VWs from the Mike Yager collection. Other movie cars in this collection are Death Race 2000, Spinning Herbie and Shaking Herbie from the Disney movies. Other Corvettes include CERV1, 1964 World’s Fair Corvette, 1969 L-88 Race Corvette, 1988 and 1989 Corvette Challenge Series Corvette and many others.

The MY Garage Museum is FREE to the public and is open 7 days a week from 8am to 5pm. 

 

MY Garage Museum is located at:

North Route 45

Effingham, IL 62401

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