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1967 CHEVROLET CORVETTE STINGRAY CONVERTIBLE -L79

1967 was the year of the First Heart Transplant by South African Christian Barnard. Commonplace today it was considered the "Story Of The Year" back then.  Actress; Julia Roberts was born ( along with 3,520,959 others in the U.S.*) and Carl Sandberg (Poet), Jack Ruby (Assassin), Vivian Leigh (Actress), "Woody Guthrie ( Musician), and "Che" Guevara ((Revolutionary),  would all die. It is also memorable because on April 15th  300,000 participants including Prize-winning Novelists, Rock Stars, Hippies, Acid-Trippers,  Rebel Professors, Middle-Class Homeowners,  and just regular folks would all gather in New York City to participate in "The Summer of Love'  a protest of the Vietnam War. The Anti-War Movement drew over 300,000 people and embraced young and old. That year; "Breathalyzers" were implemented in Britain, Amana developed the 1st Microwave, 'Quartz' watches were offered for the First Time and "Rolling Stone" issued the First Magazine featuring John Lennon on the Cover.  Billboard Magazine crowned Aretha Franklin the "Queen of Soul". She sold more than one million copies of her album    " I Never Loved A Man" and released 5 Top Ten Hits including "Respect". Two 'radical' movies hit the Box Office like a bombshell,  "The Graduate" and  "Bonnie and Clyde".  Both symbolized the change of lifestyle and substance of serious American Cinema, as well as, the rebellious 'Baby Boomer Spirit' that seemed to be prevalent everywhere.  Dustin Hoffman is seduced on screen by "Mrs. Robinson", his girlfriends Mom , topped-off with great music by Simon & Garfunkel- all of which push that film over-the-top at the Box Office. Followed by the Rage of Texas... Bandit's:  "Bonnie & Clyde" played by Warren Beatty and Faye Dunnaway who evoke the cheerful yet, true story of these violent criminals. Though panned by some media ( 'New Yorker' Magazine's Pauline Kael, for starters) the film slammed the Box Office like a freight train breaking all grosses. China would detonate their First H-Bomb on June 17th and the U.S. would retaliate by announcing year-end a new Anti-Ballistic Missile in defense. Remember "Twiggy" ? The 17 year-old Cockney (British) Model would take the fashion Industry by storm  with a bobbed-haircut and stacked, triple-rows of eyelashes. A figure like a bean-pole,  she exuded youth, high-school innocence, and knock-knee'd adolescence. Fickle as the American Public is: She retired within a decade. 1967 would also be the year of the 'Tet Offensive' in Vietnam. America would take a real 'hit' as 67,000 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers carried out attacks against them all across South Vietnam. American's were stunned. Viet Cong smuggled weapons inside Saigon in flower pots and coffins- requiring the cooperation of 1,000's of sympathesizers. A city called My Lai symbolized the Vietnam War's madness where 500 were killed. General Westmoreland requested 206,000 more troops and Lyndon Johnson gave him 13,500. After 'speaking out', Johnson relieved Westmoreland of his Command. Shortly afterwords, Hanoi agreed to attend Peace Talks in Paris.  The U.S. lost  58,212 brave souls in that War, 153,452 were wounded and 1,711 are still reported 'missing'. We salute and honor those Brave Men & Women.