This title comes from their having the original Corvette from the movie "Animal House" with Bluto Blutarsky and the Clark Griswold Family Truckster from the movie "Vacation." Two of my all-time favorite movies.
The "Animal House" Corvette was the one that Eroc "Otter" Stratton owned.
The road to procuring the "Animal House" Corvette was a winding one according to Brian Grams of the Volo Auto Museum, First they had to deal with the Mercurial Mr. Smith who owned it. He wanted a six-figure payment for his Corvette and it had to be in cash -- specifically in $100 bills.
And, that was with the fact that the car's keys had been misplaced and that it hadn't run since the 1980s.
Well, Grams got his car, regardless. Plus there were some extras that sweetened the deal. That included the movie's transportation coordinators signed copy of the original film script that came with the car as well as the October 24,1977, dated Universal City Studios receipt for four weeks of rental, along with a copy of the $400 check written to Mr. Smith for that rental. (What, not four $100 bills?)
Plus, Grams said the car has great value both in the fact that it is a verified piece of movie history and as a solid 1959 model Corvette featuring a dual quad high-performance engine and original paint.
"Corvette people are purists," he said. "They love original paint, even if it does have a few battle scars."
"Was It Over When the Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor?" --RoadDog
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