If you're looking to add a neat '57 Vette...or something like it...to your collection, check out Mecum's "'57 Heaven" auction coming up on Saturday, October 24th in Branson, Missouri

Going up for bids is everything from the former "'57 Heaven" Museum in Branson, with the sale held at the Dick Clark Theatre (at 1610 West State Highway 76).

That includes this 270-hp, 3-speed '57 Corvette.  Isn't it a beaut?

It also includes this lot of '57 vintage issues of our "brother-in-law book", Motor Trend. (How 'bout those "So New They're Almost Too New To Be True!" '58 Chevys on one of the covers!)

Is it real? How bout a look inside:

Where's the shifter? That may be a clue...

Here's another clue--the underside:

Yep, it's a stage prop...a full-size '57 Vette replica that you can park in your living room WITHOUT a drip pan under it!

Mecum Auctions has complete details on these items, and everything else going up for bids at the "'57 Heaven" auction on their website at www.mecum.com.

(Images courtesy Mecum Auctions)