Collapse at National Corvette Museum sends cars into sinkhole

OMG... blue devil was swallowed up.......... frick... my Fav Corvette ever !





Collapse at National Corvette Museum sends cars into sinkhole - News - Bowling Green Daily News

 

[cugardan]

I have a few of those quad helicopter things. Not had time to fly them yet.

neat footage they can get.

Ya, that puddle looked like engine oil.



Brian

"The 'Blue Devil' is in remarkable shape," said John Spencer, manufacturing integration manager for Corvette. "Cosmetically, the carbon fiber running boards are shattered, there's some minor paint damage, and a small crack in the windshield. Mechanically, the worst damage is a split in the oil-supply line for the 6.2L LS9 V-8. If you fixed that, you could drive the ZR-1 back to Detroit."

 

[2009CGMZR1]

"The 'Blue Devil' is in remarkable shape," said John Spencer, manufacturing integration manager for Corvette. "Cosmetically, the carbon fiber running boards are shattered, there's some minor paint damage, and a small crack in the windshield. Mechanically, the worst damage is a split in the oil-supply line for the 6.2L LS9 V-8. If you fixed that, you could drive the ZR-1 back to Detroit."

running boards....... just another Sask car if it has running boards!

B

 

[nascar03]

They pulled the black '62 out of the hole yesterday.l
Lots of videos on you-tube and the museum site.
.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5Syfif2eF-PwKw8EkYQ3hW12km1LzacC

.National Corvette Museum

The other cars may take some digging.
Graham

 

[Riley P]

Would love to have that as a Sask car!!!

Great vids so far. Nice to see them pulling them out of the hole. I really wonder how well the buried cars will make out?

 

[CCO]

They pulled the black '62 out of the hole yesterday.l
Lots of videos on you-tube and the museum site.
.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5Syfif2eF-PwKw8EkYQ3hW12km1LzacC

.National Corvette Museum

The other cars may take some digging.
Graham

That has to be very dangerous down there. There still could be further collapse as things progress with the removals and rehabilitation.

I hope they can get all of the remaining cars out and they don't become 'part of a new floor'.

C.

 

[Riley P]

Extraction of the 5th Corvette, the 1984 PPG Pace car. Now we are seeing the real damage. See link lower down.

Cars recovered so far:
2009 Blue Devil
1993 40th anniversary
1962 Beauty!
One millionth Corvette and now the

1984 PPG Pace car:1984 PPG Pace Car Recovered From Corvette Museum Sinkhole | GM Authority

 

[2009CGMZR1]

A Z06 buddy text'd me today and said he heard Blue Devil is for sale for $90k .. only 4 miles on the car.

Not sure where he seen this so can't confirm it.

Brian

 

[Riley P]

Well, they pulled the ZR1 Spyder out of the hole. The only way I see them being able to restore this one and the last two Corvettes is to take the VIN plates off and attach them to new cars.
As stated in the article, a boulder on top of a concrete slab is sitting on top of the 1.5 millionth Corvette and they don't even know where the Mallet is although they have an "idea".
With how bad of shape the Spyder is in, I don't see hope of them getting the others out in any sort of recoverable condition.

One more Corvette emerges from sinkhole - Bowling Green Daily News: News

This video make me cringe! The car doesn't look too bad until it spins around. When it did, I almost jumped back from the screen!

http://www.bgdailynews.com/news/one...3036-5b61-9fd8-2aa9a7c62b53.html?mode=youtube

 

[Riley P]

The 1.5 millionth Corvette is out of the hole.

[VIDEO] The 2009 1.5 Millionth Corvette Recovered from the Corvette Museum Sinkhole

 

[Riley P]

And the Mallett is out as of today, however, it sort of looks more like a pretzel than a Corvette. I doubt GM will be restoring this one!

National Corvette Museum: Final Corvette Recovered from Sinkhole

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcot7UVXckY

 

[CCO]

Wow those last 2 look catastrophic -- absolutely totalled.
Hard to look at.

C.