Sinkhole Takes 8 Corvettes in Museum

[maroman88]

http://corvettemuseum.blogspot.com/2014/02/sinkhole-collapses-at-national-corvette.html


It is with heavy hearts that we report that eight Corvettes were affected by this incident. Those cars include:

•1993 ZR-1 Spyder on loan from General Motors
•2009 ZR1 “Blue Devil” on loan from General Motors

The other six vehicles were owned by the National Corvette Museum including:


•1962 Black Corvette
•1984 PPG Pace Car
•1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette
•1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette
•2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette
•2009 White 1.5 Millionth Corvette

[sweetbmxrider]

<insert cold-hearted joke here>

[V]

holy crap

They need to get a large expandable boom crane and some expert riggers and pull what they can out.

[Slow-V6]

I am going to be watching Ebay for a LS9 F/S in a couple days!! I wonder how this will effect the big Vette cruze in Aug to Bowling green? Suppose to be 10,000 Corvettes making the pilgramage. We have over 250 vettes from NJ signed up already to take the week long trip!

[Jersey Mike]

Wow. The importance of compaction!

8 cars... Isn't that roughly 1/4 of the museum's inventory? If so, that's a very substantial hit.

[LTb1ow]

Yawn, some mass produced cars got destroyed.

[BonzoHansen]

best comment I saw:
fill the hole with as many 75-95 models and then topcoat it with a little concrete. no worries

[Mike]

Wow. The importance of compaction!

8 cars... Isn't that roughly 1/4 of the museum's inventory? If so, that's a very substantial hit.

There were quite a few more than 32 cars whe I was there

[maroman88]

i stood right there last summer, and litteraly just mailed my annual donation check yesterday.

[BonzoHansen]

i stood right there last summer, and litteraly just mailed my annual donation check yesterday.

:facepalm: Did you donate to the NJFBOA guys doing the Polar Bear Plunge for NJ Special Olympics (http://www.njfboa.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64315)

[MyFirstZ]

The zr1's where on loan from GM and like most manufacturers will be demolished without any salvageable parts.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W5FG9_mGWPo&feature=player_embedded&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%2 6v%3DW5FG9_mGWPo

[Teds89IROC]

That's crazy, I saw this earlier on the news

[WayFast84]

This sucks so much! I wonder what the value of the cars are. For some reason these things make me so paranoid. The world is so big yet whenever something like this happens and swallows cars or houses I get scared to leave my house or step on cracks.

[1320B4U]

Pretty insane. Below is the cctv feed showing the cars falling in

http://www.corvetteforum.com/articles/sinkhole-national-corvette-museum-bowling-green-seven-cars-consumed/

[WildBillyT]

This sucks so much! I wonder what the value of the cars are. For some reason these things make me so paranoid. The world is so big yet whenever something like this happens and swallows cars or houses I get scared to leave my house or step on cracks.

Under that area is a large system of caverns and tunnels.

[V]

This sucks so much! I wonder what the value of the cars are.

I read somewhere that it was around $1.662 million.

[deadtrend1]

Under that area is a large system of caverns and tunnels.

From the underground railroad, right?

[Teds89IROC]

This reminds me of that guy in florida who fell in a sinkhole while he was sleeping. Was there ever a follow up with that story?

[omarcamaro]

gm is going to restore any of the cars that are still salvageable

[BonzoHansen]

This reminds me of that guy in florida who fell in a sinkhole while he was sleeping. Was there ever a follow up with that story?

he died IIRC

[V]

he died IIRC

well , he was just presumed dead. Body was never recovered, they said it was too dangerous to attempt it. Hole was about 30ft wide by 100ft deep.

[sweetbmxrider]

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Florida, Texas, Alabama, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania are the states most affected by sinkholes.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/05/article-2288410-185EE9CE000005DC-217_472x252.jpg

[LTb1ow]

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1090337_corvette-sinkhole-conspiracy-giant-beaked-worm-on-the-loose

[PolarBear]

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1090337_corvette-sinkhole-conspiracy-giant-beaked-worm-on-the-loose

:rofl:

[sweetbmxrider]

The evidence is so clear...

[Featherburner]

well , he was just presumed dead. Body was never recovered, they said it was too dangerous to attempt it. Hole was about 30ft wide by 100ft deep.:rofl: I'm sure he is alive and well and having a great time in the hole.:facepalm:

[BonzoHansen]

:rofl: I'm sure he is alive and well and having a great time in the hole.:facepalm:

that would be going to great lengths to fake your own death

[Teds89IROC]

:rofl: I'm sure he is alive and well and having a great time in the hole.:facepalm:

Maybe he tunneled his way over to Kentucky and planned this, now he's got some sweet rides :lol:

[sweetbmxrider]

:rofl: I'm sure he is alive and well and having a great time in the hole.:facepalm:

I read some of the stories on it. The brother said he ran to the room to try and rescue him after he heard the crashing of debris. He swore he heard him calling for help. The authorities moved in and staked a 100 foot safety net around the home and wouldn't move closer until it was deemed safe. I believe the hole grew some during this time. They didn't make extensive efforts to search and rescue, presumed he died, and entombed the body in rock fill. I believe it was a poor area. Several more sinkholes had developed in the area in a short time period. They also demolished the house before they filled it in.

[chrisfrom nj]

there should be a sink hole 2 places in my town one town hall and the other the town garage when all the employes are all in both buildings

[V]

Five of the cars are out of the hole...
(In order of being removed)

2009 ZR1 aka "Blue Devil"

http://corvettemuseum.smugmug.com/Events/Sinkhole/i-JPd8GnT/0/M/DSC_1715-M.jpg



1993 40th Anniversary Corvette aka "Ruby"

http://corvettemuseum.smugmug.com/Events/Sinkhole/i-PfkjfK5/0/L/DSC_0042-L.jpg



1962 Corvette

http://corvettemuseum.smugmug.com/Events/Sinkhole/i-xhMV32R/0/L/DSC_0125-L.jpg



1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette

http://corvettemuseum.smugmug.com/Events/Sinkhole/i-dmF6gH5/0/L/1Mill_01-L.jpg



1984 PPG Pace Car

http://corvettemuseum.smugmug.com/Events/Sinkhole/i-B2fDdHh/0/M/DSC_2262-M.jpg


This just leaves the 2009 1.5 millionth corvette, the 2001 Mallet Hammer ZO6 Corvette, and the 1993 ZR-1 Spyder

All the cars are going to GM facilities for complete restorations.

[sweetbmxrider]

It would be kinda neat if they left them on display as is, I mean it is corvette history. Even if it was for just a specific time period. I can't imagine the amount of guys who would flock there to see them!

[Mike]

They started the blue one and drove it away

[V]

They started the blue one and drove it away

then quickly shut it off after they saw the oil that had been pouring out.

[Jersey Mike]

Paul, that'd awesome that they won't be destroyed/crushed. Put a smile on my face to read they will have the chance to live on.


Adam, that's actually a really interesting proposal. Would be neat, for sure.

[maroman88]

good update paul. ive been watching everyday for more pics on the museums site... the last 3 are guna take a while, theyre buried down there

[KevinW]

It would be kinda neat if they left them on display as is, I mean it is corvette history. Even if it was for just a specific time period. I can't imagine the amount of guys who would flock there to see them!

Yes, they are! The ones pulled out are already on display (they did not even wash them, rolled them right from the skydome to the exhibit hall!). I do not think they are sending them to GM until late this year.

https://www.facebook.com/corvettemuseum

[sweetbmxrider]

Yes, they are! The ones pulled out are already on display (they did not even wash them, rolled them right from the skydome to the exhibit hall!). I do not think they are sending them to GM until late this year.

https://www.facebook.com/corvettemuseum

Good, that should be real neat to see in person.

[LTb1ow]

The removal process was really cool, those guys must have loved life with so many anxious vette fanbois looking over their shoulders.

Otherwise, yawn so vettes got trashed.