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02-12-2014, 10:18 AM
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12 Second Club
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Sinkhole Takes 8 Corvettes in Museum
http://corvettemuseum.blogspot.com/2...-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
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02-12-2014, 10:28 AM
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<insert cold-hearted joke here>
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02-12-2014, 10:42 AM
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holy crap
They need to get a large expandable boom crane and some expert riggers and pull what they can out.
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02-12-2014, 10:52 AM
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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!
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02-12-2014, 11:31 AM
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Power Member/NJFBOA Bookie/Moderator
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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.
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Good. He microwaved my phone 6 years ago, i hope his intake erupts.
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02-12-2014, 11:37 AM
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Mongo the Meet Coordinator
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Yawn, some mass produced cars got destroyed.
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repo bigals turd gen and part it out to a loving home
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02-12-2014, 12:21 PM
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Admin.
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best comment I saw:
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fill the hole with as many 75-95 models and then topcoat it with a little concrete. no worries
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The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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02-12-2014, 12:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 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.
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There were quite a few more than 32 cars whe I was there
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It started before I drove your car. I just have to look at it the wrong way and your car poops parts.
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02-12-2014, 12:42 PM
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12 Second Club
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i stood right there last summer, and litteraly just mailed my annual donation check yesterday.
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02-12-2014, 12:46 PM
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Admin.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by maroman88
i stood right there last summer, and litteraly just mailed my annual donation check yesterday.
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 Did you donate to the NJFBOA guys doing the Polar Bear Plunge for NJ Special Olympics
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Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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02-12-2014, 09:15 PM
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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_m...%3DW5FG9_mGWPo
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02-12-2014, 11:54 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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That's crazy, I saw this earlier on the news
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02-13-2014, 05:33 AM
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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.
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02-13-2014, 07:39 AM
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Pretty insane. Below is the cctv feed showing the cars falling in
http://www.corvetteforum.com/article...cars-consumed/
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02-13-2014, 08:06 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 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.
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Under that area is a large system of caverns and tunnels.
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02-13-2014, 11:32 AM
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Stalker
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WayFast84
This sucks so much! I wonder what the value of the cars are.
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I read somewhere that it was around $1.662 million.
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02-13-2014, 05:49 PM
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11 second club / Moderator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WildBillyT
Under that area is a large system of caverns and tunnels.
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From the underground railroad, right?
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02-14-2014, 04:30 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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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?
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02-14-2014, 05:30 PM
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12 Second Club
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gm is going to restore any of the cars that are still salvageable
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02-14-2014, 07:53 PM
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Admin.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 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?
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he died IIRC
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Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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02-14-2014, 09:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
he died IIRC
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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.
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02-15-2014, 09:31 AM
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Meet Coordinator
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According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Florida, Texas, Alabama, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania are the states most affected by sinkholes.
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02-15-2014, 09:34 AM
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Mongo the Meet Coordinator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KirkEvil
repo bigals turd gen and part it out to a loving home
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02-15-2014, 10:07 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LTb1ow
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02-15-2014, 12:13 PM
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Meet Coordinator
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The evidence is so clear...
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