Sunk! National Corvette Museum

[TigerBlue]

National Corvette Museum fell victim to a 40-foot-wide, 20-foot-deep sinkhole that opened up in the facility's yellow Sky Dome wing. The museum unofficially estimates it caused millions of dollars in damage.

Ouch!! Can't make this stuff up.

Link to story http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/12/us/national-corvette-museum-cars-fall/

I am not a Vette guy but still feel the pain.

Rick

 

[cobrakidz]

Not a big Vette fan either but sad to see this happen to some rare cars. One of the sunken was the 1 millionth car....ouch.

 

[Duke Mk1a]

They will fish them all out and fix.....no issue with tupperware you know.

 

[cobrakidz]

But they are only original once...maybe they will leave them "as found" on display. A friend here has a collection, one of his cars is a 67 GT500 that was involved in the big tent snafu at the auctions in Az a few years ago---every panel has damage plus glass broken. It sits there with all his other high dollar cars.......

 

[0neoffive]

As IS (NOT) !

But they are only original once...maybe they will leave them "as found" on display. A friend here has a collection, one of his cars is a 67 GT500 that was involved in the big tent snafu at the auctions in Az a few years ago---every panel has damage plus glass broken. It sits there with all his other high dollar cars.......

GM sezz it will have their "experts" restore them . . . .

 

[XTIGERX]

Pics of Vetts removed. Some really chewed up.
http://corvettemuseum.smugmug.com/Events/Sinkhole/37291327_FKvgPR#!i=3095294057&k=3PhhdRV

 

[cobrakidz]

I read in Hemmings News that they are going to leave a portion of the sink hole as part of the display along with at least one destroyed car.