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BrianCunningham | Re: Sinkhole In The Museum ... | ||
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I just read that
I wonder if this will effect the track constuction. |
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Matatk | Re: Sinkhole In The Museum ... | ||
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I just read that....horrible!
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Only if it swallowed up part of the track. Sinkholes are a Florida phenomenon too. |
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Museum officials say the sink hole destroyed eight Corvettes.
· 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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vetteblondie | Re: Sinkhole In The Museum ... | ||
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Very sad... but glad no one was hurt.
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I'm with VB... I just got an email from the NCM... shocking...
I didn't know that part of the country was prone to sink holes, and I would have thought testing would have shown the area was iffy. I am sure insurance will deal with most of this. |
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vetteblondie | Re: Sinkhole In The Museum ... | ||
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I'd hate to be their agent... and given that sinkhole gave way... what's the chance that disrupted stability and might there be another?
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It's a mess....I wouldn't trust the rest of it very much...WTH.....!
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The black 62 should be savable......if they can figure out how to hook up to it.......someone was probably tunneling in underneath the structure to steal all the cars and it went very wrong......it would make an interesting TV show anyway......
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Yea, my question is; How much damage to those cars? Can they be repaired?
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Matatk | Re: Sinkhole In The Museum ... | ||
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all of those cars will be repaired.
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bogus | Re: Sinkhole In The Museum ... | ||
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even if they never drive again, they will be presentable.
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KPotter | Re: Sinkhole In The Museum ... | ||
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One of the guys I work with used to have his custom '98 on display down there.
Now all he deals with are pace cars. He currently has 2 Corvette and 2 Camaro Indy pace cars. |
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vetteblondie | Re: Sinkhole In The Museum ... | ||
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There's some 'helicopter' videos on YouTube now...
I took this from one of them |
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bogus | Re: Sinkhole In The Museum ... | ||
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it looks less like a sink hole and more like a crawl space, and the floor gave out.
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BrianCunningham | Re: Sinkhole In The Museum ... | ||
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more news
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bogus | Re: Sinkhole In The Museum ... | ||
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This might end up being the best thing to ever happen to the museum...
1. None of the cars are total scratches, I am sure they can be cosmetically repaired for show, if desired. 2. The PR has been amazing! There was a print story in the business section of the LA Times today, and a bit on the local NBC 4 news about the sink hole. This is sad new with upside... it gains sympathies, it will inform a lot of people to the existence of the museum who knew nothing about it before - non-Corvete folks... it can also help put Corvette owners in a good light, too (the rally around the dome thing). I don't see this is as bad... I see this is as ultimately good. The best part? Let the story tell itself, there is no need to spin it. The NCM was the innocent victim of Momma Nature... |
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BrianCunningham | Re: Sinkhole In The Museum ... | ||
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My club is putting a donation together
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j3studio | Re: Sinkhole In The Museum ... | ||
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They have crews down near the Blue Devil right now.
http://www.corvettemuseum.org/webcam/camera6.shtml |
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Blue Devil is out! |
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Nice seeing that
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TommyT-Bone | Re: Sinkhole In The Museum ... | ||
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Love to see the rescued vehicles. It only adds to their history. |
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bogus | Re: Sinkhole In The Museum ... | ||
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The blue devil looks nearly undamaged from this angle.
Considering they may never be driven again, if the rest of the car appears this good, they may not have to do more than a wash and wax... That may just be one dodged bullet... says something for the chassis on these cars, eh? |
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Email blast from the Museum:
Crowds of construction personnel, media, Museum visitors and staff cheered as the first Corvette, the 2009 "Blue Devil" ZR1 emerged from the depths of the sinkhole this morning at approximately 10:35am CT. The process was streamed live on two of the Museum's web cams with thousands of viewers tuning in all over the world. "It's wonderful... just seven more to go," said Mike Murphy, construction manager for the project. Even more cheers erupted when the car cranked up after only a few tries, and even drove about 20 feet to the doorway of the Skydome. "That's a GM product for you. They take a licking and keep on ticking!" added Murphy. The crews have been working six days a week since the sinkhole incident that swallowed eight Corvettes in the National Corvette Museum's Skydome exhibit area. This past Saturday, the crews rigged up the ZR1 and did a few test lifts. John Spencer, Manufacturing Integration Manager at the GM Corvette Assembly Plant, helped consult the team on the best points to strap up the car. "With Mike, worker safety is number one. There are no compromises," said Spencer. "I was worried about the wheels," said Murphy. "This morning we took so long because we wanted to add some secondary straps in case the wheels pulled. It was just a little more insurance." Murphy added that with this project, nothing is set in stone on how to do it. "It's been a huge relief. It went better than expected," he said. After the elation of the first car being rescued and even cranking up, the Museum staff were excited to put the car back on display in the Museum's Exhibit Hall. "It's incredible to have the car back on display again. It's what we've been hoping for," said Bob Hellmann, Facilities and Displays Manager. "Now we just want to get the next seven, restore the cars, and get them all back on display." The Museum plans on displaying the cars as they are recovered, now through August 3. In addition, this Spring they plan to create a special display with information on the sinkhole incident, sinkholes and karst background details, videos, photos and more. After taking a lunch break, the crew will resume the car retrieval process - with the 1993 "Ruby Red" 40th Anniversary Corvette slated for recovery Monday afternoon. The 1962 Black Corvette is planned to be retrieved on Tuesday, but will be much trickier as a five ton slab of concrete is partially resting on the front of the car. Two cranes will be used to simultaneously lift the car and the concrete. Links to photos, videos and press releases are available on the Museum's website at www.corvettemuseum.org. For the latest updates visit the Museum’s Facebook Fan page at www.facebook.com/corvettemuseum. |
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Big leak.....shut that sucker off......
http://www.vettetube.com/video/first-sinkhole-corvette-cranks-up/ |
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The 93 is TOAST... OMG...
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It will be fixed... but it more then likely will never drive again. |
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That car looks like it got hammered by a train....holy cow!
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vetteblondie | Re: Sinkhole In The Museum ... | ||
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Poor 93.. but hell, mine I have now looked worse I think during rebuild... you'd be surprised what can be done. That black one looks almost like a little toy
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Not bad looking actually
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That's it AFTER??? Wow!
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Here is the PPG Pace car. Evidently it went in first. I took these in March 2013 when I visited last.
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The 1,000,000th is out
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Ya....she's looking pretty rough......that one was completely buried I think.....definitely will need an alignment......
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What will be interesting is how GM will source the parts for the rebuilds....
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The one with the most custom body got the most damage
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The pace car and the 1 millionth really took bad hits. I am looking forward to seeing the after restoration photos. I hope GM takes some pictures during the restoration process as well.
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Wow....that thing is totalled .....
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