Sinkhole at corvette Museum Swallows 8 vettes

[DadsCharger00]

http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/sinkhole-corvette-museum-swallows-eight-rare-vettes-154608933.html

oops....

[4cruzin]

Is that for real!   

[nvrbdn]

yep

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Holee crap!!!

[chargerman69]

That blows, i was in there back in 2011

[The70RT]

I wonder how long the hole was in progress 

[bill440rt]

Unbelievable. 
A sink hole occurs smack dab in the middle of the museum, & swallows up cars. Not in the parking lot, not a block away, but right in the center of this showroom. 
What are the odds of that??? 

[daveco]

Too risky to enjoy driving, so he parks it in a museum. Should be safe there he thinks

[Indygenerallee]

At least they weren't Mopars!!!

[TruckDriver]

At least they weren't Mopars!!!

This time. Sucks either way. I am not hard core Mopar. I love a little of everything.

[Indygenerallee]

Sorry, I can't stand Vettes....

[rt green]

wow. you can hear vette fans all over the country shitting their  pants right now.

[Ghoste]

I'm not a Vette guy either but I still feel for them.  It could have been a Mopar museum and then we'd be the ones howling.

[Homerr]

Unbelievable. 
A sink hole occurs smack dab in the middle of the museum, & swallows up cars. Not in the parking lot, not a block away, but right in the center of this showroom. 
What are the odds of that??? 

Better than you might think, actually.  The construction probably inadvertently caused the issue to fester.

[Baldwinvette77]

I honestly think this is pretty freaking cool  

its like Satan himself said "F**k it, i want those"  

[odcics2]

I honestly think this is pretty freaking cool  

its like Satan himself said "F**k it, i want those"  

  Further proof: hell is here on earth!!   

[polywideblock]

so who's spent the last 6 months training the moles  to dig just where they said   

  but seriously would this be classed as an "act of god"

[bill440rt]

so who's spent the last 6 months training the moles  to dig just where they said   

  but seriously would this be classed as an "act of god"

...Or poor construction/engineeering? 

[Silver R/T]

Hopefully they had insurance on them.

[BB14404SPD]

A couple of videos:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=90d_1392239602

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=892_1392244757

[moparstuart]

i have my classic car insurance through the national corvette musuem ,  so i emailed my agent to make sure he and everyone were ok .  He said it was a very hectic day .  


   here was his response   


                Wild day my friend!  Everyone is ok, just wide open!

Adam Boca
Insurance Agent
NCM Insurance Agency/National Corvette Museum
350 Corvette Dr
Bowling Green, KY 42101
p. 877.678.7626
f. 270.781.5286
w. www.ncminsurance.com
e. adam@corvettemuseum.org

[sanders7981]

It's sucks this happened, but thank god it didn't happen while they were open! 

[Mopar Nut]

It's sucks this happened, but thank god it didn't happen while they were open! 

How true!

[grdprx]

I was there back in 2005. Very sad, what a shame. Sucks for any classic car.

[TPR]

its like Satan himself said "F**k it, i want those"  

Too funny, -but sad.
No human or Mopar casualties is a plus.
TPR

[Highbanked Hauler]

 Wonder if there might be a coal mine under it.

[TUFCAT]

As car lovers its awful to see the fate of these 8 Corvettes!  

The cars on the on the bottom are likely unrepairable.    The media has NO IDEA of the significance these cars had in history, each representing its own unique level of rarity!  

Many are one of a kind examples. Totally shocking and sad.  


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IukDWhf7U9I&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL5Syfif2eF-PwKw8EkYQ3hW12km1LzacC


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwnKie79mKo&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL5Syfif2eF-PwKw8EkYQ3hW12km1LzacC


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5FG9_mGWPo&list=PL5Syfif2eF-PwKw8EkYQ3hW12km1LzacC


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBpjt02SlLw&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL5Syfif2eF-PwKw8EkYQ3hW12km1LzacC


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbQF8_ZcwQk&feature=c4-overview&list=UUkMEB53zhxtxbijEVl2YeWA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hypidVK9Ge8&feature=c4-overview&list=UUkMEB53zhxtxbijEVl2YeWA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0im-l411P1M&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL5Syfif2eF-PwKw8EkYQ3hW12km1LzacC

[tan top]

oh !! that's a shame  , might be able to pull them out & salvage a few 

[six-tee-nine]

unbelievable, it even made the news over here....

[JB400]

Looks like GM is going to make sure the cars are going to get the proper restoration once they're recovered.

http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-autos-gm-restoration-corvette-sinkhole-20140213,0,5225409.story#axzz2tQur6nkf

[Ghoste]

That is good news and the right thing for them to do.

[Baldwinvette77]

Thats really cool news, i was almost certain they would have been written off 

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

Very sad - and scary news! 

[Mike DC]

   
The incident is unfortunate but I'm not crying very hard.  The list of casualties is mostly stock-ish 1990s/2000s production models.

[Mopar Nut]

   
The incident is unfortunate but I'm not crying very hard.  The list of casualties is mostly stock-ish 1990s/2000s production models.

But there's a 62 sitting on top of them.   

[JB400]

First 2 Vettes have been recovered.

http://news.yahoo.com/first-2-corvettes-lifted-crane-ky-sinkhole-000918103.html

[TUFCAT]

Everything underneath that black '62 Vette is gonna be ugly.   I'm not sure the last few cars will be salvageable, but GM design center says they will do everything they can to restore them so who knows? 

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

   
The incident is unfortunate but I'm not crying very hard.  The list of casualties is mostly stock-ish 1990s/2000s production models.

But there's a 62 sitting on top of them.   

62 is out of the hole, as of today. 3 of the 8 are out!

[Old Moparz]

All those Corvettes just went up in value..... Seriously..... Once they're plucked from the hole & repaired, anyone who owns one now has bragging rights to the world famous, "Sink Hole Corvettes" that everyone has seen.

[wingcar]

I still think that Ford had a hand in this...
Just wait until they build a Mustang museum!

[Tilar]

I was watching the news yesterday and one of the first two they brought out started up and drove out to the parking lot. Really didn't look bad at all considering what it went through.

[DadsCharger00]

I was watching the news yesterday and one of the first two they brought out started up and drove out to the parking lot. Really didn't look bad at all considering what it went through.

guessing you didn't see the red 84 that came out today. Not good.

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

4 out of 4 are out... Wait, the 5th one came out... So the 1,000,000th Corvette and the PPG Pace Car came out today 

[Steve P.]

I don't mind Vetts are all, but I always hated working on them. They are not 6'3" 250 friendly to work on..

I watched a few video's and I know it is a hole, but it doesn't look like any SINKHOLE I have ever seen. Must be the dirt up there is doesn't pour into crevices like sand in a timer! That size hole here would have been 50 - 60 feet deep in an instant and probably kept right on growing..

I didn't notice any rebar in that slab....   

[TexasStroker]

Wait, that's not what we meant by "dig race" 

Sorry, couldn't help myself...had several text me that the day of the event.

I'm 100% Mopar, but you hate to see anything like that happen regardless of the car.  I've always just respected the person and what they are into regardless how it deviates from my own interests.  Hopefully everything gets taken care of...

[JB400]

I don't mind Vetts are all, but I always hated working on them. They are not 6'3" 250 friendly to work on..

I watched a few video's and I know it is a hole, but it doesn't look like any SINKHOLE I have ever seen. Must be the dirt up there is doesn't pour into crevices like sand in a timer! That size hole here would have been 50 - 60 feet deep in an instant and probably kept right on growing..

I didn't notice any rebar in that slab....    

Unfortunately, not too many use rebar anymore due to the price of it.  Probably used cat hair instead.  Relax Tuffy, I mean fiberglass

[TUFCAT]

Relax Tuffy, I mean fiberglass

Whew! There's two seconds of my life I'm not getting back.

[TUFCAT]

Today's update: more ugly pictures coming out of Bowling Green...

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20140306/CARNEWS01/140309899?utm_source=DailyDrive20140306&utm_medium=enewsletter&utm_term=article1more&utm_content=20140306-Five-of-eight-Corvettes-pulled-from-museum-sinkhole;-photos-show-heavy-damage-to-some&utm_campaign=awdailydrive

[Ghoste]

You know when I went down to Arkansas to get the 69 we went right by that place and if we had time i would have suggested stopping in, now I kind of wish we did.

[TUFCAT]

You know when I went down to Arkansas to get the 69 we went right by that place and if we had time i would have suggested stopping in, now I kind of wish we did.

Don't beat yerself up ol' buddy....I don't think a 20Ft deep X 40Ft wide sinkhole swallowing up eight of the most significant Corvettes was on anyone's prediction list this year! 

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

You know when I went down to Arkansas to get the 69 we went right by that place and if we had time i would have suggested stopping in, now I kind of wish we did.

Don't beat yerself up ol' buddy....I don't think a 20Ft deep X 40Ft wide sinkhole swallowing up eight of the most significant Corvettes was on anyone's prediction list this year! 

It's a lot deeper than that, unfortunately 

[Ram07]

Here is one of the smaller sinkholes (from an abandoned mine)  in a local golf course a couple years ago...a "smaller" one....that golf course is shut down now...a new mine bought everything up...it is now an open pit...

[TUFCAT]

Its been over a week since I've heard any news from Bowling Green about the recovery attempts.  The last car out was this 1984 PPG Indy pace car thingy...

Has anyone heard if the rescue operation is stalled or what?

[DadsCharger00]

To my knowledge they are all out and on display.   Will stay that way for a year then restore

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

To my knowledge they are all out and on display.   Will stay that way for a year then restore

Three are still in the hole. They stopped operations to shore the hole and micro pile around the perimeter.

[Mopar Nut]

Just watched the season finale of AmeriCarna with Rick Hendrick visiting the Corvette museum before the sinkhole. Real sad.

[TruckDriver]

Just watched the season finale of AmeriCarna with Rick Hendrick visiting the Corvette museum before the sinkhole. Real sad.

I saw it too.

[Tilar]

I wish I had time to stop, I wouldn't mind seeing the carnage and I'll be driving right by that place tomorrow.