Sinkhole at corvette Museum Swallows 8 vettes

[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!