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Originally Posted by jerry clayton
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Originally Posted by jerry clayton
But I know a fella, who knows another fella, who has a mate . . .
News tonight says that GM has pledged to try to restore each of the 8 Corvettes to their like new condition - GM to restore Corvettes that fell into Ky. sinkhole | The Detroit News
Good thing it didn't happen at the Mustang Museum. That would really hurt.
If a crane can not be used a helicopter will work. We used them for moving machinery lots heavier than a corvette.
Yeah, that's off course an option, but then there's a roof on the building, assuming that the building doesn't have to come down to do the subsurface work.....Quote:
Originally Posted by cffisher
Tom, we'd be flying the flags at half mast!! ;):LOL::LOL::LOL:;):pQuote:
Originally Posted by TomJ
The ignorance of the people posting on this thread amazes me. like the person that said there is no '83 Corvette.
Tom, that's actually a fact that I was previously unaware of, too! If you look at production numbers there is no listing between 1982 and 1984, and the history says that GM produced 43 pre-production units, but they all ordered to be held and titled as '84's before any were released to the public. Engineer's hid one, knowing that it was an important part of the history, and it is the white 1983 at the museum. A link that tells the story, and the interesting twist in the history - The Missing 1983 Corvette! | Corvette BlogQuote:
Originally Posted by TomJ
Some people do know what there talking about
Yeh and we even walk and chew gum at the same timeQuote:
Originally Posted by cffisher
Probably need a national day of mourning! roflmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by rspears
Any word on if the ones that took a dive can be saved?
The latest I saw was that work was to start yesterday on stabilizing the remaining floor, and once they have things stable they will need six days to extract the cars. The sinkhole has not expanded any more since the collapse, which is good. Once extracted GM will take the cars to their Mechanical Assembly Area within the Design Center where work will begin on all that can be restored. The report was that the dome's wall structure was not affected, and that the plan will be to use compacted fill to bring the sinkhole back to grade, and then to pour a new floor.Quote:
Originally Posted by falconvan
GM to oversee restoration of sinkhole Corvettes
Seen a few video's on that place!!! With those assets in equipment and personnel I'd just betcha all those plastic fantastics will come out better then they were!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by rspears
Being one of the "ignorant" ones posting on this thread, I have to say that after seeing the pics of the cars that went in the hole, the black '62 wasn't the only cool one!;);):LOL::LOL::LOL:
There's a collector's showroom right across the street with some cool cars too. I wonder what's lurking under THAT building?
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...8/DSC_0172.jpg
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Another ignorant one here with a mutilated chebby. Haha........
Randy, hopefully there's no big cavernous sink hole under that floor. Lots of cool stuff in there.
And one car doesn't make it a production year. So yeah, there aren't any 83 Vettes to be bought unless you are Bill Gates. :LOL:
Yeah, Ryan, I especially like the black '58 Impala and the red '63 Galaxie!! To be assured they don't slide into another sink hole, I think they should immediately ship them to me!!!:eek::LOL::LOL::LOL::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
OH SURE!! Send them from a sinkhole into a fault line!! Nope, the Galaxie needs to come to New England! The Impala - who cares! rofl..
Knew a guy in the Navy who was fond of saying that he owned a bunch of property out in western Nevada, and he was going to cash in when California slid into the ocean by selling beachfront property...:LOL::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
Wasn't there a few comics who used to have a joke like that??
Crews are adding extra support to the building and taking out a wall to make room for a crane. They are also cutting holes into the floor and filling them with concrete at key points for even more support. Then the crane will be used to pull the cars out of the sinkhole.
Read more: Corvette Museum begins rebuilding after sinkhole destruction | Kentucky News - WLKY Home
So the last of the "Sinkhole Corvette's" has been brought to the surface! Holy Crusher, Batman! Can we say "Total Loss"? The 2001 Mallet Hammer doesn't look too good....
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National Corvette Museum says last sinkhole car extracted [w/videos] - Autoblog
Roger, the owner of that one lives near me. When the story first broke back in Feb, the local news interviewed him. His entire garage has Corvette logo stuff EVERYWHERE. He said this was the first time he hasn't had a Corvette in his garage since 1997. So he put a Toys R Us radio controlled Corvette on one of the runners of the car lift in his garage and raised it up in the air. They ended the segment with him driving the toy Vette around the garage.
Mike
Wow!! Sometimes it seems like the name of something determines its fate.....this one certainly appears to have been beaten repeatedly with a giant version of its name!!!:eek::CRY:Quote:
Originally Posted by rspears
If you look through the recovery photos that were posted in the link there are several of the cars that came out of the hole in pretty rough shape. I think when that first one came up with minor damage and they started & drove it a short distance many people assumed that these eight cars were just going to be lifted from the hole washed off and maybe get some minor cracks & scratches tended to, and be as good as new. Not the case....
