40ft Sink hole opens under Corvette Museum, swallows 8 cars

[DurWinning]

I think the PPG is long gone. I don't see how that can be repaired.

 

[BKGlover]

Long hours and sheer dogged determination.

 

[Slash]

Long hours and sheer dogged determination.

This. It can be repaired. I've seen worse come back.

 

[Azure Flare]

Corvette Museum staff decide to give the 1,000,000th back to Satan.

But to be serious for a moment, I went to the museum in 2009 (went there once before in 2000) and there was a picture taken of me standing next to the 1,000,000th Corvette.

All of those cars, (apart from the ZR1) I have pictures of. Still heart wrenching to see them damaged like they were.

Mother Nature, you bitch.

 

[Team THRT Drift]

Nice!

 

[Slash]

 

[SkilledRacer]

Its so depressing seeing how destroyed these cars are

 

[Slash]

The one I just posted looks amazing after going through that.

 

[BKGlover]

Are the A-pillars steel or fiberglass? Never really known, but I assume steel.

 

[DurWinning]

So let me get this straight. They put the time and effort to take out the 1,000,000th Corvette only to put back in the hole????

 

[Slash]

Are the A-pillars steel or fiberglass? Never really known, but I assume steel.

Think this one might be glass for the special model but not sure, most are steel.

So let me get this straight. They put the time and effort to take out the 1,000,000th Corvette only to put back in the hole????

It was a joke....

 

[The Stig Farmer]

So let me get this straight. They put the time and effort to take out the 1,000,000th Corvette only to put back in the hole????

of course not, it's Jalopnik, don't ever take Jalopnik seriously. Except when they are.

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

I know I'm a bit late on this story, but this is truly awful. Whether you like Corvettes or not, it's still terrible to see such 50 years worth of history and milestones go down the drain. At least GM are fixing them up themselves, so at least authentic parts and labour will be used. 👍

Also, I don't personally think replacing a bumper and minor trim pieces means its no longer 'the same car off the production line'. Like Slash said, there's been cars like that PPG Pace Car that have been fully rebuilt over time from the same (if slightly warped and rebuilt) chassis that it rolled out of the factory on. Plus, how cool is that going to be on the little information boards?!

"This is the PPG Corvette. It was used in 1984 as a pace car, and close to 20 years later, fell into a pit and was practically rebuilt from scratch."

 

[BKGlover]

30 years, but that will be something no other pace car can trumpet.

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

Damn it, my mind is still fixated in the 2000s, my bad. But yeah, considering most pace cars are either put in storage or probably destroyed, that is quite a story. Same could be said for any of the others, especially the Blue Devil test mule - not only was used for developing the ZR1 and setting lap records, it fell into a hole and survived with relatively minor damage.

 

[DurWinning]

of course not, it's Jalopnik, don't ever take Jalopnik seriously. Except when they are.

I don't know what's funnier. The fact that it was a joke or that meme.

 

[CodeRedR51]

This. It can be repaired. I've seen worse come back.

No matter how shiny they are, they won't be the same.

 

[Adamgp]

Like Slash said, I've seen cars in worse condition be restored.

No matter how shiny they are, they won't be the same.

These cars will never be on the road, so it doesn't matter if they drive as good as before. They will go back to sitting in the museum, so as long as they look as good as before.

GM is taking care of the restoration, and picking up the tab. All cars should be good as new aesthetically and mechanically.

 

[AOS-]

I've read through this entire thread and I'm more bothered by the back and forth of the "I've seen worse, this can be repaired" and the "It will never be the same!". Can't you two just settle it already?

 

[BKGlover]

Ha. Good Joke.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Like Slash said, I've seen cars in worse condition be restored.



These cars will never be on the road, so it doesn't matter if they drive as good as before. They will go back to sitting in the museum, so as long as they look as good as before.

GM is taking care of the restoration, and picking up the tab. All cars should be good as new aesthetically and mechanically.

No, meaning they won't be original anymore. A restored car is not the same as an all original car. Sure it will look the same, but it's not the same car.

 

[Slash]

Only parts of it aren't the same car. It is true it won't use exactly the same because of parts that got replaced but otherwise it's either that or get rid of them.

 

[Adamgp]

No, meaning they won't be original anymore. A restored car is not the same as an all original car. Sure it will look the same, but it's not the same car.

The cars themselves will be the same, only parts of them will be replaced.

 

[Slash]

No different than you replace the brake rotors on your car...or do you not consider that to be "the same" car either?

 

[Azure Flare]

That's like saying my Kia is all-original, except for the front bumper, hood, headlights, and the right-rear hubcap.

 

[playnthru]

Err..The PPG is gonna need a whole new everything though.

Sure it can be fixed, but it won't hardly have 15% of the original parts I'm guessing? Maybe a few bits here and there but...

 

[ildd]

Which Corvettes haven't been pulled out yet? The 1.5 millionth and...?

 

[playnthru]

Which Corvettes haven't been pulled out yet? The 1.5 millionth and...?

ZR-1 spyder and the Mallet Hammer?

I thought they got the Hammer first for some reason?

 

[BKGlover]

Have they any idea where the Hammer is?

 

[Slash]

That's like saying my Kia is all-original, except for the front bumper, hood, headlights, and the right-rear hubcap.

I'd say it was other than the listed things. You see this all the time with muscle cars.