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

[Organ-Donor]

At least that particular one could be replicated, Mallet Hammer C5 Z06's were conversions from stock ones. And if another is built to replace it, it's build record can be placed next to the old one.

This^

 

[TRLWNC7396]

Just got this article:

http://www.autoweek.com/article/201...n-percent27t-pretty&utm_campaign=awdailydrive

 

[BKGlover]

Funny how no one noticed the 1.5 Mil. had been pulled out. It's in a bad way as well.

The ZR1 Spyder was bad, but the Hammer, painful as it may be, would be better off displayed as is or scrapped. By what I'm looking at, it could many millions to put it back together, much less go full restoration.

 

[TRLWNC7396]

Well, I went and looked it up:

http://gmauthority.com/blog/2014/04/seventh-historic-corvette-dug-out-of-museum-sinkhole/


And another article worthy of note:

http://blog.caranddriver.com/multim...l-value-of-sinkhole-corvettes-is-1-2-million/

 

[Slash]

Prepare your eyes.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Probably would have looked better if they hadn't pulled it out like that.

 

[Slash]

There isn't really much other places to mount it.

 

[AMPMROCKETFANN]

Prepare your eyes.

As much as I don't wanna say it, this one IS NOT coming back. Its trash now. Even though GM said that they can bring them all back, I think only 7(.5 if you feel that way) can be resurrected. Fortunately, all they have to do is get an identical C5 Z06, send it to the Mallett guys, and voila! The Mallett Hammer has been saved.

 

[CodeRedR51]

There isn't really much other places to mount it.

I mean digging it out more so the compacted earth around it didn't pull it apart when they pulled it up.

 

[TRLWNC7396]

Meh. It was trashed either way.....

 

[Azure Flare]

Some of the sinkhole damaged Corvettes may not be repairable.

 

[Wiegert]

One need only look at the previous few posts to know that some of them are far beyond repair. The majority have already conceded that it would just best to leave the last two ex-Corvettes as they are. Either left on display (in or out of the hole) or not.

 

[BKGlover]

The real question for the Hammer and the Spyder are how to display them. If I could make a suggestion, I'd say that they should display the remnants of the chassis' and the bodies next to each other in front of a gray-scale backboard picture of them pre-fall.

 

[Slash]

I wonder if they will clean them off or leave them covered in dirt/clay.

 

[Tornado]

Leave 'em in the hole, like in the museum from Demolition Man.

 

[niky]

I mean digging it out more so the compacted earth around it didn't pull it apart when they pulled it up.

Very late to this, but I'd say, given those pictures, any further damage done by pulling it out like that was mostly cosmetic and easily repairable. The damage done when it got buried under the earth isn't.

Sad looking at all that, but what can you do? They're done.

 

[Wiegert]

Leave 'em in the hole, like in the museum from Demolition Man.

They should open the exhibit by recreating the museum fight sequence. Even if it costs them twice as much to install glass flooring.

 

[Robin]

Leaving the hole there (obviously made safe) with the cars would be a way cooler exhibit both from a storytelling and also visual experience and it makes the best of the current situation. I could imagine this incident has actually led to more visitors and people would like to see the cars even in a trashed state.

 

[Zenith]

Of course asking the kinds of people who would run a Corvette museum to purposely leave any Corvette in a state of damage or disrepair is like asking an Oprah fan to rip up one of their O magazines.

There is one type of Corvette these people like. It isn't a dented one in a ditch, no matter how much cooler the concept is.

 

[Azure Flare]

Of course asking the kinds of people who would run a Corvette museum to purposely leave any Corvette in a state of damage or disrepair is like asking an Oprah fan to rip up one of their O magazines.

There is one type of Corvette these people like. It isn't a dented one in a ditch, no matter how much cooler the concept is.

 

[TRLWNC7396]

Eh.... melt it down and make a new one.....

 

[TRLWNC7396]

Interesting twist to the story here:

http://www.autoweek.com/article/201...t-preserve-sinkhole&utm_campaign=awdailydrive

 

[Danoff]

Time for some other museums to orchestrate sinkholes.

 

[Jump_Ace]

GM doesn't fix an ignition problem and they lose some of their most prized possessions. Gotta love Karma sometimes.


Jerome

 

[BKGlover]

Most weren't GM's though. The two ZR1s were on loan from GM, but the museum owned the other six, including the milestone cars to my surprise.

 

[Slash]

They've chosen to keep the sinkhole on display.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/corvette-museum-to-keep-sinkhole-portion-display-cars-in-cave/

 

[BKGlover]

Any bets on which of the museum's six are going back in?

 

[Robin]

They've chosen to keep the sinkhole on display.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/corvette-museum-to-keep-sinkhole-portion-display-cars-in-cave/

I said it was a good idea from an exhibit point of view, glad they thought the same way.

 

[Slash]

The decision to leave the hole unfilled has been reversed.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/that-s...erses-earlier-decision-will-fill-in-sinkhole/

 

[FoolKiller]

The decision to leave the hole unfilled has been reversed.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/that-s...erses-earlier-decision-will-fill-in-sinkhole/

I don't know if it is accountants or lawyers behind this, but fun ideas are destroyed when they get involved.