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Corvettes starts to get rescued from sinkhole at museum

Corvettes starts to get rescued from sinkhole at museum

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blogentry-114362-0-24653400-1393921743_thumb.jpgA 1993 40th Anniversary Chevrolet Corvette is unstrapped from the crane that removed it from a sinkhole at the National Corvette Museum on Monday.

 

Two of the eight Corvettes swallowed Feb. 12 by a sinkhole at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky., were lifted out of the hole and placed back in the showroom.

 

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As a crowd of spectators cheered and thousands of viewers watched online, the 2009 ZR1 Blue Devil -- one of two cars on loan from General Motors -- and the 1993 Ruby Red 40th anniversary edition were lifted by a crane and placed at ground level.

The Blue Devil, which appears to have endured minor damage during its nearly 30-foot plunge, was driven about 20 feet to the museum's doorway, said Katie Frassinelli, a museum spokeswoman.

 

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Video of the retrieval showed that the Ruby Red 40th anniversary edition sustained broken windows and severe damage to its front and rear.

 

Retrieval of a black 1962 model will be much "trickier" as a five-ton slab of concrete rests on the front of the vehicle, the museum said.

 

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Two cranes will be used to simultaneously lift the car and the concrete, the museum said.

Other Corvettes to be retrieved are a 1993 ZR-1 Spyder, the other car on loan from GM; a 1984 PPG pace car; the 1-millionth Vette, built in 1992; a 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06; and the 2009 1.5-millionth Corvette.

 

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Recovery of the vehicles is expected to take through Aug.

The museum plans to display each vehicle after it is recovered until all eight are taken together to a small shop within GM Design in suburban Detroit for restoration.

 

Webcams are positioned around the sinkhole and pictures are available on the museum's Web site.

 

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So badly damaged that even after restoring them, hardly likely that they will regain the outlook of their glorious days again. Pity those cars, wrong place, wrong time!

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