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Chevrolet will oversee the restoration of the Corvettes that were damaged by the massive sinkhole that opened under the National Corvette Museum earlier this week, the Detroit-based automaker announced today.
Once the cars are recovered, they will be shipped to GM Design’s Mechanical Assembly specialty shop, “where the best restoration approach will be determined”. The entire process will be supervised by Ed Welburn, vice president of GM Global Design.
“The vehicles at the National Corvette Museum are some of the most significant in automotive history,” said Mark Reuss, executive vice president of General Motors global product development. “There can only be one 1-millionth Corvette ever built. We want to ensure as many of the damaged cars are restored as possible so fans from around the world can enjoy them when the Museum reopens.”
Eight Corvette were wrecked by the incident. Two of them were on loan from GM, while the other six were owned by the museum.
1993 ZR-1 Spyder (on loan from GM)
2009 ZR1 "Blue Devil" (on loan from GM)
1962 Black Corvette
1984 PPG Pace Car
1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette
1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette
2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette
2009 White 1.5 Millionth Corvette
“The vehicles at the National Corvette Museum are some of the most significant in automotive history,” said Mark Reuss, executive vice president of General Motors global product development. “There can only be one 1-millionth Corvette ever built. We want to ensure as many of the damaged cars are restored as possible so fans from around the world can enjoy them when the Museum reopens.”
Eight Corvette were wrecked by the incident. Two of them were on loan from GM, while the other six were owned by the museum.
1993 ZR-1 Spyder (on loan from GM)
2009 ZR1 "Blue Devil" (on loan from GM)
1962 Black Corvette
1984 PPG Pace Car
1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette
1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette
2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette
2009 White 1.5 Millionth Corvette
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