Almost two months after the National Corvette Museum floor sunk into the ground, swallowing up eight valuable collection Corvettes, we're happy to report that the No. 8 vehicle has been rescued. Unfortunately, the 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 recently recovered is by far the worst damaged of all eight sinkhole Vettes.
The final car was discovered this Monday by the exploration team employed to search for the missing vehicles. The 60-foot-deep sinkhole took its toll on the Mallett Corvette, which now looks like a piece of tin foil with four wheels attached to it.
"We're happy to have the completion of our major goal to recover all eight of the Corvettes," said Wendell Strode, Executive Director of the Museum. Wendell also declared that a meeting will be held sometime next week in order to review all the findings and determine what to do next with the damaged museum building and former automotive exhibits.
The Mallett Hammer Corvette Z06 has been purchased new in 2001 by a couple from Florida. In their 13 years of ownership, the couple modified the 700 horsepower Corvette many times. Eventually, they donated their pride and joy to the museum last December.
If you haven't had the time to see the "Great 8" in person, we've got a piece of great news for you: the museum announced on its blog that all eight sinkhole Corvettes will be exhibited as is from next week through August.
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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