Chevrolet has announced it will restore the eight Corvettes which were destroyed by the sinkhole that opened up underneath the National Corvette Museum earlier this week. The restoration will be undertaken by the GM Design Center in Warren, Mich. and overseen by Ed Welburn.
“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.”
When the cars are recovered from the hole they will be shipped to the Mechanical Assembly facility, a small shop within the Design Center. Mechanical Assembly maintains and restores many of the cars in the GM Heritage Collection and many of GM’s past concept cars.
The National Corvette Museum is independently owned and operated and runs solely through donations. The museum is currently accepting donations on its website to assist in fixing the sinkhole and getting the museum back up and running.
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way to go GM! I visited that shop all the time during my co-op at GM Design center, very small, but very good. The folks there are some of the best in the world they can restore anything.
I figured the cars would be restored by GM , the museum or someone else. none would be let go. The PPG car will be the most difficult to restore since it has custom DGP body panels. It also was the first to fall and was on the bottom.
I am glad they are going to be able to save the building as I feared the worst as I assume the foundation was gone. But they say it is ok and should be repaired by Augusts 20th anniversary.
I certainly hope all can be recovered and restored, but I'm guessing it's going to be very difficult to get all 8 cars out of the sinkhole to begin with? Several of them are obviously totally buried/covered in dirt, concrete, etc....Someone from the museum said that one or more of the cars may be left as-is after coming out of the sinkhole? I like that idea. A "sinkhole survivor"!
Use the 40th ann. for the leave as is since it is the easiest to replace.
Great news! Now GM needs to take my 2000 Grand Prix GT Sedan and "restore" it. .
Definitely not a classic like a Corvette, but an important product for Pontiac and great addition for me..
I guess Museum Delivery,isn't an option anymore for now !
Fixing a sinkhole? I believe that you FILL a sinkhole, not fix it. It is a hole , an absence of ground, and a negative condition. But I do wish the Museum success in filling that hole, repairing the museum and recovering the priceless Corvettes.