So far, five of the eight Corvettes which fell into a sinkhole at the National Corvette Museum have been safely recovered, including one of the most significant of the bunch, the 1 millionth Corvette ever built. Â The millionth Corvette, a white C4 Convertible, was wedged over an open space in the sinkhole and risked falling even further into the abyss, so the construction crews decided to pull the car out ahead of schedule.
The crew first lassoed the rear wheel with straps and pulled the Corvette away from the open space. The car was then placed on its roof so workers could be lowered into the pit to hook it up with straps for retrieval. The National Corvette Museum says the whole extraction process took about 1 hour and 51 minutes, but they put together a short video featuring all the highlights of the operation, check it out below.
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Is there any talk of not restoring these cars? Putting them on display as is? I think that would be cool. The value is gone if they are restored. Un restored they tell an even more amazing story.
I believe that for a period of time, GM will put the cars on public display before restoring them.
I don’t think I understand what you mean by “The value is gone if they are restored.”, because given the press they’ve been getting lately, AND how some of the cars were production milestones, prototypes, and one-ofs BEFORE the accident, their market value can’t be any lower than it is now.
Just thinking that if restored, they are no longer the car they were, wrecked or not. The 1,000,000 is only special because of its place in line. I feel the same for all the parts used to build it. It won’t really be truly the 1,000,000 corvette anymore. Just my thoughts.
You’re getting very close to the Ship of Theseus thought experiment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
Are you the same Wiruth now that you’ve had all your original cells replaced over time with newer cells?