Remember hearing about the huge sinkhole that opened up inside the National Corvette Museum back in February? Well, all eight of the priceless Vettes have now been retrieved, but museum officials haven’t decided what to do with them yet.
Currently, the damaged cars and the big hole are on display at the Bowling Green, KY facility. That’s not a permanent solution, but it seems to be working – attendance at the museum is actually up by about 50%.
The disaster has even inspired art. The painting above, titled Resurrection, was done by board member Dana Forrester.
Damage to the Vettes ranged from only minor cosmetic damage on two vehicles to one – a custom made 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 race car -which which one museum official described as “just a tire.”
It may just be coincidence, but the fiberglass bodies of the older cars seem to have fared better than the high-end composites of the newer Vettes.
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