Mother Earth is eating Corvettes!

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  1. itsmewutup

    itsmewutup New Member

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    Ah ok. Right there on the TN border. I'm from the north up here in Elizabethtown.
     
  2. Steve

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    They've started extricating the 'Vettes.

    Victim #1, an '09 ZR1 "otherwise known as the Blue Devil...the prototype version that helped shape the production ZR1", reportedly started right up and was driven away.

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    Victim #2, a "1993 40th Anniversary Edition, affectionately known as Ruby", didn't fare as well...

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  3. Mr Salt

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    Heard today on the news that GM has agreed to fix the cars that they can get out of the hole.
     
  4. Dave.0

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    Yup GM will spare no expense in fixing all these cars.
     
  5. Rixter

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    Correction, those Vettes were worth millions
     
  6. Jason Montague

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    :cornut: I don't know..............................the way collectors are today................if you have GM documentation of the cause of damage and the GM fix..........................they might be worth more............maybe.:Thumbsup:

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  7. Spa2k

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    They will be worth more, because of their journey to the center of the earth.
     
  8. Steve

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    Victim #3, on the way out.

    From Motor Authority: "This time it's the black 1962 Corvette that has risen from dusty confines below the Skydome. The hood was removed during the rescue in order to gain access to appropriate mounting points. From the photos, it's clear that the car has taken on some serious damage, however, it looks to be in far better shape than the red 1993 Corvette recovered yesterday."

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  9. Dave.0

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    Look Mom I was playing the crane game and won an old dirty vette. :p
     
  10. Zapski

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    That'll buff out.
     
  11. Nathan

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    This one did not fare so well

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  12. Steve

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    Maybe that one should stay as-is and be the display car for info about the sinkhole.
     
  13. Steve

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    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgTP5zoYylM]ZR1 RECOVERED! - YouTube[/ame]

    There's a 20+ sec gap in the middle, hang in there, but there's nothing after 3:22.
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SYXGtbAe4w]1993 40th Corvette Recovery - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkOy4L4up_M]The recovery of the 1 Millionth Corvette - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0dkAeq3bjQ]Millionth Corvette Pushed into Museum - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSwLMktif2Y]1984 PPG Pace Car Recovery - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCSPgx7PDnk]1962 Corvette Recovery - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWYBr3V2uho]1962 Corvette Recovery - YouTube[/ame]
     
  14. Dave.0

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    They should put that 1984 PPG Pace car back in the hole that thing is ugly. :p
     
  15. agranger

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    If they need a place to put the '62, I can clear a space in the garage...
     
  16. eMINIparts

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    They should leave em "AS IS" and take them to Barrett Jackson and see what people are willing pay....A wrecked 1 of a kind vette that was sucked up into a sink hole..A cool car with a cool story could fetch a pretty penny.....:smilewinkgrin:
     
  17. rkw

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    It would make a really interesting exhibit if they just left the cars down there and built a glass floor over all of it.
     
  18. Steve

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    Removal of this last and most buried of the 'Vettes is painful to watch.

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWJSDwUUlqk"]2001 Z06 Mallett Hammer Recovery - YouTube[/ame]
     
  20. Nathan

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    Yeah, it aint pretty.

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