All 8 of the Corvettes that got swallowed by the sinkhole have been excavated now. Some are repairable. The 'Blue Devil' ZR-1 (which I think I have actually seen and sat inside of at a few car shows) actually drove out of the museum under it's own power, mostly intact. It was a very emotional moment for me to see that video online.
Immediately after the sinkhole happened, GM said it would restore every single one of the cars affected. That is possible for some but, not all. There are A few that are nothing but scrap now. They
barely even recognizable as cars, let alone priceless Corvettes. (It really hurts me inside to have to write that...) Considering the 'damage' to these essentially destroyed cars, I think trying to repair/restore them is a mistake. They are gone... at least, in their previous form.
So, I have a proposal for GM: DON'T restore the cars that were just plain destroyed in this catastrophe. Instead, melt them down and recast them as new parts for a new one-off C7 'Super-Vette' that acts as a testbed for new technologies. After the C7 is replaced with the C8 in a few years, this new 'memorial on wheels' will take its rightful place in the museum with a very special display. It would be just the kind of 'Phoenix rising from the Ashes' story that will inspire car nuts and the Corvette faithful for Generations to come. It would also generate a LOT of good publicity, the kind that any automaker would kill to get, not to mention probably costing a lot less money.
- Lord Publius
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