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Sinkhole at Corvette Museum swallows eight rare Vettes
Yahoo news ^ | 02/13/14 | Justin Hyde

Posted on 02/12/2014 11:02:36 AM PST by Doogle

The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky., has long been a mini-Mecca for fans of America's most hallowed sports car. Early this morning, that museum suffered the catastrophe shown above, when a sinkhole in the Sky Dome opened up and swallowed eight rare Vettes, including two that belonged to General Motors.

According to museum officials, the sinkhole began around 5:30 a.m. while the museum was closed, and within minutes had grown to about 40 feet wide and 25 to 30 feet deep. No one was injured, but the list of Corvettes spelunking in the hole includes two on loan from General Motors, a rare 1993 ZR-1 Spyder and a 2009 ZR1 Blue Devil that may have been the original show car.

(Excerpt) Read more at autos.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: History; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: automotive; noooo
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To: Chode

41 posted on 02/12/2014 3:45:14 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Doogle
ouch
42 posted on 02/12/2014 3:49:32 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: x

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43 posted on 02/12/2014 3:51:56 PM PST by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

Interesting info - thank you!
I hope they are able to get this repaired without going broke.
I know they are also in the process of building a new race track next door.


44 posted on 02/12/2014 5:31:51 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: Doogle

I’ll observe that the museum is on the southern border of KY cave country. It’s only about 30 miles to Mammoth Cave, for instance.


45 posted on 02/12/2014 5:33:57 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Fightin Whitey
what an inspiration

check out my new rims


46 posted on 02/12/2014 6:17:22 PM PST by bigheadfred
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