National Corvette Museum Sinkhole

[CamplinP]

That freaking sucks. There sure have been a lot of sinkholes lately. I think it is from all those man eating worms.

[biff85ta]

i love driving my dad's 66 coupe. 327/350hp, 4sp, manual steering. and if the right 68-73 comes along, i'll have my own. they're in more of a reasonable price range for me compared to the 63-67, and the 74-82....... the rubber bumpered cars would be a last resort for me, and would have to be a hell of a buy.

my dad's car is an unrestored survivor, with one repaint in the early 70's (original color). while it's respected for what it is, neither my dad or myself have any issue with putting it through it's paces.

My father inlaw had an 81. I was sorely disappointed with that car. It was slow and just flat out junk. Every time I fixed one thing two more would break somewhere else on the car.


I just bought an 88 C4 yesterday and while the L98 is no huge hp motor the torque is fun. It isn't the nicest or prettiest but I bought it right and should be able to putz around with it here and there and basically get to drive it for nearly free for a year or two.

[scr8p]

i thought about picking up a C4 vette. you can get decent ones for fairly good prices these days.

then when i get tired of it, i'll pull the drive train and suspension from it, buy/build a tri-five C4 frame, and slide it all under my 55 chevy.

[THEYTOOKMYTHUMB]

There sure have been a lot of sinkholes lately.

I was thinking the same thing. I was wondering if it's always been that way and they're just getting reported more now or what. My daughter's Summer Camp visited that museum last Summer. Of course being an 8 year old girl she had more fun on the bus ride there than the visit itself. Vettes aren't the most comfortable to sit in I'd agree, but I love the way a lot of them look. Shame this happened, but at least no one was there when it did. Makes you wonder about the rest of the place. I'd be a bit nervous walking around in there personally.

[uniquenamehere]

1993 ZR-1 Spyder on loan from General Motors
2009 ZR1 “Blue Devil” on loan from General Motors
The other six vehicles were owned by the National Corvette Museum including:
1962 Black Corvette
1984 PPG Pace Car
1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette
1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette
2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette
2009 White 1.5 Millionth Corvette

Wow... that's quite a loss... I'm not a Corvette lover but I can certainly appreciate the rarity and uniqueness to these. Sucks big time...

[slotcarrod]

I was always told if you build something over a big ole hole in the ground (cavern in this case) that you better have good insurance. Too bad it wasn't the mustang museum . (just beating someone else to that line )

Todd

I fixed it for you!

[klavy69]

I was always told if you build something over a big ole hole in the ground (cavern in this case) that you better have good insurance. Too bad it wasn't the mopar museum . (just beating someone else to that line )

Todd

I fixed it for you!

I also agree with Todd that all chevy should be erased from this earthly realm and we should replace the sun with a blue oval

there Rod...I fixed your fixation for you
Todd

[kaiser]

only problem is there is no mopar museum. after the rust there's nothing left.

[jwscab]

biff,

you can get some decent performance out of the last series of SBC, utilizing some DIY efi stuff with vortec parts and newer PCM's. Check thirdgen.org for lots of TPI and EFI info. Before I spent a ton of time on this forum, that was the site I spent a great deal of time on. Mini-ram, stealth ram, etc. lots of options. corvette hood is little tough with low profile, but lots of info to read. you can get killer aluminum heads now really cheaply and strokers are mainstream.

[biff85ta]

biff,

you can get some decent performance out of the last series of SBC, utilizing some DIY efi stuff with vortec parts and newer PCM's. Check thirdgen.org for lots of TPI and EFI info. Before I spent a ton of time on this forum, that was the site I spent a great deal of time on. Mini-ram, stealth ram, etc. lots of options. corvette hood is little tough with low profile, but lots of info to read. you can get killer aluminum heads now really cheaply and strokers are mainstream.

I am a ten year member on there. The 85ta part of my screen name refers to my 85 Trans Am I had when I registered there. I need to find my Moates cable I have out in the garage so I can scan again.

P.S. Do you have a copy of freescan you could email me? I can't seem to find it anymore.

[biff85ta]

There sure have been a lot of sinkholes lately.

I was thinking the same thing. I was wondering if it's always been that way and they're just getting reported more now or what. My daughter's Summer Camp visited that museum last Summer. Of course being an 8 year old girl she had more fun on the bus ride there than the visit itself. Vettes aren't the most comfortable to sit in I'd agree, but I love the way a lot of them look. Shame this happened, but at least no one was there when it did. Makes you wonder about the rest of the place. I'd be a bit nervous walking around in there personally.

Sitting in my vette is comfortable it is getting in and out that is the problem. Come down and race with us at Alpha one saturday and I will let you take it around the block.

[Diamond Dave]

I would be there in heartbeat, great car, great performance, great looks. I will own many one day.

[Lowgear]

I read about this a few days ago, what a shame. There's a network of caverns in the area and apparently this museum happened to be built over a part of it. Over time the cavern enlarged until it collapsed.

Not too long ago I spent an entire year looking for a new vehicle and for a while I had my heart set on a Corvette. I was looking at mid 70s to mid 90s ones as those fell into the price range I could afford. I ultimately decided that Corvettes were way too dime a dozen and wanted to go in a more unique direction. At the end of the day though I wouldn't say no to ever owning one.

[losiXXXman]

Wow... did they lose any rare corvettes? Thats crazy...

2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette

A former colleague of mine once asked if I knew the Vette Mallett... (Its my last name too) Wish I could claim relation, but unfortunately I cannot.

[jwscab]

Yeah I might have freescan i'll take a look for you, its been awhile. I probably have chatted with you before then on thirdgen. My screen name is the same.