Eight collectible Corvettes from 1962-2009, including two on loan from General Motors, were totaled or badly damaged early Wednesday while standing still in a locked building.
They toppled into a sinkhole along with flooring in the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky., says an announcement by the tourist attraction.
We received a call at 5:44 a.m. from our security company alerting us of our motion detectors going off in our Skydome area of the Museum. Upon arrival it was discovered that a sinkhole had collapsed. . . . The Fire Department has estimated the size of the hole is 40 feet across and 25-30 feet deep.
It is with heavy hearts that we report that eight Corvettes were affected by this incident.
Another view of the damage in Bowling Green, Ky. (Photos/National Corvette Museum)
Poignant language of grieving also appears at the museum's Facebook page, where a post about the collapse was shared ovfer 2,000 times in two hours and drew more than 300 comments. "Thanks for your concerns and prayers," a social media manager posts for the organization.
The museum, across Corvette Drive from GM's only plant making the iconic sportscar, plans to mark its 20th anniversary in September by hosting the 2014 Corvette Caravan of owners' clubs from all states. Harlan Charles, a product and marketing manager at corporate headquarters in Detroit, is a museum board member.
The models below are swallowed. The first two belong to GM:
- 1993 ZR-1 Spyder
- 2009 ZR1 “Blue Devil”
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1962 Black Corvette
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1984 PPG Pace Car
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1992 White Corvette (1 millionth manufactured)
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1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette
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2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette
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2009 White Corvette (1.5 millionth made)
