Porsche 911 partisans will be able to exercise their keenly-honed sense of schadenfreude if they deign to make the trek to Bowling Green, Kentucky. During our last update on the ongoing Corvette-sinkhole saga, we noted that the National Corvette museum had decided to fill in the gaping maw that swallowed up eight historic examples of Chevrolet’s Plastic Fantastic earlier this year. We now have word that the operation will begin November 10.
Five of the cars were ultimately deemed beyond repair, leaving only three to be returned their former glory. General Motors will handle the restoration of the Blue Devil prototype, the machine that ultimately saw street duty as the banzai C6 ZR1.
The one-millionth car produced, a white convertible built in ’92—the introductory year for the second of three different LT1-badged engines to reside under the Corvette’s hood—will also be rebuilt under the General’s watchful eye.
The third car, a ’62 example, will be reconstructed at a shop that’s yet to be determined, with GM kicking down $250,000 in total support.
Meanwhile, the Chuck Mallett–built Hammer C5 Z06, the 2009 model that stands as the 1.5 millionth Vette assembled, the 1993 40th Anniversary model, the never-before ’84 Indy Pace Car, and the C4 ZR-1 Spyder will not feel the caress of the technician’s wrench, nor the gentle, cooling spray of the paint booth. They’ll be left as is, a reminder that nature’s fury knows no pity, even when it comes to man’s holiest shrines. Still, said shrine estimates that construction will be completed by July of 2015, midway through the summer Corvetting season. If you’d like to lay eyes on the pit of despair, you have until November 9 to check it out.
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Meanwhile, Corvette guys are secretly hoping that Zuffenhausen’s glass-und-schteel monument to Porsche’s achievements finds itself somehow inundated to the rafters with currywurst. Just try getting that rancid stink out of the Panamericana concept’s interior. Go ahead and try it, Fritz.
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