Four Corvettes from each 500,000 production milestone in front of the National Corvette Museum
The National Corvette Museum cars damaged in a sinkhole collapse will be shipped to Warren Michigan where Chevrolet will oversee their restoration. Ed Welburn, vice president of GM Global Design will lead the project.
“The vehicles at the National Corvette Museum are some of the most significant in automotive history,” claims Mark Reuss, executive vice president of General Motors Global Product Development.
“There can only be one 1-millionth Corvette ever built. We want to ensure as many of the damaged cars are restored as possible so fans from around the world can enjoy them when the Museum reopens,” says Reuss.
As the eight cars that fell into a 40-foot wide and 30-foot deep cavern are recovered, they will be shipped to the Mechanical Assembly facility, a small specialty shop within GM Design, where the best restoration approach will be determined. Mechanical Assembly has been part of GM Design since the 1930s, and today maintains and restores many of the vehicles in the GM Heritage Collection and GM’s historic concept cars.
The National Corvette Museum is independently owned, and supported solely by charitable donations from enthusiasts. It is currently accepting donations on its website to assist in refurbishing the facility. Two of the eight Corvettes in the sinkhole were on loan from General Motors.
