8 Corvettes go in only 4 or 5 will get restored.

[ranma]

I know not everyone here likes the Corvette, but being a American sports car that can beat some of the most pricey sports cars made it is sad that 3 or for Corvettes that went into the sink hole are a total loss. Would peoples opinion be the same If god forbid that something like a tornado took out the Ford museum? Or the Auburn Duesenberg Cord Museum? love them or hate them they are part of our American history. it's a sad fate for those corvettes because they are really no different than any historical piece . They were being preserved for our children's children and beyond. Yes I know there are many corvette's around but some in the museum were just about one of a kind cars.

[Old Buckaroo]

First I thought this was a "bar joke"

Then I googled it - what a mess.

[High octane]

Oh well, a loss is a loss and a few Corvettes is no big deal compared to other loses. Like when a fire or tornado wipes out a family's home and all of it's possession's. Now that's a LOSS. A couple of cars can be replaced, or just done without.

[Lunajammer]

I admit that while they were desirable specialty cars, I didn't think they all had meaningful historical value. Some certainly did, but others I thought their significance was a bit of a stretch. Does a late model Corvette with a Mallet-Hammer conversion package have historical value or is it just an exotic custom upgrade?

Edited April 17, 2014 by Lunajammer

[1930fordpickup]

Not a Chevy guy but it is still a sham they can not be fixed. They were someones car and I would not be happy if I lost something I cared about.

That being said they are not living things so they are replaceable one way or another.

[niteowl7710]

Oh well, a loss is a loss and a few Corvettes is no big deal compared to other loses. Like when a fire or tornado wipes out a family's home and all of it's possession's. Now that's a LOSS. A couple of cars can be replaced, or just done without.

Except that most of the Corvettes involved were on loan to the museum from private individuals, so they suffered losses, three of them total losses. Any loss of any type so long as it doesn't involve loss of life is just stuff that can be replaced. That's what we all have insurance for...sentimental value? Some people are probably more sentimental about their car than their house.

The fortunate part of the entire event was that it happened in the wee hours of the morning when everyone was still in bed, and not during the day when there would have been a load of people touring the facility.

[Agent G]

Can you imagine opening the door, flipping on the lights and finding that?

Oy

Sad but hey, it was only cars, not people.

G

[Tom Geiger]

Except that most of the Corvettes involved were on loan to the museum from private individuals, so they suffered losses, three of them total losses. Any loss of any type so long as it doesn't involve loss of life is just stuff that can be replaced. That's what we all have insurance for...sentimental value? Some people are probably more sentimental about their car than their house.

The fortunate part of the entire event was that it happened in the wee hours of the morning when everyone was still in bed, and not during the day when there would have been a load of people touring the facility.

A few thoughts. Think about the irony of it. People stored their cars in a very secure museum, thinking they were very safe. Nobody would have ever dreamed that the Earth would fail under them! I'd like to see how insurance companies review that.

If it was to happen, it is good that it did so in the middle of the night when nobody was there to be injured or killed.

But overall irony... maybe God doesn't like Corvettes?

[niteowl7710]

A few thoughts. Think about the irony of it. People stored their cars in a very secure museum, thinking they were very safe. Nobody would have ever dreamed that the Earth would fail under them! I'd like to see how insurance companies review that.

If it was to happen, it is good that it did so in the middle of the night when nobody was there to be injured or killed.

But overall irony... maybe God doesn't like Corvettes?

You have to wonder if the private cars had "Replacement Value" insurance on them, so at least the guy who's in that Mallet conversion in the 6 figures gets his money back at least, since it wound up on the bottom and is really nothing more than a bent frame and mud. Perhaps that something covered by the Museum's insurance, but then again I'm pretty sure a giant sink hole is an act of God if there ever was one.