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29. Fortunately

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Feb 12, 2014, 12:55 PM

Feb 2014

Fortunately only one of the eight was of the precious steel bumper variety, the '62.

1973 was urethane front and steel rear bumpers. 1974 all steel bumpers were gone forever.

The '62 will be saved, easily. The caliber of early vette resto's is remarkable.

-90% Jimmy,

on and off Vette owner since 1972

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Eight Corvettes swallowed by massive sink hole at National Corvette Museum [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2014 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author bucolic_frolic Feb 2014 #1

"Hope the materialist owners of these gas guzzling monsters had lots of insurance" mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2014 #5

Probably more like Frackzilla. nt valerief Feb 2014 #6

pontificate much? yellowcanine Feb 2014 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author bucolic_frolic Feb 2014 #23

In all honesty, I don't get worked up over Corvettes either. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2014 #27

Why would you say that? Throd Feb 2014 #28

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I bought my first Corvette in 1976, right off the show room floor. It sinkingfeeling Feb 2014 #26

Ok, that's just ugly. JNelson6563 Feb 2014 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author bucolic_frolic Feb 2014 #41

An Omen of phallic significance? Berlum Feb 2014 #2

Ouch shenmue Feb 2014 #3

Ouch SomeGuyInEagan Feb 2014 #37

God's angry that his boy lost the debate exboyfil Feb 2014 #4

Ocean's 14? AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #7

Any Fracking Details? BodieTown Feb 2014 #8

Bowling Green is located on Kentucky's sinkhole plain. Lasher Feb 2014 #16

Worse than the Winter Park sinkhole that swallowed one or two Porsches Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #9

Maybe I can get a salvage deal. Historic NY Feb 2014 #10

Photos from inside, courtesy of WKYT Lexington, Ky alfredo Feb 2014 #11

Thanks for the pictures. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2014 #12

Our local TV station was all over it. alfredo Feb 2014 #48

Holy Hole! progressoid Feb 2014 #14

Swallow? That looks like it is just stuck in the throat Duer 157099 Feb 2014 #43

That's a big sinkhole! sakabatou Feb 2014 #44

It's just south of Mammoth Cave on I-65. Karst country. alfredo Feb 2014 #50

Part of my Youth weeps packman Feb 2014 #15

VROOM! VROOM! VROOM! Oops. . . . B U R P ! ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2014 #17

What is the 1984 PPG Pace Car? Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #18

Most likely a CART/PPG Indy Car World Series pace car House of Roberts Feb 2014 #33

on the brightside in a couple thousand years when the drout is over. The sinkholes will become Sunlei Feb 2014 #19

Don't really care for vettes too much sdfernando Feb 2014 #20

The grille looks okay. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2014 #21

I never really liked the look of them either... penultimate Feb 2014 #51

Sure, I wouldn't turn down free sdfernando Feb 2014 #53

thank god they only lost one 62 reddread Feb 2014 #22

Ditto. The older ones were the best. sinkingfeeling Feb 2014 #25

well there`s at least a million dollars down the sink... madrchsod Feb 2014 #24

Fortunately 90-percent Feb 2014 #29

That makes me worry about driving the interstate there! csziggy Feb 2014 #30

My God, are there no limits to the insanity? Aldo Leopold Feb 2014 #31

From Hemmings: mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2014 #32

And we are sure this is not the work of some comic book super villain eilen Feb 2014 #34

Gay marriage is to blame. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2014 #36

The '62 would be worth saving. The rest...Meh. nt adirondacker Feb 2014 #38

I'll take the '09 over the rest, easily... Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #49

You have to wonder... JNelson6563 Feb 2014 #40

"Part of our museum just fell into a sinkhole, but we've decided to stay open" struggle4progress Feb 2014 #42

Guess they figure a few people going down the hole would be good PR? n/t freshwest Feb 2014 #45

The Devil wants his bad-ass ride back. n/t Orsino Feb 2014 #46

pity Crepuscular Feb 2014 #47

money pit dembotoz Feb 2014 #52

Sorry, when I heard of this, I thought of the Corvettes that sailed the seas happyslug Feb 2014 #54