Believe It or Not: True Stories of Forgotten Classic Cars

May 22, 2016

Sinkhole Corvettes

While not forgotten, this one is just plain weird. Maybe God hates Corvettes as much as all the haters who commented on this video. Whatever your stance is, this is one story that had car collectors covering their eyes and looking away in disbelief.

The hole opened up when the museum was closed, and no one was injured.

A video showing the floor’s collapse has been viewed nearly 8.4 million times on YouTube, the museum said. The damaged Corvettes were pulled from the hole to great fanfare.

A sinkhole under a Corvette museum, I mean really…What are the chances?

What cars that fell into the pit of doom? Here’s the list:

1993 ZR-1 Spyder on loan from General Motors
2009 ZR1 “Blue Devil” on loan from General Motors
1962 Black Corvette
1984 PPG Pace Car
1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette
1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette
2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette
2009 White 1.5 Millionth Corvette

Sink Hold Corvettes. Photo: USA Today — Sink Hole Corvettes. Photo: USA Today

aa1cq5dam.web_.1280.12804-626x417 — Corvette ZR1 Before restoration Photo: Car and Driver

aa1cq5dam.web_.1280.1280-3-626x417 — Corvette ZR1 After restoration Photo: Car and Driver

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