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Re: 2-13-14 Update on NCM sinkhole recovery & new Corvette Plant Manager
Nice find Mike. Most (except the 1983 story) is the same as the Press Conference. There was next to no (maybe even no) mention of the 1983 in the Press Conference. Next time I talk to Bob Bubnis I will have to correct him, or perhaps the minor inaccuracy was the reporter's. The NCM had the 1983 on display at what was called the 'Museum Annex' several years before 1994. I should have taken pictures of Gorden Killabrew (when he was still a GM employee) changing the fuel pump on that car inside the store-front 'Annex' on Scottsville Road. I didn't hang around because the odor of stale gasoline was overpowering. I don't know how he tolerated it. At that time that car was 'on-loan' from Chevrolet. I don't know if that status has since changed.TerryComment
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Re: 2-13-14 Update on NCM sinkhole recovery & new Corvette Plant Manager
It has been 2 1/2 years since I was there and heard the '83's story. It was parked next to a wall on the outside of the domed area when I was there I think. According to the guide (a retired employee who started in St. Louis and later transferred to BG) it was parked outside next to the plant in the grass for many years after it was hidden away, with a tarp over it, protected by secrecy from the plant managers and employees until it was "saved" and put into safer keeping by the powers that be in GM, who assumed before it had been crushed. Anyway, a great historic vehicle for sure.Big Tanks In the High Mountains of New MexicoComment
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Re: 2-13-14 Update on NCM sinkhole recovery & new Corvette Plant Manager
Define "oversee"? GM announced they will oversee the restoration of all eight cars?Comment
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Re: 2-13-14 Update on NCM sinkhole recovery & new Corvette Plant Manager
I had understood it to mean "pay for". Maybe not?Big Tanks In the High Mountains of New MexicoComment
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Re: Brace Yourselves
Sadly, on the Shelby sites, there is some animosity about Corvettes. One comment: "It couldn't have happened to a better group of guys". Strange attitudes in the car world sometimes.Big Tanks In the High Mountains of New MexicoComment
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Re: 2-13-14 Update on NCM sinkhole recovery & new Corvette Plant Manager
Clarification should be made. Yourself, along with many others have made an assumption that GM will foot the bill. This is not my take on the wording used or should I say not used. This was a quote recently sent to me "None of us own the threads we start, nor do we have control over where they will go." But what is being said by outside car enthusiasts doesn't really help or relate to the issue. My .02
Edit: A reply from a previous thread on sinkholes John Hinkley said "When they retrieve the guy's C5 from the sinkhole, the title will become "Salvage" when the insurance company totals it"
Does this apply here as well? Curious how the vehicles are "titled" now?Comment
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Re: 2-13-14 Update on NCM sinkhole recovery & new Corvette Plant Manager
If the cars are recovered I think it would be neat to display them "as is" for a period of time before restoring them. The "sinkhole" did become part of their history.Comment
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Re: 2-13-14 Update on NCM sinkhole recovery & new Corvette Plant Manager
Latest from the sinkhole: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...in/?refer=newsComment
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Re: 2-13-14 Update on NCM sinkhole recovery & new Corvette Plant Manager
should make the insurance company happyComment
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Re: 2-13-14 Update on NCM sinkhole recovery & new Corvette Plant Manager
Was the '62 the only car older than C3's and later?Comment
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