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Chevrolet begins the restoration of the car that topped the million produced units of the Corvette model, which was buried last year when it fell into the huge open crater at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, after a landslide.
The truth is that eight of the vette from the museum they ended up as foxes after plunging into the hole approximately 9 feet deep ... the last of them to surface did so on April 9, two months after the earth gave way under their wheels! Part of the painful event can be verified in this video with almost nine million visits.
Little by little the General Motors he is repairing the valuable specimens that were damaged; Specifically, those in charge of the work are the boys from the Mechanical Assembly Group, also responsible for building prototypes and concept cars. Therefore, we could say that they are in good hands.
After finishing the repair of the ZR-1 Blue devil 2009 last fall (they seem to take their time) now it is the turn of the fourth generation unit that marked the 1.000.000 milestone in the trajectory of the muscular American model. Its about 1992 Corvette that you can see in the photos in a clearly improvable state.
This vette 1 million It is one of three specimens in the museum's collection that will be restored to look as good again as before sinking into the abyss. Regarding the other five, Chevrolet wants to leave them as they are to present them in a special area that simulates the fateful hole. And you always have to see the bright side of things!
