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[VIDEO] Corvette Museum Recovers the 1993 40th Anniversary Corvette from Sky Dome Sinkhole

[VIDEO] Corvette Museum Recovers the 1993 40th Anniversary Corvette from Sky Dome Sinkhole

The workers at the National Corvette Museum have had a very busy Monday. This morning they were able to successfully extricate the 2009 Corvette ZR1 Blue Devil from the sinkhole inside the Sky Dome and this afternoon they went after car number two which was the 1993 40th Anniversary Corvette known as “Ruby”.

The 1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Coupe is one of two donated Corvettes that fell into sinkhole. The C4 anniversary Corvette was a donation from members Hill and Karen Clark of Bay Village, OH. Karen surprised her husband Hill by giving him the brand new 1993 Corvette on his 50th Birthday.

When “Ruby” fell into the sinkhole, it came to rest at a 3/4 angle on its roof and passenger side with the front facing down. Workers were able to loop the straps from the crane around the driver side wheels and the car picked it up and returned to street level.

When the 1993 Corvette came to rest on all four wheels, the amount of damage was much more extensive than the 2009 Corvette ZR1 Blue Devil which was fortuate to land on its wheels.

Here’s the video from the Corvette Museum showing the Ruby Red fished from the sinkhole.

We were told that the 2nd car to come out would be the black 1962 roadster and then the 3rd car would be 1993 40th Anniversary car. Obviously, the construction crew went after the easier of the two first and so know we do expect the next Corvette to arise from the sinkhole to be the 1962 roadster.

Here’s some “after” photos of the 1993 Corvette:

Corvette Museum Recovers the 1993 40th Anniversary Corvette from Sky Dome Sinkhole

Corvette Museum Recovers the 1993 40th Anniversary Corvette from Sky Dome Sinkhole

Corvette Museum Recovers the 1993 40th Anniversary Corvette from Sky Dome Sinkhole

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National Corvette Museum

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[VIDEO] The First of Eight Corvettes is Rescued from the Corvette Museum’s Sinkhole

[VIDEO] The First of Eight Corvettes is Rescued from the Corvette Museum's Sinkhole

This morning at the National Corvette Museum, construction workers successfully lifted the first of the eight fallen Corvettes from the massive sinkhole that opened inside the Sky Dome last month. The first Corvette to make it back to street level was the 2009 Corvette ZR1 Blue Devil which had landed upright on top of the pile.

Utilizing a number of straps, workers secured the Blue Devil Corvette to one of two cranes inside the building and lifted the car out of the sinkhole around 11:30 am Monday morning. The NCM set up a live video stream on ustream and between that and the live webcams inside the Sky Dome, we had a first row seat to watch the recovery.

After the Corvette touched down on the concrete floor, the Blue Devil’s supercharged LS9 roared to life and was driven outside under its own power. A remarkable moment to say the least.

We’ll have some higher quality video coming soon but in the meantime, check out these two clips the NCM uploaded to their YouTube channel:

Now that the first Corvette is out of the sinkhole, workers will turn their attention to the black 1962 Corvette that’s resting upright against a 5-ton slab of concrete. That extraction will require the simultaneous lifting of the car and the concrete slab.

You can follow all the action at the NCM on the Sky Dome webcams as well as the live Ustream video once the extraction process is underway.

The First of Eight Corvettes is Rescued from the Corvette Museum's Sinkhole

The First of Eight Corvettes is Rescued from the Corvette Museum's Sinkhole

Source:
National Corvette Museum

Related:
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Donate Now to the National Corvette Museum
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