Hello All,
Do to the timing of the Spring Restorer and the events at the National Corvette Museum the content of my article needs to be sent to the Membership. I am sending out to all of the NCRS Directors and asking them to send my spring 2014 message to there respective chapters.
NCRS President Message Spring 2014
The Great Eight”
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — As many of you know by now on Wednesday February 12, 2014 a sinkhole formed under the National Corvette Museum, swallowing eight cars. The devastating news came to me as I was at work that morning with a phone call
Sometime before 5:30 a.m. CT, the sinkhole started to form underneath the Sky Dome. By 5:45 a.m., motion detectors were going off and police were called. As the world has seen by now security cameras at the museum caught the destruction. It was surreal as we look on and saw the floor open up taking the eight Corvettes into the sink hole
Of the eight cars that fell into the hole, the museum owned six and General Motors owned two. None of the cars affected were on loan from individuals.
GM's Bowling Green Corvette Assembly Plant has offered to help with the restoration of the damaged vehicles.
The 8 Corvettes are now being known affectionately as ” The Great Eight” .
Cars involved in the incident, which occurred inside the museum's the Sky Dome, are listed below:
•1962 black Corvette
•1984 PPG pace car for the Indy 500
•1992 white 1 millionth-built Corvette
•1993 ruby red 40th anniversary Corvette
•1993 ZR1 Spyder on loan from General Motors, a design study that was never built.
•2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette, a one-off tuner model.
•2009 white 1.5 millionth-built Corvette.
•2009 ZR1 "Blue Devil" on loan from General Motors, the show car for the re-introduction of the ZR1, last built in the early 1990s.
That day the staff at the museum moved over 20 vehicles from the rotunda. The Sky Dome exhibit area of the Museum is a separate structure connected to the main Museum. The Museum was closed to the public for the day to allow crews to carefully assess the situation. We will keep everyone informed as we know more.
To help the NCM defer some of the unexpected expense of the repairs to the floor and displays, the NCRS Foundation has made a five thousand dollar donation to the NCM. The NCRS Foundation will also match up to an additional five thousand dollar more for any NCRS Chapter donation to help with the sinkhole efforts. This could bring the total donation up and hopefully over $15,000, with a total of $10,000 from The Foundation plus Chapter donations. I would encourage all of the NCRS Chapters to participate in these efforts.
2014 NCRS National Convention
As you receive your Driveline please take some time a checkout all the events happening at our National Convention to be held at Overland Park Convention Center July 13-17. This year’s convention will be hosted by the Kansas City and Saint Louis Chapters. The show field will be a 60,000 square feet indoor convention center, the event will offer many events that are easily assessable from the host hotel.
Some of the many attractions include The National World War I Museum, The Steamboat Arabia Museum, we also we will host an evening event at the Armacost Automotive Museum. I would invite all of our members to come and enjoy Midwestern hospitality hope to see everyone there.
Vito
NCRS President
Do to the timing of the Spring Restorer and the events at the National Corvette Museum the content of my article needs to be sent to the Membership. I am sending out to all of the NCRS Directors and asking them to send my spring 2014 message to there respective chapters.
NCRS President Message Spring 2014
The Great Eight”
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — As many of you know by now on Wednesday February 12, 2014 a sinkhole formed under the National Corvette Museum, swallowing eight cars. The devastating news came to me as I was at work that morning with a phone call
Sometime before 5:30 a.m. CT, the sinkhole started to form underneath the Sky Dome. By 5:45 a.m., motion detectors were going off and police were called. As the world has seen by now security cameras at the museum caught the destruction. It was surreal as we look on and saw the floor open up taking the eight Corvettes into the sink hole
Of the eight cars that fell into the hole, the museum owned six and General Motors owned two. None of the cars affected were on loan from individuals.
GM's Bowling Green Corvette Assembly Plant has offered to help with the restoration of the damaged vehicles.
The 8 Corvettes are now being known affectionately as ” The Great Eight” .
Cars involved in the incident, which occurred inside the museum's the Sky Dome, are listed below:
•1962 black Corvette
•1984 PPG pace car for the Indy 500
•1992 white 1 millionth-built Corvette
•1993 ruby red 40th anniversary Corvette
•1993 ZR1 Spyder on loan from General Motors, a design study that was never built.
•2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette, a one-off tuner model.
•2009 white 1.5 millionth-built Corvette.
•2009 ZR1 "Blue Devil" on loan from General Motors, the show car for the re-introduction of the ZR1, last built in the early 1990s.
That day the staff at the museum moved over 20 vehicles from the rotunda. The Sky Dome exhibit area of the Museum is a separate structure connected to the main Museum. The Museum was closed to the public for the day to allow crews to carefully assess the situation. We will keep everyone informed as we know more.
To help the NCM defer some of the unexpected expense of the repairs to the floor and displays, the NCRS Foundation has made a five thousand dollar donation to the NCM. The NCRS Foundation will also match up to an additional five thousand dollar more for any NCRS Chapter donation to help with the sinkhole efforts. This could bring the total donation up and hopefully over $15,000, with a total of $10,000 from The Foundation plus Chapter donations. I would encourage all of the NCRS Chapters to participate in these efforts.
2014 NCRS National Convention
As you receive your Driveline please take some time a checkout all the events happening at our National Convention to be held at Overland Park Convention Center July 13-17. This year’s convention will be hosted by the Kansas City and Saint Louis Chapters. The show field will be a 60,000 square feet indoor convention center, the event will offer many events that are easily assessable from the host hotel.
Some of the many attractions include The National World War I Museum, The Steamboat Arabia Museum, we also we will host an evening event at the Armacost Automotive Museum. I would invite all of our members to come and enjoy Midwestern hospitality hope to see everyone there.
Vito
NCRS President
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