Kentucky Sinkhole Swallows Vintage Corvettes

This should make Mustang Bobby shed a tear. It's small consolation that similar things sometimes happen to ancient musical instruments. The sinkhole occurred in the middle of the National Corvette Museum:

(Photos: Zora Dunlov. Follow the link to an index of her beautiful photos in hi-res images, many of intact Corvettes... a real pleasure to view.)

According to the National Corvette Museum, the following eight Corvettes were affected:

Two belonging to GM:

• 1993 ZR-1 Spyder on loan from General Motors
• 2009 ZR1 “Blue Devil” on loan from General Motors

Six belonging to the Museum:

• 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

Chevrolet will oversee restoration of the Corvettes in time for some upcoming events later this year.