If you thought it couldn’t be done, prepare to be amazed.
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-It took around 1200 man-hours of work and the deep pockets of the General, but the millionth Corvette produced has been fully restored after being extensively damaged in February of last year when a sinkhole opened up underneath the Nation Corvette Museum.
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Here is the car from the same angle, fully restored. That sinkhole, if you’ll remember, swallowed eight cars.
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Several were not restorable, but despite the damage, this one was.
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The restoration work took place at the Design Center on GM’s Technical Center campus in Warren, Michigan.
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Since this was a special vehicle when it rolled off the line, it carried many signatures from employees who’d worked on the car.
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Most of the pieces with signatures could be restored, but one couldn’t. GM found the employee who’d signed that piece and had her autograph a replacement.
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Many original components that were seriously damaged, that could have been replaced entirely with repro parts, were instead restored.
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As you can see, it’s pretty much exactly as the original car—which was perfectly preserved—was before the sinkhole debacle.
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This is what the car looked like when it rolled off the assembly line in Bowling Green in 1992.
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When it was recovered from the sinkhole, the damage was documented before it was cleaned.
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It was, as you might imagine, filthy.
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While this one was restored, five of the sinkhole Corvettes will intentionally not be restored.
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That’s because at least one of the cars was damaged beyond any hope of repair.
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The other damaged cars will be part of a sinkhole-themed exhibit at the museum.
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This story originally appeared on roadandtrack.com.
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