Corvette Museum

[ZZZZZR1]

Originally Posted by Blue Flame Restorations

40th is mostly cosmetic. Body panel replacement on a C4 is nothing compared to most other generations of the marque.

Believe it or not...

The Ruby is WORSE than it looks according to first hand accounts.



David

[efnfast]

Yeah, and it was on top.

[Schrade]

Originally Posted by Fully Vetted

Maybe they will crank up production of some windshields for us. They will need some if they're going to restore them back to original.

All camstreams went down late PM; I called about 4:15 local - she said IT guys were working on it.

I was getting 'Forbidden Access' (Apache servers); thought they had begun paid access perhaps.

racinfan - are you 'Erics'? Which cam got the snappic that you posted there?

[USAZR1]

Originally Posted by ZZZZZR1

Believe it or not...

The Ruby is WORSE than it looks according to first hand accounts.



David

[Racinfan83]

Originally Posted by Schrade

All camstreams went down late PM; I called about 4:15 local - she said IT guys were working on it.

I was getting 'Forbidden Access' (Apache servers); thought they had begun paid access perhaps.

racinfan - are you 'Erics'? Which cam got the snappic that you posted there?

Yep - I am "Eric". I don't know which cam - I would assume one of the NCM staffers took the pics. They put up the one I posted and two more on the NCM Facebook page - I saved that one to my computer so I could upload it to Photobucket and post it on here....

If you are on Facebook - the NCM page and also Mid America Motorworks page have been posting quite a bit of stuff about it..

[Paul Workman]

A comment by a local TV news dude in Chicago on Monday remarked that Mustang owners were laughing about the NCM sinkhole and Corvette enthusiasts.

Well.... Just wait till THEIR museum has a sinkhole open up under it!! Oh, wait. They don't have a museum?? Harumph...

[taximan]

I am not sure who made the decision to start up that ZR1 right after it came out of the hole. But it looks like it may have cost them an engine. They fired it up, drove away and left about 8 quarts of oil on the ground.

Why would you start up a car that had that kind of damage without checking it out on a lift first ???

[Z51JEFF]

Originally Posted by taximan

I am not sure who made the decision to start up that ZR1 right after it came out of the hole. But it looks like it may have cost them an engine. They fired it up, drove away and left about 8 quarts of oil on the ground.

Why would you start up a car that had that kind of damage without checking it out on a lift first ???

I would venture to say once the oil pressure dropped too much the motor would die,safety precaution built into the ECM.I for one was glad to hear that car start.Kind of like telling the sinkhole,kiss my @$$!

[RHanselman]

Originally Posted by Schrade

All camstreams went down late PM; I called about 4:15 local - she said IT guys were working on it.

I was getting 'Forbidden Access' (Apache servers); thought they had begun paid access perhaps.

racinfan - are you 'Erics'? Which cam got the snappic that you posted there?

Just wondering...

Are you a corvette museum stalker? (Attempt at humor… for those of you trying to find if I broke any rules…)

Cheers,

[Hog]

Originally Posted by Z51JEFF

I would venture to say once the oil pressure dropped too much the motor would die,safety precaution built into the ECM.I for one was glad to hear that car start.Kind of like telling the sinkhole,kiss my @$$!

Huge advertisement having it pulled from underground and then started up and drive away. It was a GM owned car, I wouldnt be surprised if the order to start and drive away came from GM itself.

Its only an LS9 anyways. Cookie cutter engine. GM has a few thousand laying around.

If any fuel injected car starts, that means it has oil pressure. Its a safety feature for a potential crash site. No oil pressure kicks out the fuel pumps, if it didnt an over turned or wrecked car's fuel pump would empty its fuel tank onto the ground. No oil pressure, no fuel pressure, less fire risk to 1st aiders, not to save the engine itself.