Carsales Staff•24 Feb 2014
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GM offers help for sunk Corvettes
Design VP Ed Welburn to oversee restoration of sports cars damaged in freak geological catastropheA small facility within General Motors will go into action to save highly valuable Corvettes damaged earlier this month when a sinkhole opened up under the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky.
The Mechanical Assembly facility – described by GM as a 'specialty shop' that has been part of GM Design since the 1930s – is located in Warren, Michigan. Tasked in the recent past with maintaining and restoring historic concept cars and cars in the GM Heritage Collection, the Mechanical Assembly facility will assess each of the cars damaged in the sinkhole, before going ahead with restoration.
It's an unusual project, in that the damaged cars do not actually belong to GM. The National Corvette Museum operates independently of GM and is supported by donations from enthusiasts.
“The vehicles at the National Corvette Museum are some of the most significant in automotive history,” said Mark Reuss, former Holden MD and now executive vice president of General Motors Global Product Development.
“There can only be one 1-millionth Corvette ever built. We want to ensure as many of the damaged cars are restored as possible so fans from around the world can enjoy them when the Museum reopens.”
Ed Welburn, vice president of GM Global Design, has been placed in charge of the project.
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