December 08, 2014
Mark Phelan

General Motors designers have begun the painstaking task of fixing the one-millionth Chevrolet Corvette, 10 months after it plunged through a hole in the Earth.

"The whole car's going to have to come apart," said Dave Bolognino, director of GM Design Fabrication, which makes parts for prototypes and design models of new cars. The white 1992 convertible was one of eight cars damaged when a sinkhole opened in the floor of the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky., at 5:44 a.m. Feb. 12.

"We think it'll take about six months, but really, it'll be as long as it takes to get it right," Bolognino said. The GM designers overseeing the work will step in as needed during the process, he said, but they'll also continue to work on new design models and concept cars for auto shows and GM's future vehicles. About 25 GM designers are expected to contribute to the process. The object of the restoration is not to return the car to as-new condition, but to refurbish it to the state it was in before the cave-in.

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Detroit Free Press