GM crew restoring historic Corvette swallowed by sinkhole

A project is underway to restore a 1992 Chevrolet Corvette, the one-millionth Corvette ever built and one of the cars to be swallowed by a giant sinkhole at the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky.

A crew at the at the General Motors Design Center in Warren, Mich., is taking a break from its usual time spent building prototype and concept vehicles to restore the fourth generation car that fell victim to the massive 30-foot deep sinkhole that opened beneath the museum in Bowling Green, Ky., in February 2014.

The 1992 'Vette was one of eight historically significant cars to be swallowed that day—two on loan from GM and six owned by the museum.

Already restored is a 2009 Corvette ZR1 Blue Devil prototype, on loan from GM, while the museum will oversee the restoration of a third car, a 1962 Corvette.

The remaining five cars, a 1993 ZR-1 Spyder, a 1984 PPG pace car, a 1993 40th anniversary Corvette, a 2001 "Mallett Hammer" Z06, and a 2009 Corvette, the 1.5-millionth produced, will remain in their as-recovered state and used in a sinkhole-themed display at the museum.