Chevrolet finished work restoring its 1,000,000th Corvette after it was damaged in a Kentucky sinkhole that swallowed it — and other Corvettes — at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the automaker announced.
The celebratory 1992 Corvette had signatures on every part from auto workers at its Bowling Green, Kentucky plant. The restoration project included getting those signatures on refurbished parts, and on the two parts that couldn’t be saved, scanning and replicating the signatures.
The entire process took more than four months, and more than 1,200 man-hours to complete, according to Chevrolet. That works out to about two full-time employees working 40 hours a week, but it’s still very cool.
The details get better.
According to the automaker, several of the car’s interior pieces, including its headrests, needed significant work to be restored and were re-dyed to match.
The 1,000,000th banner across its windshield was re-printed using the original file from the first banner.
Other details:
- Its wheels were damaged but refurbished and replaced with original Goodyear Eagle GS-C tires.
- Its scuffed and scratched instrument panel wasn’t replaced, but refurbished to preserve signatures underneath it.
- It’s chassis and powertrain were relatively unscathed from the attack by the earth.
Chevrolet didn’t provide an estimate for the total cost of restoration, or the value of the new car.
It also didn’t provide details about whether the process was documented because that would be instantly more interesting than anything currently running on the History Channel.
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