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A 1962 Corvette was lifted out of the sinkhole nose first on Tuesday. Image courtesy of Chevrolet.

Work under way to recover last Corvette from Ky. sinkhole

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
A 1962 Corvette was lifted out of the sinkhole on March 4. Image courtesy of Chevrolet.
A 1962 Corvette was lifted out of the sinkhole on March 4. Image courtesy of Chevrolet.

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (AP) – Workers are digging away to retrieve the last of eight classic Corvettes gobbled up by a giant sinkhole beneath a museum in Kentucky.

The last car buried is a 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette. The vehicle is upside down, about 40 feet beneath the surface.

National Corvette Museum spokeswoman Katie Frassinelli said the workers hoped to recover the car by Thursday.

The prized cars were swallowed by the sinkhole that opened up in February beneath part of the domed section of the museum in Bowling Green.

Frassinelli says the damage has been progressively worse as each car was pulled out in recent weeks.

The eight cars will be on display at the museum through August. They will be shipped to a General Motors plant in Michigan to be repaired.

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A 1962 Corvette was lifted out of the sinkhole on March 4. Image courtesy of Chevrolet.
A 1962 Corvette was lifted out of the sinkhole on March 4. Image courtesy of Chevrolet.