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Old Nov 19, 2016 | 02:18 PM
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My Wife and I went to the Corvette Museum and did the plant tour this past Thursday. It was a great trip and got to see a lot of Corvettes and the display was: Gone but not forgotten GM cars.




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Old Nov 19, 2016 | 02:35 PM
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That would be a nice garage and stable of cars to have !!
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Old Nov 19, 2016 | 03:44 PM
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The museum and plant are always great places to visit. Thanks for posting up the pics.
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Old Nov 19, 2016 | 04:00 PM
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Great pics, thanks for sharing!
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Old Nov 19, 2016 | 05:08 PM
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The Museum and the Corvette Plant tour are "must see" places for every Corvette fan. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
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Old Nov 19, 2016 | 07:29 PM
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Looks like they have some different sweet rides since I was there this past summer. Thanks for sharing.
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Old Nov 19, 2016 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Vistance
When did they put all those other non-Corvette cars in there? I have a ton of pics from several years ago when I went, but don't recall seeing anything but Vettes when I went.
All the non-Corvette vehicles were in a display titled "Gone but not forgotten" GM cars that are no longer in production.
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Beauty. Congrats!
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I blasted by that place on the interstate a number of times but never stopped. It's on my "round to it list" when I get around to it. Thanks for the pixs!
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When I lived in Huntsville AL I swung by there on my way back to NJ - at that time all they had was a small building, about 5 cars, and a merch stand - its come a LONG way! And I still have the huggie and happy that I helped (in some small way) to put it up
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Not going to get there this year, Thanks for the great pics
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Nice pics! I can't wait to go myself!
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Nice pics. The post is from 2016, I wonder if much has changed since then. Do they update the displays?
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Originally Posted by BobbyC5
Nice pics. The post is from 2016, I wonder if much has changed since then. Do they update the displays?
Yes, some of the displays change. Some are more permanent than others. We are going back this November. It is well worth going to see if you have never been there.
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