DETROIT —General Motors is recalling 1,939 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray cars in the U.S. with the FE1 or FE3 suspension to repair a possible insufficient weld in the rear shocks that could lead to a fracture and/or reduce the shocks’ service life, the automaker said on Friday.

Chevrolet dealers will replace the two rear shock absorbers.

GM said it is not aware of any crashes or injuries related to the recall.

Thirty-three additional vehicles were sold in Canada and another 82 were exported.

No information about the recall was posted on the Web site of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which oversees vehicle recalls in the U.S.

But the agency posted a stop delivery order on the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray with the FE1 or FE3 suspension. A total of five vehicles are involved in that order.

The affected cars must be held and not delivered to customers, dealer traded or used for demonstration [...]

Snow is flying. Ice is accumulating. Roads are impassable. Power is out.

And the story of the day that’s getting more attention than the weather on social media is this:

“Eight Corvettes Swallowed By Massive Sinkhole At National Corvette Museum.” ()

Here’s how the museum in Bowling Green, Ky., to the iconic Chevrolet muscle cars:

“We received a call at 5:44 a.m. from our security company alerting us of our motion detectors going off in our Skydome area of the museum. Upon arrival it was discovered that a sinkhole had collapsed within [...]

by Steve Burns on February 18, 2014 via corvetteblogger.com

Back in 1990 Bloomington Gold introduced their SURVIVOR award for original, unrestored Corvettes. Award winners would need to be 20 years old, complete a short road test, and be at least 50% unrestored in 3 of 4 categories. Now, as we count down to the 2014 show, they’ve announced some sweeping changes to their SURVIVOR judging program.

SURVIVOR Corvettes are those that have remained largely original since new. They can be used as a guide by others restoring similar cars. As the SURVIVOR mantra goes, they’re “Worn in, but not worn out.” They are historically significant and shouldn’t be restored.

The new SURVIVOR award measures a car’s originality in Gold, Silver, and Bronze levels similar to Certification judging. SURVIVOR GOLD award winners are 80% or more unrestored in all four sections [...]

Bowling Green, KY (CNN) – All those cars that were swallowed up by the huge sinkhole that opened up inside the National Corvette Museum won’t be lost.

Eight cars in all went down when the sinkhole opened up last month. Museum officials have brought in heavy equipment to start removing the vehicles Monday. They hope to have three of the cars out by Wednesday, starting with those that are the easiest to get to.

Once all of the vehicles are out, they’ll repair the hole and then work on restoring the cars.

Corvette Mike