The Museum had corvettes of every vintage from 1953 to 2016 along with all kinds of corvette trivia and interesting facts about the vehicles.
The factory was unbelieveable....we saw teams of robots using lasers to weld very light aluminum frames. Bev picked one up with one hand!! The car itself has carbon fibre painted panels attached to the frame with high tech adhesives. There is a performance engine section where, for an extra $5000, buyers can come in and assemble the 650 HP engines for their cars. You can even arrange to have pictures of you car being assembled, sort of like a baby picture book. The plant was spotlessly clean and dust free. The line itself moves at about 1 inch per second.....no worker seemed stressed out. Conveyer systems were on three levels and delivered assemblies such as a door with windows installed, or wheels with tires attached and specifically ordered rims!! Different cars were one behind the other....some were convertibles, others hard tops and different colours. Some were equipped with ceramic brake discs wrapped in bubble wrap to keep them from being damaged.....we were amazed at the quality and care and pride taken with these special vehicles. You can get one one for between $70 - $130,000 Canadian bucks....yuck!
We left Bowling Green around noon and headed to Paducah, South West Kentucky near the Mississippi. There are severe weather watches all around....and we encountered some threatening skies BUT we avoided the heavy rain and the tornadoes. YEAH
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