Corvette Timeline Tales: Sept 2, 1994 – The National Corvette Museum Officially Opens
On June 5, 1992, with Duntov wearing his yellow polo helmet and behind the controls of a bulldozer wearing a large cardboard cutout of a Corvette on the sides, construction was started. Zora said, “Piece of cake!” Two years, 2 months and 28 days later, The National Corvette Museum officially opened and the Corvette’s godfather, Zora Arkus-Duntov was there. The four-day event attracted over 120,000 fans and over 5,000 Corvettes from all over the nation!