OT: Want a new, '57 Plymouth Belvedere?

[J Piroth]

They're about to unearth one in Tulsa. It'll be interesting to see what they find.



http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/23/buried.car.ap/index.html



Here's a shot of one. Not a bad looking car.





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[Fred]

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:lol:



Actually, Christine was a '58.



Beautiful car.

 

[J Piroth]

Christine was a Plymouth Fury, wasn't she?

 

[Larry Phillips]

She was in the book. In the movie, she was a debadged '58 Belvedere.



I really like them, and would love to have one set up similar to the one shown, or set up as a sleeper.

 

[Todd Z]

Thats cool, I think if the dirt and stuff was allowed to touch the car it is going to a rusted mess, but it will be cool to see what happens..

Todd Z

 

[Greg Stuhlsatz]

A savings bond for that much was a lot back then.

 

[Fred]

More buried car info and pics.

 

[Wes Davis]

Please keep this post updated if you see more on this when they bring the car up.

 

[Richard L]

If the time-capsule was water tight then the vehicle could be in pretty darn good shape, but I suspect that after 50 years, a lot of parts would be dry-rotted.



if buried deep enough, the temperature would remain a constant 49-51 degrees year round. That can help prevent dry-rotting. I wonder if the time-capsule was air-tight? Most are, but I don't know if they could have made such a large capsule air-tight in 1957 ?



It will be interesting to see what it looks like after being buried for 50 years .



...Rich

 

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Look at the pics in that buried car link above, that thing was wrapped up in "styrolene wrap" and then placed in a concrete "Capsule" It will be interesting to see how it survived.

 

[Dreman]

They made submarines in 1957, and those are pretty airtight! It all depends on how careful they were when they prepped the site and when they wrapped it up.