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FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: ArtP
Date: June 16, 2007 10:49PM
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On June 15, 1957, a new gold and white 1957 Plymouth Belvedere Sport Coupe was buried in a time capsule in downtown Tulsa, OK. The time capsule was part of Golden Jubilee Week: Tulsa's celebration of Oklahoma's semi-centennial.

As part of the "Tulsarama!" festivities, citizens of Tulsa were asked to guess what the population of Tulsa would be in the year 2007. The guesses were then recorded on microfilm and sealed in a steel container buried with the car. When the car and artifacts are excavated, the person whose guess is closest to Tulsa's 2007 population is to be awarded the Belvedere.

Seems that they opened the Time capsule and the car is rusted out:



Link to Website: [www.buriedcar.com]

Time Capsule Photos (Neat stuff): [www.buriedcar.com]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/16/2007 10:51PM by ArtP.
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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: Carm
Date: June 16, 2007 10:53PM
Submerged in water will do that to metal.






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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: Carthaigh
Date: June 16, 2007 11:01PM
Oh MAN, I hope I won! That car is SWEEEEETT!!


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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: GGD
Date: June 16, 2007 11:16PM
There was a thread a few days ago too.

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I'm surprised they left the battery in it, and connected. The tires were in better condition than I had expected, maybe the water helped preserve them.
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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: jdc
Date: June 16, 2007 11:33PM
what a waste, no one was smart enough to put it in a bunker or something?

now its just a big piece of junk, the only way to restore it is all new parts




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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: Jp!
Date: June 16, 2007 11:40PM
ok, let me say it.

CHEAP AMERICAN CAR!!!!


There..now all y'all don't hafta.
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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: GGD
Date: June 16, 2007 11:43PM
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Jp!
ok, let me say it.

CHEAP AMERICAN CAR!!!!


There..now all y'all don't hafta.

They should have listened to the dealer and paid extra for the undercoating.
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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: tenders
Date: June 17, 2007 05:45AM
I have a sailboat that's only 12 years younger than that and it's been IN water almost continuously. Looks a lot better. They should have interred a boat.



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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: spearmint
Date: June 17, 2007 07:49AM
"Awarded" the Belvedere for best guess? I would think "blighted" is a more appropiate.



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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: Thrift Store Scott
Date: June 17, 2007 08:31AM
Since Chrysler products from 1957 until, well, the 80s were notorious for rusting, is this really a surprise to anyone?

In an interview during the 1980s, one former Chrysler engineer when asked about the 1957 models quipped "The main thing I remember about them was that you owned them for about three months before you actually heard them start to rust". ;)
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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: Chupa Chupa
Date: June 17, 2007 09:06AM
If you think the car is in bad condition you should see the guy that won it. I bet they had to dig him up too.
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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: chas_m
Date: June 17, 2007 10:32AM
Sorry that the concrete didn't hold, that's a shame.

One question, though: how did the WINDSHIELD get rusty?!


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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: GGD
Date: June 17, 2007 11:09AM
> One question, though: how did the WINDSHIELD get rusty?!

I think a lot of that brown stuff may be mud and not rust, or rust spread around by water. The concrete vault filled with ground water over the years.
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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: Yoyodyne ArtWorks
Date: June 17, 2007 01:15PM
Should have listened to Jerry Lundegaard: "But that TruCoat, I tell ya..."
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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: JoeH
Date: June 17, 2007 01:31PM
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GGD
> One question, though: how did the WINDSHIELD get rusty?!

I think a lot of that brown stuff may be mud and not rust, or rust spread around by water. The concrete vault filled with ground water over the years.

Very difficult to waterproof a concrete vault in ground, especially for 50 years. From some of the stories about this, sounded like the original planners thought the plastic bag the car was put into would keep the water out. But there are few plastics that were around then in '57 that are impermeable and would stay sealed that long.


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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: GGD
Date: June 17, 2007 01:39PM
I wonder what they're going to do with the hole in the ground. Maybe they should cram a Hummer into it for the next 50 years.
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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: AllGold
Date: June 17, 2007 04:27PM
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GGD
> One question, though: how did the WINDSHIELD get rusty?!

I think a lot of that brown stuff may be mud and not rust, or rust spread around by water. The concrete vault filled with ground water over the years.

First thing I thought when I saw the pic too (glass doesn't rust). smiling smiley
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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: mikebw
Date: June 17, 2007 11:20PM
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GGD
I wonder what they're going to do with the hole in the ground. Maybe they should cram a Hummer into it for the next 50 years.

It would seem appropriate to repeat the time capsule event for another 50 years with a new vehicle, obviously plenty of interest. Although since we have seen that the bunker failed to keep water out perhaps it could become a showcase for some new manufacturer to publicly test their rust-proof technology. (yeah, and no plastic allowed)
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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: outcast
Date: June 17, 2007 11:33PM
You folks obviously aren't up on the current state of the hot rod culture. Age patinas are all the rage on modern rides with lots of money being spent to make both the new look old, and the old look old again. Kinda like that whole pre-distressed jeans thing in the late 80's.

That Plymouth coupe is gonna' wow 'em at the Nationals!


outcast



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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: Mike V
Date: June 18, 2007 02:35AM
From what I read on the internet, the water level was constantly changing.

Which I believe is much worse.

Like how wharf piers are much more corroded at the waterline than either low under water of high above the water.


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Re: FU: 50yr old buried car Tulsa OK Timecapsle
Posted by: particleman
Date: June 25, 2007 09:35AM
The person with the best guess of Tulsa's 2007 population died in 1979. The car will awarded to his closest relative.

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