55bloke Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Having been directed by a friend, i have just been viewing www.buriedcar.com It seems that, as part of their Golden Jubilee celebrations, on June 15th 1957, the good folk of Tulsa buried a time capsule, to be dug-up on the same date in 2007. Supposed to give the 21st century folk a feel for what life was like in '57. (Suppose it never occurred to them that we would all be pretty clued-up on mid fifties Americana, thanks to TV and cinema) Anyway, amongst the delights to be dug up in few short months is a then-brand-new Plymouth Belvedere. Wonder what they will do with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseflakes Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Let's hope it's fared better than the contents of the Blue Peter time capsule. Eeeyurgh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55bloke Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 It did cross my mind that they might be digging up a pile of rust, but in the dry heat of the Southern States, I doubt it will be a problem. Rat-chewed upholstery and siezed mechanicals may well be though- I bet there are much better examples cruising the streets of most American cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Ross Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 The fate of the Belvedere is in one of the links.There was a competition to guess how many people were going to be living in Tulsa in 2007....All entires were recorded on microfilm and sealed in a safe in the car. The person who guessed the closest wins the car.Imagine if the car WAS a pile of rust................Would you apply for a governmet grant to restore it as it was a National/local treasure??Bet it won't start straight away............They even buried fuel and oil for it.........Obviously expected fossil fuels to be a thing of the past and we were all in our electric/nuclear flying vehicles............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55bloke Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 Given that the car was buried 50 years ago, did they limit the age entrants to the competition to those under 15? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Well, its up... and its fecked Wonder how long it lasted before the water got to it ?http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/ ... arch_storywww.buriedcar.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55bloke Posted June 22, 2007 Author Share Posted June 22, 2007 How sad is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milford Cubicle Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 I think it's better like that, hopefully it'll be kept 'as is' and put on display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Note to oneself;Don't bury a new car near a town's main sewer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Bloody shame that, it wouldn't have happened to 'Christine' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Bloody shame that, it wouldn't have happened to 'Christine' Give it time... be fine by tomorrow morning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 I'd be interested to see how it looked with a bloody good clean.. there are some shiny bits poking through so it might not be as bad as first thought.Did these cars have ANY underseal when new? looks like some ziebart would have been a good idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55bloke Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 I don't think anyone had even heard of underseal in '50s America, had they? If you look at the original website, there's a load of pis of the car as it was dug up, and it looks pretty much ruined!! The rear suspension seems to have collapsed, and the interior and engine bay are a mess. Feel sorry for whoever had the winning ticket, looking forward to a gleaming classic American, and ending up with this mess!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Dear god, they're going to try a rust remover on it! The whole thing is rust! there will be nothing left!http://www.missbelvedere.com/missbelvedere.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Thats daft, surely the whole point of the excercise was to see how it ended up. It should be preserved exactly how it came out of the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 From what i can see, they only plan to get it to a state where it doesnt deteriorate any further, and get the engine running and the lights working.Boyd Coddington offered to do a full resto on it but thats been declined. Probably just as well... theres nothing on whats left of the car thats useable i dont think. I fear that the whole thing will just disintegrate if they dip it in de rusting stuff.. it doesnt look like theres much metal left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones96 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 try doing that with one of the so called modern cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 try doing that with one of the so called modern carswell, most modern stuff is galvanised or plastic so would probably look o.k! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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