1957 Plymouth buried as a time capsule for 50 years! Unveiling in 2007!

allpar.com ^ | March 20, 2007 | Robert Earl Lauer

[decimon]

June 1957 – Residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma are enjoying their city’s anniversary, called “Tulsarama!” Most every city around the country enjoys parties; it’s a big tradition throughout the United States.

Tulsa representatives decided they needed something unique and different in order to compete with Oklahoma City. They decided to entomb an automobile in a time capsule, using a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere as the car of choice.

[AU72]

If it's authentic there should be a couple of packs of Trojans in the glove compartment and a 1/2 pint of Jim Beam under the seat.

[popdonnelly]

One of Virgil Exner's best.

[Mr Ducklips]

The last I heard, no one was really sure where it was buried. They'd forgotten. I guess they found it.

[Tall_Texan]

Just curious. Why was it necessary to excerpt this?

[org.whodat]

never redug

ROF

[william clark]

My dad has slides of the event where they buried the car. Interesting to see it come full circle like this.

[headstamp]

Ah, good old lake pipes.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Too bad it wasn't a '57 Bel Air.

[headstamp]

It's Christine! Don't dig it up ya fools!

[Hatteras]

Christine?

[pabianice]

Al Gore has already threatened a law suit if they start it up...

[decimon]

Just curious. Why was it necessary to excerpt this?

Don't know that it is. Personal thing. I like that site so it seemed the courteous thing to do. Well, courteous to them.

[SlowBoat407]

This is the one that got buried...

[pabianice]

A 1957 Plymouth will sure look strange...now that it's 2007 and we all have flying cars.

And personal robots, too!

[Ditto]

I also remember that the cars back then had much wider seats, where you could easily lay down ad get some shut-eye if needed.

My first car was a 56 Olds-88 and those big seats sure did come in handy --- but it wasn't for shut eye. ;~))

[capt. norm]

Loved the '57 Chevys. They were as solid as a brick...as opposed to my Plymouth, which was like driving a big piece of Reynolds Wrap Aluminum Foil down the road.

[decimon]

It had that goofy transmission button panel to the left of the steering wheel. If you revved it up and pushed "D," you could get some serious rubber.

Dial-a-win shifter.

[theDentist]

Yes, the more I look at it the more I like it. First photo I saw was bright red, so this seemed duller by comparison. But this was a bigger photo...

[WashingtonStateRepublican]

"The Plymouth was wrapped in plastic and buried in a concrete tomb and placed on a steel plate so the wheels are off the ground. "

It will be interesting to see what they uncover, that's for sure. A '57 in mint stock condition could be a nice find.

[decimon]

Two-tone color schemes were popular back then. Salmon-grey was one I recall.