Posted on 06/15/2007 12:26:27 PM PDT by Kaslin
Oops, forgot to ping me and not the OP! *blushing*
ditto
Bump.
John / Billybob
Gasoline does not age well. This sounds like a dumb idea from the git go.
Forget the car, is the beer OK?
Gasoline does not age well.
I’m sure the old leaded gas is a pretty good grade of turpentine.
Yeah, using the original gasoline does seem like a dumb idea. I don’t really know for sure if they’re gonna actually “use” the original gasoline or not. I only know for sure that they buried it with some gasoline (I think 10 gallons). They’re probably gonna use fresh gas, I would imagine.
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Ahhh..., I just saw a news blurb on TV — just now. They just said that the gas and oil (for the car) was put in other containers and not in the car, itself. Those containers were buried along with the car.
And a further note, on the starting of the car. It was just announced that they’re not going to be able to start it by tonight. So, that’s out of the picture, apparently.
It’s all over the local news now. They’re really building it up...
As it came from 1950 OK it was likely 3.2 Bud. So the answer is no, it's not OK.
I meant burying a car for 50 years was dumb too. Did the water get into the car?
It worked for me... You have to click on the “Last Show Archive” link at the top right of the player. It then shows the “LIVE” unearthing of the “Great Car Digup”.
It says a new show will also be put up tomorrow at 9 am.
Here’s the link again: http://www.oklatravelnet.com/
Ahhh..., I see... Well, I read an article in the paper that said the burying of the car was an attempt by the city of Tulsa to take some of the publicity away from Oklahoma City when it came around to the 100th Anniversary for statehood for Oklahoma. So, it was apparently partly a rivalry between Oklahoma City and Tulsa and partly publicity for Tulsa, too. Can’t tell you much more than that, though.
As far as water getting in the car, the public has not been informed yet. Only a few people know at this point in time. The unveiling is supposed to happen at 7PM (at the Tulsa Convention Center), although the car was removed from the vault at noon today. It was said that there was several feet of water in the vault, but they didn’t specify exactly how many feet. I got the idea (somehow...) that it was two or three feet. I don’t know what that would do to the car.
The news people (some of whom claim they’ve gotten some advanced sneak peeks to the car), say that the car is in pretty good shape, considering. Whatever that means, I don’t know.
You’ll be able to watch it live, on one of those links I posted up above, if you’re interested.
If you like horse piss, than I guess it would be
Ahhh..., I got it to work. I’ll have to save the video file. Thanks...
BUMMER!,I was hoping that they sealed the container when they buried it.:(
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Worse. They have diplomas from public high schools.
That may be true... but they do have this guy on the case
The beer has rotted. You won’t be able to drink it. You can’t even drink a beer that is six month to a year old
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