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1957 Plymouth buried as a time capsule for 50 years! Unveiling in 2007!
allpar.com ^ | March 20, 2007 | Robert Earl Lauer

Posted on 03/20/2007 12:10:23 PM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: autos; oklahoma; plymouth; tulsa
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To: DeFault User

LOL..I remember the Chrysler push button automatic transmission...My roomie in college had one...the most fun was to put it in neutral, rev the engine..then push the DRIVE button..and hope the tranny didn't drop to the ground..


61 posted on 03/20/2007 1:02:09 PM PDT by ken5050 (The 2008 winning ticket: Rudy/Newtie, with Hunter for SecDef, Pete King at DHS, Bill Simon at Treas)
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To: colorado tanker

And they're a dime a dozen.


62 posted on 03/20/2007 1:04:10 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: decimon

But in the days before pollution equipment and with few electronics to run, even the six cylinder '57 Chevy could move!


63 posted on 03/20/2007 1:04:52 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: decimon

I learned to drive on my father's 1960 Belvedere with push button transmission and fins - I LOVED THAT CAR!!


64 posted on 03/20/2007 1:06:58 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: headstamp

Christine was a FURY.


65 posted on 03/20/2007 1:09:46 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: decimon

I'm hoping to get to go to this...I'll try to get some pictures and post them.


66 posted on 03/20/2007 1:12:05 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: decimon
Here's a photo of an actual Belvedere

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1957_Plymouth_Belvedere.jpg

And here's the OFFICIAL WEBSITE....

http://www.buriedcar.com/

67 posted on 03/20/2007 1:14:38 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: WashingtonStateRepublican

"buried in a concrete tomb"

Must be one heck of a tomb. You'd need a crane to get the lid off.

Low mileage.


68 posted on 03/20/2007 1:14:59 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Hillary - the Empty Pants Suit)
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To: colorado tanker
But in the days before pollution equipment and with few electronics to run, even the six cylinder '57 Chevy could move!

My brother was a Chevy guy and had a '56 with a six. He seemed to enjoy adjusting the valves by ear.

69 posted on 03/20/2007 1:15:31 PM PDT by decimon
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To: william clark

Pretty cool!

Are you in the running to win it all?


70 posted on 03/20/2007 1:15:52 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: Kirkwood

My thoughts exactly!

Amateur restoration.


71 posted on 03/20/2007 1:16:58 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Warning. If your tagline is funny... I may steal it.)
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To: RightWhale

Actually, probably won't be too bad. I'm predicting easily restorable.

I've seen cars buried in the earth itself keep their structure pretty well. I'm talking cars buried in the '20s and released maybe 50 years later.


72 posted on 03/20/2007 1:17:11 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: decimon

The '57 Chev came with a nice 289 cube V-8. Put the power pack option on and it was a hot car. Could even get fuel injection, but it was mechanical and didn't always perform that well.


73 posted on 03/20/2007 1:17:53 PM PDT by sockhead (Oh for the good old days when men were men and women were too.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

LOL that's acquiescence to all the safety NAZIs.


74 posted on 03/20/2007 1:18:00 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: 2Jedismom
I'm hoping to get to go to this...I'll try to get some pictures and post them.

The pics will be appreciated. Especially if something blows up or if the crane crushes some people or something cool like that. :-)

75 posted on 03/20/2007 1:20:25 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

Ok! If that happens I'll be sure and get some close-ups! With the jedis posing nearby, of course.

;-)


76 posted on 03/20/2007 1:21:25 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

I am thinking of the Plymouths from '55 to '59. Very few left.


77 posted on 03/20/2007 1:23:02 PM PDT by RightWhale (Treaty rules;commerce droolz)
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To: RightWhale

Huh?

The car should be in decent shape. Won't be perfect, but if it's really IN the ground, without any portal to outside, I can't see it being bad.

Unless, God forbid, the concrete overhead collapsed and then you have a total mess!


78 posted on 03/20/2007 1:25:49 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

The company nearly went out of business due to their product rusting to dust in those years.


79 posted on 03/20/2007 1:27:44 PM PDT by RightWhale (Treaty rules;commerce droolz)
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To: sockhead
The '57 Chev came with a nice 289 cube V-8.

Do you recall when they came out with the 327 SS? Seemed funny to be in a full-sized car with a floor shift.

80 posted on 03/20/2007 1:28:00 PM PDT by decimon
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