[battlegearboat]

I was there when it was buried and I'm going to be there when it's unearthed. It's big I tell you!

[Fresh Wind]

My dad had one of them. My advice: Leave the beast buried.

[theDentist]

Was it brand new?

[YouPosting2Me]

Christine!

[Larry Lucido]

I had a ‘71 Gremlin that I should have buried.

[Bobibutu]

“I was there when it was buried”

So was I - there was other stuff as well put in the “time capsule” - I’m going to miss the big opening tho.

[oh8eleven]

It's big I tell you!
Hugh?

[LantzALot]

"This is the sort of thing that could happen only in Tulsa,''

[sgtbono2002]

Soon to be seen at a Jackson-Barrett auction.

[reagan_fanatic]

Did they put it in some sort of container to protect it or just threw the dirt in on top of it?

[AlphaOneAlpha]

My father’s first brand new car was a ‘57 Plymouth, two tone black and white. He drove it home from the dealer in a big rain storm, pulled it in the garage and cleaned it for 2 hours. The next morning it wouldn’t start.
The 57 Plymouth made the Edsel look good.

[fatnotlazy]

My uncle sold my father his old Plymouth, might have been from that year. Nice looking car, complete with the fins, but it had no “ooomph.” It was fine as long as you were on a level road or going downhill, but uphill — everyone had to get out and push.

Ok, I exaggerate, but the car just had no power. I think that was the last time my dad bought a car from my uncle.

[savedbygrace]

http://www.tulsaworld.com/webextra/content/2007/buriedcarunearthed/default.aspx

[television is just wrong]

my parents had one of those when I was growing up. Push button transmission, big fins. cool.

[Obadiah]

The video says they buried a case of Schlitz beer with it in the trunk. My guess is that Schlitz tasts just like it did when it was buried.

[Marauder]

The technical difficulties also included finding some material for a vault which would assure that the "time capsule" and its contents would remain intact for 50 years.

This statement from the Tulsa archives hints that they took precautions against ground water seepage, and set it on blocks in the hope of preventing the tires from dry-rotting. Presumably they didn't forget to drain all its fluids first, because otherwise little items like the engine will be locked up solid.

[alloysteel]

The last known example of a 1957 Plymouth in the universe. They were thought to be totally extinct, and we had only pictures and some scaled-down representations of what were purported to be of a 1957 Plymouth, but no genuine specimens have been sighted for years.

[Sensei Ern]

Here's another link on the story: www.santafenewmexican.com/readerblogs/55924.html

Here is the pic:

[toomanygrasshoppers]

*ping*

[blam]

1957 Plymouth Belvedere

[Red Badger]

For rust thou art, and unto rust thou shall return..........