57 plymouth car in tulsa - Lateral-g Forums

kennyd · #1 06-13-2007, 11:56 AM

as some of you know the 57 plymouth that was burried in tulsa in front of the
courthouse in 1957 in a time capsule . was to be unearthed friday , well they opened the case today . it is 1/4 full of water , the water line has been as high as 3/4 full . but the car still is inside the plastic bag and still covered in grease , they wont open the bag till friday so we will see how bad the car is then .

96z28ss · #2 06-13-2007, 01:53 PM

Man that really sucks I wanted to see this thing in perfect condition.
maybe it will only be bad on the bottom half of the car the rest of the car will look good.
If the interior got water then its probably got some nasty mold on it.

96z28ss · #3 06-15-2007, 11:13 AM

Man its not looking good.
Looks like the bag might of torn over the years.

mdprovee · #4 06-15-2007, 11:30 AM

Keep us posted.

Young Gun · #5 06-15-2007, 12:54 PM

i read somplace that the crypt was originally designed to be able to withstand a nuclear fallout...apparently it wasnt designed to hold out water though?

Hdesign · #6 06-15-2007, 01:05 PM

Looks like they probably would have been better off leaving it in a corn field....oh well, it was a valiant effort.

AAW · #7 06-15-2007, 01:20 PM

The last few images here show the car pulled out of the ground and put on the truck for delivery to the ceremony. (still in the bag, but interesting nonetheless)

http://www.tulsachevys.com/Images/buriedcar/index.html

R67Chevelle · #8 06-15-2007, 02:13 PM

can you say...."RUST BUCKET"

Very sad... could have been cool..

Datsbad · #9 06-15-2007, 08:41 PM

any new pics?

Derek69SS · #10 06-15-2007, 08:46 PM

There's a bunch of very good pics of it after its unveiling here:

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=181193

Note the can of PB Blaster in front of the rear tire.