1957 Plymouth 'Buried Alive'

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Apr 12, 2007 | 03:21 AM

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_Charles_

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1957 Plymouth 'Buried Alive'

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Apparently, tulsa ok. june 15, 1957 they buried a brand new 57 plymouth belvedere in a concrete vault. the car was sealed in some sort of plastic, along with other typical items from 1957. they did this like a time capsule.
in 1957 they had the citizens of tulsa fill out cards guessing what the population of tulsa would be in the year 2007. they are going to be un-earthing the car june 15, 2007. the cards with the population guesses were saved. when they pull the car out of the vault in june, the person who guessed the closest to what the population of tulsa is in 2007, will win the car. if the person who made the guess is deceased , the car will go to that persons heirs.
it will be interesting to see how the car comes out of the vault, if it is in the same shape as it was when it was put in there 50 years ago.
they will also be doing a car show the same weekend that they are pulling the car out of the vault.

Cool shit!
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Apr 12, 2007 | 04:44 AM

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DAM that is cool as hell see if can get any pics of the car when they take it out

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Apr 12, 2007 | 04:50 AM

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That was a good idea. Hopefully the car is as pristine as it was back in 1957. It will definately be worth a lot if so. Keep us updated when you find a newer topic on it.

Apr 12, 2007 | 04:52 AM

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Think it will run?

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Apr 12, 2007 | 05:02 AM

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Sweet good old days

They had big back seats then, that why we had a baby boom.. Biittcchhsss

Apr 12, 2007 | 06:11 AM

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Think it will run?

Depends how they went to preserve it.

Its defs gonna need a battery, if they were dumb enough to keep gasoline in it, its gonna need more than that.

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Apr 12, 2007 | 06:15 AM

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Depends how they went to preserve it.

Its defs gonna need a battery, if they were dumb enough to keep gasoline in it, its gonna need more than that.

u think that they were smart enough back than to think about the gas?

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Apr 12, 2007 | 06:20 AM

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lol nothing 12 gallons of Stabil Cant fix

Apr 12, 2007 | 06:22 AM

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Dano Moparo

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Yeah some Mopar guys who live in that area plan on being there for the opening. I posted a thread on this a couple years ago. Here a link to an article about it with some more details, like storing cans of gasoline in the vault because they were not sure gas would be available in 2007.

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