Rust Bucket or Gleaming Classic??????????

Dennis Gardner
Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
edited June 2007 in The Clubhouse
Next week in Tulsa should be interesting to see how this time capsule held up.



http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZK2SLl1dY7k

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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited June 2007
    Wow. Now that's something! I'd love to attend that.

    However, I think they ought to wait at least another 50 years, if not 100. I mean, 1957. Yeah, that's old, that's classic, a lot of great, desirable collectibles from then. However, it's not THAT long ago. If we were to dig it up in 2107, THEN it'd be quite an event, I'd imagine. Something created so much farther back would create much more curiousity.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited June 2007
    It was a keep up with the Joneses thought. OKC buried a time capsule in '57 to be opened this year for Oklahoma's Centennial so Tulsa did them one better.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=gj-Ebr8GGk0
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited June 2007
    a case of 50 year old Schlitz beer , yummy
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited June 2007
    I got a kick out of them putting oil and gas in the hole, thinking that we might be using something different to power our vehicles today.......oh yeah, don't forget the tranquilizers!!!
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited June 2007
    I got a kick out of them putting oil and gas in the hole, thinking that we might be using something different to power our vehicles today.......oh yeah, don't forget the tranquilizers!!!

    That is pretty funny...Maybe they will let someone "test" those tranquilizers out...:D
  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited June 2007
    I think they could get more press if David Copperfield or David Blaine was inside the car when they unearthed.:cool:
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited June 2007
    Cool. can't wait to see what condition they find it in..
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited June 2007
    Just got the word today, they unearthed it to see what they are up against and the tomb and car has filled/covered with 3 foot of muddy water. No telling what the real condition or worth of the car will be.

    Looks like a bust to me. I guessed noone planned for sprinkler systems.....
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited June 2007
    Ouch, that's a real bummer. I certainly would have thought they'd've sealed it!
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited June 2007
    The water was above the tires in the video I saw on my local news. Looked like a car stuck in a river.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited June 2007
    There is evidence of the vault being completely full of water at some time in the past..........

    http://www.koco.com/news/13495797/detail.html

    http://www.kjrh.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=13984@kjrh.dayport.com
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited June 2007
    That sucks.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited June 2007
    Yep. Lot's of water. That's a shame.
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  • MSALLA
    MSALLA Posts: 1,602
    edited June 2007
    I think that is the same model used in the movie Christine.
    Sucks that it got flooded. It would have been nice to see an as new 57'
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited June 2007
    When exactly did Chrysler kill-off the Plymouth division? Just curious.
  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,780
    edited June 2007
    Plymouth ended in 2001. I believe the last year they were sold, only the Neon was available.
    For about five years prior, they only had 4 cars in the lineup, the Neon, Prowler, Breeze, and the Voyager.
  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,817
    edited June 2007
    I think that is the same model used in the movie Christine.

    Similar, Christine was a '58 Plymouth Fury, this car was a 57' Belvedere


    Well, if nobody followed up with this, it was a rusty mess. What a shame...

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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited June 2007
    billbillw wrote: »
    Similar, Christine was a '58 Plymouth Fury, this car was a 57' Belvedere


    Well, if nobody followed up with this, it was a rusty mess. What a shame...

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  • Shannon W.
    Shannon W. Posts: 568
    edited June 2007
    It almost seamed that all the chrome and stainless trim would clean up nicely, but the rest of the car looks to be a total loss. I bet it ends up a Barret Jackson and Scottsdale on the chopping block and it fetches a pretty penny but they would have to throw in the Schlitz beer to put it over the top.

    I would hope they didn't let the beer get hot, because I would bet it would still be good due to the ground temp being a constant 55 deg. and if they would have thrown it in some ice that could have been one heck of a celebration then. LoL

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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited June 2007
    Boyd Coddington is restoring it.
  • Shannon W.
    Shannon W. Posts: 568
    edited June 2007
    And I bet he is doing it just for the Beer. Damn him... Thats all I wanted. LoL

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