Tulsa, OK- 50 Year Time Capsule with Cool Car to be Opened!

[slotter]

I wonder if the Bossman is going to this event? This is pretty cool! Head on over for the slide show and articles on the upcoming festival.

http://tulsaworld.com/webextra/conte...d/default.aspx


Tulsans bury a new car
From June 15, 1957: A 1957 automobile was buried in the courthouse lawn today - with a bottle of tranquilizer pills in the glove compartment.

'Capsule' Tomb Is Lined
From June 13, 1957: Concrete pouring began today on the ``time capsule'' on the southeast corner of the Tulsa County Courthouse lawn in which a new automobile and mementos of Tulsa's semi-centennial year will be buried Sunday.

Major Problems Licked - Tulsa's Gift to 2007 to Be Buried June 15
From June 6, 1957: Only technical difficulties "such as striking oil in making the excavation,'' stood in the way today as Golden Jubilee, Inc., prepared to bury a new Plymouth automobile and assorted 1957 artifacts in a vault in the Courthouse lawn to be unearthed 50 years hence.

[Sid]

I got me a Chrysler its as big as a whale ...




Cool Find Slotter!!

[musky]

Sad...the Plymouth line was discontinued a few years ago...wonder if it will start?

[luckydog]

I bet now they wish that they had put a 57 Chevy in there

[Sid]

Still for its time.. not to shabby at all

http://www.plymouthcentral.com/57Belvedere1.html

[H20Dreams]

I would love to have that car today.

[luckydog]

I had a 1958 Plumouth station wagon in the blue and white colors.

My brother and I rebuilt the 318 V8 engine.

It cornered like a sports car with the torsion bar suspension and in those day I drove it like one

But, one day in 1965 I fell asleep behind the wheel on the Ohio turnpike, i woke up just in time to avoid hitting a van and rolled it

[arbycoffee]

you can have a whole family live in the back seat and their grand parents too

[alstonj1]

who cares about the car the tranquilizers are worth a mint to Rush Limbaugh at todays rates you could make a fortune ...

[Tulsa]

I'll probably skip this one..

[slotter]

Cool!

[imsimba]

The Fury group that I belong to has been taking bets for years as to what the condtion is it going to be in and how much it is going to cost to put it on the road.

The big question is how watertight the concrete vault is. The car is wrapped pretty tight, but if it has been stewing in its own juice for 40 years, there will not be much left.

I wonder if it is going to be on TV live?

BTW when I was little I remember my grandparents had a 60' 9 passenger belvedere wagon. The 60' had even bigger fins. It was red and white everywhere, it looked like a giant picnic tablecloth. It even had the full length roof rack. The whole thing was powered by a slant 6, 3 speed stick, no A/C or power steering. It must have be a handful fully loaded with 10 people..

[Tulsa]

I think I might have married the girl on the left..

[Harleybum]

I don't know if unearthing that Fury is the right thing to do...
I highly suspect that's "Christine" in there...
Please cue the ominous music now.

:compdesk:

[Sid]

Damn, your right... cars probably really pissed to be buried alive in a hole in the ground for 50 years...

watch out Oklahoma...

[Tony Junior]

I should have buried some of my old sports cars. Especially the '51 MG TD. It sure wasn't fast, but I still love the design.

[musky]

Now this is how you bury a car!
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/TX-CadillacRanch.html

[MrGneiss]

Less than 12 hours to go I guess, keep us updated!!

[bfree]

Now this is how you bury a car!
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/TX-CadillacRanch.html

I've heard of the Mustang Ranch but not the Cadillac Ranch!

[doug]

Well from the Looks of it they could have just drove it in the Lake for the past 50 years , and NO Jimmy Hoffa was not inside http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles...00010000000001