Burying a Classic

[Deleted User]

Has anyone heard of this story where in 1957 Tulsa buried a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere in a time capsule to be opened in 2007.

Here is the video. I like the line about burying oil and gas with it in case they are not around in the future.

Of course like you I drive my atomic powered car to the space port. Cool to see these old films.

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[Deleted User]

Yes, I have.

hornet53

just curious... why wrap the engine with aluminum foil?

TwinH

I'm betting that the car is trashed. Still be interesting to see them open it up. Have

considered taking this 57 Chrysler New Yorker(23,000 mi.) out for the event. I have told

people for years it still has 1957 air in the spare...





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hudsontech

51hornetA wrote:

Has anyone heard of this story where in 1957 Tulsa buried a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere in a time capsule to be opened in 2007.



Here is the video. I like the line about burying oil and gas with it in case they are not around in the future.



Of course like you I drive my atomic powered car to the space port. Cool to see these old films.



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Who, in 1957, would have figured the gas, today, would be worth almost as much as the car. LOL



I've heard of a Corvette, can't remember the year, and a couple other cars being similarly entombed for prosperity. At least at this late date we don't have to wait for them to be brought back to enjoy them. There's more than a few still running around to car shows and of course there's museum pieces.



Hudsonly,

Alex B

Jon B

The entombed Corvette (I think it was an early one) was no Urban Legend; I recall reading a story (possibly in Special Interest Autos) of its dis-interment several years ago. It wasn't a 'time capsule' deal; the guy had just walled it up, either in his basement or in a warehouse or something.

[Deleted User]

Here's another one, from Alex Gabbard, RETURN TO THUNDER ROAD, p. 178. "Back in the '50's, when Knoxville was tearing down old construction ---, they found an armor-plated '28 Cadillac limousine walled up in a garage.

Unknown

There is a Model T in the Basement of a house about 10 miles from my house. It was built in. No clue why they did it. The reasoning is lost to posterity but it is still there. When I was a kid, I shoveled coal into, and cleaned the flues of, a steam thrashing engine in the basement of the car dealership I worked at. The engine was used as a boiler to heat the place. The dealer went T/U in '98 and the thrashing engine was sold at auction along with everything else.



Have a nice day

Steve