will it run?

Post by **TireSmoker** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:18 am

This is kinda cool. Apparently, they had some sort of town spectacle in Tulsa, OK back in 1957. They buried a '57 Plymouth Belvedere under the lawn of the town courthouse. Inside is a steel container with a bunch of contestant's names and their guesses for the population of Tulsa in 2007, 50 years later. Winner gets the car and $100.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/23/buried ... index.html

-Dave

Basement Paul · Post by **Basement Paul** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:35 am

I've read about this a short while ago. I think somewhere there are pictures of the car before they sealed it in.

Cool idea, but a Chrysler underground in a concrete coffin is going to be pretty rusty.

-BP

markss327 · Post by **markss327** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:12 pm

Yea, I agree with BP. Iron Oxide.
However, what if the water table in the area is really low, and moisture content of the surrounding earth is really dry. Hummmm.

Post by **TireSmoker** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:41 pm

If I remember correctly from the article, they will un-earth it in June. I put a note on my Outlook calendar for that day. I'll definately post a follow-up.

-Dave

Post by **TireSmoker** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:12 pm

Well, they dug it up..

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070618/od_ ... JRnS0E1vAI

ttamrettus · Post by **ttamrettus** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:23 pm

Man that's disappointing. I'd have liked to see it come out pristine. But I can imagine opening it and seeing 4 feet of water.

MostMint · Post by **MostMint** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:30 pm

One of the articles I read said the whole thing was worth about $1200.

Also I hear they were able to inflate the tires. I wonder if they were Firestone...