Car Buried in 1957 to Be Unearthed in '07







TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A Plymouth Belvedere that was buried in a concrete vault nearly 50 years ago as part of the state's golden anniversary celebration will be unearthed in 2007 as part of the Oklahoma centennial festivities.

The 1957 Belvedere is underground next to the Tulsa County Courthouse. Also buried with it were five gallons of gas and a case of beer.

Old news reports indicate the gas was buried in case internal combustion engines became obsolete by 2007 and no fuel was available. Other buried items include the contents of a woman's purse: 14 bobby pins, a lipstick, a pack of gum, tissues, a pack of cigarettes and matches and $2.43.

There was also an unpaid parking ticket, a bottle of tranquilizers and a spool of microfilm, which records the entries of a contest held to determine the winner of the car. The person to guess Tulsa's population in 2007 or the heirs of that person were to win the car and a $100 savings account.

Assuming an average annual interest of 5 percent compounded quarterly, such an account would be worth almost $1,200 today, if the account could be found.

The account was set up at a savings and loan that was taken over by Sooner Federal, which was liquidated during the savings and loan bust of the early 1990s. The committee has been trying to find the account, so far without success.

It's not clear exactly how the items were prepared for burial, or how they may have held up for all these years.

The Tulsa Historical Society and the centennial committee have been getting inquiries from all over the world about the car, including one from a Scandinavian who claims to have an exact twin of the buried Belvedere.

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On the Net:

Tulsa's centennial committee car information: http://www.buriedcar.com

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Information from: Tulsa World, http://www.tulsaworld.com

 

COOL!

Thanks for the link. I'm a little over an hour from Tulsa, but have never heard anything about his...

Thanks!

 

That is AWESOME ! ! !

 

Thanks but I already have one coming along nicely

 

Adam,

adopt me and I will be your shop monkey.....all I ask is I can drive the HD every once and awhile.

How ya doing?

 

[QUOTE=EnglishAdam]Thanks but I already have one coming along nicely



I'm too lazy to find a smiley sticking his tounge out, so :P

Mine is still at the body shop. Not sure if I'll ever see her again...

 

How's this:

 

Doing great thanks.

James, you can drive the HD anytime but along with the Fury, it's in England with me.

Come over anytime. We even have BBQ. Well, we do at my house

 

EnglishAdam,

Everytime I see your car I want it.

A 57 was on ebay for 1957.00 and no one bid. Ofcourse it needed so much work. Maybe in a year or so I can finally pick one up.

This guy "mopar mel" restores just 50s era plymouths and chryslers.
Been considering having him build me a 58 with a 350 golden commando.

BTW I been following this burried plymouth for years. Found it searching for "christine" on the internet.

 

christine.....

 

Steven King's-Christine

One of my favorite all time movies.. Scared teh bejesses out of me when i was a kid. Still think about it sometimes when I'm outside at night by myself and walk infront of the vehicles. Especially when one is broke down and I am desperatly wanting it fixed. I have stood there and thought how cool it would be if it would fix it's self like Christine!

It's about a posessed 57 plymouth that killed a lot of people and turned a dork "Arnie" into a semi cool guy but with a bad attitude. She defends him and he defends her.


I'm justa few hours away from Ok too. I've never heard of this. The unearthing would be kind of creepy and could be a good basis for Christine II!

 

I took my Driver's Test in a 1960 Plymouth Belvedere.
Push Button Automatic on the dash.
Rectangle steering wheel.

 

I thought Edsel was the only one to have push button automatic???

 

58 plymouth.


Such a bad a$$ car.

 

I wonder what 50 year old gas is like?

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