Belvedere time capsule not looking good

[masraum]

In 1957 Tulsa buried a 1957 Belvedere as a 50 year time capsule.

They are digging it up and it doesn't look good for the car.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma this morning, the famous buried time-capsule 1957 Plymouth Belvedere is being unearthed, and early reports are that it’s not going to be good.

According to eyewitnesses, when the concrete capsule surrounding the car was breached, several feet of standing water was found inside, with evidence that the whole thing had been repeatedly flooded over the years. The car itself is “sealed” in layers of plastic and canvas, and greased up, but the smart money says there won’t be much left. Progress has been slowed because of the presence of a Hazmat team, called in to dispose of the possibly toxic sludge.

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[masraum]

Lots of pics here

http://www.tulsachevys.com/Images/buriedcar/index.html

[the]

these "unsealing of the vault" things never seem to go well.

[craigster59]

Originally posted by the
these "unsealing of the vault" things never seem to go well.

Just ask Geraldo....

[Aerkuld]

Bugger!

[onlycafe]

well at least we have something to look forward to, now that the sopranos is over and done with. hopefully a better conclusion anyway.

[red-beard]

With that red mud, it sure looks like Oklahoma

[red-beard]

If they used the same concrete as they used on the Interstates, I am not surprised at all.

[onlycafe]

was it a hemi ?

[sammyg2]

prolly either the 301 V8 or the straight six, I don't think the 392 hemi was available in that car.

[widebody911]

More pix here: http://www.buriedcar.com/photo_gallery_new.htm

[Rot 911]

Originally posted by widebody911
More pix here: http://www.buriedcar.com/photo_gallery_new.htm

Damn that car looks like it spent the last 50 years at the bottom of a muddy river.

[M.D. Holloway]

Originally posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
Yup, the car is trashed. Gotta love those 1950s Oklahoma "engineers".

-Wayne

If ya gave that project to an MIT engineer, he/she would have repeatedly dipped the car into solutions of charged polymer chains dissolved in water, controling the surface texture of the finish. Each time the substrate is dipped into solution, another layer of charged polymer coats the surface, adding texture and making the material more porous. Silica nanoparticles are then added to create an even rougher texture that helps trap water droplets.

The material is then coated with a Teflon-like substance, making it superhydrophobic. Once that water-repellent layer is laid down, layers of charged polymers and nanoparticles can be added in certain areas, using a properly formulated water/alcohol solvent mixture, thereby creating a superhydrophilic pattern to vent off unwanted moisture.

To make it even more interesting, they would get it all funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the National Science Foundation and make a tidy sum on the side!

(Those Okies would be left wondering why their thumbs were still up their butts!)

((BTW - Professors Robert Cohen and Michael Rubner of MIT are actually involved in this work.))

[craigster59]

Man, I hope I don't look like that at 50...

[Gooch1971]

Originally posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
Yup, the car is trashed. Gotta love those 1950s Oklahoma "engineers".

-Wayne

Hopefully the 1998 engineers did better. Click on 1st hyperlink for the video.

YouTube - 1998 Prowler

A centennial time capsule, interred on Jan. 17, 1998, in honor of the City's 100th birthday, is buried at Centennial Park. The time capsule, scheduled to be unearthed in the year 2048, includes items such as a prototype of the 1998 Plymouth Prowler, a City of Tulsa Financial Report, student essays on what Tulsa will be like in the year 2048, and Tulsa restaurant menus.

[onlycafe]

easy $150,000 car at the next barrett-jackson show.
as they would describe it: "a rare survivor".

[slakjaw]

Anyone have any photos that do not come back with 404 errors?

[Porsche-O-Phile]

That looks. . . um. . . bad.

[Sonic dB]

cant imagine what the winner of that hunk of rust must feel like...

[sand_man]

note to self: "self, scratch the Porsche 930 time capsule idea in the front yard...continue driving and enjoying the car daily...run the wheels off of it. Remember to instruct the kids to fill up the deep hole that you had them dig..."