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15-06-2007, 09:21 PM
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Off smelting
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http://www.buriedcar.com/ is the site for this time capsule...a plymouth belvedier buried on this day in 1957 was removed from it's 50 year old tomb no pics of the uncovered car as of yet but pictures tell a 1000 tales.
http://www.tulsachevys.com/Images/buriedcar/index.html is a list of today pictures looking forward and dreading the unvealing pictures hopefully tomorrow or sunday.. I my self am hoping, but not expecting a half decent brand new 50 year old car underneath. at leat the $100 trust fund they threw in it will be worth a bit now. |
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15-06-2007, 09:26 PM
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Hole full of water. Car is poked. Sad.
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15-06-2007, 09:35 PM
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Yep the pit filled half way to the top with water. Looks like they had to pump it all out.
The poor car is a rusty piece of junk I'm sorry to say. Not a lot of thought was put into the way it was done IMO. Concrete is porous and the area and soil looks well "watered" and open to the elements. Now if it was done 'properly' in the middle of an arid area (Arizona ?). The results would have been so much better. A 'great idea' that was not 'executed greatly'. |
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15-06-2007, 09:37 PM
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Why?
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15-06-2007, 09:40 PM
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Off smelting
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yeah its a shame, and the old plymouth cars were great looking, i was inlove with from the time i first saw christine when i was about 5 years ol, but back then in 1957 they would of had the idea that yep make a concrete bunker throw a slab of concrete on top sh'eel be right for 50 years. just hope that trust fund ,made alot of money, and the car has a decent scdrap metal value.
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15-06-2007, 10:00 PM
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15-06-2007, 09:47 PM
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yer umm whoops. "hey guys it filled up with water"...
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15-06-2007, 09:52 PM
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Off smelting
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Sorry about my typing in the last post, seems my father in laws wireless keyboard doesnt like registering keystrokes.
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15-06-2007, 09:55 PM
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its screwed.. simple as that.
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15-06-2007, 10:07 PM
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Why didn't they entomb the car in a glass coffin to ensure it would last and not get water logged. Surely the engineers of the time would know that in 50 years time anything in a concrete hole will leak.
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15-06-2007, 10:09 PM
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Crying shame, imagine if they'd pulled it off.
Back to the drawing board.
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15-06-2007, 10:16 PM
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i'm baaaack....
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bugger.... could have been a very nice car if it was put in the right place...
damn water! everything will be stuffed on it. it wont start, brake, turn, infact im betting it won't roll either.... even if it was dry, all the components would need reconditioning.... |
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15-06-2007, 10:46 PM
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Pics of it uncovered?
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15-06-2007, 11:16 PM
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wonder if there will be anything left below the water line?.......
shame, oh well, it was done with good intentions |
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15-06-2007, 11:53 PM
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It came from the earth and to the earth it shall return, RIP I say.
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16-06-2007, 01:19 AM
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It's Millertime!
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http://www.tulsachevys.com/Images/bu.../DSC08741.html
You can see part of the body. And I must say..it doesn't look promising. Was just doing some searching and came up with this http://www.kotv.com/news/local/story/?id=129491 Looks like that lift was just a practice run lol.
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16-06-2007, 03:28 AM
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Just did a world time comparison, 9AM Saturday Adelaide time if anyone's interested in watching it live. So 9:30 Eastern time, 7:30 Western time (if I've got my Aussie timezones right, don't count on it!).
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16-06-2007, 08:34 AM
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Where are they showing the unveiling? Nothing else to do here seeing as though its pouring rain..............AGAIN!
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16-06-2007, 09:40 AM
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16-06-2007, 11:31 AM
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What a shame.
You'd think they would have sealed it better!
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16-06-2007, 11:49 AM
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Just watching the live feed and the car is stuffed but the time capsule has come out perfect. The live feed is still going and is very interesting.
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16-06-2007, 12:32 PM
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16-06-2007, 12:29 PM
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Boyd Coddington was there, wonder why?
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16-06-2007, 12:19 PM
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16-06-2007, 12:26 PM
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16-06-2007, 12:39 PM
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16-06-2007, 01:04 PM
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There is a slide show with some pictures of how it looked unveiled here
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/even...NGocsAdBNH2ocA Does any one think "It will Buff Out?" :-) |
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16-06-2007, 01:06 PM
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16-06-2007, 01:08 PM
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16-06-2007, 12:30 PM
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BWAHAHAHAHAHA!! yanks....
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