The moment of truth is at 7 p.m. tonight when Tulsa’s sunken 1957 Plymouth Belvedere is unveiled here for the first time since 1957. Some folks spied a hole in the wrapping. If so, it could be a pile of Oklahoma rust.
UPDATE It was a mess, especially inside. A real sunken wreck. Someone shined up a spot on one of the chrome bumpers, but otherwise… What do you bet that it wouldn’t have started anyway?
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So, fifty years ago, the city of Tulsa, OK, decided to time-capsule a Plymouth Belvedere. I suppose because of the shark-like profile and the tail fins on the ’57 model. Lord knows it couldn’t have been the engineering. They recently popped the capsule, for a little event called Tulsarama, only to discover a slight problem. The capsule had leaked and the car was up to its floor boards in brown water. Hopefully only the tires will be ruined. Could be tough finding four new ones with those wide white sidewalls of yesteryear. Good recent piece in Slate, about a (shudder) Studebaker, shows why these old cars were so much worse than the ones today. Nostalgia only goes so far. And fifty years is too far.
Via Autoblog.
UPDATE Oops. This report says the water was up to the windows. Lots more than tires to fix.
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