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by On June 15, 1957, as part of the celebration commemorating Oklahoma's semi-centennial, a new gold and white 1957 Plymouth Belvedere Sport Coupe was buried in a time capsule in downtown Tulsa - along with numerous other items, including gas and oil - in case those things didn't exist in the future. 50 years later, the car is due to be exhumed at noon of June 15, 2007. Live footage of the event will be broadcast on Oklatravelnet.com, revealing either a mint condition classic worth a great deal more than its $2,000 sticker price in 1957 - or a pile of rust.
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One O-Nerd dollar says it'll be a hunk of rust by Brandon :: NR9 :: on 13 June 2007
Not because of the physics of the situation, but because I'd love to see the ratings of the annoying Oklatravelnet.com site plummet due to covering the flop.
Also, I think it'd be interesting to compare the increase in value of the car over the past 50 years as compared to a CD (or something).
RE: One O-Nerd dollar says it'll be a hunk of rust by gnifyus :: NR7 :: on 13 June 2007
It completely depends on how they sealed the car from the elements. If they hermetically sealed it with dry air in the capsule and took reasonable care that not many contaminates were on the car, then it may come out looking like brand new. I drove a pickup truck through 18 New England winters with all its road salt, never putting it in a garage or even washing it much. It finally got too rusty to deal with, but 18yrs/50yrs is about 1/3 of the way in that abused manner; and though it's off the road, it's still a functional vehicle. (Of sorts.)
RE: One O-Nerd dollar says it'll be a hunk of rust by tomtolman :: NR6 :: on 13 June 2007
...I'd love to see the ratings of the annoying Oklatravelnet.com site plummet due to covering the flop.
Writing news posts about it isn't going to help. :)
RE: One O-Nerd dollar says it'll be a hunk of rust by Anonymous :: NR0 :: on 17 June 2007
Here are some high resolution pictures of the car and the items that were stored inside it. Looks like a "fixer upper"
Pics:
http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=8700431#8700431
RE: One O-Nerd dollar says it'll be a hunk of rust by Brandon :: NR9 :: on 17 June 2007
Somebody owes me an O-Nerd dollar. :)
RE: One O-Nerd dollar says it'll be a hunk of rust by Eye.Of.Sage :: NR6 :: on 17 June 2007
Looks to me like there weren't any protection at all. There's water everywhere with rust. It's like Titanic.