Tulsarama in Tulsa, Oklahoma!!! The Buried Belvedere

[crcarch]

Hopefully it will have survived.  Cool!

[hotrod98]

Drove through that intersection many times and never knew the car was there until a couple of years ago. They're planning to televise it being removed so we all may get to see it. It will either be a million dollar museum piece of a big hunk of rust. Will be interesting.

[69fstbck]

They found 3 feet of water in the tomb!!

Here is a link to pictures:
http://www.tulsachevys.com/Images/buriedcar/index.html

[67vertman]

That can't be good.......can you say soggy!   

when are they going to unwrap the car? 

[360 'CUDA]

OH NOOOOOOOOOO


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[69fstbck]

Still June 15th.  The belvedere will be lifted from the vault and unwraped.

[whitesatinmopar]

That's a shame, and that will be one stinky mess. Christine ain't goin like how one of her sisters has been treated. 

[69fstbck]

Watch live June 15th. At noon central time it will stream live on oklatravelnet.com or 7 p.m. on kotv.com  - both sites archive their shows so you can watch over and over!

[Jacksboys]

  

Oh no, I hope it is still restorable, but not likely with that much water.

[Finoke]

I'm really looking forward to this. I read about it over 10 years ago. Its interesting that they are unearthing it a day early for the hazmat team 

[rallyechall]

Ok I am in New York, and our days start before Oaklahoma's. According to my calendar, it is the 14th not the 15th. They have basically ruined any type of surprise as the unearthing scheduled for the 15th. Anyhow, the entire car, well most of it, was covered with cosmoline. It is a rust preventative. You can read about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmoline.

[MOPAR FANATIC]

  If the water got through that cosmoline it's going to be quite rusted out.should be interesting.by the way what is the population of tulsa oklahoma?would be cool if it's still mint condition. 
        

[gkring]

Were they making Zip-Loc bags in the 50's?

[ted]

looks like 4500 pounds of rust and mold is very likely

[DMZ73]

All it take sis one rip in that bag and she's gone.

Condensation happened. There was oxygen present. There was air in the chamber -both in the bag and in the container.
A few things that the 57 Belvedere has going for it.- Thick metal, Cosmoline and hopefully a super-heavy duty plastic bag.
A few things against it- Oxygen, moisture + 50 years of funky water and temperature changes to make that plastic liner in that concrete coffin VERY sketchy.

I am  to see what happens. No big feelings either way. If it survived, it will be across the street, and then I can see for myself.

Dan