That is pretty cool. This is the first I ever heard of this. Would be cool to cruise up there to watch this. I bet it will still fire up and drive away.
<font color="green">They'll probably dig it up and there will be homeless people living in it. </font>
[ QUOTE ] I've heard something about this before. Somebody also buried a new 1950s Corvette back east somewhere too. When they dug it up, the fiberglass was all bubbly and shit. I can't remember the details... kool anyway. [/ QUOTE ] I remember that story, I think it was written up in Cars & Parts back in the 80's or someplace. Here's a tiny blurb about it: http://www.proteam-corvette.com/entombed.html Anyone know the rest of the tale?
61linc, that Ford must be a real shitbox !!!! LMAO Laidoutford: that vette was walled up in a supermarket in N.H somewhere.It was a 1953 ,I think.The owners daughter got it out sometime in the '90's after he died..
[ QUOTE ] I got a bad feeling its gonna look like the matchbox and hotwheels cars i used to dig up in my yard after a while and that means its aint gonna be pretty [/ QUOTE ] i used to smash dinkey toys cars to build an car junk yard buried like 100 cars just to make them rusty so they would look cooler in the toy car junk yard
I got it, I got it! I was in night school, making up an English class, when that thing was on the air... My buddy and I talked our English teacher into letting us go to the lounge and watch the show, then we would come back and give an oral report of what was found. Man did we get off easy!!!
Sorry no Hemi for Plymouth back then. Probably had the 301 polysphere V8. If the Beldevere had the optional 318 poly it would be worth more.
mmmm.... Belvedere Sport Coupe? I'm willing to bet it's got the 318 with dual 4bbl's. Otherwise we outta be able to make that 301 a hemi with a little lovin.
[ QUOTE ] <font color="green"> Man did we get off easy!!! </font> [/ QUOTE ] That's what mama rash tells EVERYONE!!! You said it yourself, see I could be a journalist. Reverend Jake
That would be a good weekend to schedule The HAMB Drags. We could make it part of the JUNK Bros. (WZ & MO) Route 66 tour... Which, by the way, was very cool. Yeah... We can fill the tank with 50 year old gas and MEL can run the shit out of it at MO-KAN. Now THAT'S traditional. JOE
[ QUOTE ] Sorry no Hemi for Plymouth back then. Probably had the 301 polysphere V8. If the Beldevere had the optional 318 poly it would be worth more. [/ QUOTE ]You're right, no Hemi. However, Belvederes only got a 277 or 301ci V8 for '57, the only model that got a 318 was the Fury. Plymouth didn't get a Hemi till '64.
[ QUOTE ] We can fill the tank with 50 year old gas and MEL can run the shit out of it at MO-KAN. [/ QUOTE ] Hahaha, suppose the car will reek too badly?
they probably formed the concrete casing on the sides and the bottom and did the job in one big pour, so it is a nice big bath tub, then set the steel lid on top with out sealing it. so i am thinking it is going to be full of condensate, mildew, and rust. (but it depends on the soil in that area, and how deep it is buried) but i bet those tranquilizers are still good...
Hmmmmm, the Plymouth Division of Chrysler is gone...wonder if those dealers listed above are still doing business in Tulsa...or if they are gone as well? R-
The AACA museum has a '54 Corvette with 71 miles on it. Yea, right Geraldo, he looked like a dork when they broke down the wall and nothing was there. That was the last time I ever watched anything he was connected with.
Well now 'ya gotta remember that Oklahoma was the northland that Texas just did'nt see any reason to lay claim to. Course back then in the olden days those cats may have burying their horses up there. Who knows what inspires them to do what they do? Could be something in the water. Then again I don't think any of the Oklahoma Hambs drink water... Gary 4T950 Chevy Guy
that oldschool gas stayed good for a lot longer than todays stuff..... Think that stinky old 5 gallons will make 'er run?!
i have a friend whos retaining wall behind his house is made from a '54 pontiac. the plates and inspection sticker on it read '56. just went out there and saw it one day, go figger.
Hey, it's been a year since this was posted, he dig it up yet? What was it? Watch it turn out to be a '32 coupe or some shit. Err, with some shit. Or like a '36 3-window. The question then becomes, do you eBay the remains without telling them it was a septic tank, or do you make a big deal out of the crappiest Deuce coupe on the planet? Because you know, somewhere, someone, would be crazy enough to try to build it if there is anything left. I remember the steel septic tank my folks had replaced when I was a kid... it was pretty mangled up from digging it out, but parts of it weren't that rusty. In New York even. And of course it has to be painted brown. With yellow trim. Or pick your own equally gross color scheme. Be interesting to see a photo of that '54 Pontiac retaining wall, someone must have been ticked off to only get two years out of it. The only thing close to that I've seen here is where the railroad dumped a 1920's era passenger car over a bank about 20 years ago and half buried it to stop some erosion. I do know of a bank with a bunch of cars shoved over the side, they show up real good this time of year, but someone just wanted to get rid of them I think. One is a '57 Chrysler. Don't know if it's worth rapelling down to see if they left a 392 in it, or not. Same deal another spot with a '37 Chevy pickup. No reason for it to be there, but it was. I found the hood ornament and grille top here this summer that we swiped as kids and got rid of it on eBay for some decent money. As for the Plymouth, who knows. It never saw any salt, did it? So it will be half as rusty as the one I had, which was driven here until about 1971 and sat rotting with the ass-end on the back of a Mercury until I got it. My guess is it will look like crap, but be restorable. Unless the vault is full of water, then all bets are off.
Ok maybe I missed something but what the hell do they mean by: "...and a boftle of tranquilizers. Depending an the Belvedere's condition, the tranquilizers may be the most important part of the package." ??? -FNG
Because you were so excited about winning this awsome car, but when you see that it looks like shit you'll need the tranquilizers to make the pain go away. Or you'll be able to sell the tranquilizers for more than the rusty hunk of crap that they are stored in.
Ill be there with six other mates from Down Under. At least thats the plan. One of the boys here drives a primo 57.....factory gold with white roof. I reckon the thing will be so badly rusted out, itll be only good for landfill. Rat
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