Buried car in Tulsa (cross posted from General Discussion)

[AndyA]

As part of Oklahoma's Centennial celebration this year, a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere is being unearthed this Friday. It was a brand new car when it was buried in a concrete vault time capsule in June, 1957. At the time, no one knew how prone to rust the 1957 Chrysler cars were.

The car was coated with cosmoline, sealed in a plastic bag, placed on I-beams and lowered onto stands in a concrete and metal vault, which was welded shut and covered with soil. The time capsule has been left untouched ever since.

This morning, the top was removed from the vault and the car was seen for the first time since 1957. Several feet of water were also found in the vault.

At any rate, there are people in town from all over the world for the celebration this weekend. The car is to be removed on Friday at noon, and will be on display at the Convention Center that night and through the weekend.

All hotels rooms in the city are booked.

Here are pictures taken this morning:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47422262@N00/sets/1320520/

Official site:
http://www.buriedcar.com/ (this site is slow due to very heavy traffic right now)