Anyone ever hear of "miss belvedere"?

[joesregalproject]

I know this isn't a G Body related thing, but I found this kind of interesting.

So I'm scrolling around online, and I come across this "buried car" story. Story goes, Tulsa 1957, for a city celebration, they are going to bury a brand new 1957 Plymouth belvedere with a few other things on the lawn of the city hall building as a time capsule. It will be in a "watertight" vault with a few other small things. The car is instantly deemed "miss belvedere". They will hold a raffle and in 50 years when they crack the vault, the winner of the raffle will have a mint condition 1957 Plymouth, because the vault is watertight, therefore, nothing can get into it to harm the car. Well in 2007, they cracked the vault, with high hopes for the beloved Plymouth. Well, they were let down. The vault was concrete, it cracked, and filled the vault with a two foot puddle of water. The car was pulled out, and the plastic cover pulled off. It was rough. The winner was finally revealed. The car was deemed unrestorable, as the sheet metal had thinned, so the new owner decided not to restore it, but rather to clean it as best as possible, and preserve it. That's what I'd have done. They started posting pictures of the cleaning and preservation, but haven't been updated since around 2008. Does anyone know where miss belvedere is?

Here's a link- http://www.unburiedcar.com/

 

[Gbarrie]

Yes that car was burried in Detroit.I remember that being on the news here.
As of the where abouts of the car duno.
Gbarrie.

 

[Ribbedroof]

That's so 5 1/2 years ago!

Never heard much about it after the initial hoopla. I'd imagine it's a new kia/hyundai/toyota by now.

 

[joesregalproject]

That's so 5 1/2 years ago!

Never heard much about it after the initial hoopla. I'd imagine it's a new kia/hyundai/toyota by now.

Yeah I know it was a while ago, that's why I'm posting this here. I'm trying to figure out what happened to it. I doubt that it was scrapped.

 

[Ribbedroof]

There's this from June with photos

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article. ... UTLIN75917

Ugly/poor seller when new, and notorious rustbuckets when a couple years old.

Not really sure why everyone gets all excited by this junker...woulda been different if it hadn't had a 50 year Okie mud bath

 

[pontiacgp]

and here she is..

http://blog.1aauto.com/2010/06/15/what- ... belvedere/

 

[Longroof79]

Wasn't the late Boyd Coddington present for the unveiling? The car was disappointingly reduced to a pile of rubble. Too bad.
In fact it looks like him in the picture with his trademark baseball cap.
It is an interesting story. Kinda reminiscent of the unveiling of Al Capone's vault.

A good friend of my brother's back in junior high school. His dad had a '57 Fury with the Golden Commando package.
Talk about a rare bird.

 

[pontiacgp]

jack, your right..it's worth watching just to listen to the song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... r6aoM8eG0c

 

[joesregalproject]

There's this from June with photos

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article. ... UTLIN75917

Ugly/poor seller when new, and notorious rustbuckets when a couple years old.

Not really sure why everyone gets all excited by this junker...woulda been different if it hadn't had a 50 year Okie mud bath

Well thanks for the pics. Not sure exactly why I find it so interesting. I'm just surprised they didn't open the vault and find a pile of rust crumbles. It's literally a time capsule, just not that great of shape. Think about it- It spent 50 years in a concrete box underground not seeing the light of day, and sitting in a puddle. And it's still in one piece. I find that cool. Yes it is a rust box, but it is more famous and has more character than any mint condition 57 Plymouth out there.

 

[Gbarrie]

WOW sorry fella's i was wrong! could have sworn that car was burried in Detroit.
Must have been anther storie.I'll try to look it up and post it.
Gbarrie.