50 years later-Tulsa-'57 Plymouth Belvedere

[Eddie6th]

Anyone else read this article?


http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/20/m...ere-unearthed/

[smooth72]

Re: 50 years later-Tulsa-'57 Plymouth Belvedere

Not good, the vault leaked.

www. youtube.com/watch?v=Mr6aoM8eG0c
www. unburiedcar.com

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[Calais]

Re: 50 years later-Tulsa-'57 Plymouth Belvedere

I'm going to be doing a complimentary detail on a friend's '55 Plymouth Belvedere in a few weeks, many pics to come. I also have a Ford Excursion scheduled for the 25th.

[Eddie6th]

Re: 50 years later-Tulsa-'57 Plymouth Belvedere

I'm going to be doing a complimentary detail on a friend's '55 Plymouth Belvedere in a few weeks, many pics to come. I also have a Ford Excursion scheduled for the 25th.

I'll definitely look forward to that.Get some before pics too.


Did you notice the cool condition of the chrome bumper in a couple of the pics from the news article?

[CieraSL]

Re: 50 years later-Tulsa-'57 Plymouth Belvedere

That's your next detail job, Eddie!

[Calais]

Re: 50 years later-Tulsa-'57 Plymouth Belvedere

I'll definitely look forward to that.Get some before pics too.

I can already tell you that I'm going to need to use aggressive clay, I can visually see the bonded contaminants. I tried to hit it with white clay and it took so many passes. I'm going to give it a couple passes with M80 too. Expect a whole bunch of before and after pictures as well as a few 50/50's. Some rust spots I can't do too much about, but I'll see what I can do.

[smurf]

Re: 50 years later-Tulsa-'57 Plymouth Belvedere

I had a good read about this car when it came out of the vault.
I never did find out what happen to the car eg... is it in a museum ???

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: 50 years later-Tulsa-'57 Plymouth Belvedere

I remember when they took it out of the vault. It was a shame that the vault leaked.

[Eddie6th]

Re: 50 years later-Tulsa-'57 Plymouth Belvedere

That's your next detail job, Eddie!

Don't need to worry about swirl marks!


Did you see the pics of the chrome...Still brand new.Preserved.No holes,just a coating of rust all over the car...Amazing.

[HemiMopar]

Re: 50 years later-Tulsa-'57 Plymouth Belvedere

I had a good read about this car when it came out of the vault.
I never did find out what happen to the car eg... is it in a museum ???

I live a couple miles from Tulsa and I was there when it came out... poor car. They had a contest and whoever guessed the closest to the population of Tulsa when it was unearthed would receive the car. If they were deceased it would go their family. They tracked down the family and they came from Ohio or someplace to pick it up. I think I heard they were going to try and save it and restore it. About the muesem I am not sure.

[smurf]

Re: 50 years later-Tulsa-'57 Plymouth Belvedere

cool thank you for the info Hemimopar

[HemiMopar]

Re: 50 years later-Tulsa-'57 Plymouth Belvedere

cool thank you for the info Hemimopar

No problemo