Hi Guys,
Gotta get out the penny jar again. All of this seems like deja vu to me. Didn't we go over all this about a year ago? Oh well, I said it before, I can say it again:
I have a friend who works for a LARGE mortuary here in Cincinnati. She has been present at many an exhumation, burial, crypt opening, etc. I described to her what sort of container the Fury was placed in, as described by the website and the photos of the burial. Sorry to be the bearer of bad new. She stated that in the 50's it was standard practice to put a concrete sarcophagus in the ground, place the coffin in it, and then place a flat rectangular cement cap on it. How is done today is that a flat piece of concrete is placed at the bottom, the coffin is placed on this pedestal, and then the sarcophagus is placed over it. The reason: without fail, every single one of these 50's varieties that she has seen open, or has heard of being opened was crushed. The lid cracks and then caves in on the object inside. The processes are accelerated when exposed to ANY sort of vibration (location close to a road, railroad tracks, large industrial complex). Normally, the coffin !
is crushed, and they have to then dig out what little remains.
So, how does this work with the Fury? It was buried the 50's way, with the flat lid, and according to the website, not far from a major highway. Without doubt, the lid has collapsed into the sarcophagus, crushed the car, and after 50 years of decomposition, I doubt there will be very much left at all. Maybe the microfilm container, but the glass would be shattered, the trim bent and the sheet metal completely gone. If the clay in the area is as the people who have chimed in say it is, they would have been better off just directly burying it.
And, just in case there is a doubt, she was present when they exhumed a woman who was buried in her Cadillac in the 70's. They still used the 50's method all the way up until the late 70's early 80's, kind of depends on where in the country they did it. She said they were lucky to find the skeleton as the rubber and stainless was all that was left of the car, and with that evidence they could guess where she was seated and dig in that location.
But, on the bright side, it would be very cool to have a LARGE number of FWLK cars present. Just the sight of 50-100 or more would be worth the trip alone. I would love to attend this event! Gotta buy a car first though, and get the wife?s permission, and drive there, and ???
Just my pennies,
(buddy can you spare a dime?)
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