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Hello All,
I have been quietly listening to everyone's discussion and anticipation
about this event for over a year now. This is the first time I thought about the
mentioned savings account. Does anyone know anything about that? Is it still
accountable and how much would $100 be worth with 50 years of interest? Aside
from our special interest in the Plymouth, that bank account may turn out to be
the biggest valued prize.
If it is so easy to speculate about a car on a steel pallet rusting; what
happens to microfilm in a steel container? I remember using microfilm in school
and it was never that great of quality material. What happens when this little
piece of information gets moisture and deteriorates?
Please excuse my lateness in the discussion if these topics have already
been answered.
Don Roberts
Kansas City, KS
4-'58 Imperials
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:52
AM
Subject: [FWDLK] brand new 1957 Plymouth
Belvedere
This is a copy of the article I wrote of yesterday.
Thanks, Dan!
Mike Higgins
1955 Belvedere Sport Coupe
1999
Dakota
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Clark" <dbclark@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent:
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:55 PM
Subject: coming out party for a brand
new 1957 Plymouth Belvedere
> It Was Buried, But I Don't Know If
It Qualifies as 'Treasure'
>
> TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Organizers of a
coming out party for a brand new 1957
> Plymouth Belvedere could use
some help.
>
> The car, buried under the lawn of the Tulsa County
Courthouse in 1957, is
> scheduled to be unearthed June 15 as part of
the Oklahoma Centennial.
>
> Promoters are looking for people who
helped lower the car into its crypt
> in 1957 to perhaps shed some
light on what to expect when the car is
> unearthed.
>
>
There's speculation the car may have turned into a pile of rust. Or that
> it's in pristine condition and worth thousands of
dollars.
>
> Sharon King Davis, who has chaired Tulsa's centennial
efforts, looked at
> photos of the people responsible for burying the
car in 1957 and found her
> grandfather.
>
> "I wish
grandpa had left me some instructions," she told the Tulsa
World.
>
> The car had been largely forgotten until Davis and her
group started work
> on the centennial. Files on the car have vanished,
so it's not clear what
> to expect when the lid is
lifted.
>
> What's known is that the car is on a steel pallet with
jacks under the
> axles. Efforts were made to preserve it, but it's
unclear if moisture has
> gotten to the metal and caused
rust.
>
> "There's a kind of Rip Van Winkle reaction," Davis says.
"Most people had
> long ago forgotten the buried car, but as the time
to dig it up nears,
> they are waking up and wondering about life in
1957."
>
> Another unknown is who will be able to claim the
car.
>
> When the car was buried, a contest was announced to award
the car and a
> $100 savings account to the person who came closest to
guessing Tulsa's
> population in 2007.
>
> Organizers
concede that finding that person or his or her heirs may not be
>
easy.
>
> At the time, the guesses were recorded on microfilm and
sealed in a steel
> container buried with the car.
>
>
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