My thoughts to the 1957 Tulsarama planners and participants, and the members of Golden Jubilee Inc. that buried the 1957 Plymouth and artifacts in downtown Tulsa:
Thank you so much for the valuable national publicity you gave Tulsa in 1957, and thank you again for the valuable national publicity and world-wide attention you have given Tulsa in 2007!
Thank you for your wishes and desires for Tulsa's future. Fifty years have passed, and although what we uncover today is not as pristine as what you left us in 1957, your dreams and hopes for Tulsa live on. The car still survives today, although not in the same condition, but your good intentions and hopes for Tulsa's and Oklahoma's future will live on for generations. I hope the Tulsa of 2007 and beyond lives up to your expectations.
And thank you for 50 years of anticipation and excitement leading up to this week's events. I am sure we all wish the outcome would have been better, but it sure was fun speculating about and anticipating this day!
Stephen Edlich
Tulsa Resident since Nov. 1957
Thank you, Steve, for putting all of this in perspective.
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Originally posted by Steve
My thoughts to the 1957 Tulsarama planners and participants, and the members of Golden Jubilee Inc. that buried the 1957 Plymouth and artifacts in downtown Tulsa:
Thank you so much for the valuable national publicity you gave Tulsa in 1957, and thank you again for the valuable national publicity and world-wide attention you have given Tulsa in 2007!
Thank you for your wishes and desires for Tulsa's future. Fifty years have passed, and although what we uncover today is not as pristine as what you left us in 1957, your dreams and hopes for Tulsa live on. The car still survives today, although not in the same condition, but your good intentions and hopes for Tulsa's and Oklahoma's future will live on for generations. I hope the Tulsa of 2007 and beyond lives up to your expectations.
And thank you for 50 years of anticipation and excitement leading up to this week's events. I am sure we all wish the outcome would have been better, but is sure was fun speculating and anticipating this day!
Stephen Edlich
Tulsa Resident since Nov. 1957
I think thanks are also in order for the 2007 event planners. No one knew the condition of the car, but they took the intitiative to get it opened up on time and helped bring a little national publicity to our city. And of course, they are already getting criticized for today's events: http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0607/431149.html (//%22http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0607/431149.html%22)
Really chaps my hide since these people are all doing this for the community, not personal gain. How can anyone criticize them?
If you must have that you can take it to politics. Even if the city paid for the car originally, it will make up in publicity and revenue what it spent.
Definitely a good idea then, and it would be today. But today, we would have to top ourselves.
Let's bury another car this weekend.
Sheesh, some real whiners in that story. I'm still going to the unveiling. There's a whole lot of speculation. Granted, there's likely to be some condensation damage, but it may turn out to be nothing. I still think it will be a gas (pardon the pun) to be a part of this event.
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Originally posted by Steve
My thoughts to the 1957 Tulsarama planners and participants, and the members of Golden Jubilee Inc. that buried the 1957 Plymouth and artifacts in downtown Tulsa:
Thank you so much for the valuable national publicity you gave Tulsa in 1957, and thank you again for the valuable national publicity and world-wide attention you have given Tulsa in 2007!
Thank you for your wishes and desires for Tulsa's future. Fifty years have passed, and although what we uncover today is not as pristine as what you left us in 1957, your dreams and hopes for Tulsa live on. The car still survives today, although not in the same condition, but your good intentions and hopes for Tulsa's and Oklahoma's future will live on for generations. I hope the Tulsa of 2007 and beyond lives up to your expectations.
And thank you for 50 years of anticipation and excitement leading up to this week's events. I am sure we all wish the outcome would have been better, but is sure was fun speculating and anticipating this day!
Stephen Edlich
Tulsa Resident since Nov. 1957
I think thanks are also in order for the 2007 event planners. No one knew the condition of the car, but they took the intitiative to get it opened up on time and helped bring a little national publicity to our city. And of course, they are already getting criticized for today's events: http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0607/431149.html (//%22http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0607/431149.html%22)
Really chaps my hide since these people are all doing this for the community, not personal gain. How can anyone criticize them?
You are so right tulsa1603, to think that people would brush this event off just because of today's findings is pathetic. There is still a 1957 automobile there to be revealed, whatever its condition, and other time capsule contents and contest microfilm. I know the car is in sad shape, but I am still excited about what is yet to be revealed.
And you are correct too, kudos also go to Sharon King-Davis and the Tulsa Historical Society for their time and efforts in unearthing the car and the associated events this week.
I will gladly take that guys ticket that doesn't want to attended cause he "knows" what it looks like now.
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Granted, there's likely to be some condensation damage...
I think this wins most optimistic quote of the month.
I've got to agree that whatever the end product, it has created a positive buzz. Driving back on the Turner Turnpike I passed a couple of classic cars with a "Tulsa or Bust" sign in the back window. Both of these cars had California plates. A few minutes later, I heard on NPR one part of a weeklong series tracing two of their reporters' road trip from LA down Route 66 for the unveiling.
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Originally posted by Conan71
Granted, there's likely to be some condensation damage...
I think this wins most optimistic quote of the month.
What do I win? What do I win? Oh, goodie goodie, I finally won something! [;)]
We spotted a very nice Plymouth Belvedere around the 1957 age traveling south bound on Highway 75 this side of Bartlesville this morning around 9am. Appeared as if it just rolled off the showroom floor. Thing was a great Flash Back for me to see !
My step-brother owned a car very similar to that one, I believe it had a push button gear selector on the left side of the dash. I will always remember the tall fins on the back, this was around 1963. Great car tons of power and lots of leg room. Believe his was Red and White.
We took drives in it to Tenkiller lake a few dozen times that summer. Seems like it cost around $5.00 to fill er up then.
I think the buried car and time capsule is a wonderful and thoughtful gift from Tulsans in 1957. They didn't have to do it, but they wanted to give future generations a glimpse of what life was like for them.
It doesn't matter if the car is rusty. It's the thought that counts, and no one else has ever done anything like this.
It's an honor to be able to see it happen, and thanks to all those people back in 1957 who went to so much trouble to do this for us.
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I think the buried car and time capsule is a wonderful and thoughtful gift from Tulsans in 1957. They didn't have to do it, but they wanted to give future generations a glimpse of what life was like for them.
It doesn't matter if the car is rusty. It's the thought that counts, and no one else has ever done anything like this.
It's an honor to be able to see it happen, and thanks to all those people back in 1957 who went to so much trouble to do this for us.
I agree, However, it really would of been something had that vault not leaked, we'd of had a brand new 1957 Plymouth showroom new in 2007. If that plastic held air tight and no water got inside the car still may be good. What scared me is the photos from 1957 that showed the plastic wraped car in the vault, the plastic sheet was smooth and tight before they sealed the vault. The 2007 pictures showed the plastic wrap wrinkled, almost as if water sloshed around in the vault, They say the bottom of the vault is like a pool and that it still looks good, so if the whole car was at one time under water I don't see how that much water could of leaked out, plus the new rains would of increased the water level inside the vault faster than it leaked out, so I was hoping that the 2' of water in the vault was all there is. But I don't understand how that wrapping got so wrinkled. Thanx for the gift all you folks of 1957! BTW they say there is no other known records of other buried cars anyplace in the USA aside from the 1998 car they buried in Tulsa. I think they may may now want to check on that one, it's a $300,000 car. Aluminum has been known to crack and get crossion. Time capsules are hard to keep dry.
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We spotted a very nice Plymouth Belvedere around the 1957 age traveling south bound on Highway 75 this side of Bartlesville this morning around 9am. Appeared as if it just rolled off the showroom floor. Thing was a great Flash Back for me to see !
My step-brother owned a car very similar to that one, I believe it had a push button gear selector on the left side of the dash. I will always remember the tall fins on the back, this was around 1963. Great car tons of power and lots of leg room. Believe his was Red and White.
We took drives in it to Tenkiller lake a few dozen times that summer. Seems like it cost around $5.00 to fill er up then.
Expect to see quite a few more around town this weekend. I took a photo of my friend with a fellow who came all the way from Norway yesterday. The Norwegian fellow was carrying a very nice poster of his '57 Belvedere. He said he's owned it since 1971. No, he didn't ship his over for the event.
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My step-brother owned a car very similar to that one, I believe it had a push button gear selector on the left side of the dash. I will always remember the tall fins on the back, this was around 1963.
My family had a 1963 or 1964 Plymouth Valiant that also had the push-button gear shift. I think all Chrysler auto-trans cars used the push-button selectors for about 8 years or more. I am looking at a snapshot of that car right now, and in the background I can see our neighbor's tri-tone green 1959 Dodge Royal, huge tail fins, gaudy chrome and all. Bad taste aside, they sure don't make 'em like that anymore.
Those late 1950's Plymouths are rather rare. if you see one that's showroom new it's a gem...
Well, we can all gather again for the next Plymouth to be dug up in 2048, just 41 years to go.
The Tulsa planners of 1957 really worked hard and wanted so bad to leave us a gift of their time. They would really be hurt to know that the gift they left us was ruined. I'd like to see Tulsa bury a car every 50 years. The gift they left us can't be replaced.
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Well, we can all gather again for the next Plymouth to be dug up in 2048, just 41 years to go.
Speak for yerself. I have a feeling that I'll be in my own vault in 2057, (I'll be 102 years old if I'm still up and kicking).