THIS NEW CAR WAS LYING UNDERGROUND 50 YEARS
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- Опубликовано: 20 апр 2018
- Imagine winning a free, all original, 1957 Plymouth Belvedere classic car with only 4 miles on the odometer that is interwoven with the local culture and heritage. Sounds amazing right? Ok here's the catch, the car doesn't run, is held together only by rust and mud, and has spent the last 50 years buried in a waterlogged concrete vault. Who put it there and why? Let's find out.
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I was 14 years old back then and thought "what a dumb thing to do. I am 77 now, and still think "what a dumb thing to do".
The car would've survived in better condition if they'd simply locked it up in a barn, or left it in a paddock somewhere.
It's hard to believe that no one in 1957 took appropriate measures to seal the vault watertight. This appears to have been a major oversight.
Since I live in Oklahoma, I followed this story. It is hard to believe that anyone could think this would have not been ruined after all these years. What a waste of a nice car.
They could’ve just put the car in a dry storage area for 50 years.
This is the epitome of "you had one job".
My dad knows a guy who had a brand new car put in the basement of their house when it was built in the 70s. He said it has a double sided wrench that could take apart almost everything on in the car. The car is still there to this day.
Can't believe the vault was not waterproofed.
I was there... and you could hear a collective groan from the entire city as the car (what was left of it) was revealed. They put it on display for a period of time but it was more depressing than exciting. Such a disappointing ending! Glad it's found a home.
Alternate title: 100 Year old woman gets a pile of rust for her 100th Birthday.
Beautiful designed car. A gorgeous piece of art that slipped away. Wish they had cars like that only new today.
"Waterproof plastic wrap"? Dear Lord. These people. 🤦♀
That’s sad. Imagine the joy it would’ve brought if they pulled that car out in pristine condition
You would have thought that a city engineer would have pointed out 1) water table, 2) porosity of concrete.
I love Christine even though She was a 1958 Plymouth Fury
There is another story floating around about a grocery store chain owner who purchased a new first generation Corvette and had a sealed room for it built in one of his new stores and walled in the new car. Supposedly, there was a window into the vault in the employee’s break room. The employees could open a curtain, flip on a light switch, and view the “sleeping car”. Eventually, the bulbs in the vault lights burnt out, so I suppose a flashlight might have been required after that. After the store owner’s passing and the market closed, his daughter had the wall taken down and the car removed to her house, where she put it on display in her living room! Eventually, the car was removed and sold to a collector. Unlike the Plymouth, the Corvette remained solid although the lack of climate control in the vault for decades made the factory paint lift and peel in spots around the car and lack of cleaning and preservation took it’s toll on some soft and chrome parts, the car survived as well as a car left untouched for 3-5 decades could! Even if the Plymouth had been stored for 50 years in a dry or even climate controlled environment, I wouldn’t have survived in absolutely pristine condition. If nothing else, the cosmoline and plastic cover the body of the car was left wrapped in would have likely destroyed the paint after 5 decades. Granted, it would have still come out as a restorable car instead of a rusted embarrassment!
Craigslist be like "just needs a little TLC."
They didn’t think the whole thing through. It would have survived in an above ground sealed garage. Instead of rusting underground covered in water. It stands to reason underground is moist & damp. Humans can be pretty stupid sometimes. What a waste of a beautiful vintage classic car. It’s heartbreaking.
Bro chose the alternate ending and lived
My father-in-law was a teenager working at a speedometer shop. Most of their business was rolling back odometers for used car dealers. He said that he rolled the odometer back on this car.. He said it had about 3500 miles on it and he rolled it back to 4.