Said unearthing occurred recently, and the winner is R.E. Humbertson, who put Tulsa's 2007 population at 384,743. (The official U.S. Census count is 382,457.) Think he wants it?
Its vault was said to be able to withstand a nuclear attack, but apparently not water. Clearly a concrete vault above ground would have made more sense, but that lacks romance, doesn't it? Oh, well. At least the phrase "low miles" can be accurately applied to "Miss Belvedere," as it's being called.Still, I expect someone will restore it. Several pieces will be fine once cleaned up. Objectively it's a slam-dunk that it will cost more to put it right than the car will likely be worth, but at the same time, the car's history may offset more of that difference than I think.
Thanks to kotv.com for the images.
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I HEARD ABOUT THIS ON NPR!! The guy who called into Morning Edition said that it seemed like SUCH a great idea at the time - seal a brand new car in a time capsule and hold a contest to give it away in so many years.
The man who called in to talk about this did an excellent job of describing the car's condition upon opening the vault; it looks exactly like I pictured it when he was telling Steve Inskeep about it. What a let-down this must have been: this car would have really been valuable had it come up the way the time capsule folks had hoped it would...
Just wanted to let you know that http://www.oldcarsweekly.com just posted an article and photos "Exclusive: Miss Belvedere One Year Later"
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