Appears 68 will need to go find the "practice car" if he'd like to see a mint '57 Plymouth Belvedere. This one is looking pretty rough...

Yeah there really dosen't seem to be any rust holes in her...it looks like a lot of caked on mud. The doors are rusted shut however, and the trunk lid is being held up and looks to be pretty fragile

Gimme a week with that car and it will look 10x better. lol

WOW! Incrediblw the capsule was perfectly preserved! They should throw in another car for the next 50 years. and actually put a sump pump in the vault. Imagine in 50 years pulling out a blackberry and a laptop.

Why is the online stream taking commercial breaks with no commercials

Its cool that the time capsule held up and everything inside is mint....but that poor Plymouth

O yay! They are actually gonna give the car to the closest guesser or their heirs. A clear opportunity to have the car completely cleaned up.

The winner will not be announced until June 22, they need time to tabulate the results.

I wish the car had held up instead of the time capsule... Maybe they should have welded a sealed steel box around the car!

Does anyone have a screen capture to share?

ha they are already starting to wipe the chrome around the windows. I knew they couldn't resist.

Well the vault that the car was in was welded shut from what I've heard...ocn, the stream quality is pretty bad....the ppicture is very pixelated.

Any other pics on the net yet of the Plymouth? I can't get the video to work...

Chris

Sigh, I can't believe how anxious I am about this old Belvy...

Look at those whitewalls!

yep, they are cleaning the chrome up. If you look real close the paint color is still on there and so is the white paint. I would seriously consider getting the mud off of it.

Yeah Coddington has no clue what he's talking about...it's mostly mud, that baby is clearly in decent shape under all that crud

Edited June 16, 200718 yr by Delta Force79

I really hope they attempyt to clean it up.

Its starting to tick me off to know that the car is not in nearly bad a shape as theyt have made it out to be.

Edited June 16, 200718 yr by Ravenfreak13

They haven't found the keys for her...maybe they're in the time capsule or were left inside the car somewhere? I don't know why theu weren't in the ignition.

Edited June 16, 200718 yr by Delta Force79

didnt that guy find them in the ignition? he said they were stuck.

If i were the winner, I would clean it off and give it to the local museum.

Well the vault that the car was in was welded shut from what I've heard...ocn, the stream quality is pretty bad....the ppicture is very pixelated.

KOTV website says concrete vault with car on steel skids.

Obviously, water has been all through the car. This thing is toast.

Well let's hope they clean her up, it's sad how much the water damaged the interior...the glove box was on the floor because the bottom fell out. The chrome looks like it will shine up real nice though.

KOTV website says concrete vault with car on steel skids.

Yes, but on the unearthing broadcast today they mentioned the vault being welded shut.

Damn, damn, damn...

It may look bad but its not as bad as you may think. When I first opened the electra i thought that it would be impossible to clean. I was wrong so hopefully they do realize that the car is ok.

Rustbucket, thy name is Belvedere!

And how about those fifty year old tires holding air

Raven, water is a death sentence for a car... at the very least, all the electricals will be destroyed...

Rustbucket, thy name is Belvedere!

Considering it is a known fact these cars began rusting when new the fact that this thing has been in water for fifty years and is still in one piece and actually dosen't appear to have any rust through is a miracle.

I could care less about the mechanicals...i know its DEAD but the body and maybe the interior are very cleanable.

I couldn't be sure, but I thought I saw a huge rust hole in the trunk floor.

The body yes, but the interior probably not. If the glove box falling to the floor is any indication, the materials used on a car's interior cannot withstand 50 years of being submerged.

I couldn't be sure, but I thought I saw a huge rust hole in the trunk floor.

Maybe, my stream was very $h!ty....I'm sure there is rust through in some places, I just couldn't make out any from the stream. ALthough these cars are famous for losing their trunks and floorboards to rust.

well fine. the body. It could still be used as a show piece. Theres no point in keeping mud all over it if the paint is visable underneath.

No matter how bad it is, you know some crazy is going to restore it.

Yes, but on the unearthing broadcast today they mentioned the vault being welded shut.

Sealed concrete vault.

"The concrete must not have been as good as we hoped it was,'' Couch said. "It had some failures over the years; the concrete didn't hold.''

article

Look it's already restored! Oh wait, it's just the practice car...

I thought it was welded shut...oh well

anyway here is a nice Belvedere to enjoy....it is one of my favorite examples of 50's fins.

My problem with these Plymouths is... the bumpers don't seem to fit correctly, thay always seem to be misaligned, plus, I don't think they look like they belong on the car.

I love the bumpers on these cars especially with the optional wings...

here is a base model '57 Plaza rat rod.

meh, Chrysler is Chrysler and will always be Chrysler!

It's better than DCX....Mopar that is.

im sure it will look better tomarrow. I guess they will start cleaning it up tonight.

Someone has to have pics!

I did a search, but had no luck.

same here...no pics up yet.

No pics yet, my stream was not good for captures

For anyone that missed the show tonight, it will be shown again tomorrow @ 9 AM Central time, oklatravel.net

Interesting..I see SixtyEight is quoted in the article on the kotv website..cool.

KOTV article (w/ video)

Edited June 16, 200718 yr by moltar

I was hoping there would be pics by now.. Guess not.