<vv> no Corvair, just wierd

[J R Read_HML]

Jeff,

I SURE hope you let us know the results when they become available.

If "car" predictions were involved... I would guess that they had us all 
flying over the (formerly useless) highways by now.

Later, JR
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'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
'66 beater Coupe "icemobile" 4/140 (50%)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Clark" <markii56 at yahoo.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: <vv> no Corvair, just wierd


> I've been following this one for several years now.
> Tulsa's time capsule was in answer to one already
> buried by Oklahoma City, as there's always been a
> rivalry between the two cities.  Tulsa just HAD to
> outdo Okla. City, so the idea came about to bury a
> brand-new car in the lawn of the courthouse.  The most
> interesting part to me is the contest they held in
> relation to all this.  They asked everyone in town to
> guess what the population of Okla. City would be in
> the year 2007.  All the answers were put on microfilm,
> and stored in the trunk of the car.  When they dig up
> the car, the answers will be reviewed and the person
> guessing closest wins the car!  If that person is no
> longer with us, then the car will go to their heirs.
>
> Looking back, perhaps they could have picked a better
> car ('57 T-Bird? '57 Chevy Bel Air or Corvette?), but
> they felt the all-new '57 Plymouth best represented
> what Detroit could produce in 1957.  The city,
> Chrysler Corp. and local Plymouth dealers pitched in
> to pay for the car, and those responsible for the
> "entombment" invested a lot of time and money to make
> sure the car was properly sealed in its crypt.  The
> daughter of the man in charge of the project has
> claimed that the vault is triple-sealed, and she
> expects the car, when it's unearthed on June 15th of
> this year, to be as pristine as the day it was buried.
> IF the seals have remained intact, then there's no
> reason to believe otherwise.  However, knowing the
> reputation of 1957 Mopar products to rust out
> prematurely, if ANY moisture has gotten into the
> concrete box, well.......all I know is, I sure wish I
> could be there personally the day they dig it up.  A
> fascinating part of American automotive history,
> that's for sure!
>
>
>
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> Don't pick lemons.
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