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- January 23 2007 : 9:45a
| BTW: $10 says Greez comes on here, and tells us he owned one...  | |
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- January 23 2007 : 9:53a
| | No bet. | |
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- January 23 2007 : 9:54a
| | I still think its a really interesting idea, I hope it comes out in pristine condition! :) | |
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- January 23 2007 : 10:05a
| What was that Movie Called?...Christine
Thay may just wish they kept it Buried!!!!! | |
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- January 23 2007 : 10:21a
| | I love the '50's body styling of most vehicles from that decade. Body lines, fins, chrome, big bumpers. | |
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- January 23 2007 : 10:27a
| there's no way...animals/shit would have crawled or grown inside the tail pipe,etc
wouldn't the glass break from all the weight of the dirt? how deep down was it...plus any rumbles under the earth | |
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- January 23 2007 : 10:29a
| | Yeah... I'm figuring that unless it was wrapped up in an XXXXL Trojan before burial... It's toast. | |
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- January 23 2007 : 10:29a
| | They didn't just cover the thing in dirt, its sealed in a box of some type. I was reading about it earlier. I believe its a concrete box. | |
devnull
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- January 23 2007 : 10:39a
| | That is one ugly car. | |
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- January 23 2007 : 10:55a
| Mike, Nope never owned one.
I had 3 50's cars.
My first was a 54 Mecury flat head. I lowered the front about 6 inches and the rear 4 inches leaving it with a slight rake. Put 57 Dodge spinners on it and had wheel well lights.
My Second was a 55 Oldsmobile. I made this into a show vehicle. Lowered the front with a spindle kit. Painted it a cadillac Teal color. Had complete tuck and roll upholstery in the same Teal color. Had the first set of reversed chrome rims in LA on it. Built the motor myself from the crank up with a Esky Cam, 1.5 Rockers, 1300 cfm 4 barrel, B&M stick Hydro tranny. Painted the engine candy blue. Customized the Grill.
My Third was a 59 Fuel Injected Corvette with 4 on the floor and traction masters. Left it stock and it did the quarter mile at 104 miles per hour.
The 50's was the best decade of my life. We were living "American Graffiti". We had car clubs all over Los Angeles like "The Road Kings" (still alive), Gesters, Saints, Gents, Ambassadors, Rod Benders, I was in a club called The Caliphs. Cruising Bob's Big Boy and street racing on Van Nuys Blvd and I still think the cars in the fifties had the best styling. You could look at a car then and tell what year and make the car was. Cant do that anymore. |
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- January 23 2007 : 10:58a
| Quote: Originally posted by devnull
Quote: Originally posted by Jason
there's no way...animals/shit would have crawled or grown inside the tail pipe,etc
wouldn't the glass break from all the weight of the dirt? how deep down was it...plus any rumbles under the earth
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I gather from reading the article that it's in a big steel box. Ie: it's not buried like a dead cat with dirt just thrown on top of it.
I'm guessing it won't be in all that great of shape, but will probably be serviceable with minimal effort.
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Since it's concrete...that thing leaked. | |
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- January 23 2007 : 11:35a
| I love cars from that era! Some were so ugly that you just had to appreciate that someone would design it that way - and that people would buy them!
Anybody else notice that the Belvedere has a German license plate? Munich, to be precise. | |
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- January 23 2007 : 12:12p
| | Nice piece of sleuthing! Cool video. | |
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Posted
- January 23 2007 : 2:36p
| | That is very interesting I cant wait till June to see the outcome. | |
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- January 23 2007 : 2:48p
| | I was unsure of the cars condition until I saw the video and saw them put tinfoil over the engine, now I am sure the car is in perfect condition... | |
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- January 23 2007 : 3:08p
| Ya thats a great car.. Should be in great condition since they pretty much seeled it up in plastic and inclosed it in a tomb!!! Worth a whole lot of Loot!!!!!!!!! | |
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- January 23 2007 : 3:27p
| | I'm wondering what they were spraying on it? I would bet unless that was some kind of sealer its rusty, we have pits like that at work to hold valves and pipes and the pipes are always rusty. | |
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- January 23 2007 : 3:44p
| Ya , they preasure sealed it to. New oil all that stuff. All they have to do is add a batt and fire it up. The whole car was rebuilt before burial and fresh off the lot.. I read another artical that had the process's they used and shows the tomb and all the plastic and stuff around it. It's also full of other stuff from that time. | |
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- January 23 2007 : 3:49p
| I'm all over that case of Schlitz. Yummy.
TA | |
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- January 23 2007 : 3:55p
| | i worry about the clutches in the tranny | |
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- January 23 2007 : 4:42p
| | I think you guys are WAY over-thinking the whole thing. | |
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Personally, I'd Leave it Buried...
