# Unearthing a car after 50 years. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 2, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970 "2007-02-02T13:56:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/1 "2007-02-02T13:56:54Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/23/buried.car.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/23/buried.car.ap/index.html) [http://www.buriedcar.com](http://www.buriedcar.com) This should be rather interesting. I’d imagine it’s pretty much gone though if the moisture got to it. ---
**Author:** ![ImportMuscle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/importmuscle/32/7615_2.png) [@ImportMuscle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImportMuscle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/2 "2007-02-02T14:02:23Z")
WHOA actually kinda cool IM thinking of it being in decent condition, not terrible, but not pristine. ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/3 "2007-02-02T15:14:44Z")
> [@FuzzyFish](#): > > I’d imagine it’s pretty much gone though if the moisture got to it. Naw man, moist soil is a rust inhibitor. ---
**Author:** ![dirtye30](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dirtye30/32/7333_2.png) [@dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirtye30)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/4 "2007-02-02T15:50:55Z")
my frineds got a 49 merc that was buried just like this. its still on the road. dont beleive me? ive got pics!!! ill post them later tommorow. I didnt Realize this was a new car. should be in alot better shape then! ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/5 "2007-02-02T16:02:31Z")
> [@dirtye30](#): > > my frineds got a 49 merc that was buried just like this. its still on the road. dont beleive me? ive got pics!!! ill post them later tommorow. > > I didnt Realize this was a new car. should be in alot better shape then! I want to see this. As for the Plymouth. From the pictures and what some people were saying, the road was widened at one time which would have shifted the ground some. The concrete wasn’t sealed well enough that moisture won’t get into the tomb. I’m guessing you have a car floating in muck and water. But if it comes out mint, that would be awesome. I’d live to take a trip down there when they unveil it. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/6 "2007-02-02T16:05:43Z")
> [@camarojoe](#): > > I want to see this. > > As for the Plymouth. From the pictures and what some people were saying, the road was widened at one time which would have shifted the ground some. The concrete wasn’t sealed well enough that moisture won’t get into the tomb. I’m guessing you have a car floating in muck and water. > > But if it comes out mint, that would be awesome. I’d live to take a trip down there when they unveil it. Yeah it would be interesting to see. My biggest curiousity is if they protected the glass before burying it. I can’t help but think that the windows would have caved in. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/7 "2007-02-02T16:06:36Z")
thats badass… i want to see what it looks like ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/8 "2007-02-02T16:13:20Z")
It would be funny if there was a family of four in it when they open the doors. 50 years later all the people responsible are dead and gone. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/9 "2007-02-02T16:53:56Z")
IBHoffaIsFound ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/10 "2007-02-02T19:44:11Z")
dammit, i just wanna see this thing come out it’s not worth the suspense, i just wanna look at it then check out some porn immediately thereafter while checking my bank account ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/11 "2007-02-03T07:09:20Z")
It says that the “winner” of the car should be recorded on a microfilm that is in a container in the car. More than likely the person that won the car back in the day has already forgotton about it. x… ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/12 "2007-02-03T08:03:49Z")
they did this before with an old 50’s corvette… paint was far from pristine… cool story though… ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/13 "2007-02-03T08:07:47Z")
no i dont think they knew who the winner was they all guessed the pop of that town in 2007 and put their answers on the microfilm whoever is closest when they open the car up is the winner so who knows who it is ---
**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/14 "2007-02-03T08:14:56Z")
Its “christine” Spoooky ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/15 "2007-02-03T08:33:24Z")
lol. im gonna get crunk off that schlitz in the trunk ---
**Author:** ![JUICEDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/juicedss/32/7185_2.png) [@JUICEDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JUICEDSS)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/16 "2007-06-15T10:23:32Z")
bump… It just got dug up. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/17 "2007-06-15T10:25:07Z")
pics!!! ---
**Author:** ![JUICEDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/juicedss/32/7185_2.png) [@JUICEDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JUICEDSS)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/18 "2007-06-15T10:25:47Z")
[quote=“Jam,post:17,topic:23970"”] pics!!! [/quote] It’s under a tarp until some ceremony. Unveiling of Belvedere and Opening of Capsule Friday, June 15, 2007 6:30pm There may be some rust. lol ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/19 "2007-06-15T10:29:08Z")
here it looks pretty intact… ![http://images.myphotoalbum.com/b/bu/bur/buri/burie/buriedcar/albums/album04/DSC08636_1.sized.jpg](http://images.myphotoalbum.com/b/bu/bur/buri/burie/buriedcar/albums/album04/DSC08636_1.sized.jpg) whoops… nvm ![http://images.myphotoalbum.com/b/bu/bur/buri/burie/buriedcar/albums/album04/DSC08674_1.sized.jpg](http://images.myphotoalbum.com/b/bu/bur/buri/burie/buriedcar/albums/album04/DSC08674_1.sized.jpg) take off the cover, i want to see what it looks like!!! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970/20 "2007-06-15T10:52:20Z")
very cool :tup: although a shame to bury it in that way. Looks to be atleast 3 inches of standing water in the bottom of that pit [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unearthing-a-car-after-50-years/23970.md?page=2)