Plymouth Belvedere 1957 dug up from ground after 50 years

[TopGearNL]

Very interesting! :D

[TopGearNL]

Car reminds me of that movie by Stephen King ''Christine''. Mind you that was a plymouth Fury but still :wink:

[TopGearNL]

^^ Water is a heartless killer :(

[TopGearNL]

Cool idea, but it would have been much cooler if they could have preserved it so it'd still look brand new today!

Maybe they didn't have the knowledge in those days on how to do such a thing?

[silentm]

like Cleveland would say: "Oh that's nastyyyy"

sad it came out like that... i assumed they would have sealed that thing properly :(

[dutchmasterflex]

HAhahaaha... the rust on the car is hilarious. Bunch of dumb asses back in the 50's thought this would actually preserve the car.

50 years is too early to open up a time capsule in my opinion, we have tons of 50's memoriabilia in perfect condition all over the place. They should have at least waited 100 years. Impatient sons of bitches.

[TopGearNL]

And then to think that cars that were just being used everyday since the 1950s are better preserved then this heap of junk..

[philip]

I am assuming it was not a hemi. May still be worth restoring, they will buy anything at Barrett-Jackson. If its not a hemi, may not bring restoration costs at BJ.

Should have walled it up inside some public building, Yeah 100 years would have been better.

[graywolf624]

I am assuming it was not a hemi.
I doubt youd want a 50s hemi..


Heres an idea.. dont bury the car under the water table... in a flood zone... in concrete.. without drainage.

[79TA]

50's hemis are bringing good money at auction. Of course, those cars are hardly being bought for any sort of driving and/or racing.

[Mattk]

I don't think engineering practices and knowledge was that advanced back then. But the idea was fun while it lasted.

[79TA]

Basically, someone overlooked the level of the water table and how it'd be affected by the constant irrigation needed to keep the town square pretty.

[Shinigami]

Way too rusted, everything is gone on that thing... I don't think a restoration would be able to use more then 5% of the original car (probably just the parts made of glass).

What a shame, oh well.

[cooperluke]

Pile of junk....