06-15-2007, 09:16 AM
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Very interesting! 
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06-16-2007, 09:17 AM
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Car reminds me of that movie by Stephen King ''Christine''. Mind you that was a plymouth Fury but still 
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06-17-2007, 08:31 AM
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^^ Water is a heartless killer 
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06-17-2007, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by insane
Cool idea, but it would have been much cooler if they could have preserved it so it'd still look brand new today!
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Maybe they didn't have the knowledge in those days on how to do such a thing?
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06-18-2007, 12:22 PM
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like Cleveland would say: "Oh that's nastyyyy"
sad it came out like that... i assumed they would have sealed that thing properly
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06-18-2007, 12:44 PM
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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.
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06-18-2007, 02:35 PM
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And then to think that cars that were just being used everyday since the 1950s are better preserved then this heap of junk..
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06-18-2007, 07:23 PM
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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.
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06-20-2007, 09:10 PM
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I am assuming it was not a hemi.
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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.
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06-21-2007, 03:12 AM
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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.
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06-25-2007, 09:57 PM
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I don't think engineering practices and knowledge was that advanced back then. But the idea was fun while it lasted.
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06-26-2007, 04:24 AM
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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.
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06-26-2007, 07:09 AM
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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.
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06-26-2007, 09:26 AM
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Pile of junk....
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