Belve-dear

[greatbear]

Surprisingly enough, the 1957 Belvedere was hoisted from it's crypt in one piece. I caught the very end of the live unveiling to the public, the car seemed in much better condition that I expected it to be. The hood was open, people were cleaning the car up. Legendary hotrodder (and ceaseless drama queen) Boyd Coddington is on hand to see if there is any hope for the soggy car. I'll find more as stories hit the web.

Even if there is not much hope for the car, I still think this was a pretty damn cool event. Time capsules fascinate me. I love old Mopars. And here is probably the only wedding of the two I will ever see.

More to come!

Comments

[grrtigger.livejournal.com]

1957 Belvedere was hoisted from it's crypt

That's cool. I'm looking forward to reading about whoever it is who ultimately accepts the car.

[rockybear02.livejournal.com]

Wow that's awesome! I heard about it coming a few months ago - but had forgotten about it.

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

I just saw the video clip from KOTV of the car being hoisted up. Cool. I'll be awaiting what they discover once the plastic is ripped away and they clean the engine to see if it'll even start and what condition it's actually in etc.

This is way to fascinating not to keep track of. :-)

[whiskerfish.livejournal.com]

I've been intrigued by time capsules since I was a kid.

I used to bury all sorts of stuff in the woods near my house with the intention of them being found by archaeologists in a million years. I may have even buried a Matchbox car, I can't remember.

I hope something really cool is discovered because of this time capsule.

[danthered.livejournal.com]

I didn't know who this Boyd Coddington is until yesterday. By most accounts, he's a destructive, egotistical, knownothing camerahound dirtbag who has no legitimate business touching the car, and was only brought in because he nominally hosts a television show. Reason number 2,065,233,890 not to watch television.

As for the car itself: its condition and the manner in which it was buried are under discussion on one of my listservs. It was suggested yesterday that they did the best they could, because they lacked any better technology in 1957, as though 1957 were in the middle of the Cro Magnon era. Not! They had plenty of applicable technology. They simply chose not to use
it. It would've been costly then, just as it would be costly now, to encapsulate the car in a hermetically sealed container filled with dry Nitrogen, but it wouldn't have been especially difficult. Failing that, the car would've fared far better being stored aboveground.