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Re: Official Tulsa Buried 57 Plymouth Raising Thread 6- #43021
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Great. Shall we start passing the hat or are you gonna cover it?


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Re: Official Tulsa Buried 57 Plymouth Raising Thread 6- [Re: Plymouth-man] #43022
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Great. Shall we start passing the hat or are you gonna cover it?


Let's pass the hat!

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Great. Shall we start passing the hat or are you gonna cover it?


Let's pass the hat!


the guys on this board are so cheap you would be lucky to get 100 bucks total


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Re: Official Tulsa Buried 57 Plymouth Raising Thread 6- [Re: Plymouth-man] #43024
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Us Foward Look-era MoParists sure are a different breed. Some of you just don't get it. That's fine though, to each his own. This is an important vehicle,




I'm not necessarily able to qualify as a "forward look" guy, but I can tell you, I surely get it.

I would LOVE to just LOOK at the car.
I have no idea how anybody could talk about "crushing" it, but there are all kinds on MoParts...?


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Re: Official Tulsa Buried 57 Plymouth Raising Thread 6- [Re: Y3 70 BEE] #43025
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I wish I had it I would start at one end & slowly clean it like they do fossils & try to perserve whats left she deserves that not just sitting there rotting away

Re: Official Tulsa Buried 57 Plymouth Raising Thread 6- [Re: Wile1coyote] #43026
06/16/07 11:57 PM
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Gentleman lets try to keep this thread on target and not take on the problems of the whole world.

If you want to talk about the car or the unburial fine. if ya'll continue to squabble and whine we might just as well lock this up now and avoid the chaos that will ensue.

it's up to you?




We will be good!


I just feel for the hardcore dedicated "Forward Look" guys. They truly are in a different circle IMO.


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Re: Official Tulsa Buried 57 Plymouth Raising Thread 6- #43027
06/17/07 12:03 AM
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Great. Shall we start passing the hat or are you gonna cover it?


Let's pass the hat!




There are over 14000 members. Discounting a few, shall we say 12000? If each would contribute $5, that would be a chunk of it...

Re: Official Tulsa Buried 57 Plymouth Raising Thread 6- [Re: Wagonmaster] #43028
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I kick myself for not going.Not just to see the car but just missing the event itself.Looks like no matter what the ones that made the trip enjoyed it.No one in my family put in a population guess so I have no say in what should or shouldnt be done to the car.I even had free lodging lined up.Oh well mom said I wasnt her smartest.

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I think they should restore it and make a several episode documentary of it. No matter what, everybody will know the car when it is mentioned. Who cares if it got wet, fix it. I have seen cars much, much worse get the attention and restoration needed to bring it back, and this car has more going for it than some. Restore it, and put it on a tour, or in a museum, but do not just let her die like this.

Re: Official Tulsa Buried 57 Plymouth Raising Thread 6- [Re: ksj] #43030
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It was one of the best car shows that I've seen in the Tulsa area.
Isn't the car show still going on tomorrow?

Re: Official Tulsa Buried 57 Plymouth Raising Thread 6- [Re: Wagonmaster] #43031
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There are over 14000 members. Discounting a few, shall we say 12000? If each would contribute $5, that would be a chunk of it...


The sad part of that is that even if you DID pull off getting five bucks out of every member here, that would still be only about a fifth of what it would cost to properly restore a Forward Look car to factory fresh. Especially one that needs everything like that poor car does. That may even be a conservative estimate. NOS Forward Look parts are near impossible to find and you can't just call Year One or Harden's and order up most everything you need. Restoring a Forward Look car makes restoring a Hemi Cuda like restoring a '69 Camaro.

A $60K donation to the restoration fund from all of the members here would be nice. Count me in for twenty bucks if it happens. Five from me and five from each of my three old school Mopars to see one of their older sisters brought back to life.

Re: Official Tulsa Buried 57 Plymouth Raising Thread 6- [Re: Plymouth-man] #43032
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I think the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce would be a good place to start.

Re: Official Tulsa Buried 57 Plymouth Raising Thread 6- [Re: IronYuppie] #43033
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It really makes me wonder how much is rust and how much is red dirt. Look how the front bumper shined up!! Engine and interior are complete garbage now, but the body may not be all that bad. I guess we'd have to wait to see more pictures.

Does it at least roll or had the brakes locked as well?


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Re: Official Tulsa Buried 57 Plymouth Raising Thread 6- [Re: That AMC Guy] #43034
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Too bad the car ended up in such poor shape.

Sure would be nice to see her end up in a museum or display - either restored or unrestored.

....Nice cars those....


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Re: Official Tulsa Buried 57 Plymouth Raising Thread 6- [Re: IronYuppie] #43035
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I think they should restore it the same way that people restore other valuable cars that are total basket cases. That means thousands of man hours, body swap, whatever it takes. I don't see this car as any less important than cars that are supposedly worth millions of dollars.

And after it is meticulously restored, it should be buried again (with a new time capsule), except this time it should be done right. Then it can be unearthed for the 150th anniversary to start the process all over again. That way, each generation can contribute to the history of the car, and there will always be people alive with a personal stake in the car. Otherwise, everyone who had anything to do with it will eventually die and it will become just another museum piece. If you did this every 50 years, people old enough will remember the last time it was unearthed, and some of the people who helped will still be around no matter how old the car becomes.




I am telling you from experience, it is not worth it with a high profile car such as this. There will always be the people that see cutting up the car to preserve it as wrecking it and the end product being just a 'clone' of what it was.

The car should be sealed in an airtight glass display case of sorts. Without oxygen the rust will stop.

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Re: Official Tulsa Buried 57 Plymouth Raising Thread 6- [Re: maxie] #43037
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I read that chrysler wants the car.

I read somewhere that whom ever wins the car can trade it for any new chrysler of their choosing.
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The only way Id do that is for a Z06

Re: Official Tulsa Buried 57 Plymouth Raising Thread 6- #43038
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I just got home from the Tulsa show. There are more 57 Plymouths there than you will ever see assembled together again. The show is incredible. The quality of the cars in attendance is over the top. Traffic control is working great and I found a place to park, truck and car trailer, a half a block from the event. It was the best show I've attended in a long time. Two for Tulsa and all the folks involved. They were even giving free bottled water to people and their pets. I thought the buried Plymouth was beautiful just the way it sits. I hope it gets sealed away in a museum or like was said before, restore it and plant it again for another 50 years. I've seen much worse cars restored by average guys like us. I was impressed by how well it did hold up after swimming for 50 years. I heard they pumped 1800 gallons of water from the crypt. I believe that wrapping it in plastic actually did more harm than good though. It will be interesting to see if they can locate the winner of the car.

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I read somewhere that whom ever wins the car can trade it for any new chrysler of their choosing.
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The only way Id do that is for a Z06




A shiny red Viper comes to mind

Re: Official Tulsa Buried 57 Plymouth Raising Thread 6- [Re: Quikshft] #43040
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That car is so toast. The untreated/painted metal in the car is probably paper thin by the time they treat it. I just can't see sombody killing off other mopars to fix one car.

I'm still waiting for the offical "flush" sound to put an end to this post!

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