Miss Belvedere and my car

[Ron Keij]

Last week I received the latest issue of the Dutch Jukebox magazine and when I read it I came to the page where I saw my own car! The article is about the buried Plymouth from Tulsa and the text says that the 59 in the picture was a lot better preserved than the car from Tulsa.

And after comparing the pictures I must admit that my car isn't so bad

Ron

[big m]

Neat article, Ron.

I was right there when Miss Belvedere was exhumed from the vault in June, and it would be nearly an impossible car to restore, and keep most of it's parts original. ---John

[Ron Keij]

John,

I know you were there When we were at Carlisle we met a lot of FwdLk people that were there including Dave Stragand and they all said it was nearly impossible to restore it. If you'd ask me they shouldn't even try to do so and just leave it as it is.

Ron

[big m]

I agree with you Ron. The car should be put into a museum as an artifact, any attempt to restore it will lessen it's intrinsic value. Apparently, a rust removal company has offered to de-rust the car for the nephew of the winner of the car, promising things that are not possible. I guess we'll wait and see what happens! ---John

[eddie.gordou]

What happened to the car? Did everybody bury it in the desert or what?
Truly looks like it had been six feet under for many years...

[rogerh]

eddie,
the car was buried in Tulsa, OK , downtown. The crypt it was placed in got flooded several times...destoying most of the car.

[batmobile]

i was there when they pulled her out. she was "sealed" in a specially designed bag and also covered w/ some mixture of cosmoline. the bag was tore on the rear d/s, and it looked like maybe the the front p/s (didn't get a good look-wrong angle). my guess it was tore when the car was put in the tomb, and it also turns out that tulsa floods a lot, figures. --j