1957 Plymouth Belvedere - Burying the Past

By Lloyd Frazier

If you could choose a car to bury in a time capsule and open up in 50 years, what make/model would you choose? Picture yourself in Tulsa, OK back in 1957. That is exactly what they did. To celebrate Tulsa’s 50-year anniversary, they buried a ’57 Belvedere. It was the quintessential gas-guzzling icon of its time. Tulsa citizens will get a real treat in 2007. The time capsule, which contains the Plymouth and other memorabilia stuffed inside it, will be opened in 2007. I ran across this story during my weekly visit to Hemmings Motor’s Auto Blog. Apparently, they took strict precautions to ensure that the car and all that is contained within it will be preserved well. The story line in the video states that Tulsa, at that time in 1957, had more cars per capita than any other city in the country, except, of course, Los Angeles. I never knew that little bit of American auto trivia. It just goes to show you how much the automobile is forever ensconced in our culture. Long live the American automakers!!

Lloyd, signing out