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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:16 PM Original message |
Buried car in Tulsa being unearthed after 50 years |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. I watched it being buried. Hope the water didn't get in & ruin it. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. OLD GOAT |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Har de har. I'll have you know I'm still a young goat |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. !! |
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Nomad559 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Here Is a video |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. How cool, thanks! I was somewhere in the crowd... |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thats not your run of the mill time capsule enclosure |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. The DeLorean in Back to the Future was buried for 70 years and it was fine |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. DeLoreans were made of Stainless Steel |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. True, that might have been a big part of it |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. I had a Delo back in the 80s. The body didn't rust but there were plenty of |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I assumed there were plenty of spots in the engine that could have corroded as well |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. LOL! I didn't think there were any still running. |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Being made of stainless steel might have helped some, too. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. I hope Geraldo won't be there ... |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. In Geraldo's defense, no one realy knew anything. At least he had the guts to do it live |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. That's true ... |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I still can't believe I typed the words "In Geraldo's defense".... wow |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Happens to the best of us ... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Now you've got me curious...? (nt) |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. you mean about the reference, or what will be revealed? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Well, yes, but specifically the reference. (nt) |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Probably a reference to Al Capone's vault. Wiki Link: |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. The cosmoline will save it! |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. Will it still have that new car smell? |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. Uh-oh...updated from local TV station: |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I'm thinking it will be a little hard to start... |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Look at the linked video. I suspect the car has had it. |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
45. gasoline ...had been placed in the time capsule in case internal combustion engines became obsolete |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. Look at the water lines on the concrete. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. They originally pulled a vacuum on the bag apparently. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. People are coming from all over the world to see it. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. "coming from all over the world"? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. All over the world might be a little exaggeratory but there really are news crews in town |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. I know there are people here from England, New Zealand, France, |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. Engine said to be surprised it's more effecient than most cars on the road |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. That's when I arrived in this country |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. What's the mileage? |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. concrete is hardly non-porous |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. It's a lot of trouble to go to to get free gas n/t |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. If it'd been a VW it would start right up. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. More likely would have floated out! |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:35 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. That film occurred to me too |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. You want to see some pristine 50 year old american cars? Visit Cuba |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
44. I've got an entry in the drawing |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
46. Jimmy Hoffa? No, not old enough |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
47. OH CRAP!! |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
48. Doesn't digging this car up after only 50 years defeat the idea of a "time capsule"? |
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ReverendDeuce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
50. I have my doubts that it is anything other than destroyed... |
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