Winner of Tulsa's buried 1957 Belvedere is announced . . . also buried.

[Bluebear]

TULSA, Okla. - The winner of a rusted 1957 Plymouth Belvedere that was unearthed last week from a leaky vault in Tulsa died in 1979, and the ownership of the car will pass to his closest living relatives.

When the car was buried in 1957, more than 800 people submitted guesses on what Tulsa's population — which was around 250,000 in 1957 — would be in 2007. Guesses ranged from zero to 2 billion, but Raymond E. Humbertson's guess of 384,743 was only slightly off the official U.S. Census count of 382,457.

Tulsa officials announced Friday that Humbertson had won the two-door hardtop Belvedere that drew international attention when it was pulled from the vault on June 15.

His nephew, Donald Humbertson of Woodbridge, Va., said that Raymond Humbertson died of cancer at age 57 and his wife, Margaret Humbertson, died in 1988. Raymond and Margaret Humbertson had no children, their nephew said....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070624/ap_on_re_us/buried_belvedere;_ylt=AlK7Z0lsL7rSUogag3wgF99H2ocA

[JI7]

1. very interesting

[rug]

2. That car is cursed.

[HeeBGBz]

3. Christine didn't like being buried alive. n/t

[Gman]

7. LOL!

[rasputin1952]

4. Looks like the only thing that passed muster are the tires...

Interesting color scheme Chrysler had back then, Rust and Mud; no wonder they buried it...:evilgrin:

[Drifter]

5. The saddest part of this ...

is that in 1957 they could not build a water tight vault.

Cheers
Drifter

[rasputin1952]

6. Makes you wonder about he viability of all of those ...

"bomb shelters" they built during that period. After all, a hole is not all that complex...:D

[Drifter]

8. Or Nuclear waste containment ...

pretty scary.

Cheers
Drifter