June 1957 – Residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma are enjoying their state ’s anniversary in a party called “Tulsarama!” Most every city around the country enjoys parties; it’s a tradition throughout the United States.

Tulsa representatives decided they needed something unique and different in order to compete with Oklahoma City. They decided to entomb an automobile in a time capsule, using a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere as the car of choice. Jubilee chairman WA Anderson said:

Plymouth is a true representative of automobiles of this century – with the kind of lasting appeal that should be in style fifty years from now.

The Plymouth was wrapped in plastic and buried in a concrete tomb and placed on a steel plate so the wheels are off the ground. Stuffed in the trunk was 5 gallons of gasoline, oil, a case of beer and many other artifacts from the Fifties era. Placed inside the glove compartment at the last minute were the contents of a woman’s purse containing fourteen bobby pins, a ladies compact, plastic rain cap, combs, a tube of lipstick, pack of gum, facial tissues, $2.73 in money, and a pack of cigarettes. Also placed in were unpaid parking tickets and a bottle of tranquilizers which the winner of the car may need - during the party in 1957 residents were asked to guess the population of Tulsa in 2007 and the guesses were sealed in a steel container and placed in the car. The winner or their heir will receive the Plymouth — whatever shape it is in — and a $100 trust fund which was accruing interest since 1957 (Samuel Goodin noted that the status of this fund is unknown, since the Savings and Loan it was in went bankrupt). The car is buried in downtown Tulsa with traffic cruising about 20 feet from it and some are concerned that vibrations may have cracked the concrete tomb allowing moisture to enter. Will the 1957 Plymouth be in mint condition or will it require itself to come back to life like its sister car Christine?

I will be there for the unveiling on 15 June 2007 for either a pristine 1957 Plymouth with 7 miles on her or a pile of rust with four dried out rubber tires!

It will be the event of a lifetime!