Re: [Amc-list] That darned Plymouth!

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

I read a pretty good article about this car in Auto Restorer recently 
and the bunker had a couple of big problems due to the rush job 
(Plymouth donated the car two weeks prior to the event). The biggest 
problem is that the soil in that part of Tulsa is heavy clay which moves 
around a lot and leads to cracking. Second, it takes concrete about a 
month to cure completely and the bunker was completed a couple of days 
prior to the event. As far as the concrete itself, it's basically the 
same stuff used for concrete pools and some pictures of when it was 
built show there was plenty of rebar used.

Matt

JOE FULTON wrote:
> I think the folks that buried the car thought the
> vault was waterproof.  I had an uncle who was a
> funeral director and I can faintly remember him saying
> no vault is truly waterproof.  With a funeral, who's
> gonna check out a waterproof guarantee though.
> 
> Joe Fulton
> 
> --- Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>> This story is just too darned sad,er,uh,strange...
>> Even in 1957 they should have known what would
>> happen to bunch of metal stuck in an unventilated
>> concrete bunker for 50 years! 
>> I have to keep a humidifier running in my partially
>> underground workshop or rust starts attacking
>> things.
>> Did they say how much was in the savings account?
>> The winner will probably need to use that money to
>> disspose of the hazardous waste they just won!
>> I can only imagine how bad that mess must smell!!!
>>
>> --
>> Mark Price
>> Morgantown, WV
>> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
>> " I was different before people dared to be
>> different" 
>>
>>  -------------- Original message
>> ----------------------
>> From: d stohler <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> anyone interested in the car can go to
>>> www.buriedcar.com. i also have a few pics put on
>> my
>>> picasa web album from the show. the thing had been
>>> sitting for decades full of water. i also noticed
>>> something else. they stored the car with an
>> original
>>> battery. we all KNOW those werent sealed very well
>> for
>>> 57. im willing to bed that acid seeping into the
>> water
>>> did NOT help it any. there are parts of the
>> emblems
>>> and stuff that are completely eaten off. if you go
>>> look at my pics, look on the hood where it says
>>> plymouth. some of the letters are none existant. i
>>> would love to be able to find out what is going to
>>> happen with the car and follow the story on it. 
>>>
>>> i also got to meet and shake boyd coddingtons
>> hand. he
>>> is a stuck up guy. go figure. alot of celeberty
>> type
>>> of people are. 
>>>
>>> dave stohler
>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/das24rules
>>>
>>>
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mhaas@xxxxxxx
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.mattsoldcars.com
1967 Rambler American wagon
1968 Rambler American sedan
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