seekermeister
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Since this forum is for off-topic subjects, I will take that literally, and post this bit of trivia. It probably won't interest too many people, unless they are from Tulsa.
Last month, they unearthed the time capsule buried in 1957, which contained a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere, plus some other odd and ends. For the longest time, I thought that it was supposed to be a 1957 Chevy...one of my favorite cars, but as it turns out, I just as glad that it wasn't, because the car would have been in better shape if it had been left in some farmer's field. I suspect that the capsule flooded, because the car appeared to have been recovered from the bottom of the sea.
In striking contrast, the other items were in very good shape, though they were merely commerative plates, pamphlets, banners and films. The latter item I'm curious about, because I had never heard of them before..."Destination Earth" and "Barrel Number One". The reason for their obscurity is because they were not made by Hollywood, but by the American Petroleum Institute, which stands to reason, since Tulsa was the oil capital of the world.
I once thought that this car would be given away by open lottery, but actually it was given to the person that made the closest estimate to the city's population today. I haven't heard who that was, or if they are even alive, but either way, I doubt that they would have wanted it anyway. They were also to be given the sum of $100, plus 50 years of interest, but I haven't yet figured out what that comes to. I would have given a link, but that isn't permitted.
Last month, they unearthed the time capsule buried in 1957, which contained a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere, plus some other odd and ends. For the longest time, I thought that it was supposed to be a 1957 Chevy...one of my favorite cars, but as it turns out, I just as glad that it wasn't, because the car would have been in better shape if it had been left in some farmer's field. I suspect that the capsule flooded, because the car appeared to have been recovered from the bottom of the sea.
In striking contrast, the other items were in very good shape, though they were merely commerative plates, pamphlets, banners and films. The latter item I'm curious about, because I had never heard of them before..."Destination Earth" and "Barrel Number One". The reason for their obscurity is because they were not made by Hollywood, but by the American Petroleum Institute, which stands to reason, since Tulsa was the oil capital of the world.
I once thought that this car would be given away by open lottery, but actually it was given to the person that made the closest estimate to the city's population today. I haven't heard who that was, or if they are even alive, but either way, I doubt that they would have wanted it anyway. They were also to be given the sum of $100, plus 50 years of interest, but I haven't yet figured out what that comes to. I would have given a link, but that isn't permitted.
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