1957 Plymouth to Emerge from Tulsa Time Capsule
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that's one expensive hunk o' junk.
10mmCurator
Mildly Dipped
Knew it wound end up like that... 1950's they didn't really know all that much about perserving metal. Take a look at any metal product they said was rust-proof from that era...
TheFondler
First time out of the vault
Hah, they have a huge time capsule in my hometown of Seward, Nebraska. Here's a picture.
According to the sign (Circa 1977), it holds the world record as the biggest time capsule. I highly doubt it's still the largest, but hey, our small town of almost 6,000 has to have something to get excited about.
It was built back in 1975, by a local coot, and contains a '75 Chevy Vega (0 miles), a Kawasaki motorcycle (new) , a leisure suit, children's letters, and all sorts of other crap that people in 1975 thought would be fun to throw in. It's a 50 year capsule and will be opened in 2025, when they'll give away the artifacts inside as door prizes.
I'm pretty damn sure the Vega and the Kawasaki will be a toast, like the Tulsa Plymouth. There's almost no way of preventing moisture from deteriorating everything.
According to the sign (Circa 1977), it holds the world record as the biggest time capsule. I highly doubt it's still the largest, but hey, our small town of almost 6,000 has to have something to get excited about.
It was built back in 1975, by a local coot, and contains a '75 Chevy Vega (0 miles), a Kawasaki motorcycle (new) , a leisure suit, children's letters, and all sorts of other crap that people in 1975 thought would be fun to throw in. It's a 50 year capsule and will be opened in 2025, when they'll give away the artifacts inside as door prizes.
I'm pretty damn sure the Vega and the Kawasaki will be a toast, like the Tulsa Plymouth. There's almost no way of preventing moisture from deteriorating everything.
boer_kameel
Still Mildly Glowing
Still would be a nice random encounter for F3: You find a burial site, read some info about a "buried car", hope it to be a car like in F2, and find some rusty piece of junk.
This was really a good laugh! I hope they find a way to restore the car somewhat... Would be a shame to reduce it to scrap.
Also, maybe the Seward, Nebraska vault could be revised and re-sealed after this interesting case study? Maybe TheFondler can take up this initiative, and go into history as "the preserver of the Seward vault" :p
This was really a good laugh! I hope they find a way to restore the car somewhat... Would be a shame to reduce it to scrap.
Also, maybe the Seward, Nebraska vault could be revised and re-sealed after this interesting case study? Maybe TheFondler can take up this initiative, and go into history as "the preserver of the Seward vault" :p
TheFondler
First time out of the vault
boer_kameel said:
If I do, I better get that damn Kawasaki.
Dracon M'Alkir
Vault Senior Citizen
Holy shit, it's a rusted over Highwayman.
Damn dude, that tickled a Fallout nerve so well. That like sedated me. Just pure AWESOME.
You just don't see cars like that anymore, now, do you....
Back in the 1950's, they knew how to make cars...that looked good and sailed the (road)Highways...
And yes, it is a rusted over Highwayman. It could, therefore, be interesting to see a misc, quest in FO3, maybe to find a 1957's car in a time capsule...
Back in the 1950's, they knew how to make cars...that looked good and sailed the (road)Highways...
And yes, it is a rusted over Highwayman. It could, therefore, be interesting to see a misc, quest in FO3, maybe to find a 1957's car in a time capsule...
