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Win a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere Sport Coupe (6/15/1957)





Okay, so you are a little late to enter the contest. However, someone is going to win the Belvedere at next year's Tulsarama. In order to enter, you had to predict what the population of Tulsa would be in 2007. The estimated population in 2005 was 382,457 (give or take). If the person who had the most accurate guess is no longer with us, that person's heirs will get the car. The Belvedere was covered in a metal preservative, but who knows what that thing is going to look like. The car will once again see daylight on June 15, 2007. Here's the full press release:

On June 15, 1957, a new gold and white 1957 Plymouth Belvedere Sport Coupe was buried in a time capsule in downtown Tulsa, OK. The time capsule was part of Golden Jubilee Week: Tulsa‘s celebration of Oklahoma‘s semi-centennial. The car is buried under the sidewalk in front of the Tulsa County Courthouse, approximately 100 feet north of the intersection of Sixth Street and Denver Avenue.

The car was seen as a method of acquainting twenty-first century citizens with a suitable representation of 1957 civilization. According to event chairman Lewis Roberts Jr., the Plymouth was chosen because it was "an advanced product of American industrial ingenuity with the kind of lasting appeal that will still be in style 50 years from now." The contents of a women’s purse, including bobby pins, a bottle of tranquilizers, cigarettes and an unpaid parking ticket, were added to the glove compartment of the car shortly before burial. Other items included in the time capsule were:

10 gallons of gasoline and 5 quarts of oil
A Douglas Aircraft Co. aerial map of airport facilities and legend
Statement from Tulsa council of Churches – and prayer for greatest good next 50 years a recently completed history of churches in Tulsa and a directory of the present churches
Statement from board of education – historical data related to 50 years of education in Tulsa and copies of "School Life" all-high school publication issued by Tulsa high schools each month
Statements from Mayor and Chamber of Commerce officials
Flags which have been flown over the national capitol, state capitol and in the county and city
Other aerial photos of the area
Statement from Tulsa Trades and Labor Council
Statements from all former mayors of the city – their record of service and civic accomplishments in the city, state and nationally

There is a website for the car, but there isn't much there that you haven't already read. I presume that as the date approaches more material will be added.