Unearthing anniversary: Belvedere check-up
Used to be, making a car like the 1957 Plymouth Belvedere look better was not all that difficult.

Relive the Unearthing of the Belvedere: Read all the stories -- including those from 1957 -- about the burying and unearthing of the Belvedere, including videos and slide shows.

Bye, Miss Belvedere
Catherine Johnson, 93, and Levada Carney, 88, claimed their 1957 Plymouth Belvedere on Thursday.

Belvedere leaving town for preservation effort
Bid bon voyage to the Belvedere.

Tulsans bury a new car
From June 15, 1957: A 1957 automobile was buried in the courthouse lawn today - with a bottle of tranquilizer pills in the glove compartment.

'Capsule' Tomb Is Lined
From June 13, 1957: Concrete pouring began today on the ``time capsule'' on the southeast corner of the Tulsa County Courthouse lawn in which a new automobile and mementos of Tulsa's semi-centennial year will be buried Sunday.

Major Problems Licked - Tulsa's Gift to 2007 to Be Buried June 15
From June 6, 1957: Only technical difficulties "such as striking oil in making the excavation,'' stood in the way today as Golden Jubilee, Inc., prepared to bury a new Plymouth automobile and assorted 1957 artifacts in a vault in the Courthouse lawn to be unearthed 50 years hence.