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.

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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.

A positive prognosis
Dwight Foster isn't cockeyed but he is an optimist.

Complete coverage of Tulsa’s famous buried car, including a story archive, slide shows and videos.

Car's possession should shift soon
Tulsa's buried Belvedere might not be transferred to a new owner Friday as planned, but it should happen soon, those involved in the transaction say.

Capsule delivers: 1957 details give glimpse of past
The mysteries of the buried Belvedere continue.

Fabled rusty car might go east
The once-buried Belvedere may be going on a road trip.

Belvedere became a surprise spectacle
I didn't get it.

Belvedere, stalled: Bumps surface in path of car
The ultimate fate of Tulsa's buried Belvedere may not be known for a while.

Car winner leaves heirs a final gift
Unlike the resurrected 1957 Plymouth Belvedere awaiting his heirs in Tulsa, Okla., the gifts given by Raymond Humbertson have withstood the test of time -- and tell the tale of a beloved brother and uncle.

Miss Belvedere, you have a winner: But Raymond Humbertson died in 1979
Raymond E. Humbertson's nephew remembers him as "a very generous, very fun guy" who liked to work on cars.

Belvedere brouhaha
Sharon King Davis may have presided over Tulsarama, but that doesn't mean she understands the fascination with its star,

Car is still the star: Visitors flow to auto show to see relic
A wreath of purple and gold plastic flowers was placed Sunday on the site where Tulsa's buried car is no longer buried.

Rock around the car: Star attraction continues to mesmerize crowd
The queen of the hop was showing her age, but that didn't stop Tulsa from partying like it was 1957.

Tarnished gold
Now we know what 50 years in a hole does to a Plymouth Belvedere.

Enthusiasts endure rain, packed street
Soaking wet from the rain, hungry from skipping breakfast and exhausted from a two-day car ride from California, Matthew Avery

The Big Dig: Prowler's condition in '48 has better odds
Encased in modern plastics and stored in a vault above ground, a 1998 Plymouth Prowler stands a good chance of emerging

The Big Dig: Other classic cars are drawing crowds, too
The '57 Plymouth Belvedere that was pulled out of the ground Friday wasn't the only automotive draw in town.

Updated: Belvedere rusty but still has personality
Buried car lifted from vault without incident. Watch the video.

The Belvedere: Believe
Feeling around in his pocket, Timothy Richards found a nickel and a bottle cap, and tossed both through the open car window.

Fever for Belvedere seems to be contagious
It took a while, but I feel a wave of Belvedere Fever coming on; no offense meant with the use of wave.

The Big Dig: of a 9-year-old-boy
Under the buried Plymouth Belvedere's plastic covering -- if it has survived the last 50 years underground -- is the fingerprint

Pageant contestant eager for unveiling
Not many women can find -- much less fit into -- a dress they last wore 50 years ago, but Shirley Hess can.

Belvedere headlines weekend car show
Regardless of the condition of the buried Belvedere, the car show must go on.

Miss Tulsarama 1957 Finalists
The 16 finalists in the Miss Tulsarama contest pledged to have a reunion in 2007.

The Big Dig: ...50 years ago
The Tulsa couple were on hand June 15, 1957, when the now-famous Plymouth Belvedere was buried outside the Tulsa County Courthou

Officials revved up over car's unveiling
This week's recovery of the buried 1957 Plymouth Belvedere is exciting to just about all Tulsa-area officials, including

Countdown to a car


The car and the cash will go to one lucky guesser
And the winner is . .

Then…and now: A statistical comparison of 1957 and 2007


What's inside the vault
A gold and white 1957 Plymouth Belvedere. Ten gallons of gasoline. Motor oil. A case of beer.

The Big Dig: What's inside
Here's what went into the vault on on June 15, 1957

Test lift on Belvedere successful
Tulsarama officials feel better about condition of the car.

Vaulted hopes for buried car dampened
The vault in which Tulsa buried a Plymouth Belvedere 50 years ago was built to withstand a nuclear attack.

Buried Belvedere vault full of water
Workers remove lid, revealing indications the car has been submerged. Watch the video showing what it looked like.

Devotees gather for car dig
So begins the great pilgrimage.

A family tradition: Teen snared in Belvedere's web
The unsolicited proposal to design a Web site about Tulsa's buried Plymouth Belvedere looked promising, so Kelly McElroy plac

Digging up Belvedere not riveting news to all
A friend called this morning from a state far away to ask whether what he had heard about this city on a television report was t

Belvedere Briefs: Special postal cancellations to be offered Saturday
As part of the ceremonial unearthing of the 1957 Plymouth Belvedere that has been buried in the Tulsa Courthouse lawn for the la

Making good on a promise
Fifty years ago, my grandfather helped bury a Plymouth in Tulsa's courthouse lawn.

Only a test
Turning away and closing his eyes, Ralph Hurley asked somebody to tell him when it was all over.

Buried sedan great for publicity
It was a kind of crazy idea. Certainly unusual. Maybe even unique.

Poles repositioned
Jeff Ray (holding pole) and Ernie Rose, crew members for American Electric Power-Public Service Company of Oklahoma, remove a

Plenty of competition for Belvedere's spotlight
Classic car lovers will have a lot more to look at than a 1957 Plymouth on the weekend of June 15-17.

Belvederes looked great but didn't last long
So what kind of car was the 1957 Plymouth Belvedere?

Tulsa's 'lucky number' revealed
382,457. That was the U.S. Census Bureau's latest estimate of Tulsa's population as of 11 a.m. Friday

2-hour broadcast to show unveiling of Belvedere live
With tickets selling briskly to the unveiling of the buried 1957 Plymouth Belvedere, organizers said Tuesday that the event will

Car's unveiling draws global ticket demand
From Austrians to Australians, people from all around the world are planning to attend next month's unveiling of the 1957 Plymo

The other Belvedere
Fred and Lucille Trompeter are not fans of the 1957 Plymouth.

Only in Oklahoma: My guess will no doubt win that 1957 Plymouth
It's nearly time to claim my new 50-year-old car.

50 Years Later: Rolling Along
The Parkers have gone a little further than the Belvedere during the last 50 years, but not much.

Donors smile on Tulsarama
Contributions to help fund celebration events and exhibits, including the unearthing of the Belvedere.

Old news raises new hope for Belvedere
Newspaper clips shed light on how the 1957 Plymouth was prepared for burial at the Tulsa County Courthouse.

'American Hot Rod' host to rev up buried-car fest
Tulsa's buried Plymouth Belvedere has won over another fan -- hall of fame hot-rodder Boyd Coddington.

Family hopes car's unearthing digs up tales
Among the few mementoes left to the children of Jim Lemonds was a photograph of him in the cab of a crane.

City, county pitch in for old times
The county Budget Board recently allocated $56,000 for law enforcement and safety efforts.

Car's vault has thick lid
Workers clear away about one-third of the top of the vault containing a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere.

Plymouth unearthed already, some claim
The story isn't true, and it isn't even very logical.

Buzz for opening of bunker intense
Organizers expect the Belvedere's unearthing and the activities accompanying it June 15 to attract at least 50,000 visitors.

Unburying treasure to be costly
One of the most widely publicized features of Oklahoma's centennial celebration has turned out to be the 1957 Plymouth Belvedere that organizers plan to dig up June 15 in Tulsa.

Vintage auto show to join car unearthing
Organizers hope to attract 100 to 125 cars for the opening of the time capsule in June.

Digging up time-capsule contest winner might be tough
Finding the rightful recipient likely won't be as easy as unearthing the 1957 Plymouth Belvedere.

It's got to be here somewhere
Students help search for time capsule.

Plymouth's rocks moved; radar to find buried car
Mitchel Boyd and Dave Batson have moved a lot of heavy stuff, but until Friday they'd probably never lifted 25 tons of rock off

Interest in car vault's exhumation revs up
Digging up a 50-year-old Plymouth is harder than you might think.