Thread: Tulsa Buried Car

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Well. I was going to post the "rumor" I just heard, and looks like someone beat me to it. Here's a link to some more pictures.

http://www.tulsachevys.com/Images/buriedcar/index.html

Don't know what the city is planning on at this time ....I suspect they will have to go on with it.

The web site they listed for live viewing of the extraction of the car is

www.oklatravelnet.com noon CST

And the web broadcast of the unveiling is going to be

www.kotv.com 7pm CST

Both on the 15th

Anyway the trip so far. The car ran great from the time it went together in Nov until yesterday afternoon. The needle valve in the primary carb got a piece of crap in it and decided to flood.

An old timer....at least older than me showed me a trick some years ago that I will share. On a flooding carb, use a pair of neddle nose vice grips and pinch off the rubber hose to the fuel inlet of the carb (as a last resort, in inlet to the fuel pump can me closed if the fuel in is hard lined from the pump, but your better off if there is a a place to crimp it between the pump and carb). After the line is shut off, start the car and put it on a high idle. Just as the engine starts to die, release the the vice grips. If it's just a chunk of crap in the neddle and seat this will generally wash it out. The 57 cleared out and hasnt been a problem since (we put 1000 miles on last night)



We left last night about 5:30 Pm and drove straight through to Stroud OK, which is about 60 miles fom Tulsa. A bunch of us are meeting up here today. I was the first to arrive about 12:30 this afternoon. Had lunch with the local club member who set up the gathering here and heard about the Plymouth in the vault. I guess we'll see for sure on Friday.

The car did great didn't miss a beat and ran all night at 70-80 MPH. The cruse control was a god-send. We averaged 20 mpg (19 sometimes 21 others). I think 1/2 the bug population of New Mexico commited suicide on my windshield last night, ran through about 50 miles of fog in Texas, then some rain here in OK. I couldn't be more pleased with how the Plymouth is doing.

Only minor problem is that I lost a hub cap last night sometime. Good news is that a new set will be in at a local parts store tomorrow morning.

While it doesn't look good for the buried car I don't think it or the rain can stop the monemtum of the party that's growing here.

Well I've been awake for 24 hours now, (and this post probably shows it) so I'm goping to get some sleep.

Yo Mike!

Keep the faith! Manufacturing plastic bags back in '57 was not encumbered by any sense of environmental consequence! If they put a good seal on the bag...who knows?

But I'm really enjoying hearing your travel tales. Keep it up!

And send pictures!

Thanks!