Buried Belvedere

[David G.]

I'm sure I'll look a lot worse if somebody digs me up after 50 years underground.

That depends on where you get buried.

David G.

[ToyLvr]

I'm sure I'll look a lot worse if somebody digs me up after 50 years underground.

Bill - you're probably so full of glue and paint fumes that you'll be well preserved for quite a while...... ;-)

[cmfowler]

As someone who grew up in the Tulsa area, I can see how some see the historical significance of the car, I however find it to be an embarrassing failure on Tulsa's part to not have the capsule properly sealed. It was mentioned earlier that this car was suppose to come up in pristine or close to pristine condition, instead they opened up a capsule full of water since it was not sealed properly. The city of Tulsa and its suburbs have so much more history to be proud of as well as some not to be, but at least carries historical significance that this car is really insignificant other than the fact it is the one that was buried in 1957. I would truly be upset if my tax dollars were used to maintain a display of this car anywhere in the state, if someone wants to buy it and display it in there own personally owned museum that is another thing, at most the car needs to be documented and photographed and can be a wall display, regardless it needs to be crushed to avoid giving someone tetanus.

[checkmate]

I was keen when I found the countdown to this years ago and devastated when I seen it emerge.

I'd love to have it in my shed taking up space, it's got a great and certainly unusual story to tell and it's historically significant in it shows anyone that's silly enough to bury a car in a less than water tight contain what the end result will be.

[MrObsessive]

regardless it needs to be crushed to avoid giving someone tetanus.

:lol:

[ranma]

And yet they went and did the same thing again with a Prowler not one mistake but Two?

Edited April 26, 2014 by ranma

[checkmate]

And yet they went and did the same thing again with a PT LOSER (cruiser) not one mistake but Two?

Your joking right????

[ranma]

Your joking right????

NO JOKE IT"S BEEN DONE . AND IN 2048 IT WILL BE DUG UP, JUST LIKE THE 57 . THE SAME CONTEST OF GUESS THE POPULATION. I got the car wrong IT'S A PROWLER NOT A PT LOSER.

Edited April 26, 2014 by ranma

[lordairgtar]

NO JOKE IT"S BEEN DONE . AND IN 2048 IT WILL BE DUG UP, JUST LIKE THE 57 . THE SAME CONTEST OF GUESS THE POPULATION. I got the car wrong IT'S A PROWLER NOT A PT LOSER.

The Prowler would be the true loser. Underpowered V6, no usable space. And yet, the PT sold lots. I still see them all over the place and I only see Prowlers at the occasional car show. As owner of a PT Cruiser's brotha from anotha mutha, the HHR, I gotta give props to the PT. Perhaps they sealed the Prowler's tomb a bit better this time around.

[Harry P.]

The Prowler would be the true loser. Underpowered V6, no usable space.

Nobody ever bought a Prowler for its practicality. They were all about cruising around town and being seen, not racing or hauling drywall.

[lordairgtar]

Nobody ever bought a Prowler for its practicality. They were all about cruising around town and being seen, not racing or hauling drywall.

Kinda true. I like them. But for what they were trying to imitate (street rod), It could have had a bit more oomph under that hood.

[Harry P.]

I like them too. Kinda looking into maybe buying one, but asking prices are a bit steep IMO. At least more than I figured they'd be.

[JunkPile]

The Prowler is very nimble = Fun to drive

[Ace-Garageguy]

Nobody ever bought a Prowler for its practicality. They were all about cruising around town and being seen, not racing or hauling drywall.

Hey, how about a new grass-roots class for racing WHILE hauling drywall?

[ChrisBcritter]

Perhaps they sealed the Prowler's tomb a bit better this time around.

Yep - friends of mine shot video of the burial spot. This time it's an above-ground vault.

[Tom Geiger]

The Prowler would be the true loser.

Um, no. The Prowler was actually a design experiment. It was the first car developed in the then new Chrysler Design Center, and the study was to see if they could reduce the design cycle using modern technologies. If I remember correctly it was under 24 months.

The car was sold in very limited numbers as an image car for Chrysler and Plymouth. They were very hard to get new, and have held their value well. Just check eBay, there's a lot of them that were kept new, and they sell for big dollars. They were never meant to share traffic jams with PT Cruisers nor produced in large enough numbers to be common.

[dieseldawg142]

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Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142

[Harry P.]

the whole essence of a rod is you wont see another like it.

Hmmm.... how many deuce hot rods have you seen? Plenty, I'd bet.

[Toner283]

Hmmm.... how many deuce hot rods have you seen? Plenty, I'd bet.

Red Deuces with torque thrust 2s on them at that. Belly button hot rod if there ever was one.

[dieseldawg142]

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Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142

[lordairgtar]

There are three of them in my town. One Prowler has a custom paint job made to look like riveted steel.

[Tom Geiger]

the prowler was hard to get because it was not a successful car, trying to be something it's not. the whole essence of a rod is you wont see another like it. the people who build or buy rods dont really want to see their car at every stoplight. then to throw an anemic 6 in it-doomed to fail right from the start.

Um, no. Thoughts from your head maybe, reality no. The Prowler was a limited edition car actually sold at a loss per unit to bring attention to Chrysler and Plymouth in particular. Thinking you need a V8 today is Neanderthal mentality. There are plenty of 4 cylinder Honda Civics that will leave cars of the muscle car era far behind. Prowler 0-60 is 5.7 seconds, a 1970 Hemi Cuda was 6.3 seconds. A Honda Civic Type R Rally beats them all at 4.9 seconds. Any questions?

The Prowler was a modern adaptation of the hotrod, for adult baby boomers who had money to plunk down, but not the time or gumption to build their own hotrod. Purely a cruiser. The production was limited by design. A certain number of cars to get the PR out there. They were hard to get because they were desirable. Pretty much sold out before one hit the showroom. You had to know someone to get one, and at a premium over list. I know two people who tried.

The reason there are Prowlers available for sale today is because people saw them as desirable cars and kept some as no mile cars from new. Most for sale have very low miles, as they were garage kept babies, only taken out for recreation. I've been watching and the prices aren't falling, If they were $10,000 cars today, I'd have one.

Edited May 3, 2014 by Tom Geiger

[Harry P.]

Um, no. Thoughts from your head maybe, reality no. The Prowler was a limited edition car actually sold at a loss per unit to bring attention to Chrysler and Plymouth in particular. Thinking you need a V8 today is Neanderthal mentality. There are plenty of 4 cylinder Honda Civics that will leave cars of the muscle car era far behind. Prowler 0-60 is 5.7 seconds, a 1970 Hemi Cuda was 6.3 seconds. A Honda Civic Type R Rally beats them all at 4.9 seconds. Any questions?

The Prowler was a modern adaptation of the hotrod, for adult baby boomers who had money to plunk down, but not the time or gumption to build their own hotrod. Purely a cruiser. The production was limited by design. A certain number of cars to get the PR out there. They were hard to get because they were desirable. Pretty much sold out before one hit the showroom. You had to know someone to get one, and at a premium over list. I know two people who tried.

The reason there are Prowlers available for sale today is because people saw them as desirable cars and kept some as no mile cars from new. Most for sale have very low miles, as they were garage kept babies, only taken out for recreation. I've been watching and the prices aren't falling, If they were $10,000 cars today, I'd have one.

Exactly.

[dieseldawg142]

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Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142

[1930fordpickup]

I was thinking about how they used to acid dip the Mopars to lighten them up. Well make this a drag car. It should be light enough now.