After 50 years in a coffin, Miss Belvedere saw the light in Tulsa. Then began the job of sifting through more than 800 ballots to find out who came closest to guessing the population of Tulsa in 2007.
The closest guess was 384,743 which was not far off the actual population of 382,457. So who made the lucky guess. Well, R. E. Humbertson or his or her closest living relative has 5 years to claim their stake in their new car after it is returned to it’s former glory by Boyd Coddington.
Calling R. E. Humberton, your 57 Plymouth Belvedere awaits!
Image above from Flickr user beebe_gzb
Source AP via Netscape News
Here are some high resolution pictures of the car and the items that were stored inside it. Also includes updates and a full list of the guesses from the population contest held in 1957 to win the car.
http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=8700431#8700431
What a shame that water got into the tomb. Its great that they are going to restore the car for the winner of the competition but I bet a huge disappointment to those who attended the opening.