That’s right, Raymond Humbertson, winner of Miss Belvedere passed away from the big C way back in 1979. His closest living relatives are a pair of elderly sisters in Maryland, who will be the lucky recipients of the rusty old girl. The savings account that goes with the car has grown to about $700, which might just cover the cost of shipping the car from Tulsa to Maryland.

Humbertson was a career military type who moved around a lot, but his family weren’t even aware that he had even been to Oklahoma. His widow passed away in 1988.

Source Tulsa World

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.
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Any hopes of the 1958 Plymouth Belvedere that was buried in Tulsa Oklahoma surviving in showroom condition were dashed when the sarcophagus lid was removed and water was found in the concrete container. Now Miss Belvedere has been removed and put on display for the crowds to see. What is left is in pretty poor condition, but a few details remain, like the citizens signatures on the decaying white wall tires.
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By now, most readers have likely caught wind of the 1957 Plymouth Belvedere that was buried in front of the court house in Tulsa Oklahoma. The car was buried as a time capsule in 1957, with plans to open the case 50 years later. 50 years later just happens to be tomorrow.
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Car enthusiasts love concept cars. Journalists love concept cars. Chrysler loves to build concept cars! In fact they are dedicated to building the Coolest of Cool concept cars. In reality, every designer and every manufacturer thinks that their concepts are the coolest. Not every concept is a driver though and the Chrysler boys and girls try to make most of them runners. the even get them out on the road for journalists to have a go at. Not long ago, one lucky guy got to take the new Challenger down a drag strip!

It has been 20 years since Chrysler began taking this approach and they are pretty proud of some of those cars. Rightfully so, as a number of the cars on the list went on to production and a full model life. Viper, Prowler, Ram, Neon. These and more have been important to Chrysler fans all over, not to mention the company.

More images and press release after the break
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Last night I had the chance to cruise Yonge Street on a nice, clear, warmish evening just like I did when I was 17. Except that now I’m old and it was a coffee in my hand, not a mickey of Captain Morgan’s in my coat pocket and it was a Tuesday, not the weekend.
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Last week, The Hamster spoke about his jet powered ride:

“We wanted to use the afterburners because essentially, if an ordinary car has about 100 horsepower, after you light the afterburners it has 10,000 horsepower.”

Oops…wrong car.

The 1958 Plymouth Tornado Concept just looks like it would be jet powered. In fact, the space program inspired Tornado is built on a 1958 Fury chassis (think Christine). Unlike the scary movie star, the Tornado is powered by a 318, mated to a push button automatic tranny. Having sat in a field for many years, the 48 year old one off has undergone a $150,000 US restoration and will go on the auction block at Red Baron on November 11.

Read about the car’s full history at Automotoportal