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Miss Belvedere’s complexion is still a little rough

February 16, 2010

Long time readers will recall the tale of the ‘58 Plymouth Belvedere that the town of Tulsa, Oklahoma “rescued” from a time capsule that became a watery inland grave.
The car rolls and steers now, but the metal is so thin that it looks like that is as far as the old girl is going to [...]

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The Super Cuda tops 200 and the Enzo tops it

December 13, 2009

Regular readers will recognize the name Legendary Motorcar from our series on the Essex Wire Cobra. The really sharp ones among you already know that Legendary is the home of Dream Car Garage on Speed TV. These guys are serious about cars.
While Legendary got their start restoring Shelby’s close to 30 years ago, their reputation [...]

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RM Auctions to host an online only auction

June 25, 2009

No matter what the business, the most successful enterprises are the ones who stay on the leading edge. Ontario’s RM Auctions is one of the top automotive auction houses and they didn’t get that way by following the herd.
Most gearheads love nothing more than to wander around an auction, looking at the cars and [...]

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The King in 71

April 19, 2009
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Vintage Petty

April 18, 2009

After checking out a friend’s home made light box for product photography, I was inspired to try some of my own. Then, when I dragged my sorry hungover posterior out of bed this morning I found that the boys had dragged out a box of 1/64 NASCAR diecasts that I had picked up a few [...]

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Superbird found in a field will visit The Garage soon

January 10, 2009

For Christmas I received my own copy of Tom Cotter’s wonderful book, The Cobra in the Barn. Actually, I got a picture of it. The book actually arrived last week and I’m just about finished. If you haven’t read it, you must.
Last night we had a visit with the mother of one of the boy’s [...]

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R. E. Humberston has left the building

June 26, 2007

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 [...]

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Miss Belvedere…We have a winner!

June 25, 2007

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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Miss Belvedere on display

June 17, 2007

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 [...]

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Buried Belvedere swimming in it’s own pool

June 14, 2007

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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