So all is not lost with the rust-plagued Tulsa Time Capsule Belvedere! Turns out the gasoline samples in the trunk (stored there in case gasoline couldn't be found in 2007) are of great interest to modern-day petroleum geochemists, who are always on the lookout for "age-related" samples for testing.
Gas Buried With Plymouth to Be Tested [Forbes]
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Tulsa Belvedere Winner Died In 1979; Relatives To Get Car; Winner of Buried Tulsa Belvedere Announced!; The Tulsa, Oklahoma Plymouth? Not OK; Oklahoma Plymouth, OK?; Damn! Buried Tulsa Belvedere's Tomb Full Of Water! [internal]
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