But not all openings live up to the hype.
However, this time capsule wasnt going to be an ordinary cache of contemporary items.
It was to include an entire car.
Miss Belvedere getting buried in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The Plymouth Division of Chrysler and a group of Plymouth car dealers from the Tulsa area donated the car.
The vault was advertised as being strong enough to withstand a nuclear attack.
Into this vault was lowered the Plymouth Belvedere.
The car was then covered with a wax-like corrosion-proof substance and then wrapped in layers of sealed plastic.
Brokaw had spoken too soon.
Needless to say, the car was terribly damaged.
It was streaked with mud and grime, and its windows rimmed with corrosion.
In the trunk, only those items that were sealed in a steel container emerged unscathed.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact it came from an era when cars had personality.
The Plymouth Belvedere at the Tulsa Convention Center in 2007 after its unearthing.
He figured that in 2007, there would be 382,457 people living in the city.
The actual figure was 384,743.
The new owners transferred the car over to Dwight Foster, who owned a rust removable and restoration firm.
At this point, Foster halted further restoration effort knowing the futility of the project.
There was no possibility the car would ever run.
Fosters goal was only to stabilize it and make it presentable from the outside.
The Plymouth Belvedere after restoration.
