Mr. Hoffa I presume?...
June 10th, 2011, 10:03 AM
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Mr. Hoffa I presume?...
OK - not an Olds, but I was on a construction site and this was unearthed...took a little forensics work, but looks like we have one of the 2,541 Chrysler New Yorker 2-Dr Hardtops produced in 1961...
...and no, Jimmy was not in the trunk.
...and no, Jimmy was not in the trunk.
Great work none the less. 
June 10th, 2011, 10:25 AM
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You sure that's not 'Christine'???? If it is, watchout, it could start transforming and possess you! ( Yeah, I know. She was a 59......) Why in heck would someone bury the car instead of sending it for salvage? Did you find any others??
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June 10th, 2011, 10:36 AM
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Best I can figure is that is was probably a stolen car - Odometer only showed 81k - bridge being replaced was constructed in the 50's so this came after that - were a few buildings that were razed for this construction so could have been buried as part of that work - who knows...couldn't find a VIN tag although I just had basic hand tools on me...I'm sure you could find something and trace it if you had access to the resources...so far this is the only one we found.
June 10th, 2011, 10:43 AM
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That's pretty neat. When I was in Germany building a road with the military we dug up an old WWII rifle. Also some others dug up a tank, were removed immediately from the site and told they found nothing.
June 10th, 2011, 10:44 AM
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I attatched this to the Forwardlook.net site because they would all be interested in it. This is very interesting!
June 10th, 2011, 10:45 AM
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Just for the sake of possible closure. Did this get reported to the authorities? If a car was stolen, it's usually not disposed of in such a manner, unless there was something to REALLY keep hidden. This could be a missing piece of evidence in an unsolved case from way back. Having that bit of information could go a long way towards at least putting something to rest and help out a family that may otherwise not have heard anything for many years.
2cents.
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2cents.
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June 10th, 2011, 10:50 AM
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I heard that they had to adjust a year because there weren't enough '57's available at the time of the film's shooting for what they had planned to do for several of the sequences that destroyed the cars. (at least not affordably)
I know the movie was a '58 for sure, but it's been so long since I read the novel I forget exactly which year was in there. I'll have to pull it off the bookshelf when I get home if I can't find it here or online.
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June 10th, 2011, 10:51 AM
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yes..."State Officials" are aware that it's there...apparently finding these old relics is more common than we think - I guess in those days it was normal to push an old car down a river embankment rather than have to pay someone with a hook to come get it...
June 10th, 2011, 01:58 PM
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That's crazy. Looks like most of the damage should buff right out!! 
Actually, as a kid I watched a builder bury a Corvair in the front yard of a new house he just built in a neighborhood. A black 4 door with red interior. So if anyone on this site lives in Bucks County, PA, on Bristol Road, on the Southampton side of the road, in the row of houses up on this hill, built in the early 70's and is closest to Second Street Pike, you have that Corvair in your front yard. It's about 10 feet down and about 20 feet from your front door. No kidding!!
Actually, as a kid I watched a builder bury a Corvair in the front yard of a new house he just built in a neighborhood. A black 4 door with red interior. So if anyone on this site lives in Bucks County, PA, on Bristol Road, on the Southampton side of the road, in the row of houses up on this hill, built in the early 70's and is closest to Second Street Pike, you have that Corvair in your front yard. It's about 10 feet down and about 20 feet from your front door. No kidding!!
June 10th, 2011, 03:59 PM
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it a '57 fury in the book, and a '58 in the movie?
I heard that they had to adjust a year because there weren't enough '57's available at the time of the film's shooting for what they had planned to do for several of the sequences that destroyed the cars. (at least not affordably)
I know the movie was a '58 for sure, but it's been so long since I read the novel I forget exactly which year was in there. I'll have to pull it off the bookshelf when I get home if I can't find it here or online.
-Jeff
I heard that they had to adjust a year because there weren't enough '57's available at the time of the film's shooting for what they had planned to do for several of the sequences that destroyed the cars. (at least not affordably)
I know the movie was a '58 for sure, but it's been so long since I read the novel I forget exactly which year was in there. I'll have to pull it off the bookshelf when I get home if I can't find it here or online.
-Jeff
The book specifically says he ordered it in september 57 cause thats when the new models came out.
There is a video online somehwere of the rubber car they used for the "restoration" scene- they made body panels out of rubber then sucked all the air out of them deflating them, then ran the film in reverse showing the dents popping themselves out. Awesome.
June 10th, 2011, 04:09 PM
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Its a 58 4 door in the book, and a 58 2 door in the movie (because 2 doors are cooler)
The book specifically says he ordered it in september 57 cause thats when the new models came out.
There is a video online somehwere of the rubber car they used for the "restoration" scene- they made body panels out of rubber then sucked all the air out of them deflating them, then ran the film in reverse showing the dents popping themselves out. Awesome.
The book specifically says he ordered it in september 57 cause thats when the new models came out.
There is a video online somehwere of the rubber car they used for the "restoration" scene- they made body panels out of rubber then sucked all the air out of them deflating them, then ran the film in reverse showing the dents popping themselves out. Awesome.
-Jeff
June 10th, 2011, 11:03 PM
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yes..."State Officials" are aware that it's there...apparently finding these old relics is more common than we think - I guess in those days it was normal to push an old car down a river embankment rather than have to pay someone with a hook to come get it...
June 11th, 2011, 10:31 AM
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I knew it was a mopar because I saw the push button trans on the left of the dash...then I found a lens with sae-61...from there it was a google images search and a few more trips to the wreckage - was fun and I learned a lot about those cars...very cool cars and that guage cluster was insane!!
June 13th, 2011, 05:41 AM
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I'm with you on that - but after doing this research I have a whole new respect for this era - coolest thing I noted was the "L / R" below the push button transmission cluster - first I thought it was for power mirrors, but then I realized it's for turn signals - there are no stalks on the column - I just can't figure out how they "cancelled" since steering column mounted ones have the cancelling cam mechanism...I wonder if it was solenoid or vacuum?...anyone know?
June 13th, 2011, 06:22 AM
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