Will there be anything left? Tulsa Belvedere set to be de-rusted
The SS Belvedere emerged from its not-so-dry-dock almost two months ago, in all its ferrous oxide glory. Apparently the offer of restoration by Boyd Coddington has either been refused or rescinded, but either way, the Mopar is headed to New Jersey for a spa treatment. Safest Rust Remover, a product of the Ultra One Corporation, is going to take a crack at dissolving just the rust, and leaving everything else intact. It makes us wonder, once you dissolve that rust, will there be merely the lacy suggestion of a '57 Plymouth, rendered in mid-century steel?
A website has been launched so you can keep an eye on the progress. All reports about the Safest Rust Remover product are positive, and the non-acid mixture is used to clean Manhattan's Holland and Lincoln Tunnels. A vat half the size of an Olympic swimming pool might be needed, but maybe there's hope for the old girl yet. The game plan for the car is to not restore it, just clean it up and get the engine running -- once those goals are met, a re-unveiling back in Tulsa will be planned. They should get those Skoda bakers for the event so there's at least one perfect looking Belvedere there.
[Source: Hemmings]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SteveP 9:17AM (7/28/2007)
"I'm not dead yet!"
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94 taurus owner 10:07PM (7/28/2007)
cool
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Mal Fuller 12:21PM (7/28/2007)
The folks at Safest Rust Removal are going to be over their heads with this Belvedere or any other circa 1957 Mopar for that matter. I am glad that Boyd Coddington came to his senses if he ever seriously considered this Tulsa Titanic in the first place.
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Mal Fuller 12:23PM (7/28/2007)
The folks at Safest Rust Removal are going to be over their heads with this Belvedere or any other circa 1957 Mopar for that matter. I am glad that Boyd Coddington came to his senses if he ever seriously considered this Tulsa Titanic in the first place.
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Phillip 4:00PM (7/28/2007)
Is it really THAT hard to just LEAVE IT ALONE? 50 years back they wanted to show how technology was and other thing, and this is the result.
Put it in a nice glass case at some auto musium, and filter out the moisture, and leave it.
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Gary Hargrove 12:55PM (4/27/2008)
Why would you leave it alone? It makes no sense to leave it alone. The people who buried the car didn't bury it the way it looks now. They were trying to preserve it. If they didn't want it preserved, they wouldn't have gone to all the trouble to dig a concrete vault,cover the car, and so on. It didn't work, so bring back what time erased.It makes perfect sense to put the car back as it was without changing it. The car is not being changed, it's only being cleaned up. No one wants to look at a blob of dirt and rust. Any real enthusiast wants to see the car as close to what it was when it was buried.
Richard 7:16PM (7/28/2007)
Honest to God.
Were it not for eBay and the Antiques Road Show, who would care about this bucket o' rust?
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catgirlshyla 12:54AM (7/29/2007)
Avoid the Boyd!!
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