Bodies Discovered in 69 Camaro In Lake Since 1970

[SeattleCarGuy]

It's interesting that the car bodies rotted so badly in the lake water. I am no marine biologist, but it must be the warm shallow water and the silt/micro organisms that ate away at the metal? The reason I point this out is that here in Seattle, we have a huge lake, Lake Washington, which is over 700-800 feet deep or more in parts. I remember several years ago a plane from WWII was located in the bottom of the lake. There was a naval base on the lake back then, and of course, several airfields in the area. Anyway, they raised this plane from very deep down near teh bottom and after cleaning away some of the silt, the plane was extremely well preserved without the metal rot like we see on this Camaro. I suppose at those extreme depths and with colder bottom water, there are not the same types of organisms to eat away at the metal?

I'm glad these families have some closure as to what happened to their loved ones.

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SeattleCarGuy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It's interesting that the car bodies rotted so badly in the lake water. I am no marine biologist, but it must be the warm shallow water and the silt/micro organisms that ate away at the metal? </div></div>

Primarily has to do with oxygen content..The great lakes has low oxygen at deep depths and ships that sunk 80-100 years ago look fresh.

[markinnaples]

Would not that plane most likely been made out of aluminum and not steel?

Not sure, just asking.

[twertsy]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: whitetop</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SeattleCarGuy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It's interesting that the car bodies rotted so badly in the lake water. I am no marine biologist, but it must be the warm shallow water and the silt/micro organisms that ate away at the metal? </div></div>

Primarily has to do with oxygen content..The great lakes has low oxygen at deep depths and ships that sunk 80-100 years ago look fresh. </div></div>

Agree, has to do with temp/oxygen. Look up the multi-millionaire pulling virgin American timber off the bottom of Lake Huron....the logs are perfect after a couple hundred years. He's pulling 20-50k each log......

[budnate]

http://www.nwrain.com/~newtsuit/reco...ash/lkwash.htm

we also have a couple floating bridges across the lake, people somehow get over the rail on it and go missing, usually found a few days later, years back a young lady went missing, they found her car down there looking for someone else years after she went missing, its about 200' where the 520 bridge is.

once met a barge guy years ago, he went around the lake and recovered all the ski boats that sank durring the summer, he would raise them and get them running and sell them.

[Vern B]

http://news.discovery.com/history/ti...rust-wreck.htm