Just when residents thought they’d seen it all, the story took an even stranger turn. Worried that someone might try to steal his world record, Davisson secretly expanded the project in 1983, constructing a pyramid-shaped second level above the original vault. Hidden inside was yet another car: a Toyota Corolla. This upper chamber had already been quietly opened during earlier preparations, but the revelation added a new chapter to the town’s already extraordinary discovery.
Now Seward faces an unusual problem: what do you do with a virtually brand-new 1975 Chevrolet Vega — perhaps the only surviving one of its kind with nearly zero miles? Whether it will ever run again is uncertain, but as a time machine, it has already exceeded every expectation. Fifty years later, Harold Davisson has been vindicated. He preserved not just machines, but memories — defeating rust, time, and even the critics who doubted him.
