Genetic material just doesn't survive intact for thousands of years in the Siberian permafrost. (sciencenews.org)
Though a ranch truck since 1971, the original Medium Blue paint survived intact and polished out nicely. (fourwheeler.com)
This might have been better as a comment responding to Omar's post just prior to this one, in which he lamented the lack of a Canadian Citer, but since it involves Javascript, I was afraid it might not survive intact as a comment. (slaw.ca)