1000 cars, trucks and tractors will be crushed if not saved.

We travel to Sims, North Carolina to check out a collection of classics that's been sitting in the woods for decades. The original land owner would travel the east coast with his son delivering new cars and trucks to dealerships. They would bring old trade in's and whatever else caught their eye back home and put it on their personal car lot. Whatever didn't get purchased would be moved into the woods to make room for new inventory. They said most of those cars and trucks parked in the woods were driven there. My buddy Dan from ‪@DDSpeedShop‬ made the trip to check it out and hang out with us.
If you are interested in purchasing anything you seen in this video, message "rustfinder" on instagram.
Thanks for watching.
#junkyard #rust #classics

[@joeyoung3083]

I just don’t understand how someone could hoard these all away just to let them rot away. Sad really.

[@ethanhand7570]

I bet the owner was either “I’m going to build that one” or “ I saw a four door Buick sell for $75000 on Barret Jackson so that one has to be worth at least half that. These guys are the fuds of the car world.

[@nealsidor1323]

Walking past alot of interesting rides. Saw a Kaiser a few Studebakers, a 62 Galaxy convertible, a Packard or three etc. Also less camera movement and spinning around would be helpful...

[@wk9673]

That place looked more like a graveyard than a junkyard.

[@alexhathcock1380]

I see no mention of this being a "Junkyard"? Nor does this even look like a "Junkyard". You do know what a "Junkyard" looks like...this, is not, a "Junkyard".😮

[@Derf1313]

So much... Rust too... Even thinned out, there's a lifetime of possibilities, & that's only barely seeing the fringe thru the lens. Kinda makes ya wanna cry. Thanx !

[@nummnuts22]

I've seen that guy before... DD speed shop, DD speed shop DD speed shop 😛 It's sad our old timers are up in age and these places are rapidly disappearing. Unfortunately most of the ones that want to save stuff are unable to and the shredder and scrap collectors are getting them instead.

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525]

It looks like the Earth is eating most of these reporters scrappers can even get to them. Thing is they drove for enough they could have went to a yard in West Virginia or even in North Carolina couple of nice yards

[@ThomasSmith-fz6wq]

Look everyone, ZZ Top got the band back together!

[@michaelbare9960]

I enjoy these treasure hunts you go on. Let this be a lesson for all out there that collect and collect for that some day project, someday often never comes. Please put some stuff up for sale and let the next person create that master piece.

[@marvinalancornell8275]

MAN, I look around & I want the CRY 😪....My GOD he should have been selling them cars & trucks back 30 or 40 years ago before the Mother Earth took over....It's a damn shame It looks like most of them are too far gone😪 ......BUT the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro🤤....is worth grabbing......Great video David......

[@justinvanburen8259]

Y’all are finding some bad ass spots!!! Keep It up, I love seeing it!!

[@rescuedandrestoredgarage]

What an amazing experience. The big thing that goes through my mind is how many things these old rides have seen and how many memories they have been a part of. Just mind-blowing for me. Great video, brother.

[@BrokenWrenches]

Unfortunately it looks like the time to successfully sell most of that stuff was about 30 years ago before mother nature and the owners got together to completely destroy everything…. Tons of parts tho, I would sure love to walk around there for a couple months in a row. Cool video. The last old junkyard in my area crushed out last month. Sad seeing all the stuff gone. 😢

[@luketitchenell1263]

It holds the tire and wheel separate and drives the wheel out of the tire. For a scrap yard to separate tires and wheels quicker, looks similar I should say

[@patwitthoft3699]

Good guess but it's just a tire spreader use a lot in recap shops back in the 40s 50s and 60s. We still use them today to repair tires and inspect them. But it doesn't take the tire off. You have to do that with another machine

[@Calcite_II]

Sad thing is it looks like 99% of that stuff is not worth saving as a whole, but lots of good parts they can donate to their siblings. Lots of good light lenses, trim pieces, bumpers, seat frames, interior bits, lots of parts to go around.

[@vxe6vxe6]

Have you seen Graveyard Cars? 🤣 Anything can be resurrected.

[@myprivatewar]

strip and label every removable trim/lens/glass part that is in usable condition, run the rest across the scales 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@MattEakle-iy9si]

Tire stretcher. They had lights on them to find holes and patch them. It pulled the bead of the tire apart to get a better view. It also spins.

[@MattEakle-iy9si]

My local tire shop has one.

[@robbj938]

Looks like the owners picked thru everything. All the empty holes in the rows. That's why he didnt want you to know about the other lot.👍

[@WoodyFixit]

He sells at reasonable prices every day.

[@mjc8248]

A lot of wall and lawn art but nothing else really worth much. We used to turn those old front clips into bars and other decorative pieces when my health was good.

[@richardjohn4491]

I have a love / hate relationship with these type of car hoard walk through's. The biggest complaint is the damn high speed camera flip from one direction to another. Plus David you skimmed past (2) Toyota Celica's that I am sure Mike Finnigan would have liked to see. You might have looked at them later in the video but I didn't make it past 10 minutes.

[@grabasandwich]

So true! At least Dave's vid is a little more stable than Dan's. It's still weird to see a local guy on an American channel.

[@agentcrm]

It really sad seeing all of this being horded and left to rot beyond being salvagable.

[@walterwhitaker1395]

The sad part about this is "These cars and parts are going to be worth something one of these days" until they're NOT!

[@williamlovely450]

walking by a lot of kool cars to look at the common 55 56 57 chevys

[@oliverrobey6973]

Breaks my heart to see that duster sitting there rotting away

[@jasonridout4458]

It looks like an envelope stretcher for recapping tires. It's a rubber tube stretched over the tire to hold the new tread in place for the vulcanization process

[@patwitthoft3699]

Yeah they can use it for that but that one was just a tire spreader for repairing and inspecting a tire. We still use them today

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Lots of cool stuff there!!!!!!! 👍👍

[@thepuckhead1973]

I'd have been pissed, driving 7 hours for that. This is a collection of "If somebody saved it, somebody would need that". They were wrong.

[@Triplenickelmotorsports]

So much great stuff from the past. I did notice the 240Z that you walked right past... tail lights and trim are worth a bit as I am sure a bunch of the other cars bits are worth a ton if the time was spent piecing them out

[@JC-ok7qd]

That Z was the most valuable car there. Thats crowd was looking for the most common car on earth the tri 5 chev. They also walked past the 2 door Ford Ranch wagon Fords Nomad.

[@grabasandwich]

In Dan's video, I was surprised at how much stuff he skipped past, or wasn't familiar with models & years. I'd be there for days!

[@frankm8533]

Always wanted a classic rust bucket car or truck for my driveway flower bed

[@michaelguinn5736]

Breaks my heart to see this vintage tin scrapped!! That place needs to be searched!!

[@christopherjohnson5320]

Damn Newburn did not know you had your own landing strip must be great to be able to fly from Canada and BOOM he is in your BACKYARD

[@petercasper224]

Sad to see all that history being swallowed back to where it originally came from.

[@AndrewTwoTen]

You said it best. “Damn, what a shame.” The pile of Hemi motors might be worth saving.

[@tonykemper8896]

It hurts my heart to see all those cars horded like that and just wasted.

[@gr4eme1975]

That contraption looks like the thing used to hold truck tires apart for repairing punctures or inspecting before going through a retread plant

[@tn65s]

100%

[@patwitthoft3699]

Exactly we still use them today

[@fluffyfreak505]

So much I'd stupidly buy thinking I could save. Especially the tri-fives and the trucks!

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

I made it a little more than halfway through but I can't watch anymore. It's too heartbreaking

[@sbmalibu]

that mccormick deering tractor on steels was worth looking at. those could be worth a bunch . And it would be cool to see a rebuild of an old tractor.

[@johnfields4896]

Dad put 2 McCormick deering sickle bar mowers behind a barn and hasn't been touched. If I had a skid steer on tracks I'd see about getting them out for sale or scrap

[@richdiscoveries]

Dude, that is the remains of a Chrysler air-raid siren mixed in with those piles of hemis. WTF. Those things are in incredible demand the collectors, I'm not even a collector and I've always wanted to get my hands on one. Dont know what the hell I would do with it, but it's one of those things I feel I need.. it's a freaking hemi-powered air raid siren, yet there it is rotting away. Most likely one of the ones that are not accounted for, they have a list of where most of them ended up. And yes I know, just go get it, but I can't take on any more projects right now. I've got too much on my plate, no space, and unfortunately I've long learned we cannot save them all. Hopefully somebody gets that

[@jd440]

Unreal how many vehicles are there. That row or what looked like old hemi engines just blew me away. Should pick them all up. I'm sure they are worth quite a bit once rebuilt..

[@agentcrm]

Only if they're good to start with and with the amount of rain they'll have seen. They'll be rusted solid inside. Sadly they're pretty much only good for scrap now.

[@jd440]

@@agentcrm I've seen some basket cases come back to life. All depends on how much work you want to do to them. If anything else, clean them up really nice and make displays out of them...

[@agentcrm]

@@jd440 rarity does force that. Though it’s also caused by leaving mass produced vehicles out in damp forests to cull the numbers.

[@andrewphillips9123]

Just think . All of those cars were in a dealers showroom somewhere brand new . Some one wandered in the door and said I'll have it. Then drove off in their shiny new car. they were all new. The mower, A Deering/McCormack No7 sycle bar mower. You'd spend all day looking at a horses ass mowing a field on one of them. LOL

[@gutgess1966]

There are also many Europeen Cars too, like Porsche 924, Opel GT , MGB GT, Renault Dauphine, Morris Minor Convertible and others. Really nice Yard

[@patwitthoft3699]

That contraption is a tire spreader. Take the tire off the rim. Then put it on that machine and it spreads the tire open so you can inspect and repair

[@Automated14]

This stuff is already crushed by Mother Nature.

[@terrydail]

When I was there in the late 70's, I saw a sight that was unreal. There was a place, I think it was near Sims (I was going to Wilson Tech) we visited a couple time- you could only drive by on the road. You could see from the road hundreds of cars- Chargers, corvettes, camaros, Cudas, Chevelle SS's looked like they had been driven into this field in rows and just parked. You wanted to just cry because they were out in the weather just sitting. Nothing was for sale and there was no access. The rumor was the owner(s) were wealthy and just liked buy cars and park them. It was such an unbelievable sight that, nobody had ever heard of, that when I try to tell people, they would not believe me and thought I was BS ing them. I mean who would believe someone telling them, "Hey, I know where there's a hemi cuda sitting beside a big block vette in a field"? Every time we drove by there there 24/7 armed guards would drive up to check us out. You may have found that place and all the good stuff is gone and you saw what was left over. You may have seen the owner's house-it was a duplex with the two halves being a mirror image of each other- I think they (owners) were twins

[@daleedwards8186]

That contraption is a tire spreader to patch holes lol i used to use one just like it when i worked at a tire shop

[@markthegunplumber8376]

Sometimes people just wait to long to sell stuff and then when they do nothing much is left.

[@moparmarkstpac]

8:08 some sort of medieval torture device lol what a great place to explore, thanks Dave

[@suiciderider2784]

That's it, was our Jeep, we put a 225 slant six in it and I painted it white with grabber blue and can't remember the exact red. We used it for pulling my uncle's boat on Holden Beach NC in the seventies. I was fourteen when I painted it

[@lancebedour1473]

I would love to have one of those old Hemi's just to hang on my motor stand to look at! Yep that's a Hemi!

[@ronstorey6012]

Beautiful yard art if nothing else

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

It's a shame to see all that beautiful metal returning to the earth. Unfortunately the people who want to save these old treasures don't have the money to do anything about it. If I had the money I would go broke trying to save old cars.

[@travisjohnson5747]

I spotted 2 66/67 lemans in Dan's video and one of them again in your video....looked like they definitely needed to be saved and a 57' olds 2dr hardtop ....didn't get to see much of that. Might be worth saving too.

[@anthonyperczak398]

OMG! DD speed shop! 🤩😂 I bet there's a lot of stories with all of them cars! Is that machine maybe a bead breaker/tire stripper? Looks like the hooks could grab the rubber and push the rim out of the center with the hydraulic ram maybe? I'm just winging it here, I have never seen one before but it looks interesting 🤯

[@metalartcustomsLLC]

I restored a ranch wagon like that for a customer a few years ago. I’d love to go there and drag a couple out to build on my channel

[@nuthinfancy]

Tire spreader. Center arms expand to hold tire Outside arms spread tire open so you can check for nails in tire.

[@dhag72]

Im also in Canada, east coast. There's quite a few rigs in the woods, I know of a purple Galaxie, 51 chev truck, 47 chev sedan, international, all kind of stuff but they're so rotten it's not worth pulling them out. Trying to find a project for my son's and I

[@grabasandwich]

Yeah all the good stuff is from our west eh? I hate living in the rust belt

[@thealgorithmisbroken]

Damn. That looks like a 1958 Edsel Pacer or Ranger at 5:27. Those cars are getting rare.

[@whaddabunchashit]

25 minutes in and all I see is scrap. I love these trips but they're heartbreaking at the same time.

[@davidgraham7325]

Past being just junk

[@vehdynam]

What a shame ! Sad to see all those old cars left to deteriorate to that level. Lots of small parts and pieces if anyone could take the time to sort them all out. Thanks for the tour.

[@mikebmg6262]

dave great video but you have to slow down when you pan with the camera. I was getting dizzy.

[@grabasandwich]

6:35 Speaking of Henry J's have you seen Penny's Hot Rods channel? They're just outside Winnipeg, which isn't too far from DD. Oh and another "local" guy you might like is Brent at Halfass Kustoms. Dan may have mentioned them already.

[@raysmith4121]

I want want want that Viking Car Hauler! That would be a huge hit at CTC loaded with tri 5's

[@williamdeegan7840]

Great video. This looks down south somewhere judging by the pine trees. What state ? I aslo got sick to my stomach seeing these sweet vehicles rotting away. And wanted to cry. Death in the family, I'm guessing. Really sad. Yards like this are going away quickly. Nice job.

[@thman6453]

Dan brings the snow ❄️ gee thanks bud lol

[@cowboyal75]

You should buy all the hemi’s and sell them at double the price to Finnigan, when he blows his up again.😂

[@79tazman]

Man all those hemi's sitting on the ground with nothing covering them what a waste I bet the pans are rotted right off of them and the blocks are cracked from water freezing in them what a waste of good engines. I hate greedy people that collect stuff and instead of selling it they would rather let it rot into the ground instead it makes me want to cry

[@danielcunningham1144]

Put online for the people in Sweden or some other foreign country they'd buy them. I wish salvage yards and scrap yards would do that.👋

[@mlsmcv9591]

How cool. To ride around with ZZ Top .

[@kenfrazier616]

awesome find

[@mrf339]

I retreaded tires for 20 years and that is definitely an envelope spreader.

[@markmclean9509]

The thing you asked what it is , it is a truck bead spreader .for repairing tyres

[@BCaldwell]

DD speed shop? DD speed shop? DD speed shop? Minty ole pricks 👌

[@SuperSportstudio]

👍 ✌ very cool but I think your 20-30 years too late, thanks for the trip though. so saDD Speed Shop

[@adiamondforever7890]

I like your horse drawn sickle mower, mine is a three point hitch mower. Lots of hemi motors, Packards, saw a 55, 56, 59 Studebaker cars, wouldn't mind the 55 for parts. Sure would be nice to get the 55+ red Studebaker truck (chassis, 1-1/2 ton maybe) also for parts. But Seattle is a long way away. Have fun

[@jeffreypinder9398]

Damn, Dave. Offer $10 per Hemi. You and Cotten on FwF are hilarious. Surprised you walked by the Galaxie convertible, could have been an "R"(?) Code 427?

[@alwinracing9844]

Look at all the cars, the claw looking machine almost looks like an old school bead breaker, but I am no expert.

[@timothymilam732]

Reminds me of when I was a snot nosed kid, my Grand Paw had one like it, a little different, but basically the same. It was parked next to old willow tree, that grew at a severe angle not too high off the ground. It was probably close to two feet across the top of the trunk, wide enough you could run up it wide open, and we did regularly. Paw had old Grey Brahman bull, and he hung down to his knees as y'all would say. He didn't appreciate what a Red Rider BB felt like from 20 feet behind him. Cause he'd turn on a dime, blow snot everywhere, bawl and leap after us. But we has the tree to run up leaving him butting his head and horns all over everything he could get to tring to knock us out of the tree. We'd call Paws old collie dog Lady, and she'd run at him. Soon as his head dropped she'd bite onto the brass ring start shaking her head dragging him away. Several times a day that ole bull start after us, just glade we never got caught, man we probably wore willow branch out on both of us. Old memories sure nough round that old place y'all boys was st. Appreciate the ride down through those old graveyards full of old solders from long ago.

[@FranksAdventures]

Its properties and owners like this that make trying to save things almost impossible. What a waste, just makes me sad and pisses me off at the same time.

[@joshmoore5173]

Love the video thanks

[@brianlinton910]

The little red Honda scooter might be worth salvaging. The scrap value of the rest minus a trim piece here and there probably won’t pay for the gas to get rid of it.

[@scottsprague9974]

I dive by that great stuff at least once a week.

[@brettfox6816]

I sent DD speed shop the Link to the video U showed all the trim For the TRI FIVES!!! Hope he got what he needed for his Junkers hehe!

[@hotrod4d]

It's snowing and Dan is in his element, eh 😂

[@tiffanyodell5257]

Theres a place like that up here in michigan. Off to the west side of 127 by Houghton lake area. Always wanted to stop.

[@fullyotto31]

Looks like a lot of parts could be saved but not really whole cars.

[@alsvette]

A lot of those era cars were still on the road when I was young. Parking them like that out back behind the barn was common practice then.

[@ratrod6161]

Would love to have a couple of them old trucks

[@volvobrynk]

Get the Volvo 544, make a tube chassis for it and and go with something special like a 409 or 301. And a 4 Speed

[@herbhall3830]

Please slow down with the camera scans it causes seizures! Thank you! I love your videos but cant watch them like this

[@DaleHodgdon]

That trailer would've been loaded down with hemi's!

[@spiketro]

Kills me to see all that stuff rotting and wasting away

[@debbiebermudez5890]

Mr. B. Here ! David from what I see just like cash for old cars programs most old vehicles will not be save young guys are not invested in these vehicles as we in the hobby ! Good luck hope you fine one to save . 😢😢😢😢

[@CompleteToiletGarage]

IS THAT DDSPEEDSHOP?? DDSPEEDSHOP!!!!!!

[@GrizztheForkliftMechanic]

8:10 that looks like a tire spreader to get inside to install a patch

[@josephboley]

DD SPEED SHOP... Ol peg would be proud. LOL 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@OldGrumpsGarage]

Man I'd love to get my hands on that 5 window cab. Got and s10 frame sitting in the shop for it

[@jeffwarner-hp8mm]

It’s to spread out tires to inspect the insides for damage

[@billweaver3702]

Oh man i thought you were at Grover’s place. The history that place has. Those guys are awesome. Wish I new yall were here there’s also a place not far from where you were in pikeville that has a bunch of cars and stuff.

[@jjtt7408]

HE SAID DANG IT SO MANY TIMES IT REMINDED ME OF THAT SONG / DANG IT , DANG IT, THEY AU- TA TAKE A ROPE AND HANG IT, HIGH FROM THE HIGHEST TREE , WOMAN WONT WAIT FOR ME / BOP BOP DO-DID-A-LEE DO DO DO / HAA

[@Nathan_g38]

That looks like a tire stretcher to hold the tire open to fix from the inside

[@derekperkins8158]

i like them old trucks..