ABANDONED WWII Munitions Plant with a THOUSAND Antique Cars & Trucks Collection! 1930s to 1970s!

[@harveystrauss6166]

Hello, I would like to thank you for taking the time to film the vid, What a gold mine of old iron.

[@jontaylor1652]

I can't believe how much beautiful stuff you guys over there have just sitting around like this.

[@Gerk8]

Not in the Northeast. New England is the salt and rust capital of the US!😢

[@robgore3881]

Dude, thanks for shooting this video!!! Im 50 now and have sen a lot of these in person over the yrs, wow, brings back memories. Well done sir.

[@snoopu2601]

It's a good thing the owner is selling them off to give them a second life than just sitting there to rot away .

[@masipag_canadian_adventure642]

Mnnn I didn’t see anything “rotting away” he was a serious collector,not a hoarder. He’s the one who saved them.

[@adrianbeech2363]

Thanks for yet another great commentary on an amazing collection of vehicles.

[@oldmanmaker9853]

[@terrydavis1917]

One thing that always get me is " apologize for the wind, DA wind is what makes it all more real 💯

[@patdesrosiers6423]

I don’t mind the wind or the wind noise. Like you, it makes it real for me

[@Elvis20101]

Great info, thank you Mr Goodpliers

[@francisjaniewski5990]

I have loved old vehicles for 50 years. I am amazed and glad they look complete.

[@vincentbasso4903]

Iron City Garage posted a videos about this place two week ago. It was a good video. Your post auction coverage with the knowledge of what these trucks went for added to the video and immersed the viewer deeper into the experience. I agree some prices seemed a bit on the high side. My favorite video from you

[@roberteyres424]

Thanks for another great video. Amazing collection. cheers

[@michaelweilmuenster5754]

I could watch these visits of old collections for hours. Thanks for sharing the prices. Way more than I would have paid! Never new MG made a sedan.

[@haroldpruitt8207]

Me in my seven year old grandson Isaiah watched your video on this old cold December morning here in the Missouri Bootheel. We loved trying to guess the make and model before you told us.Thanks so much for sharing with us! 👍👍👍 We were both so fascinated.

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

Super!! Thanks to both of you for stopping by the channel!

[@JH-vf8rm]

I must admit I am jealous of your memory and knowledge. Your ability to see something and know exactly what it is or remember it from the auction listing is amazing. I think we are about the same age and I struggle to remember what happened yesterday. Anyways, love your videos and thank you for taking the time to put these together for us!

[@donoberloh]

Some of his production dates are incorrect though.e.g. Ramcharger and Blazer

[@supermansuperman9066]

I watched to see my favorite ,cars 1932 to 1935 inclusive; I don't believe I saw one. Are these cars so old that most young people don't like them?

[@stevecurl7430]

So much fun looking at old stuff, thanks for the effort

[@joeambaye8681]

Thanks for the amazing tour👍

[@johnm.5848]

Even in the early 21st Century, vintage Detroit Iron is still being being found all over. There's quite a few solid examples that we saw. Thanks.

[@VWNate1]

THANK YOU SIR ! . I'm old and remember most of these vehicles . I appreciate your knowledgeable comments too . -Nate

[@brettjones5041]

great display sir as always your knowledge is is grand

[@milla698]

I love your adventures and the old farm auctions you go to.

[@leedaniels7196]

You find the most amazing collections!.😊😎

[@shardarhef]

Loads of beautiful old iron , thank you.

[@dougtheviking6503]

No salt , No humidity ==== Nice old cars and Trucks

[@chrisc1553]

Wow incredible I wish I could have bought a vehicle or two here there are some favorites I see such as the internationals the 30s Chevys the MG 1100 keep up the good work

[@russbonk1372]

I'm amazed at the quantity of collections STILL out there! Back East here they're history...gone...sold off...never to come back again. In most cases it's been decades since the sales and auctions and crushers did their dirty deeds to the collections and junkyards. In some rare occassions you'll still find a small hoarde.....maybe lost to a family's inner squabbling or a legal issue. I- along with hundreds of others- got to watch and participate in the demise , and if handed a magic wand to travel back in time would do ALOT of things differently!! Thank you for documenting these treasures!

[@scvandy3129]

"russbonk," ah, once again -- 'hindsight is ALWAYS 20/20.' Thanks for the interesting 'take' on the demise of similar properties / collections in the East. So, what was the big hurry to rid that part of the U.S. of car lots and collections, battered or not? Greed? Deterioration beyond reclaiming of the vehicles due to elements? Other?

[@Synaptic_gap]

@@scvandy3129 On the east coast most states/municipalities used salt on the roads in the winter and it doesn't take long for the corrosion to claim the bodies and frames, especially in the era prior to galvanized sheetmetal. Oddly, many pre 1960 vehicles are more likely to have survived due to both thicker sheet metal used and the more rugged body on frame construction.

[@jerryengstrom2293]

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[@farmfinds]

Another great review! I always learn something from you and am amazed at your wealth of knowledge across all makes and models!

[@markbehr88]

Very interesting video Mr Goodpliers.

[@Gerk8]

I’ve always liked early Comets but never new their relation to Edsel. Thanks for the education! 👍

[@marcodebarkingville1827]

Appreciate you supplying price realized on the walk around, would have been a lot of work.👏👏👏

[@patdesrosiers6423]

Great video. A friend has a 61 cat eye Comet and I’ll have to tell her about the Edsel connection which I just learned watching this. Excellent knowledge you have regarding all this great stuff

[@57Banjoman]

Some mighty fine iron there! I drive my grandmother's '68 Impala in the summer, and it has the perfect amount of technology for me!

[@tykellerman6384]

Great video thanks …. Damn I love the old trucks still miss my 46 chev 2 ton 🤠👍

[@lencampa9049]

Interesting video liked that oddball delivery type over sized in the start of your video amazing that theres that are still left from days gone bye.👍👍👍🇺🇸

[@josephbingham1255]

Very Interesting Video. AND I watched it all the way through 56 minutes. 16:45 the Yeoman as available as a two door or four door wagon. 1958 Chevrolet wagons totaled 187,000 of which only 16,590 were the two door model. 50:44 I learned to drive in a White/gold one of these. It had the same fins. It had a supercharger. And I think a Packard motor. Step too hard on the gas and it smoked the rear tires. On the swirled dash it had a plate giving a number and name of someone in Texas it had been manufactured for. My mother's boyfriend owned it.

[@dh2360]

That’s pretty cool, so many projects worth reviving

[@needsaride15126]

Thank you for sharing such a great video. I sure would like to have one of those REO pickups or that KB-6. Family had a KB-2 and a KB-5.

[@ericesterby2895]

1947-48 Fords are virtually identical. The easiest way to tell the ‘46 is that the front turn signals are rectangular and mount above the grille. The grille bars are a little different, too, but the turn signals are the easiest clue. I hope this is helpful.

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-2025]

I guess you're talking about the cars and not the trucks? I think that was a year they used in Grease lightning for their hot rod. I didn't care for the movie but I did enjoy watching the cars when I was younger.

[@supermansuperman9066]

@@CAROLDDISCOVER-2025 Isn't all the rechromeing needed for these vechicles make them affordable only for the rich. For example ; the first car shown needs rechromeing of all it's chrome. Wouldn't this cost thousands? And not to mention that the car needs complete restoration which would include a couple of thousand for upholstery?

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-2025]

@@supermansuperman9066 well pre-war car you're not going back with their original type of materials anyway. It cost depends on your upholstery guy. Yes materials have gone up in cost. As far as the Chrome well if you buy something with stainless then that does not need to be Chrome. Same thing for aluminum trim cars. Restoring cars is not a poor man hobby. But making something you like and that's neat out of an old vehicle sitting around waiting to be crushed is self-fulfilling. And with the look of patina, a word I hate. Patina gives everybody a chance to just drive it as a fixed it up. Don't fix the Chrome just go looking for some good decent Chrome. By the way I can use a couple of bumpers for a 50 Oldsmobile. By the time you rework the bumpers to get him in the condition to Chrome them and then have them chromed even if it's in Mexico it's expensive! There's a couple of good Chrome places in the midwest that's reasonable compared to the prices being charged today. I've talked to a couple guys who own these places. Of course it's the same as anything else. Our cost has gone up dramatically so our prices were trying to keep him down but we can only do so much. So answer your question yes you can spend thousands of dollars on upholstery, Chrome work, and bright work. Not to mention paint which is ridiculous! You can get your basic colors from fella outside Springfield Missouri. You can find on Craigslist I'm assuming he's important to crap from China but it holds up. Single sage acrylic enamel it's just fine. It worked for my dad and it worked for me going back to the 1980s. You don't want to be these implement paint jobs necessarily because it's just enamel. You need to acrylic enamel. There's nothing to beat a fine true lacquer paint job. I don't care how good you are clear coat base coat paints. Yeah they can look good but you set one next to a true lacquer that's been sanded buffed polish and about 21 layers. I don't know anybody does it anymore I've had the privilege to know two people true craftsmanship through my lifetime. I hope to know more and I hope to have plenty of lifetime ahead of me haha. People are beginning to get back to you the origins of the hobby. That was to fix it up make it look decent as you could over time. Trouble is now people are paying premium prices for this word called patina. So it prices people out of the market. But if you took one of these old cars and you set an engine in it update the brakes. We now have one thing that is marvelous that nobody had and 10 years ago even. It's called KZbin and people are throwing out the secrets left and right all you have to do is watch videos and look it up and you can save money doing it yourself. Now I'm not preaching I'm not argumentative. I agree with you you can spend thousands of dollars are maybe just go with something a little less than perfect and buy used parts over time. Take it to car shows but out a sign saying looking for parts. True car hobbyist are quite helpful. It's at one time you want that old guy come around and pass to you and say well I know where some of the stuff is at. I just had a little outpatient surgery and this lady broke my heart as a car guy. She had just sold her 1965 Chevy long bed with a 327 in it for $1,500. It was to help her family. Now here I am with her and the other members of the staff and they are helping me. I start telling her about vehicles for about 4 grand thinking she is sold it a long time ago. it's been pretty recent she gave the truck away that kind of money. Patrick broke my heart. Here they are helping me a great deal and I couldn't help her at least get fair market out of her truck cuz she already sold it. It belonged to her father too and he got it from a good friend after that friend is accidentally killed unexpectedly. So the truck had history for her and she said she drives pastor every day and sees it. A little bit of a side story. Because a running truck somebody to put a 327 in got to be worth $3,500 anyway in today's market. It was a case where she had to sell it evident by the cup of tears that came out of her eyes and she told me the story. So everyone these old cars has some kind of stories and that history being revived with the car is important

[@Itsaboutthewaterlife]

@@CAROLDDISCOVER-2025 Wow. Great story.

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-2025]

@@Itsaboutthewaterlife thank you. Never realized it or thought about it but I guess I do have a lot of car stories.

[@boblittle2529]

There's an excellent chance my grandfather helped build that very REO Speedwagon shown @13:16 He worked at the REO from 1928 to 1939

[@libertyvilleguy2903]

LOVE that Corvair Rampside! I’ve never seen a vehicle like that with a side ramp like that.

[@OdySlim]

That Chevy wrecker at 14:27 Remindes me of the movie Porky's . Regards from Ody Slim

[@ronmack1767]

Wow. What a collection. Enjoyed the video very much.Your knowledge amazes me. Youre like a walking automobile encyclopedia. Thanks for taking the time to produce the videos. You take care and God bless.

[@terrycole9427]

Cool collection

[@tjohn4398]

These trucks and cars were sold at fantastic prices. They are worth every penny of what they sold for and more. I'm goin up there and see if I can get something I like to restore. I love restoring vehicles like these, they are fun to fix up and keeop to drive on weekends.

[@jbetz78]

Thanks for the tour! Love that old Scout at the end

[@patdesrosiers6423]

I thought, amazingly rust free then Tim had the same reaction. Even in our dry climate on the Front Range they’re all gone from the tin worms

[@jimmyhamm6041]

Would be nice to have the funds $$$$$ and have the time to restore and drive some of these beauties on the road again.

[@sharpgage6512]

this is about the best collection iv seen on yt so far. great stuff all in very good condition. so many these yards are mostly all rusted shells to far goe to repairs these days

[@No_Malarky]

Great vid! Once had a 1938 Dodge Bros rat rod pickup + mechanically stock rebuilt `47 Plymouth 4dr suicide doors which was also a driver. That MG at the end....lol Never seen one of those but own 3 rubber-bumper roadsters, one is my summertime daily driver. -Canadian fuel prices hitting $10-gal.

[@jeffrogosz9995]

Hey ,you got to pay for that “Free Healthcare” . Somehow 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@oldtimer3385]

So many great American cars,thanks for for the viewing and your amazing knowledge of all the cars and trucks amazing how you know so many models and the little details from year to year.Please keep up your videos.I would love to get a car or truck one day shipped to Australia.

[@BitterDemo]

I wish I was Younger, and still owned my Trucks. When I was Trucking I hauled several loads of Classics from such placed to the Shipping lines on all Coast,

[@eddym5532]

26:19 is a good one to restore, is a 57 Pontiac Chieftain Station Wagon is a rare one.

[@garyjust.johnson1436]

My sister lived in sidney until a year ago! I never new such a collection existed!

[@MrOlgrumpy]

Your knowledge is incredible,a lot of these cars made it to Australia,my parents had a 40s Chev Master in the late 40/early 50s 🙃🙃

[@johnhere6058]

You were so right - Crazy high prices - But they don't make them any more.

[@jamesrecknor6752]

INCREDIBLE

[@philipingram1667]

Surprised by how strong some prices were (IH Scout) and others (50s Chevys) seemed really cheap. Your comment about International cabs sold to other OEMs - Hendrickson used them in the 60s-70s with their own front ends and fenders - large fleets of 10 wheel mixers in Chicago when Sears Tower was being built in the early 70s. Mack and Brockway also has some shared cabs but not from IH. Good video - I understand that it was a long way from home and likely there are enough cars closer to Wichita to take care of your needs! Keep up the good work

[@Family-hz6oe]

😊Sj😅

[@michalpowell3549]

All cool. Digging tow truck n camper van cool man. Oh yep 39 dodge and tow. First guy on lot cool rusty floor boards yep diamond t loven it.

[@yeahright302]

wow,yes some strong, strong prices for sure!!!

[@Chuckles..]

A lot of these were still on the road when I was a little kid in Texas in the 60s.

[@johnelliott7375]

Mine too all those trucks were works of art.

[@ekbanjosworld4926]

What took off running from the car after the 3rd REO and the FC Willy's???

[@codelocust3297]

Thanks for sharing those

[@thomasformanek465]

My Dad and an Uncle, both worked for the Diamond-T truck company in Chicago for over 24 years.

[@gaspumprob]

Hello Tim, Thank you for the video of this amazing collection and sale. Your wealth of knowledge and willingness to share it with all of us is simply amazing. I also appreciate you adding the prices these vehicles brought. I know that took time to edit in. Not many places on the west coast where I live like this. Do you know how much that White Fuel delivery truck sold for? I really like fuel delivery trucks. Keep the videos coming. Rob

[@rogerpeter6859]

Love those Diamond t's

[@jimmyhamm6041]

That 46 Ford in the beginning would love to have. My brother owned one all original.

[@stevepike195]

Hi Tim, excellent video, nice to see the little MG out there in the USA in amoungst the big trucks and cars, will you be showing the gold Mitsubishi pick up in the next video ?, looked interesting as you passed by it. thanks for giving us the information on year models and price made at auction. Getting cold out here in Sweden also now.

[@liberraimundogemaquelimada9464]

Meu amigo sou do Brasil 🇧🇷gosto muito do seu trabalho parabéns. Liber , cidade de Belém, Estado do Pará, Brasil 🇧🇷 .

[@dyer2cycle]

14:47..that could POSSIBLY be a '55 Chevy 1st series wrecker..the side hood emblems are different between the '54 and '55 1st series..unfortunately, these are missing..35:56..look at those tail lights on that '41 Dodge..I always heard those were the tail light assemblies they used on the '48 Tuckers...they sure look like it!...47:58...wonder if that '58-'59 Chevy truck has a 348 in it?...

[@MBRMrblueroads]

pretty good prices on some of those. i would like to had that first 40 chevy for 1750 👍👍

[@olivier3847]

45:36 did these early 40's ford pickups ever have windshields in one piece without the separation in the middle...I think I recognized one of these in WW2 footage but it doesn't have the strut in the middle....I just now realized while typing this the window could have been broken or even taken out, it was in north africa...

[@mr.lincoln5154]

Both those Diamond T's are nice. I believe the Holiday name appeared on the hard top model of both the Dynamic and Super 88, and the 98 in 2 and 4dr bodies.

[@brucewalkerwalker1308]

35 and 36 Chevy had a low cab and a high cab, the low cab is 13 1/2 inch's in the center of the windshield and the high cab is over 15 in the center, found that out when rebuilding a 36 Chevy pickup.

[@FaithiinJesus]

I used to rent one of those igloos used to fly over the place was massive 1,000's of cement igloos holding ammo for WW2 used to find some interesting thing in them, they did not completely clean them out, we would find interesting souvenir in the mid 1980's

[@junkmannythewitch7295]

Im working on a 68 Biscayne right now, nice picture!

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

Excellent!

[@MrVintagemoto]

I really envy you guys for having such quantities of vintage cars for such prices with a huge market with spare parts.

[@stevebaker9709]

Hi great video you show some really great cars I hope most get restored .my dad in 1957 had a study baker dictator 1937. Model two door soft top with spare wheel on the trunk lid .do you know how many are left .I have not seen one in years now .if you do know how many are left I would really like to know .thanks .👍👍😁

[@marlobreding7402]

The building with the boilers is called the Physical Plant besides steam for heating and propulsion of shaft driven production machines and lastly power for lighting.

[@howardsimpson489]

An asbestos compliance nightmare.

[@jeffmayo5283]

AT MINUTE 38.. 1948 to 1968.. another huge difference.. King Pins v/s Ball joints. Torque Tube vs Drive shafts Leafs v/s coils. Vacume wipers v/s electric Floor push starter- v/s key switch ..... My 47 FLEETLINE had a vauume shift booster with a three on the tree. I could shift with my pinky finger from my left hand over the steering wheel..while my right arm was around my date for that night. ... If any of your viewers have one of these.. The vac booster is a must have. ... iI purchased it it in lake county ca . I payed $60.00 for it in 1977 It was sitting under an old oak tree

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

Excellent additions... I knew I was putting myself on the spot standing there trying to remember all of them. Thanks so much for chiming in Jeff!

[@jeffmayo5283]

It's all good.. I have a few more..but I already forgot alot them. Thanks for that great overview. It's kinda nice to see cars that are restorable instead of ones that have trees growing thru the trunks !

[@docsmallblock6584]

Just too cool! Man I wish I had the money and place to restore some old cars like that! I really(for some reason) like those old 30's pick-up truck's! Wish you could put your hand on one and see it's history, who owned it, what it did etc. Does anyone know what truck it was they drove on the TV show "The Walton's"??? Or how about the movie "A Christmas Carol" with Henry winkler when he played Ebenezer Scrooge. Which sounded like it had an old push-pull engine??? Just things I remember from my childhood.

[@ericdumptee9084]

waltons truck,was a model A ford not sure of year, 28-31

[@docsmallblock6584]

@@ericdumptee9084 Thank you!

[@docsmallblock6584]

@@ericdumptee9084 Just looked it up. It was a 1929 model AA.

[@patdesrosiers6423]

A driver who picked up bulk oil from my former employer was from Sidney and told me several years ago about a monster stash of old vehicles there. This has to be what Pat referred to

[@soocarman6564]

WOW! I went to school there in 1978-79. None of that stuff was there then.

[@bobgreene2892]

Thank you for the tour. Most of us are so accustomed to modern auto design, we cannot even imagine the way older cars were designed. * BTW, the aerial bomb mounted atop the plant entrance is not like the typical US bomb, but resembles a German WW2 bomb.

[@excitationofstereocilia2103]

This auction must have been very well advertised to get these figures I'm so glad they all got homes

[@yallainrite3658]

Nice comparison between the 48 and 68 Chevrolets. Additionally, you could probably drive the 68 in modern traffic with the disk brakes and do just fine. Respect for the old frugal people that would drive them until they died.

[@dalesadventures]

Awesome video and some nice cars thanks for sharing I just subbed up

[@michaelguinn5736]

Tim, I seen a video of this collection pre-auction....maybe 2-3 weeks ago?

[@eddym5532]

46:35 1963 Buick Riviera is in good condition to be rstored. Price is fair.

[@mjjw400mattthecat6]

Lot of cool cars did you ever see any classic Corvettes in your travels I really like to find one?

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

We're in farming country, so they don't pop up often, and typically bring market price or over since they're so uncommon

[@pedrovision6987]

Just amazing...thank you for documenting these vehicles...well done...just incredible what this fellow collected...

[@stefanschutz5166]

Thank you from Amsterdam.

[@robwokaty2081]

Have you seen the spot In Virginia? Hundreds, many of them still run. Guy just never stopped buying. I think he had a couple model A , model T, divco, all kinds of big trucks, like 10 or so of tractors with tank treads, 2 dodge powerwagons - one looked all original and looked almost perfect. I was just driving out to a job and boom, there they were.

[@omniversling]

Awesome no BS historical tour of superbly patinated iconic US vehicles! Very much appreciated, thanks for taking the time to go film, edit the auction prices in, and archiving the collection before it's broken up (Ozzie gearhead boomer)

[@oldmanmaker9853]

OH MY MYSTERIOUS

[@oldmanmaker9853]

[@MrBlackbutang]

Wish I had lots of moola $$$$ ! I be there yesterday! Thanks

[@raycecil4643]

that 921N Diamond T!!!! oh my lord, whoever got that must be very proud of it!!

[@lakemi4665]

Thanks tim

[@shawnoandrew]

Love that place

[@BitterDemo]

Man, I was a Chevrolet Salesman in Troy Kansas and sold a New Corvair Cab over new fot $100.00 just to get rid of it. Nobody would even look at it. I sold it the Adrian Bey who was a farmer and to sell it I loaded it with more Hay than he could his 3/4 250 Ford and get it out of the field./ While in Sydney, NE. Visit Pittam's Auto Shop. My Cousins.

[@clintonneuhaus1818]

Wow his collection was absolutely amazing.

[@michaelfraser5723]

LOL, those mirrors on the BAIRD wrecker, could only fit a small bird in the frame

[@aftershock2222]

What was up with the red ‘64 Impala? Thanks

[@delgray8523]

A lot of unique vehicles, thank for your effort 🤩