Exploring A Classic Car Junk Yard - 1000 Classics

Where do you find all your cars?
I get asked that question all the time. The truth is, you have to search high and low. Not every tip is going to pay off, infact most won't. I'll go anywhere, any time to check out old cars.
This was a special trip south with my buddy David Newbern and our friend Brandon. I spent a day flying south, slept over then we drove 7 hours though 3 states to check out an old junk yard.
Classics from the 30's up till the 70's where packed in a 30 acre property.
Most of the cars where to far gone to be builders but lots of great parts to keep other cars on the road.
If you're interested in anything you saw on the video. contact Ed on Instagram @rustfinder for more information.
Shoot me an email [e-mail] if you have some fun places to explore.

[@RizzlerLizard]

I grew up in the 80's and 90's. and i remember walking around junkyards with my grandfather foaming at the mouth at all the cars out there. Now here i am 30 years later foaming at the mouth over these scraps.. Time has certainly changed things. Thanks for the tour DD!

[@garymyers416]

🎉⁹p:*u, 😊😊😊 3:11 😊😊😢😢😢

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

This is my favorite past time! Walking through old wrecking yards is magical! 😁👍

[@JAMARTELLO]

The JunkYard Crawl! Whooo. Steve Mags would be so Proud 👏

[@rog3816]

The first yard is all pine trees, pine needles are acidic, hence rotten car bodies, second yard is deciduous trees, leaves are less acidic, equals less rusty cars. Nice walk around!

[@allanrichards3752]

I think the moist air, wet leaves and tree debris makes for one of the worst environments for cars. Its fascinating to see these yards but also for me rather sad in that all these potential projects have gone. Lets hope they can salvage a few gem parts for people.

[@Zazu2You]

So awesome and sad at the same time. Hard to believe all the cars. That's a walk down memory lane!! Cheers!!

[@Robert-ni6ut]

Nothing better than a classic junkyard so calming for the nerves and see how time has passed ☺️

[@mustangron3445]

Classic Car Heaven!!!

[@Raycr]

Thanks Dan for the tour. The last minute was the best for me. Now, if I just had the room, money and time

[@craigbowley6783]

That place is an absolute gold mine! 😮

[@arielsaeth]

It's nice of you to go all that way to find bumpers for your girls chevy.

[@ratt727]

Still a lot of nice parts out there

[@eddyholbrook4298]

Looks like a fun day!

[@Canadianrcguy]

Been waiting for this one…Thanks! 🇨🇦🛠️

[@automotiveaddiction428]

This is 1 of your best videos...I love a junk yard tour..

[@mediumjumbo7484]

Pretty koool stuff 👍

[@anaz6706]

Ugh so many 59 chevys... That sedan delivery is pretty damn rare

[@pugliesesspeedshop]

Lots of history out there in those woods... They may be a bit worse for wear, but they're still beautiful

[@mattgodreau3035]

That sedan delivery is a 59 sooo beautiful

[@diamondbonez5309]

Paradise 👌x1000.🤯

[@petesscrapheapgarage3130]

"😮" My grandpappy always said there'd come a day when people will come flying in from afar just to see his Garden 😅

[@thman6453]

Holy crap a gremlin sighted in the wild lol literally

[@johnh8917]

Gremlin X !

[@markebill1]

Levis gremlin

[@jamesdamron2065]

They gotta be rough for Dan to say they are parts cars! LoL 😂

[@Vibrolas]

Walking old yards is better than Disneyland.

[@heartoftexasbarnfindsandcl5193]

Glad to see you out and about..

[@MIKEH.777]

This was a wonderful experience to go through those junkyards with you and for you to show us around, Thank you Dan and thank you Newburn for bringing him there to see all those beautiful cars and trucks. Keep up the great work and God Bless you guys and your family's, stay safe out there during your travels. 👌💪👍🙏🏼

[@bertrigby1886]

I could see ol' peg and Willard having a good time there

[@grumpyoldman336]

I love struttin around old scrap yards they send you back in time with all the memories and the thoughts of what could you do with all this stuff if you only had more time

[@bradrichards6107]

You should got check out Old Car City in White Ga. There are over 3000 cars in that junkyard. They don’t sell any parts anymore, however. It’s like an outdoor museum. A very cool place to see.

[@davecarey7452]

Gotta love junkyard tours. I never imagined that it would make for great entertainment as most visits that I've made to a scrapyard in the past involved scrounging up parts for my daily drivers.

[@Irresponsible-dads-R-fun]

So very cool! I’m glad you got to see it even if you didn’t take all the gems you would like to have taken seeing the collections is really cool

[@kevinl.2291]

Lots of great cars Dan it’s sad that so many will be crushed. Thanks for sharing.👍😎✌️

[@erikalbertson7483]

We had a local yard in Sioux City, Iowa full of iron from the 30's to the 70's. They piled them as high as they would go. Used to go on the weekends with my dad, and crawl all around those wrecks. There was a pile of engines, and I grabbed a hemi valve cover. Also got a 55 Chevy gauge cluster. Man, if I had a time machine !

[@rescuedandrestoredgarage]

Oh man, I would think that it would have been hard to leave those places, and then you would be daydreaming for days after. Great video, brother. was a lot of fun to watch.

[@danstewart8218]

Went to visit my Auntie in Ohio from the UK in I think 1990, and while there got my Dad to take me to a yard that was similar in size, they had been collecting since the 20's...and just kept moving the front desk forward. I'm not kidding you It was almost a mile deep, I ran around that yard for nearly 3 hours ( I was 17 and frenetic!). It had everything from everywhere, Just row upon row, through the decades, seeing the imports start to arrive in the 60's rows, just mindboggling. It was one of the best memories of my youth. Incredible. A great book to get by Pat and Larry Kytola, helped spark my passion. Thanks for this Dan!

[@donaldhalls2189]

My uncle Clary had a yard full of car's and Boat's, and is dreading me turning our yard into a junk yard, I only have 3 in the shed next door, and only 3 in the yard, then the couple out the front, speaking of that I gotta go do some lawns, as we just had two King Brown Snakes in the shed toilet only 6 ft so I better mow the grass so we might be able to see them sooner, thanks for sharing, all the best to yous and your loved ones 😊

[@geraldhenson280]

Thanks for the tour 😊

[@dennisgrant4766]

You have all the good stuff up there, keep on rockin

[@TheCrackerBox]

Great video Brother .. Thank you !!

[@Tim-57]

Hey Dan Great video, lots of fun in those yards. Take care

[@GMCTIM]

Love old junk yards never know what you''ll find ! Ones trash is someone's treasure ! 👍 Thanks DD

[@anthonynapier4668]

Good video man love these places that still have a lot of old metal,, cool 👍 👍 👍 👍

[@glennnickerson8438]

It's amazing Dan how you can blend in with the "locals"... You truly are an International Man of Mystery!😆

[@blindguysgarage]

It’s always cool to go out to a old junk yard

[@Jamie_the_mechanic]

Yay you’re in my state !!!!

[@Irresponsible-dads-R-fun]

Dan!!! You neeeeeed that 59 sedan delivery two door!! That thing is so sweet and no more gone than the convertible was lol

[@bigbow62]

Speaking of junkyards... In high school, my friends spent many hours roaming junkyards We are talking the mid-late 70s..... we all had an automotive class ( Skill Center ) on the other side of the city, so we would be there for the afternoon... or some days we'd miss that class and take our own "field trip" and go hunting in the 4 junkyards of our city or one of the junkyards in the surrounding towns Those yards were loaded with car guy gold, and if we knew then what we know now we would've stripped all the moldings, emblems, and even big stuff (engines, transmissions, hoods),all of that classic muscle car gold just sitting there...... 😮 We' d be there for hours looking for parts for our rides... ✌️🙂 Thank you for that amazing video Dan it brought back lots of great memories... BTW: My car 66' Chevelle SS - Ex-Drag car... White / Red interior- 68' 327ci / 4spd / 12bolt ( my 1st car money pit $ ) Opps almost forgot.... NO Bumper 😉👍

[@marvinalancornell8275]

Damn Dan @ 10:00 look down you would have seen that badass bath tub. That SOB is older than you my friend. Man Newbern found a frigging gold mine, I could have spent the whole weekend looking at "ALL" the cars & trucks.....I LOVE THAT KIND OF SHIT....There is a few good projects there. Take care my Canadian Friend.....

[@KT-dm8en]

This looks like a motor vehicle composting facility !

[@terrencegiordan2775]

Dan the floor pan man Bet it was nice to get out of that weather in Canada neat video.

[@thecanadiantradesman7916]

Pretty cool Dan. I could just imagine what it would have looked like before the first purge when it was bumper to bumper. Sad that mother nature wants to eat everything. The video doesn't do it any justice, that rot is so bad and the only thing left of most of the cars is just a hollow shell of a once cool car. Still lots of value in parts and trim. Only problem is it would take a lifetime to remove, catalog and put to market any of it. Hopefully you find something to salvage and bring home weather its just a piece of window trim or a whole car. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@jrsgarage7623]

I know of a few places like that here in Minnesota less than 20 miles away. Just found a hoard I seen as a kid but got moved 30 miles away to different location in middle of a different woods. I think that's why they get so hard to find after the scrap price hit 300 a ton like 20 years ago now.

[@AndyGeesGarage]

Yeah lots of these places got scrapped out back then.

[@jrsgarage7623]

@@AndyGeesGarage yeah I can't believe it was already that long ago already. Probably not quite 20 but dang near.

[@camaro19690]

I’m from MN also, if you wouldn’t mind sharing we’re these places are that would be great. I’m from north of Minneapolis area. Thanks

[@NGATechnology_com]

Awesome Awesome Awesome. Rebuild them one at a time. Back to there glory days of burn outs and being loved by there new owners. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@bensymington5550]

Very very cool love it❤

[@ksokie63]

Hey Dan 👋, thanks for sharing. But , there were some there I’m sure you could fix . You like that fun stuff 👍

[@raybame5816]

Keep thinkin' "Tri5 rear door glass, ss trim, anything 2-dr" as u walk. What a shame. Thanks for the trip down memory lane; saw most of my old cars there.

[@smallcityhomesteaders1600]

It's like a huge toy store. I think you should grab one of those Z's and SBC it with some DD Speed shop DD Speed shop DD Speed shop love. Datsons and the old Z's are so friggin cool.

[@thomaslotito380]

Cars are too far gone for restoration. But there are a lot of good trim parts and pieces. Grab what you can.

[@CaddyJim]

Got into a bunch of 59-60's at the end would like to see more it's sad if those trees weren't there I'm sure these were decent when they were parked

[@johnkranz4004]

Great video Dan would love to see that place

[@Bikerbob59]

My favorite place to spend an afternoon.

[@garryhatchett775]

One of my favorite things is exploring old wrecking yards. We just had one close in our area. They sold the property and every car is being scrapped.

[@johnnydeville5701]

I'm digging those Cadillacs, and that '57 Chevy Sport Sedan! Corvairs are awesome! I'd love to check those out! Being in a humid environment, I'd say there's a good chance that some of them have air conditioning (fairly rare option). I'd like to see those Corvairs! Love that Chevy car hauler too!

[@Johnny2Bags47]

Same. Born in 76 so I too grew up during the same time. I loved walking through junkyards. We had a couple near where I grew up in southern California Plus there was (not sure if it's there anymore) I have to go see But it was a motorcycle graveyard basically with a 1man operation shop mechanic and a couple older dudes working the counter. That was awesome checking that out. People went so often and a lot just wanted to see all the different bikes..the motorcycle salvage started charging 5 bucks to go to the yard. People still paid.

[@dougr.6734]

Doug here, DD Speed Shop fan.............Man, I could spend all day at a place like that. I want that Chevy car hauling rig!

[@RAV21-32]

Coolest places to spend hours at a time. Have a similar place near me but smaller than 30 acres. 30’s to 2000’s

[@novanut1964]

helping dani with the glitter earned you a road trip, good video!

[@scottblackwell157]

Love me some d and d speed shop!!!

[@larrydixon-vi7ld]

I saw 55 with the 58 impala roof at a car show 40 years ago and loved it

[@mattsimms4325]

Great video man

[@RaysLaughsAndLyrics]

Final resting place of a throwaway civilization.

[@TheMr1963impala]

Some good metal in there still. The 66 2 dr would be something you could pull some parts from. I enjoy your videos. Keep it up!

[@kingcracker4275]

Thanks for showing

[@korean_foot_traveler8655]

Wow. It's surprising to see so many dumped cars in the forest.😀👍👍

[@bryandraughn9830]

I'm happy to hear that some cars had previously been rescued outta there. At least some good has come from the hoarding.

[@Hanzyscure]

Slim pickings

[@lpe655]

I believe these cars were insurance wrecks and were supposed to be crushed but this guy saved them all.

[@Vwrescue]

Was hoping this was up here in Canada, Id love that 240z!

[@kevinwright1551]

Vary sweet collection indeed.

[@BobSmith-rh5gv]

Hey I love the junkyard walk I used to do it when I was younger

[@stricnine69]

The really sad part is these were probably never for sale when they were still in fixable condition.

[@travisjohnson5747]

One of my absolute favorite things...walking through old junkyards and seeing all the treasure👍👍👍 I'm really surprised at how bad they rusted too. I'm used to it in north Iowa but I'd think it would be better there. Those 2 66/67 Pontiacs looked like they'd be worth taking home.

[@mikemuzzell5167]

You walked past a Datsun 270. Omg money 💰

[@timshields4014]

Just over 1700 of those 1959 sedan deliveries were made rare car ....there was one on kijji bc for the longest time..great video ,thanks eh 😂

[@chilee6994]

Always like going these types of videos

[@anthonyshelton6786]

I remember hearing that pine needles hold moisture and also are acidic which is a thing to watch for as I learned the hard way w dad's truck bed hope you find some good stuff to help your projects along

[@scottbourret1190]

Its criminal to me to see places like this. I know of a couple places in my state where the people that have properties like this love to show and let people walk around, but won't sell a thing. They have it you don't, and are just fine with letting things rust away when there are good folks out there that would and could do something with the cars/ parts. It's a shame folks didn't have a better way to care for these vehicles and made them available to folks to acquire.

[@jakefromstatefarm9721]

Totally disgusting to me. I believe it’s mental health issues that these people are dealing with. Waste of what use to be cool cars and a waste of good land too. Just gross. But not my cars and not my land.

[@bartsarton2212]

I know what you mean. A lot of people say "Hey, it's their cars and their land, they can do what they want". And that's true, but other people want to buy them and restore them. I agree with Jake from State Farm, it must be a mental issue.

[@77yogurt]

​@@bartsarton2212 it 100% IS a mental health issue. Hoarding things is a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

[@therealmotorcyclemichael]

So you would prefer that they had crushed everything back in the 80's when everyone else did?

[@jakefromstatefarm9721]

@@therealmotorcyclemichael if my options are to crush the cars and turn the scrap into products that will be sold and used by Americans vs them sitting in a selfish or mentally il persons yard to rot away? I would rather see them scrapped and recycled, given those two options. They do nobody any good rotting away.

[@paulchapin4472]

My dad had two '57 4-door wagons. A 150 in India Ivory and a 210 in Autumn Bronze with Shoreline Beige accent. Both 283 c.i. with power glide trans. Great cars. I really liked the white one with the blue interior.

[@Wixom2200]

After , countless of years of watching videos like this( I just stumbled upon this). I always wondered what happened to millions of classic cars GTO' s, SS Camaros, SS Chevelles, Chargers etc you get the idea that were built in the US say between 1940 and 1980. They didn't just melt away. There right here , being hoarded by people all over the US. It seems a new video pops up with all these classics in all these fields OWNED by someone who either doesn't want anyone else to have one OR is completely out of the loop. It seems more logical the former than the latter . WOW

[@AverageJoesGarage]

Thought for sure at the end of the video you was gonna be like “so I bought this” 😆 if there’s any that would be the one you’d buy would be that solid 55 with quarter job.

[@davidingling9791]

I would love to walk around in there!

[@johnnyweaver1300]

Cool video, one of my hot rods was a mustang, & there was this guy that had many of them that would not sell or part them out & I watched them as time went by they all rusted out, I don't get it, it is interesting though to see all the cars & trucks & it makes you think about all of the possibilities, but if you don't have a place to store them it would be a waste of time!

[@johnprins4731]

A WINNIPEG BOY LOOKING AT SOME U.S STUFF FOR A CHANGE..LOL..😅❤..THATS FUNNY..ALOT OF GOOD STUFF TO THE RIGHT ✅️ GUY..NICE TO GET OUT OF WINTER PEG..YOU CANT BEAT LOOKING AT THE PAST OF OLD CARS..THE BLAST FROM THE PAST..❤❤😊

[@BillHilly169]

There’s a fellow here in my area of Tennessee that has several acres of nothing but Mustangs. A LOT of the hard ones to find such as Fastbacks and Shelby’s. I’ve been on the property twice and as a Ford guy, I thought I’d died and went to heaven lol.

[@benpeyton4379]

first part of video you walked right by what looks to be a jeep foward control super cool

[@jamesdamron2065]

You missed the industrial 392 Hemi generator, they have the rare adjustable valve covers, pretty cool

[@CrowSpirit1977]

End of the road for most of that, but cool to see🖒

[@1944chevytruck]

AWESOM,E!

[@albertvenable4122]

Would love to have the 1960 sedan delivery.... Cool walk around!

[@DarkFlamage]

It was a '59

[@nascar427]

I think Derek would have a few of those cars running and driving home 600 miles.

[@builtbybo22]

I'd LOVE to wander through that!! SO Cool!! #BuiltByBo