Hundreds of Classic Cars Left to Rot in the Woods

Today i explore a junkyard that has been abandoned for decades and now taken over by mother nature and lost in the woods.

[@lamateur2004]

A very interesting visit to this sanctuary where vehicles that have been withdrawn from circulation for years rest. Among all these beautiful sleeping American cars, two Swedish rarities deserve attention: at 4:05 a pretty 1972 SAAB SONETT III sports coupe which with its fiberglass body does not fear rust. at 6:01 another SAAB coupe, a 96 V4 model from the 1970s, which keeps company with the VOLKSWAGEN COMBI camper van.

[@journeywithjay]

Awesome information, much appreciated

[@lamateur2004]

hello and thank you for your appreciation.identifying forgotten cars is a very rewarding pastime.Last identification of a vehicle in your video and not the least: at 7:44 a very beautiful icon of English sports cars from the 1960s a SUNBEAM ALPINE which deserved to be saved...

[@monsterglo]

​@@lamateur2004the Sunbeam brought back memories of a Sunbeam Tiger my Dad and I worked on, he bought it cheap , I was his daughter but he joked I was his boy cause I worked on cars with him and my Mom's girl cause I could cook and bake from scratch. I so enjoyed this old junkyard , Memories of Dad and me getting parts at junkyards that were in business many moons ago 😊

[@lamateur2004]

@@monsterglo Thank you for sharing with us the memory of your father's Sunbeam Tiger. As I have said ; succeeding in identifying an abandoned and forgotten car is already a satisfaction; but collecting testimonials from people who have owned, driven, maintained these vehicles from another era is even more rewarding!!

[@monsterglo]

@@lamateur2004 I am so happy you enjoyed my memory, My Dad passed away in 2002 at 69 yrs old, Mom passed in 2021, I believe they are together and hot rodding around LOL

[@brendakrieger7000]

Always fun to find rusty old cars in the woods! Thank you for filming & sharing💜

[@Weyland86]

The fact that all these historic cars were simply left behind makes your heart bleed. Such a sad sight.

[@JeffKopis]

But "historic" only becomes clear thru the lens of time. At the time they were abandoned, they were very common, and nothing special. The one that caught my eye was the '67 Galaxie 500 Fastback. There was also a 68 or 69 Dodge Coronet, but I couldnt see how many doors it had.

[@JeffKopis]

I would also point out that the cars here are the LUCKY ones; decrepit or not, they still exist, whereas probably 70% of their contemporaries have long since been crushed, and made into Chevy Citations, Ford Tempos, and Chrysler minivans.

[@monsterglo]

Jay thanks for the trip back in time for me , My Dad and I spent a lot of time getting parts off cars in junkyards that were in business 😊 I was his daughter but the only child they could have so he joked that I was his boy and mom's girl cause I could bake and cook from scratch. I always felt I had the best of both worlds that way ❤ I want a tip be careful when you're out there be careful of snakes there are copperheads and timber Rattlers around there cuz I grew up in PA

[@lawrencezavaglia3171]

I could buff them all out...NO problem! Seriously, great video and great fund

[@harvyss136]

If those cars and trucks could talk and the stories they would tell. Thanks for bringing us along to check them out!

[@monsterglo]

That's what I always think of when I see anything old and abandoned because at one time it was brand new

[@MrIslandman59]

Imagine all those vehicles looking like they did when they rolled off the assembly line, parked side by side in a big open field, shining like a new penny. There were all brand new at one time, some of them were maybe even in the showroom of the dealership where they were sold. Some of those vehicles might have been the sale that made Bob, salesman of the month at Belvedere Ford! You just never know! Glad you went back and recorded that tour, thanks for sharing it with us!

[@jackflak]

Man what a spot to spend some time very nice

[@scottyg7284]

The double decker bus looks like a routemaster London bus.

[@TyhlerNovac]

Who does this.. .. people who don't like cars .. that's who

[@taylorebenguard6998]

bro it was in the 70s and 80s none of them cars were worth anything back then there wasn’t nothing special about them and now they still ain’t worth hardly anything because their so far gone

[@jimmychanbers2424]

Someone died and lazy kids don't have the knowledge or skills to know what to do with them. 😮

[@motov8-garage832]

​​​@@taylorebenguard6998 Yep, and they wouldnt even be here today if it wasnt for some people collecting them. Plus if there still there now that means they made it through the early 2000's hayday of scraping vehicles and cash for clunkers. Alot of these younger people dont even know about that.

[@mancima]

Actually people who love cars do that. If they hated these cars they would have all been sent to the crusher long ago. Someone used these to strip off parts to restore other cars. Now they themselves could be restored if someone had the skill and time to do so. I’d rather see them abandoned than crushed any day.

[@taylorebenguard6998]

@@motov8-garage832 yeah i remember getting a couple of junk and rusted out cars i drug out the woods i had 56 ford suckers was stripped and rusted bad half the gas stank was actually gone but they made me removed it anyways

[@mancima]

Wow Jay! Seriously, probably my favorite video yet even with the abrupt ending😊. I could totally spend a whole day in that place. That police car is a real mystery. First off it’s probably the latest car you looked at. It’s an 80s Ford, Crown Victoria. Looks like it still has it complete police package including a radar unit and original radio/PA system. The weirdest thing is the name. It’s misspelled for PA. I couldn’t find a Pittsburg New Jersey but there is a Pittsburg New Hampshire. A town way up on the Canadian border. It has NJ plates though. Like I said a real mystery. Thanks for a great video. You are the best.

[@journeywithjay]

Thanks!!!! It definitely was the newest car there. It was right in the beginning of the junk yard and wasn't taken over by nature just yet. We did spend all day there looking at all the cars. There were soo many the video would've been over an hour long lol.

[@joshstrohfus2966]

Thanks for taking us there brother!

[@outandaboutsciencewithmr.g]

Wow!!! So many amazing vehicles left behind!! Rusty Gold Jay!!

[@WeGoPlacesTours]

Wow Jay pretty sad that so many vehicles left like that…too bad some couldn’t be used for parts or recycled. Thanks for sharing!

[@beatlepete]

Interesting to see that abandoned that abandoned junkyard with so many classic cars. Amazing video, Jay!✌️

[@journeywithjay]

Thanks bud

[@user-lb5bd9yk4d]

Awesome treasures ❤️🌞💯🇺🇲

[@NaomisAdventures]

It's so cool to see all those cars

[@JohnShinn1960]

Meeting your best friend in a junkyard. I'm envious. Thanks for the tour Jay, I love the old iron history. Stayin tuned! 👍🤠 11:08 off to the right is a '60 Oldsmobile, I'd like to have seen more of, the second family car I remember in my life, it was white. We called it the batmobile, everyone else called it the Jack Ruby car.

[@TheCoronerGirl]

Always enjoyable video. It's sad because you can see the beauty in each car if they were restored.

[@journeywithjay]

Yeah and probably worth some money too

[@billstone5492]

Wow I'd love to get ahold of that 67 Pontiac Gto convertible

[@Tracee_Renee]

What a cool place to explore. Loved the fire truck 💙💙

[@journeywithjay]

Me too

[@fatimaali8645]

Oh wow 😮so old such a shame they are left to rot like that …. So cool to see tho 😊that fire truck 🚒 was soooo cool 😎

[@journeywithjay]

Yes that was definitely one of my favorites, never saw one that big before

[@fatimaali8645]

@@journeywithjay it’s much much bigger than what we have in uk 🇬🇧

[@monsterglo]

The Mustang was a 68 , my parents bought one new , My Dad would take his buddies to the movies some of them inside the car some in the trunk and that's a fact 😅

[@journeywithjay]

Lol save money where you can

[@mattskustomkreations]

4:02 ‘68 Mustang, a mid 70’s Chevy El Camino next to it. 5:36. ‘51 Oldsmobile

[@ericesterby2895]

That kit car looks a bit like a Fiberfab GT.

[@johntherambler]

I could tell some of the 4 door cars were 1955 to 1957 Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles and Buicks and the old sports car at 7:44 looks like a British sports car of some sorts maybe a sunbeam or mg I’m guessing.

[@mattskustomkreations]

2:44 55 Plymouth Savoy. 3:36 67 Ford Galaxie 500.

[@davidking3311]

Good parts cars at this point Jersey cars sunken that far in the ground will have massive rot from the floors on down

[@heartoftexasbarnfindsandcl5193]

LOVE IT....

[@journeywithjay]

😁😁😁 thanks

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

I’d say it closed in the 80’s .. I see cars up til the late 70’s. The kit car is a Bradley gt2. The busses are 50’s gmc’s. The fire truck has a v12 in it, and took 2 drivers. The vw bus is definitely late 70’s

[@journeywithjay]

Yeah I was thinking the same when I saw the cop car at the end of the video

[@markstrouse3101]

Great video as always Jay. Love your videos. Quick call American Pickers. They love old cars.

[@scottymoondogjakubin4766]

That one guy when asked is that for sale " no " they are my project cars im working on when i get the time ! 50 years later the cars are beyond repair and worth almost nothing all but some salvageable parts but still not for sale !

[@journeywithjay]

Hahaha it's always the case

[@monsterglo]

Absolutely the old saying here is " I'm gonna fix it up come summertime" Sadly even though we live in the same area their summertime never comes 😢

[@phillypersonpretzel]

Cool vid!!

[@journeywithjay]

Thanks!!!

[@danielburke4113]

I'm a car guy but that's an environmental disaster. Give the hot rodders/restorers a chance to buy what can be salvaged and crush the rest and recycle. Most cars appear to be 50s and 60s cars.

[@journeywithjay]

AGREE!!!

[@brendakrieger7000]

The fire engine is probably an American La France🚒

[@journeywithjay]

Ohh neat whatever it is it's definitely awesome and unique

[@mattskustomkreations]

8:11 International Harvester Travelall. 9:09 ‘55 Oldsmobile

[@mattgravett4685]

Someone could make money on the parts alone

[@MWhaleK]

I am not a car guy, but I still think that leaving such vehicles in the wood to rot is criminal.

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

I could tell you all those cars. The milk truck is a 50’s Divco. The panel truck was a 54 gmc. The cop car is from the 80’s

[@bumcrackpicker1591]

'Kit Car' not a Saab, looks more like an Amante GT circa 1972

[@kennethdrown5217]

Who would leave all that

[@ismewhat1234]

Cool stuff J👍

[@journeywithjay]

Thanks!!!

[@omarhanif1172]

On your display photo you show a black car on top. Which is a 69 or 68 T-BIRD. However I didn't see it in the video

[@journeywithjay]

Yeah I forgot to take a video of it. There were soo many cars there, I was taking pics of some and video of others. I didn't want to film everything and make it too long. But thanks for the info I was curious what kind of car it was

[@JohnShinn1960]

I was lookin for it also. Its a '68.

[@RogerWarren-ec2ql]

All.too.sad.australia😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@automotiveaddiction428]

Wish I had this in Ontario Canada

[@mattskustomkreations]

11:08. ‘60 Oldsmobile to right of screen

[@jamesmyers9285]

1956 Plymouth Savoy sedan.

[@journeywithjay]

Cool

[@patmayer7222]

These will sell,...someone owns the property,....😮,,,,,,,they will make money on parts at least,,....please find out,,...and help them clean up,....the VW bug first of all,.!!,,..........money to be made here,,do it now,,before someone else does,,....now that you showed us,....❤

[@olikat8]

Definitely looks like NE/rust belt area. I will never buy vehicles from those areas, having lived there growing up a few years. Absolute rot boxes- the Pittsburgh car is the only thing I'd take gear off of, for an old Plymouth cop car I got from Benton County (the desert), Washington

[@mattskustomkreations]

10:11. Mid-50’s DivCo Milk Van

[@DDExplores]

cool video

[@Oldbugssy]

@ 2:3o ish mark, the Euro-VW Bug on top of the double decker bus! I'll buy that one please! It's a desirable aircooled VW that has semaphore turn signals on the door posts. I wonder how complete it is. Permission to purchase and hiring a front end loader would be a lofty goal to say the least. High and not resting in the soil is a big thing. Someone wanted this on to stay high and dry.

[@journeywithjay]

Ohhh wow!!!

[@JeffKopis]

It's frustrating when a non-car guy makes a video about old cars. They tend to focus on all the wrong ones.

[@journeywithjay]

If only I was gifted to know everything about everything, I could make everyone happy

[@JeffKopis]

@@journeywithjay Yes, that would be ideal. Get to work on that 🤣😉

[@bobteutrine3333]

I think u stumbled into a wrong turn movie

[@journeywithjay]

Hahaha maybe

[@stpaulisland]

at 6:12 you walked by an old Saab V4 before the Volkswagen

[@journeywithjay]

Ohh cool

[@josephsainclair5125]

First, this is an AWESOME video, well done! Second, we're you in the Edwardsville area on Wednesday?

[@journeywithjay]

Lol possibly I'm not familiar with the towns that way. But I think I was in larksville if that's near it.

[@josephsainclair5125]

I thought that was you. Haven't seen you in a while. But I thought so!

[@journeywithjay]

@@josephsainclair5125 how can I get a hold of you, besides here

[@josephsainclair5125]

Lmk when you're heading out that way again, and we can meet up!

[@journeywithjay]

@@josephsainclair5125 I'm always up that way lol

[@vvarietyshow]

You find the coolest stuff dude

[@brian56]

These were just old used-up cars when they ended up there. Hopefully they can get saved ,but it ain't looking good.

[@mattskustomkreations]

12:15 1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan

[@journeywithjay]

Thanks for helping identify a good bit of the cars, I appreciate that. I knew of some just not the years

[@mattskustomkreations]

@@journeywithjay You’re welcome! There’s quite a few more I spotted too. That’s a very cool place - most junkyards don’t have public services vehicles in them.

[@cemeteryvisits]

Oh my favorite cemetery, a car cemetery 😂 A couple of nice ones in there, I actually seen one of those vw vans like that, it was in mint condition and the guy just wanted $7500 for it. Quick note cars half life, kinda Body and frame about 100 years Engine block any where from 300 to 500 years The windshields, well I’ve heard that they’ll still be around a million years from now. Imagine a million years from now a new society finding windshields buried everywhere, and they’re trying to figure out what they are and what those primitive creatures (us) used them for 😂😂😂

[@journeywithjay]

Hahaha very interesting facts, I never knew that.

[@marksongbird7534]

I think the kit car was a bricklin, and the milk truck a divco that are highly sought after

[@journeywithjay]

I thought that might have been a kit car

[@dwalker399]

It is a VW kit car. But i can´t remember the name of it.@@journeywithjay

[@dwalker399]

Itś a Amante GT Kit car. Only 150 ever made.

[@ChoiDuong0944]

If Christina is your best friend, why aren't you folks together as a couple. What's stopping you?

[@detroit1015]

Somebody went to a lot of trouble to make a "police car".

[@mennoboon8037]

Oh the video just cut off at the end?

[@journeywithjay]

Yeah, I forgot to do a regular ending for the video. There was sooo many cars there but I just tried to show some of the cooler ones and not make it a really long video

[@samanthab1923]

Pittsburgh PA has the H.

[@journeywithjay]

ahhhh good point lol

[@samanthab1923]

@@journeywithjay Glad you’re back posting 👋

[@gw9017]

you dident talked about the chevys... sad

[@PHBRNTGGR2]

This is . NOT. OKAY. 🥺

[@journeywithjay]

AGREE!!!!

[@crazypainter56]

It's a shame to see the firetrucks in the junk yard-after all the money that is paid to purchase them- when new-then they rot away

[@journeywithjay]

Yeah I know, I would love to see that beast restored

[@ericsikma4764]

Bizarre. "The plot thickens," as they say. Just tried a websearch to see if there was a Pittsburg, New Jersey. Did a second one and included the "h" and got the result of either, "How long does it take to fly to Pittsburgh from New Jersey?" or without it either "Phillipsburg, New Jersey" or a generic, "We're sorry...no match..." ...Yet the car says neither of those are correct. Welcome to technology... 🤔🙄🙃

[@journeywithjay]

Wow very interesting, thanks for sharing that. Doing KZbin I find myself traveling quite a bit and I never heard of Pittsburg NJ. But thought maybe it was a small town that doesn't get much recognition

[@g-sson67]

😃👍👍👍🇸🇪

[@joelark2007]

Check the camper bus for roaches

[@sirroi3310]

APX 36T New Jersey cop car

[@eric5140]

*Promosm*

[@royrogers3681]

Just à lot of junk that's all she Wrote