Illinois Farmer's Barn Find Collection LOCKED AWAY for decades: 1930s - 60s cars, trucks & tractors!

Mr. Goodpliers looks around a collection of vintage cars, trucks and tractors near Wenona Illinois! These barn finds were locked away untouched for decades, and they have been pulled out. Come back for part two to see the auction action!

[@lelandritchie9989]

hearing some of your personal journey on your videos is great because it shows how u made growth and decisions.

[@Markybug-Keira-Cody]

What a beauty the thunderbird is

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Oh wow, I see some treasures!!!😍

[@solarcitygarage]

That 47 Merc really catches my eye!

[@leedaniels7196]

Amazing collection of classics!.😊

[@josephconsoli4128]

The '36 Pontiac is the gem. The 8C model to boot! What a rare gem that'll be once restored. I'd return it back to the blue color with black wall tires.

[@johnleerichardson6220]

He must have been one rich farmer with an understanding wife take care

[@EdwardSadick-m9d]

The decal on the Pontiac next to the Cubs decal seems to be a barbershop quartet membership.

[@douglasbrown8175]

Thanks for the tour Tim, sure wish I could buy that Mercury coupe next to the nice thunderbird, but unless you buy it I have no chance.

[@ianburit3705]

Hi Bud, that orange buggy had a lot of Triumph parts on it, maybe a Triumph Herald or Spitfire with the twin carbs being factory fitted, If It was a Herald back axle the rear wheels would lean at funny angles until the car was loaded but the spitfire had a more controlled rear axle alignment, so I suggest it has a non-triumph rear axle. Now the wheels look like MGB steelies so maybe an MGB axle - who knows.. Thanks for the video

[@JonDraeger]

It's got a TR3 engine and guages

[@johnelliott7375]

Great looking car but as you said so much work.

[@trailermeat4898]

I can settle the debate on the "whatzit corner" i bought it at the auction and had a week figuing it out. it is a 1962 tr3 engine, drivetrain, and 3/4 of the chassis, front suspension and crossmember is out of 53 to 62 corvette. It is now running and driving.

[@Mercmad]

I guess it's been mentioned already but the orange buggy is a Triumph TR. The body probably rotted off early in the piece and it was to good mechanically to scrap so it became a buggy.

[@buckeyejim2989]

🗿63-65?

[@paulsontag9233]

This video was intoxicating! With the birds accompaniment you are a master history teller. From Canada these old American farms are so interesting.

[@David-Air-Force-Vet]

Bugs had lincoln fronts too. If you look at the elgin boat motor you will find it is a Sears & Roebuck. I have one that still runs.

[@donaldperson948]

They have nice cars there!

[@fullsizecars4174]

Mr. Goodpriers sounds just like Richard Cristy.

[@2001rams]

Being a Pontiac fan, loved seeing the 39, but especially the 35. Pretty rare that both had the 8 instead of the much more common 6. The 35 had the Indian maiden hood ornament (first year for hood ornament as 34 and older had outside radiator caps). The 8 had the Indian maiden, the 6 had the Indian head with the feather. It is amazing that the Indian maiden hood ornament still had the feather on top of her head and not broken off. I have a real nice 35 Indian maiden hood ornament but it is missing the feather. That 35 is about as good as a restoration candidate as you are going to find when it comes to a 35 Pontiac. I hope you can buy it.

[@dyer2cycle]

I just hope someone doesn't buy it and "Rod" it or "customize" it or "restomod" it.. :(

[@brianleiser7414]

Looks like a lotta projects that got started and never finished at all

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

Yep

[@patdesrosiers6423]

I know people like that in our area. I try to work on one vehicle until it’s where it needs to be. I build rat rods though so fit and finish take a back seat to safety

[@ddss2566]

Nice old Pontiac

[@johnelliott7375]

Sad how the circle of life is and goes.

[@mitchburk5112]

Illinois salts their roads. The frame, floors and underbody were probably gone before they were parked in the barn.

[@patdesrosiers6423]

Wife’s sister and her husband live in Illinois. Max and I looked at a Jeep he was interested in. I mentioned that he needed to negotiate hard as it needed a frame swap. Body wasn’t too bad but the frame had rust holes in it

[@patdesrosiers6423]

He walked away from that one

[@jeffclark2725]

Oh the adventures you find, thanks for bringing us along, thumbs up, its amazing what is out there, I used to have a catolog of VW body conversions, they had everything,

[@rogerhadley2763]

looking at all the rust, your not in kansas anymore

[@urbanurchin5930]

.......YOU'RE not in Kansas anymore......learn English......

[@jeffsmith846]

The 66 thunderbird vinyl top has been replaced (like many have) The vinyl seam from the factory was near the edge on both sides of the roof. On this one the seam is inboard quite a ways because the vinyl was so narrow compared to factory.

[@oleriis-vestergaard6844]

Just want to say GOOD LUCK restoring these wrecks missing to many parts

[@freedomforever6718]

It'll be a sad day for the racoons when this sale is over.

[@FedUpCanuck]

So let me get this. You rescue some vintage iron that is rusting away in one yard. Bring it home so it can continue to rust in your yard. Yep makes perfect sense

[@patdesrosiers6423]

Cold War Motors does the same. Keeps them from being crushed

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

It's more of a foster home. I don't get too attached, and everything has a price

[@thomasmadden2258]

Crown Victoria worh money. Put ad in crown Victoria association club sell them & old vehicle

[@ericesterby2895]

S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. is a barber shop quartet society.

[@thomasmadden2258]

What price go for

[@thomasmadden2258]

Vehicles

[@thomasmadden2258]

What about crown 55 ford

[@thomasmadden2258]

Price , location auction

[@thomasmadden2258]

56 ford 2ht top

[@michaelfraser5723]

you;re an encyclopedia spider man

[@patdesrosiers6423]

When you said Illinois I knew there would be some rot cases but also some very nice cars that were stored inside. Thunderbird and Pontiac coupe both awesome. No clue on that bush basher buggy but it looks like fun!

[@edwardmartin3069]

I think most of these vehicles must have come from fairly local sources. Northern Illinois is notorious for road salt damage... But there are still a lot of savable vehicles in the group. The Pontiac is a real gem. I would prefer a regular trunk to a rumble seat, but as rare as these are you take what you can get. The shoebox Fords were nice, as was the '55 Crown Vic. Some people are going to come away from this auction very happy...and considerably poorer....

[@TwoDollarGararge]

Isn't that the hobby of cars though

[@backachershomestead]

Must be close to where I grew up.

[@michaelfraser5723]

amidst the bird song

[@robertwatkins364]

That first one was a 1940 Ford coupe. 39 would have the wipers mounted over the top of the windshield, and the windshield had a frame that cranked out. 39 was ford's last year for the crank out windshield.

[@pdrake2572]

1/2 Ass Customs needs that 39 coupe..Yes the bent up Chevy pickup is a 51..The 46 prk lights on the Ford is like the 41s and 42s..47-48 were under the headlights..

[@bryanchinander46]

So did you buy the Pontiac 3-window coupe?

[@lenmorgan1755]

The GREEN toy tractor is an Eska International Harvester small M . Another RED tractor originally

[@ernielaw]

I have a model of a 1970s International tractor in red, but not sure what model company made it.

[@MartsGarage]

32:46 Nice Wilton Bullet Vise on the workbench.

[@graemeburr6463]

Ha ha thought of you when I saw it and before I read your comment.

[@suicidalc10]

looks like a lot of cool hot rod projects.

[@neverendingmods]

Man, maybe 20yrs ago a few would be worth something.

[@patdesrosiers6423]

That Thunderbird would bring big money, super nice car

[@DKing-jg7fl]

The extra roof on the Merc was probably for a planned top chop ,common mod on an old Merc

[@patmayer7222]

Land o' lakes,wi...here ! ..your up here in the rust belt,,,,come up any farther north they just start to disappear !!!😮.... just horrible to see them up here on top of wisconsin,,,gone with the wind,,,,,notsorry.,,,,,,,tnx,great content again,,,pat&family..

[@kingfunk9336]

Rust and gravity always win.

[@JOHNTHORN-kg6wo]

Great vid as per usual Tim, thanks. Yep you've done yourself proud. You are the best YTuber in this category with your unique tone to your voice, (kinda soothing and Bing Crosby-ish). I'm a Brit and remember back in the 70's my brother owned a Chevy er. Bel-Air left hand drive that we would cruise about the country lanes blocking the whole road going from pub to pub burring PETROL at the rate of 17 gallons to the mile. I myself owned a Mustang fastback but obviously didn't appreciate it at the time as a "chick" magnet, and couldn't quite get the hang of the left hand drive. I bet Mustie 1 would like that snub nosed beetle, it' kinda cute. Keep 'em cummins buddy, and greetings from the Isle of Wight, England

[@roosty6]

What a shame that 53 Merc at 3:15 was so damaged by racoons. My 52 is still missing a headliner thanks to those destructive beasts. Otherwise it survived pretty well. I see the carb and intake has been changed over to the 3 bolt Ford style carburetor from the original 4 bolt Holley.

[@kbittorf335]

What a fantastic tour of automotive art. Thank you!

[@oleriis-vestergaard6844]

And i bet its a posibility to buy one of these cars with either black widow spiders or a little rattle-snake family

[@randallbargar348]

Not only racoons that do that type of damage but rats, mice and squirrels can as well in my experience.

[@amped5234]

I had a 66 T Bird, I was hoping you would have shown the swing away steering wheel.

[@ernielaw]

I remember they had a unique sideways tilt steering.

[@scottkarjala]

I like the steel wheels on that pontiac

[@jeremyconway5793]

I love the 35 pontiac real gangster looking beast would clean up nicely.cheers from sth Australia 🇦🇺 👍

[@johnelliott7375]

Love these stories of yours.

[@morgansword]

Not too much left for good picking but from some of these newest channel startups, seen them drag out and take home a very very rusty mouse house... 52 chevy two door sedan with no floors, engine, automatic left out in the elements, south dakota rig.... dreams of a LS swap and in its shape, they are not going to have much problem locating engine into it... but just what is it going to be attached to????? Guy us a one legged man with small kids to help him.... heavy kids as well that don't know how to take a tire off with someone helping.... sad but so true. So he is paying to clean someones back yard for them.

[@davidnewelljr1944]

Always an education. Thank you and God bless

[@danontherun5685]

The earth actually breaths water vapor in and out even through concrete, that's why vapor barriers are required under the concrete for houses. Our dairy barn ended up a car storage barn, 20 years and all inside were rusted from bottom up.

[@Steverinomeister]

7:19 Amen to that.

[@liljoeii6091]

Nice cars thank you for the video

[@IEchuckie]

They made a gazelle (29) fiberglass body to put on a VW chassis.

[@leeradford76]

I like you old car guy as you know many cars I don't know

[@coolmonkeymc8268]

At 18:00 buggy looks just like the one in the movie Eegah, Arch Hall jr. had it I think he also had it a few others.

[@dave5833]

Such a shame to leave this Old Gals to rust to death.

[@38possum]

Believe the white and black 56 was a 2 door hard top club sedan, the wide strip of chrome is missing.

[@peterselten500]

Hi tim the 56s an tbird is my picks. Cheers mate🇦🇺

[@dyer2cycle]

3:42...never understood why anybody would want to "shave" a door handle..they were designed to look right on the car, and making the door look a bit "smoother" doesn't look like it would be worth making it a pain in the @ss to open the door....

[@jakeresnick2669]

Do you even finish any projects you keep buying from all these auctions you attend more then working on a project 😂 or you reselling and flipping

[@rickijimenez2386]

That Pontiac coupe looks like all you would need fresh plugs fresh oil change fresh tires flush out old gas or replace the tank and it looks like you could go for a cruise ! So glad those mean yankee raccoons didn’t tear up the interior of that coop !

[@mcl23aren]

Whats the website for the auction?

[@unclemarksdiyauto]

Ok, I would have been interested in a few of these cars!

[@WoodyFixit]

Welcome to rust county!

[@ernielaw]

Welcome to the rust ranch!

[@clintonsmith9931]

Very sad to see lifetime of someone. So many dreams unrealized History in pieces.

[@georgebelsky7835]

What did he want for the 1935 Pontiac 3 window? Or did you buy it? LMK, thanks.

[@leeradford76]

Like anything from the fifties and forties

[@georgeweisbrod1876]

It is a lyre not a harp on barbershop decal

[@jeffcraft3980]

Those are called end gate seeders originally for horse drawn wooden wagons with some kind of ground drive chain to wagon hub for broadcasting small grains.

[@michaelguinn5736]

Wow Tim! That 35 Pontiac was the gem of the auction! Those magnesium wheels are worth some serious $$$$

[@IEchuckie]

When I was a kid if a car had 100,000 miles we would walk away.

[@patdesrosiers6423]

Now they are just getting broken in

[@markbehr88]

Cool collection

[@jeffsmith846]

I am the youngest (68) in my group of car buddies. I wonder if the Crown Vic era is over? My best friend of 30 years is in a memory care unit. His 55 four door Ford Custom which is a low mileage two owner car has had no calls despite several local ads to try and sell. What is going to happen to all of these cars?

[@57Banjoman]

Yeah that Pontiac has me foaming at the mouth-what a beauty!

[@johnelliott7375]

A lot of those as parts if that.

[@graemeburr6463]

The "whatzit corner" is a Triumph but not a Herald or Spitfire engine as it is too big, although it is still a 4. I would say it is a TR 2 or 3. The dash in this "thing" has TR 2 /3 style gages and that binnacle for the minor gages is out of one of those cars.

[@richardmaundrell4726]

I agree that it is a TR 3. The instruments on the dash are taken from the same car.

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

That makes sense. The look of the buggy was from the time when a Spitfire would have still been a new car, too valuable yet to have been cut up for a project like this

[@dyer2cycle]

7:15..Amen, brother!.."I just don't like modified cars"..finally, a kindred spirit on this...butchery is what I call it..the current butchery is slamming, bagging, and LS swapping everything...

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

Yeah every decade you think "It can't get any more terrible than this" then some repulsive fad outdoes the previous one 😫

[@mikesawyer4707]

Their is never a dull moment listening to you. Sir have a great day.

[@andrewmcewan8081]

think the buggy had an austin engine , if it's not that then its prob an early triumph one

[@debbiebermudez5890]

Mr. B. Here ! Mr. Goodpliers , a other great place you have found ! 🚗🚐🇺🇸🔧⚙️🛠️🔩🧰 👍👍🍺🍺

[@dankreoger611]

Pedal tractor was Oliver, or repainted Farmall

[@patdesrosiers6423]

Definitely looked like Farmall

[@daleolson3506]

How did they afford to buy all this stuff?and then abandon it.

[@patmayer7222]

You have to die....................................................and that,,,,,is that

[@joeguzman3558]

Beautiful car - to bring it up to life it would take someone with knowledge and money - imagine the average person having a car like that.

[@dave-uf8ir]

Looks like 2 much fun mr pliers cheers 😊

[@leeradford76]

I like you old car car guy

[@derekperkins8158]

i like the old tractors..

[@johnelliott7375]

Would be cool if savable. From Hot rod mag.

[@dennycarter826]

Have you been on the show American Pickers

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

Yes, my episode was "One Wheel Deal" from 2018

[@dennycarter826]

I thought that was you I enjoy watching your videos

[@georgeweisbrod1876]

Mercury/Lincoln and Cadillac engines had more nickel content to block/head metal mix. Can take more heat and excessive abusion wear

[@monkeybarmonkeyman]

Well fortunately for me, I did not see anything I could not live without. Saw a lot of what I saw as a kid growing up in the 60's tho...

[@oliverpetroski4205]

Cool vehicles. My fav. from the lot are: 3100 Chevrolet Pickup 2:44 the Chevy truck 43:58

[@lasalleman6792]

Great event. Wish I could have been there.

[@leeradford76]

It's like volkswagon beetle

[@rickijimenez2386]

Square roll bar doodle bug doom buggy !