We Pulled a 1959 Impala 2DR Hardtop out of a Ravine! Sitting Since the Early 1970s! (Old Car Rescue)

Hey everyone and welcome back to Iowa Classic Cars! In Today's video, we pull my favorite car of all time out of the woods and a ravine, the 1959 Chevrolet impala hardtop! This 59 impala has been sitting in this ditch for at least 40 years, so we did our best to dig it out and keep it one piece as we pulled it from its long slumber. The story is not clear as to why this impala was dumped in the ravine so many years ago, but its my job to unearth it and bring it back into the light of day. Will this 1959 Chevy be able to be rebuilt, or is it parts? Check out the full video to find out!
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[@Blue89bird2]

That was painful. Took something that could have easily been used to fix some other cars and turned it into about $100 worth of scrap.

[@darkygacha9901]

The floor was rusted to the shít house so what do you expect

[@IowaClassicCars]

@@darkygacha9901 honestly lol i would have just parted it out and left it there if i hadnt filmed it

[@001GLa]

That beautiful Chevy was possible to rescue and getting back on the roads!!!. I can`t understand why people who obvious not are interested when it comes to "put in a little bit more effort" Next time you find something like this ask people who are ready to save any of these cars which are disapearing in a fast speed!!

[@MF-gt3pn]

LoL!

[@minuteman5369]

100 bucks yeah man. Parts car? You mean part car. Crush that dead dinosaur. Put it in the graveyard it needs it.

[@todddenio3200]

In the future if you come across a situation like this one, cut a couple of the straightest trees around it and keep them as long as you can and use a couple of shorter ones as cross bars and make a sled to pull it onto and use the sled to pull it out on

[@IowaClassicCars]

Good idea

[@todddenio3200]

@@IowaClassicCars I've done it a few times over the years. With age comes experience (as well as LOTS of aches and pains....lol) and I have more than just a few years on you.

[@CR7659]

Should have just cut it into pieces small enough for a couple guys to carry there on the spot. I could have told you it would just fall apart from looking at how they found it.

[@IowaClassicCars]

@@CR7659 but what fun would that be? i wouldnt have 100s of people telling me stupid i am or how i should have done it if i had just cut it into pieces!

[@CR7659]

@@IowaClassicCars As someone who was dragging these cars out 15 years ago I'm just saying what I'd do. We flopped over a '40 Chevy convertible left upside down in an old yard and dragged it up and it came out in three pieces, should have cut it apart. A '59 convertible we sold out of the same yard didn't split in half, but also didn't quite fit on the hauler's trailer with the Caddy hearse so we just cut it off behind the rear wheels, the frame and floor was gone anyways. When they're that bad the only way around it is for you to choose where to cut them apart rather than let the car choose and bend stuff up on you. That Impala is so rotted and stripped that past the stainless there's just no real value in it. That's why we passed on that one 58 convert, it would have had to have been cut all apart, the top was left sticking up in the air, and who knows what if any of the frame was left. I don't think it would have brought $1500 at the time and that up and rolling as a donor.

[@jeremyirvine6061]

You guys would be the very yery last people I'd call to help dig anything out😳

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thats fine 99% of the people commenting wouldnt even pick up a shovel, so it is what it is

[@franceinegelven677]

It brings a smile to my face seeing young people so inthusiastic over our era cars. I had a 60 chev impala 2door conv. In 65 when I was a teenager. It ran like an Indy car. I love that car to this day.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks for watching

[@rickbarger5161]

10 more years from now it would have just returned to the Earth

[@douggirton1382]

Learn to walk away

[@johnherring4863]

Which would have been better.

[@my31and37]

Man, a waste and no surprise...welding some braces in there would have saved that car...(taking a generator and a welding machine on site and installing some x-braces would have done it. I've been there, I pulled a 67 RS/SS Camaro convertible in two dragging it out of a leaky shed, but over a couple of years built a jig and built the car back, she's a runner today and sitting in my garage. I love saving rough cars too, but now I brace everything.

[@IowaClassicCars]

I know what you mean, but if you were in front of this car....youd see there is no way to get a welder down there. Hell, carrying a 25 lb floorjack down there nearly killed us. The slope was so steep, youd need a hell of a long extension cord and a lot of cable for that welder because you wouldnt carry it down in there lol

[@jamesthompson8008]

@@IowaClassicCars Well I'm glad you liked the strap idea, but I was thinking there was a frame there too. Like someone else said, at least you tried. This is said in hindsight here, but probably would've been better to stop once it crested ravine, n strip all salvageable again. Then try n deal with body on a pair of 12' 4x6. But honestly, that was realistically to far to bring back IMO. Once they pull apart so much is only matter of time n distance. Yet the cowl n A pillars/ front of roof lived, so not total loss being as a title IS present. Good effort, learned more for the next one.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Onto the next one!

[@BitterDemo]

Iowan's were never known for their brains.

[@4TheMotorist]

@@IowaClassicCars Please don't. Let them be. If you want parts, hit up a swap meet. You annihilated as someone else called, a sleeping beauty. I wont bag out your mistakes and there was a lot but you wrecked the remains of this Chevy all for the likes on you tube. You have admitted this in your comments. Mate, 2 thumbs down for you and your channel.

[@Fleetwoodjohn]

She was sleeping peacefully and held up great out there. Shoulda let it be.

[@legoguy918]

Why didn't you take the hood that was laying on the ground?

[@TairnKA]

I agree

[@reedrk88t]

What purpose? Rather clean up the environment and save a classic at the same time.

[@TairnKA]

@@reedrk88t You're right, our planet is more important than any number of abandoned cars, though it would have been nice if it could have been made useable.

[@malikatek8718]

تحياتي لي جميع

[@deweygill1973]

I was waiting for a first start.

[@StarlightWorkshop0z]

Awesome leaf blown chev

[@davidsantos8206]

You know when you 1st started the video, I was not aware that the car had no frame. I thought that it was just missing the wheels. That thing never had much of a chance without a frame. Unless you built a pretty elaborate wooden cradle around it. I remember seeing this in 1 of your earlier videos. But I forget. How did it get down there and why? Did the person who sold it to you, steal the frame out of it? Hopefully you didn't pay too much for it. And atleast some parts will live on in other cars. Such a shame, the whole car couldn't be saved. 59 is such a cool year for the Impala. Actually it is my favorite year. Thanks for entertaining us. Looking forward to the next one.

[@daveedson8607]

The first car I drove as a kid was a 59 Chevy Parkwood wagon, 6 cyl powerglide. It was an absolute tank. Red and white, it was a pretty car. I turned 16 in 67, so she was pretty rusty when I started driving her. I shed a tear when your hardtop fell apart during the extraction. It would be neat to run the VIN and get a history on the old girl.

[@Steverinomeister]

You guys are so awesome going in there to dig out that old 59. I was born the year this car was built and I’m happy to see young people who love these cars as much as I do.

[@martinbeneteau309]

Steve, me too I was born in '59 and I have a '59 Belair. I know how you feel!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks man!

[@sandyadams9446]

I learned to drive in that year . Still my favorite car, this is a sad satisfying video,,thanks for getting her out of the grave.

[@SlyDellian]

I was born in ‘58. Don’t start with that “we’re so old” crap.

[@josephercastor8026]

Best year for Chevy impalas or Chevy period. I love '68 fastbacks as well

[@jamespn]

Looks like another 59 Chevy Parts car on its way to Sweden. I remember riding in my Uncle’s 59 Chevrolet Bellaire in Palos Verdes California in 1961 like it was yesterday. These Chevys were everywhere. Where’s Andrew Camarata when you need him.

[@IowaClassicCars]

This one is gona hang out at my house forever. Lol

[@thejeepdoctor]

Poor thing failed the stress test 🤣

[@deanmiller8470]

When I was visiting my Grandparents, I was around 10...back in the woods, in a mud leiden creek, were two old 50s cars buried up to the doorhandles... Grandma later told me (on the sligh), those were my Grandfather's old "moonshine" running cars........gramps put them there !!!

[@deanmiller8470]

Now I'd love to go back and dig em out....but I'm sure, not enuff left of them.....

[@SteveB88]

@@deanmiller8470 if they’ve been buried in the ground that long I’m sure they’re pretty much gonna fall apart the minute you try to move them

[@gunterpelz9291]

Should have brought some jumper cables !

[@kevindumais9610]

You give a whole new meaning to Graveyard Cars.

[@everyoneevenyou1684]

that impala was rusting in piece why disturb it?

[@themitchielpricer]

i bet no title also 1 more reason to leave that money pit sleep

[@williamdeegan7840]

I'm pretty sure even if it would have had the frame, even though it would be an X frame, it couldn't have saved her. Sucks. But you did clean up some of the environment. Maybe someone can use the roof or the doors. Maybe some trim. Don't let it get you down. Still a great video. Good friends too.

[@IowaClassicCars]

100% agree thanks

[@ronmueller3074]

Man, U really have to love the 59 ,This one sad. Sorry.

[@IowaClassicCars]

@@ronmueller3074 yea its bad, but i got a ton of usable parts & a ton of new followers from the video, so it worked out

[@ronmueller3074]

It's all Kool. I was just watching U drag the poor thing out. It was dad

[@deanberg3777]

Love the determination. To bad things didn't go the way you wanted.

[@IowaClassicCars]

it happens, thanks for watching!

[@henrygibson1530]

I did the same thing with a 1950 two door Ford Sedan . It did have a frame but no floor. I just wanted it for a parts car . It's always good to get them out there's always something you can use.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Absolutely! It was good to get it out

[@coronet51]

Amazing how stripped the car already was. There was no frame under it! Gotta wonder where that went. Amazing attempt, though.

[@bramlintrent1145]

Someone stripped it completely about 1970 (probably) and left it in the ravine. The remains would've only brought $5 in scrap back then.

[@antiqueautoarchaeology7439]

Hey Ryan, as I'm sure you know back 30 or more years ago people just abandoned cars when they got worn out and useless. There was nobody giving you $500 for a junk car. my best guess as to how it got there is someone just dumped it after it served its purpose and it had been there ever since. Finding abandoned cars In the woods is more common than most people think. I've found 72 so far some cars even as new as the late 1980s

[@antiqueautoarchaeology7439]

Generally the same people who don't realize finding abandoned cars in the woods is normal are the same people who wonder how it got there but don't think about how it was probably not always woods or see bullet holes and assume it was involved in a crime vs just a bored hunter using it for target practice.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Yep it was probably erosion control

[@antiqueautoarchaeology7439]

I've found some of the era GM car you are passionate about (I love those years as well especially Pontiacs) 64 Pontiac Catalina, 64 impala, 59 Chevy bel-air, 60 Buick, 70-73 camaro. And the condition they are in would make you cry. Some obviously were wreck before being abandoned but some were just some dumb ass with a shot gun and a power saw who apparently hates those cars.

[@antiqueautoarchaeology7439]

Oh forgot to include the 59 Oldsmobile i found in that list.

[@michaelrice723]

I liked it better in the woods. It could have been an epic camp site!

[@IowaClassicCars]

it was cool, owner didnt want it there anymore and i wanted free parts. lol + it helped my channel grow immensely. a win all the way around

[@jamiecrocker4752]

You left her she would have snake beds in her.

[@gfd635]

oh man I couldn't watch that skid steer destroy whats left

[@IowaClassicCars]

It just fell apart. No structure really was its demise but yeah i agree!

[@jeffthomasmcmullen8771]

Why would you put the front end on the top, and on the windshield frame.....?! And who is the operator of the equipment......you guys are childish......at best...!!

[@IowaClassicCars]

@@jeffthomasmcmullen8771 shoulda coulda woulda, everyone talks a big game when behind a screen.

[@glennkometscher7928]

@@jeffthomasmcmullen8771 so are you

[@danbasta3677]

What are ya going to do with it? It's shot. Nothing there to save any longer.

[@motorfreaknew]

This was truly a work of automotive archeology 👍😂🚗 nice find!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Haha yup!

[@danterry6328]

Just finished the vid. Definitely not a roller, but the doors, front clip maybe the rear deck and quarter panel is useable. Great job getting it out of there.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks man for watching

[@danterry6328]

@@IowaClassicCars Thanks for replying.

[@JunkyardDigs]

Ope, more Iowans!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Hey whats up guys!

[@Jimmysaldana]

Glad to see the younger generation has respect for classic cars and do their best to make it a survivor. Thanks

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks for watching

[@ZacCoxTV]

Dude sick video. I was bored looking up '59 Impala videos and this is top search. So glad to see you doing amazing.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Whats up Zach! Glad to see you here man!

[@MannoulaZ]

What’s up Zac, it’s a surprise seing you here!

[@joeboxer3365]

Hey Zac your wanna see a better 59 Chevy, saved from the crusher cleaned up and driveable, see coldwar motors 59 Biscayne, guy had mad skills and rescues what I call the unkown classics from the crusher and sometimes does will it run right after they arrive

[@jeffryblackmon4846]

A+++ for effort and energy. You could use a few tree felling lessons. I share your disappointment that the car disintegrated during the pull and while loading the trailer. I hope your next rescue will go better. Thanks for bringing us along. I'm now subbed after watching your herculean operation. You've got very good friends!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks man

[@divineg305]

This hurts to see such a beauty left to rot... 😢

[@jrhayes2385]

Awesome Ryan, lot of good parts .

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks man!!

[@danielc5205]

That's cool that you guys are cleaning up the environment, but that car was beyond repair even before the move.

[@johnvoorhees7881]

That's what I'm thinking. The car was already stripped!

[@Beandiptheredneck]

There was a 62 impala in the bush behind my grandmas place when we were kids, story went my great uncle drove it out there in the 70s, got it stuck and left it there, it was sunk so far in the ground that the floornwas dirt and it was so rusty not one panel was salvageable. It was always cool to ride by though

[@bryanrayburn4495]

That’s surely a great story! Awesome guys!!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Bryan!

[@greggabel7238]

Always a need for donor cars, good job on rescue of the 1959 Chevy

[@pcbullets8726]

That was a tough one, can't win them all. Some nice trim parts to save some others though.

[@IronHorseGarage]

Awesome car!!! Get er done!!!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks guys!

[@garyruark9506]

At least it's out if the environment. What trim is there is hard to find. Rust worms really got it.

[@rodney1818]

Of the environment

[@gillespriod5509]

there was nothing polluting left of her...

[@rodney1818]

@@gillespriod5509 I got the idea that he meant what was left of it that was savable wouldn't go away and be ruined turning back into iron oxide or whatever it would turn into

[@brucemorris6319]

Where I live in Oklahoma the state lined up a bunch of cars along the river bank and put a cable through them to keep them together. The cable goes in one window and out the other the same in the next car. I walked down the river and looked at the cars years ago and a lot of them are in pretty good shape. There from the 40s,50s,60s cars,pickups some still had the motors. The state won’t let anyone have any of them.

[@MF-gt3pn]

Never pull a car that's beyond a basket case and half buried in the ground. You people are awesome.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks

[@dombutler7685]

Hey Ryan you really do dig those 59's!! There is still a lot of good useable parts, you know you should have put some lumber or even plywood under it, but hey next time it'll go better!

[@colingriffin409]

Al lm of those people there and nobody knows what a chainsaw is......???

[@juliantlas1023]

A welder and some angle iron would of keep that body together and straight! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@keyslife2663]

You can still piece it back together.. Shes not dead yet!! 💪

[@ianfleming4397]

"Christine" Springs to mind, lol🤣

[@commonwealthelectronics5229]

You did the right thing for the environment, and you got a few usable parts, that's a net win! Nice job.

[@markcollins5026]

You should have just carried the front clip up the hill !

[@curiosity2314]

A plywood sled might have helped in a situation like this.

[@IowaClassicCars]

with the price of wood nowadays? No way! lol

[@richdiscoveries]

The trim alone is worth saving that car. That can all be tapped out and fixed, buffed up. A lot of good original bits and pieces still on there. Amazing compared to what we find up here in the Northeast LOL you've still got metal to work with People say all the time, they're all gone, they can't be found anymore. Yet we find them all around us. Awesome work!!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Lol finally, someone understands!!

[@brianandlindafairchild1237]

I respect you for the effort your friends and you did . I'm sorry it didn't turn-out the best but like you said you got some good parts. Nothing ventured nothing gained. I think it's really cool the way the guys in Europe love them too. I remember every car that my folks had as I grew up. The 1st car dad had that I remember was a 55 Belair 2 door with the 265 V-8! I'm not kidding, he traded it in for a 63 Oldsmobile. Thank you for the videos.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks for watching

[@melmcclure3710]

Man what a disappointment could have been epic.

[@AmericanMX]

Well if it can’t be saved it will make an awesome planter box. 😎👍. Another one pulled from the earth.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Exactly!

[@keithlane4343]

Valiant effort guys. You'll use tricks you learned on this one, on your next salvage project. Not a wasted endeavor. I wish it had held together for you. What's the next one? Take care.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks keith

[@tyhogue8316]

What a great bunch of guys!👍

[@glenbo2464]

"It'll buff out" lol Not much left of the old girl but some good trim.

[@jumpinjojo]

The same can be said of my girlfriend.

[@glenbo2464]

@@jumpinjojo LMAO

[@raymondkunkel9615]

Hard to beleave that was someone's pride and joy once

[@williemoon7522]

it was bought brand new ,,

[@alaskarailroad3996]

Indeed... i would love to call one of these my pride. A convertible though.

[@packingten]

@@williemoon7522 Imagine that...These werexrun of the mill cars,We drove them to work,Dr appts,the store,I had a White 2 dr HT Impala,348 Power steering&brakes,It had nothing wrong with it,(other than sitting a year),I got another car,Sold it for 10 dollars. I later got a wrecker&junked cars myself,got em free or nearly free.

[@williemoon7522]

@@packingten in 1974 i drove a 64 406 6 pac galixie to high school .. it quit on me one day and i left it .. it was impounded and i was notified that i needed to pay 35 $ to get it back .. i let them keep it ..

[@chrismarkes5488]

Makes ya wonder why they decided to junk it ,remove everything including engine when car was less than 15 years old and had likely less than 200K miles on it ?

[@eangsyerbic6942]

My grandpa had a brown 59 Impala 4 door when he was 30 years old. It got in a car accident. My grandpa is looking for one exactly like the one he had, and I am gonna help him buy one.

[@brumbleyjerry8177]

looks good in the woods.

[@nigelbobinski5798]

Thanks, Ryan! Been waiting for this one. Too bad your buddy with the big muscles could only dig a half-shovel load every 5 minutes or else the whole process would have been a lot quicker.

[@bluchopper1]

That's what I was thinking biggest guy is the most lazy I could of dug more then him in 5 min

[@IowaClassicCars]

Everyone is a critic. These guys helped me for 20+ hours. They are allowed to take breaks lol

[@chris47190]

Did you guys consider cutting the car up and taking it out in pieces would have been easier to weld it back together and go from there

[@guyfuller1369]

Price of lumber being what it is, maybe you shoulda just dragged the trees home. 😉

[@IowaClassicCars]

Lmao true!

[@damiansgaragebuilds7663]

Hahhaahhahahaha

[@nightbloodrayna]

You can thank the liar and thief, joe biden for sky high prices.

[@nightbloodrayna]

@Mitchell Gant Yes, on Trumped up charges. Are you serious this stupid?

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

👋😂👍I agree!

[@robertschwartzman195]

I can say they were determined to remove this and save the shell. A lot of hard work went into this but I am happy you saved the shell. There was a 1937 Jeep I wanted to get and restored but it was sold for scrap. Would been a nice project.

[@-oiiio-3993]

There is no such thing as a 1937 Jeep. The first prototype of what would become 'Truck, 1/4 Ton, 4X4, G503' was delivered to the Ordnance Department at Fort Holibird by American Bantam in October of 1940.

[@EdgarRiverHernan]

I grow playing in a green 64 biscayne station wagon stuck in a gully so I would like to pull this wagon too!! Also we pulled a 10 bolt differential from another gully to take the 3:36 ring and pinion. Outside was a junk but inside the ring and pinion was intact protected in the grease after almost 40 years buried. We took the risk.😬 Nice video, 👌

[@vet-7174]

Enjoyed good vid lotta pts !!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Rick

[@unknownevp9591]

I'm Really Surprised that there's No Bullet holes In that Car !!!

[@johnpitts9836]

My first car was a 50 Impala 4 door. 283 engine. My dad got it in 1960. I was born. In 53. I hot the car in 73.

[@johnpitts9836]

59 Impala sorry.

[@johnwaddell4107]

Thanks for attempting to resurrect a fine car. I had a 59 convertible in 1966 and probably met a similar fate. Keep on trying to bring them back.

[@martinbeneteau309]

A valiant effort Ryan. I was with you all the way. When I saw the back piller break away I knew she was done. If the car had an intact frame it would have been a different story. Anyway a very interesting video, one I've been waiting to see. Your heart is full for the love of the '59 Chevy! That's why you tried to save her. She will live on. Take care!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Lol yep i love them!

[@CR7659]

Frame doesn't mean much. Some years ago a guy called us to look at some cars and there was a '58 Bel-Air hardtop. I open the trunk and there's just the top of the diff and a couple springs poking out of the dirt. The entire frame and floor was gone back there. We didn't buy any, although I wish we'd bought the 58 convertible, even that was rough and going to be a bear to dig out.

[@jimdavis2848]

Still a whole lot of pieces left on it

[@IowaClassicCars]

Yup tons of parts

[@CycolacFan]

Certainly there’s some useful repair patches if someone has one with a dented rear corner or needs a firewall or trim.

[@jamesstout3430]

Thanks for the content. You're one of my favorite channels now.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks man!!

[@DREWSLENS]

I know you got alot of hater man but MOST car guys would of taken some pictures stole whatever badges and knobs and never thought about it again. You guys did a damn good job. Definitely subscribed 🤙

[@bombasticanimal1853]

I wonder what became of the frame... I didn't see even a rusty remnant of it...

[@IowaClassicCars]

Im not sure but the frame was MIA

[@FlatheadTerry]

Great effort Ryan! Love your motivation 💪 to complete what you say you're going to do. (You have awesome friends willing to help -very cool!)

[@IowaClassicCars]

I appreciate that!

[@-oiiio-3993]

I drove a nice Roman Red 1959 Impala Sport Coupe in the mid 1980s. It was very original and I got it cheap. When its original 348 seized I found a HiPo 409 and plugged her in. That ol' Impaler was something else.

[@IowaClassicCars]

nice!

[@michaelpung4121]

Lot of work for the results. I chuckled at all the comments last winter to pull it out and restore it. Fun to watch though.

[@davidleland8729]

Hey, you gave it your best!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thats all we could do

[@josephg41]

Wow I'd love to hear the story of why this poor thing was down there, in the early 70's im sure it was still in very reasonable shape. I can't imagine why anyone would just chuck it off a cliff like this.

[@IowaClassicCars]

i wish i knew why!

[@haroldphipps3457]

@@IowaClassicCars my uncle did same with a 58. Just northwest of Ridgeport. Guessing you might know where that is. This looked like Boone area.

[@SteveB88]

@@IowaClassicCars somewhere out in the town of De Soto, there is a white Corvette stingray probably mid 60s back in the woods. I remember finding it about 15 years ago. It was sitting next to an old school bus. The Corvette is white with black leather interior and it was actually in pretty good shape and it was complete car. I wonder if it is still there

[@IowaClassicCars]

@@SteveB88 lets go see! I live near desoto so that is my neck of the woods! email me please

[@SteveB88]

@@IowaClassicCars I would love to show you where it is but I left Des Moines for Orlando about 10 years ago. I just couldn’t take the winters anymore. Lol, if you were following grand Avenue out past raccoon River Park about seven or 8 miles past it, One of the side streets up that way takes you to the area. You have to really look for it once you start walking through that area. It’s going to take a good set of eyes to search it down because being a small low lying car the grass and the weeds were grown up over it.

[@robertbisson9499]

Nice work guys! Now go see if y'all can extract that '68 Charger that Junkerup found at the bottom of some random deep ravine in the middle of nowhere USA...

[@xmo552]

That car is pristine compared to the stuff I went to go look at today in my local river stash.

[@johna1160]

Could've been kept intact with a more experienced crew, but to what end? Lots of "good" parts saved from certain death, so good job guys.

[@IowaClassicCars]

You learn by doing

[@RaimarLunardi]

it's some 20 years too late to talk about the condition of the car... lol

[@davidmadden3578]

I saw the video when you found the car. I was hoping you would of tried to save it. I was very excited to watch this video. You gave it your best. I applaud you and your friends effort. Great video. Thank you.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Dave

[@kevincresswell5272]

Don't give up there is a lot of good projects out there that needs restoration I hope it finds you..

[@russelladams6432]

Cool video. You guys gave it a hell of a shot. Shame she was so far gone, but you do have a cowl, vin tag and a title. ;) Lots of good trim and hopefully some of the glass in the doors and quarters is ok. Sucks she fell apart, but you at least cleaned up that ditch.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Lol thanks man

[@JazzStrat781]

Great job Ryan, you sure worked like crazy to get this 59 Chevy out. Hate that it wasn't a more solid car for you, awesome video 👍

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Jazz!

[@macg5607]

You guys are awesome, those are beautiful cars too bad it was too far gone!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks for commenting

[@alanhowe225]

She must have been a beautiful car in her day. Thanks for the great content Ryan, Old Cars Rule!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Alan!

[@ronnorman1367]

You got that Impala bug like I had the Chevelle bug ain't none of them too far gone you can't save man I remember them days great job though man great job proud of you

[@robertbisson9499]

I knew it probably wasn't gonna go well when ya jacked up the firewall & the back half didn't move up with it.

[@SteakLover001]

My thoughts exactly - I knew it was breaking apart right then too...

[@a.r.o7697]

I would've just brought a chain saw for those trees. I've used my plug in Milwaukee sawzall with a pruning blade before to cut down a tree of about the same size, and it was way too much trouble.

[@IowaClassicCars]

we had one, cleared the opening but broke the chain before we got to the car

[@michaelcarmack4731]

That’s crazy how things end up in a ditch like that

[@friguy4444]

Big dreams from a very tiny spark! I suspect there will still be a 1959 Chevy 2 door in their lives in the days (years?) to come. You must have saved a few parts though that will help save others!!

[@1969bonneville]

I applaud the effort. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks for the positive comment

[@adamruiz5201]

Save the doors, and the trim, try and keep as much of that cars life still there

[@IowaClassicCars]

I kept it all!

[@ronnorman1367]

Hey man I got to give you credit dude you took a shot not every one of them pay off man but you know what it's an experience that you can tell your grandkids and you could share with your friends 15-20 years from now and you're sitting at a bar so you remember when we dug that old in Palo of course you're going to have to buy the next couple rounds but yeah it'll be worth it God bless you

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Ron

[@BitterDemo]

I have never Laughed so Hard in 82 years as I have watching you guys. Iy is sad you do not know about a come along and blocks tied to a tree above the job. I am 82 years old and could have taken that car out in one piece alone.

[@IowaClassicCars]

i absolutely guarantee you wouldnt have been able to. but thanks for watching. i have owned over 300 59 chevys, and this one was the worst by far. no frame and no structure killed this car. hell, if i didnt have a youtube channel i wouldnt have even recorded it...i knew how many know-it-alls were going to comment.

[@ianfleming4397]

I believe you could Ray, you dont reach 82 years old without learning a thing or two. it made me cringe watching these idiots. They pulled this classic car out like a Scrap Metal merchant would...without much thought as to preserving the structural integrety first. sad but true. Looking at some of their comments they seem to have a couldnt care less attitude.

[@jamiehay4994]

You sure tried hard enough ! good job.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks!

[@danmcclure6670]

Just needs a cut and buff and a little duct tape and it will be as good as new!

[@martinmoore8730]

I like what Todd Denio said, I was thinking of a conveyor system if that could be possible

[@jimsterling4568]

You do have GUMP , never give up , Reminds me of digging out 34 Ford coup , Two days but fun Today I have a 59 Impala convert restored Thanks again JIM

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks jim

[@jeffreylines1535]

Someone gave up on this old girl a long time ago at least you gave her one more chance. I have no doubt that you have done some good by rescuing what you could

[@IowaClassicCars]

Yep i wish i knew the story of how it got there

[@ervinthompson6598]

@@IowaClassicCars me too .... how it got way down there in basically one piece, I'd love to hear somebody explain !!

[@davidmatousek4483]

That car can be put back together,im doing one just like it rite now

[@arisaka9963]

Seems like it would be cheaper to just buy a more complete example and fix that up.

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

What a bummer man, all that work digging that rascal out of the ravine and then it breaks in half! Man! Hate to see that with that old Chevrolet!

[@morgansword]

A 62 year old car that had some fine fun times I am sure till luck ran out and it wound up in a deep ditch and no one wanted to even try and get to it or out. The Belair only chrome vent on the top is quite valuable to some diligent hard to find person who is building a clone. My personal hopes were to see that the top was of value and could make another four door into a tudor hardtop conversion. The doors on the Pontiac are the same so there are parts cars out there that are buildable and worth the doing of it. A four to two door conversion can be done in less than a week with very few skills in your toolbox. I have fixed some old rigs myself so do have knowledge of how it goes. Heck, DD Speedshop does them and they turn out right fine.Some cars want salvaged and others have given up any hope of restoration. I do see some nice stainless on it that is worthy of saving it for something else.Go back to that cars grave site and paint on the hood a RIP as in born in 59 and died in 21, it went with little fight left in this rig. I will continue to watch hoping that others play better in being rescued