Overgrown Maryland Junkyard Filled With Hot Rod Gold

[@joeedwards627]

I sometimes watch this purely for laughs, dropping engines, breaking engines, pushing cars off trailers with no ramps, turning v8 engines over with drill batteries and thin wire, excellent comedy channel

[@IronTrapGarage]

We do it for you

[@gkl5999]

My uncle owned a junk yard outside of Hampstead, MD. I played in that yard with my cousins for years, used a Studebaker golden hawk hood for a sled when there was snow on his hill. I built my first car there, a 49 Nash, that Studebaker engine (352) and trans, ford rear, the parts list was extensive. Wish he was alive today, he would be a millionaire out of all that old iron!

[@billolberding1572]

Wow...love the nonchalant mud build up on the shoes..hilarious😅

[@drewpierce2273]

That graveyard reminds me of the junk yards I crawled through as a teen. Whatever came in was dropped in the nearest empty spot and left to the weeds.

[@reneprovencher8395]

I love thèse field trips!!!! Wish I watched more but with my wife battling cancers I watch her stuff a lot! Love the 5 window coupe!

[@53Peterbilt]

when I'm gonna drag something around, like that engine block, I put it on a sheet of plywood. It slides so much nicer plus it keeps from breaking stuff. Bute force is not always the best solution. Another great video! Keep 'em coming!

[@patrickcurran1042]

Welcome to my backyard. Lol. John is a super nice guy. I hope you enjoyed the local area.

[@davidhayes900]

Where is this place located

[@lancethelocal]

John is a cool guy, my friends and I have bought a couple vehicles and parts out of there over the years

[@timothyfowler650]

I live in Southern MD, does John let people come by and browse or invitation only?

[@darylarmentrout252]

@Brian Saier i think its near WVA 😉

[@pinwizz69]

I friggen love "barn find" episodes. You never know what's hiding on storage containers and the weeds. Most of the time Matt and Mike hit some gold.

[@tractordave9300]

Man, glad Mike and you filmed this/ Down the road from me was a old Biker that was a AMC nut. Javelins/ AMX, SST Ramblers all overgrown parts everywhere, no one was allowed on his property/ short story; He passed and someone came in and about a week it was bare ground.

[@Somd301]

Cool to see you guys discover this place...I live about 5 miles from there. John has built some unique cars and accumulated a lot of oddball items over the years.

[@freebird7284]

now that's a junkyard!

[@darylarmentrout252]

Junkyard or a finely curated collection of antique American automobile artifacts, depends on how ya look at it

[@kalinagoedge2777]

Nothing better than looking at other people's junk

[@stuartb9323]

That Mustang funny car body at 17:58 is so cool. That would draw a crowd if put on the road !

[@rscruiser3533]

On the Caddy engine -- should have grabbed that hood -- buy it if you had to -- pull the block out onto the hood and use the hood as a sled to get it to the wrecker --- one wonders how many more places like this exists ---Thank for the video --Rodney

[@TTGTO288]

That towtruck and the whole place should be in one of the Wrong Turn movies.

[@vito336]

These places make me sad. SO much good stuff left to rot.

[@davidpark9727]

Your the final savior for a lot of good old parts. Keep it up.!

[@joedyer8824]

What a find love these kind of videos Matt and Mike, the thrill of the hunt 👏.

[@garycook2355]

Matt and Mike, that was an interesting little excursion. That was a really neat gauge cluster in the gradeall piece of heavy equipment. It would be a real bear to pull it out though. If it were loose though? As and old junk yard crawler myself I really like this kind of stuff. I am getting too old for it now. I turned 80 just this week.😎 🛠

[@Mercmad]

A good Friend of mine is older and has several projects on the go right now. He was complaining the other day that he had to go to work and help his sons engineering biz...😁😁

[@garycook2355]

@@Mercmad More power too him! after a 30 yr racing career and several crashes along the way plus building and repairing them as well I am just physically unable bend over a fender or get down and back up. If I would have known that I would live this long would have taken care of myself.

[@dombutler7685]

It's great to see what you get on these picks, that Caddilac flathead engine will be awesome!

[@moxie99027]

All that wonderful stuff out in the weather brings a tear to my eye. Shame Shame Shame

[@toddclark332]

Caddy Flathead go in any cool rod❤

[@jeffvanhusen9895]

Love the red ‘38/9 ford pickup.

[@mikakari9498]

So much cool stuff just rotting away. ☹️ Glad you were able to buy something. I wish you could get more out from there and back to circulation.

[@jamiecampbell3068]

HAHAHAHA. I literally just cable winched an engine in a tire. Felt your pain trying to keep that engine upright. 🤣🤣🤣🙈 I'm too "tire"d to do it like that. Love seeing that yard !!! Did he let you get that gauge cluster ?? Wow was that cool !!!

[@Maine_A_S]

That Mustang is cool as hell. I'm guessing it was a funny car or land speed car. It would be cool to see that back on the track.

[@batterymakermarkii2654]

Just when you think there can't possibly be any more....MORE honey holes!

[@maxineferguson9696]

You guys have come full circle, the first video i caught years ago Matt was crawling into a jeep to get a top loader shifter with hardly any wrenches to remove the parts. The vehicles were just some random find on the side of the road you should revisit that video to show how far your business has come.

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-2025]

You walked by a really big chunk of money 💰💰💰. There is a bad that was somewhere between 10 and 14 ft long and it was a pickup truck bed on the truck yet. Now these have always had a small collectors market but they pay well for them.. now with people doing things with cabovers and trucks to tons and bigger, the beds fit!! I think it's at 15 minutes and 10 seconds. You just kind of paying over it as you walk past it is on your left hand side. If I wasn't a half a country away I would have let you know after I made the deal and picked it up and said thank you. So just FYI. There it is thank you for making the videos.

[@lelandrogers1078]

I'll never understand why people collect all of that stuff only to let it sit out and rot.

[@pssstttchhh]

Special needs

[@fomocopowersgarage7103]

In most cases, these people save these from being crushed or sent to the shredder decades ago. So you can either appreciate that they save them, or be upset that they did.

[@markgriffin4888]

Bushfire comes through and all that ends up scrap

[@NickFortier]

​@@markgriffin4888 crazy rare

[@-Scotty]

I reckon in some cases they just took on too much and just got overloaded with good stuff and not able to make a decision as to where to start.

[@paulfox3532]

Look at Mike correcting Matt on body panels!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

😍Very cool!!!!!!👍

[@geraldbellows8831]

Love the mustang with extended front end early funny car style would love to scrounge around there

[@danontherun5685]

I get excellent ancient cast iron block MIG weld with Crown Alloy Royal 44-30 wire, no preheat, deep weld prep.

[@alberttatlock5104]

Treasure 😍

[@iainstarrs1371]

That long nosed Mustang reminds me of the Phony Pony funny that ran at Lions.

[@TrashcanGarage]

Got a need for a pair of early 50s skinny bumpers for a future 53 Packard based roadster project.

[@wmsd45]

Give Elwood's Auto Exchange in Chewsville MD a look sometime

[@Ecosse57]

i think that yellow mustang was an early funny car. at one time they started with steel body, added tube frame, and simply had a long 'glass nose on it.

[@RichieCat4223]

That Caddy engine should have been on large piece on wood to act as a skid or some tin that was in the yard. 17:51 That Duster does look that bad from the left side and I like the Mustang made into a type of early Funny Car.

[@trikejunkie]

such a shame to damage a vintage engine because of carelessness

[@RichieCat4223]

@@trikejunkie You got that right. More and more it looks like Matt and Mike don't have logic.

[@keithschrack]

An old beater hood, used as a skid, would have made all the difference.

[@RichieCat4223]

@@keithschrack You got that right

[@ddcraun]

Coming across od race cars makes me want to see if there are any pics from the d Aquasco raceway to shed light on their history

[@daryllect6659]

1:24 - A flathead, ANY flathead, needs a dual-point distributor like a fish needs a bicycle. Dual points - Twice as many problems as single points.

[@frankm8533]

You guys could have stopped by my place on ur way home i love Southern MD have family there im up that way alot. The cap on the old chevy truck is cool i know some guys looking for that one

[@daryllect6659]

3:55 - "Let up on the chain." (Pulls more)

[@Airforce1Gunny]

Would love to browse that yard

[@melcanova6526]

where exactly is it ?

[@Airforce1Gunny]

10:00 lots of old mercury outboard power heads.

[@ronbuskirk1175]

Shame you had to leave the five window behind, maybe next time

[@lancethelocal]

That model a has a fwd ford focus motor in the rear. He won’t sell it.

[@garycamara9955]

Get the caddy and parts.

[@kevinbarrett9615]

Old and rusty gold

[@Wooley689]

What is that at 18:14, and old Mustang Gasser? Wonder what he'd want for that.

[@johnkranz4004]

Another Collection going away

[@daryllect6659]

Where's that top-shift '37 LaSalle box?

[@docdenton5407]

If you put a piece of plywood under that motor it would have came out like butter

[@042452]

Where in Southern Md was this?

[@garycamara9955]

Since he broke the block is the price less?

[@dennisschickling2249]

Nice Find. #STAYSAFE #PHILLYPHILLY 🇺🇸

[@RacerRickxx]

If you need stock 346 cad flatty parts like a new block, I know a guy who has about 50 of them. He currently has two taken apart at my friends engine shop currently.

[@AJStarch]

Wonder how many knots that Dodge pickup will do… 🤣

[@chuckb9867]

The Cadillac engine should have put on that old car hood and pulled out of there like a sled roll the engine onto the hood and pull it trust me works great

[@paulmiller1618]

Cowboys

[@RustyIronProjectsRIP]

Yes I can't believe they didn't put it on a old hood or something to slide it out on. I have a 70s ford hood I put under vehicles all the time to slide them onto the trailer with.

[@chuckb9867]

@@RustyIronProjectsRIP if you look in the video there's a 1940s Hood just about to the left when you're facing the tow truck so easy I've seen kids use hoods like a sled to in the winter

[@RustyIronProjectsRIP]

@@chuckb9867 I did notice the 40's hood but I don't know if I'd of sacrificed that but I'm sure they had one already beat up they could have used.

[@IronTrapGarage]

He wouldn’t let use anything like that to slide.. I asked about using even a piece of old roof tin and he said that it was good stuff he didn’t want to wreck. Believe me I wasn’t happy how we had to do it.

[@michaelguinn5736]

Morning Matt & Mike, Matt, does that Flat Head Caddy have the exhaust on top by the Intake?

[@timmmckenny1806]

Yeah flathead caddy’s have exhaust out the top

[@johnrickett3919]

You should have grabbed a old hood from the bush and rolled the motor on it and drag the hood.

[@glennsrailroading]

Could have slid it on the hood laying on the left, and not have broken the block. Interesting stuff there.

[@patw1914]

Can you still use the engine? Horrible to watch it break, so rare.

[@angussinclair3812]

Mid March and leaves on shrubs in Maryland?

[@williamgarrity9482]

Yes that's why that salvage yard looks that way , I live five minutes away from thier .mild winters and the weeds grow day and night, it takes over in a minutes,

[@danielnieto7024]

I would like a 1932 coupe for coupe

[@reneprovencher8395]

Was the wrecker operator on your side? An old Dr or hood to pull that engine?

[@terryeustice5399]

💯

[@ddcraun]

Cat help but wonder if this is a property I used to see as a kid 30-40 years ago along a recently widened (back then) highway where you could see hundreds of 50s and earlier cars stuffed in between the honeysuckle and cedars from the highway. If it is, I don't want to blow up your spot.😂

[@xdrag4854]

You guys should of put the engine on a old hood or car door to pull it out.

[@dinxsy8069]

Unfortunate that there's so many items going back to the earth, what about the car at the end 20:00, won't that worth money (no clue as to the year aha)

[@timstull1355]

Was that a gasser mustang..??

[@fomocopowersgarage7103]

What was up with that Mustang??

[@paulhare662]

I have the shop manual for that Merc outboard. 64 80HP? Could be 100.

[@garycamara9955]

What about the tool boxes

[@garycamara9955]

There is a coupe in the bush

[@OutOfOrderGarage]

I live about 10 miles from Jon

[@bengone3349]

So tell us, what is the location? I grew up in So Md.

[@OutOfOrderGarage]

It’s not really a junkyard. Town Creek Shop located just before the Solomons bridge

[@reneprovencher8395]

I would of bought the vice I saw!

[@daleestep9518]

Next time lay a hood down to use for a slead

[@twwtjohns]

Was that a red Porsche 924 in the trees?

[@davidbrown-55]

That sucks you have a broken block now

[@alanhicks3361]

I would have dragged engine out by hand and placed on top of an old hood or something to slide it on, Wouldn't have got damaged then . Your smart guys , you should have known better

[@haasfogle8425]

wth is that mustang based funny car at 18:00?

[@davidwaters4044]

What's the story on that old funny car?

[@ericargo9157]

Was the Caddy block broken being dragged on the flippin dirt? Considering what some of these old engines cost wouldn't a little less git er dun and a bit more finesse been the correct method of extraction. I was cringing the entire time watching that shitshow. Places like this make me happy and super sad at the same time. Good useable vintage parts just left to turn to crap. Pretty sad.

[@chickenwing111]

they should rent some goats to go in there and eat out all of that foliage.

[@reneprovencher8395]

40 Ford stuff

[@robertutech1685]

In hind sight....why didn't you put the caddy engine on an old hood to drag it out.

[@andymasters7029]

Should of put that engine on a car hood use it like a sled....

[@fredfranklin1965]

Michelin X ones have lifetime warranty

[@gregjones-x8q]

should have a auction or just sell it all.being greedy gets nowhere.

[@billbeyer657]

Hope that Caddy engine is fixable. I was just cringing at the way it was being dragged

[@ronpanozzo5213]

It's only a chevy motor

[@shotsrodder]

What a shame 😬

[@yournamehere6365]

What's the story on the long nose mustang!

[@pssstttchhh]

OOOOOOOOOOF. All that shit to drag it on and you just go unga bunga with chains on mud 🧠

[@IronTrapGarage]

Welcome to old scrappers. Nothing runs and everything is in the way and dead. Believe me I asked numerous times to use something else.

[@garycamara9955]

There is a coupe in the bush