Power Wagons! 400 Plus Car Estate Sale! 1964 CHP Cop Car! Ramp Trucks! Road Trip to Minnesota!

In this video we take you along for the ride on our trip to Mopars at the Park show in Stillwater, Minnesota! This one is quite the adventure and only Part 1, look forward to seeing part 2 next weekend.
We start out at an estate sale in Montana we heard about a while ago and have been wanting to come out and take a look. The gentleman who owned the stuff had over 400 cars when the estate began, they are now down to around 200. We found a bunch of good parts to buy and are thinking about buying a few of the vehicles as well. After that we traveled to our friend Matt's OG Mopar dealer near Chinook, Montana to look at a 1964 Dodge 880 ex California Highway Patrol car he just purchased. Think we might be taking that one home soon. Then we travel to Eastern Montana to look at a 1967 Dodge W200 Power Wagon we have been trying to buy for several years. After tracking the truck down (which was NOT easy) we purchase the rig. It is a 1967 Dodge with an LA 318 (I call it a 318 Poly in the video, oops, lets see if anybody catches that) that runs and drives. It has 45,000 original miles with original paint! Looking forward to getting this one home so we can play with it.
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[@joshjesch6000]

That is an awesome pickup that Gary purchased and it sounds great too. Thank you very much for the tour also.

[@rocketresto]

It actually beat me home by about three hours, will do a follow up video in it next week probably.

[@SnowMonkVX]

I second all the comments about exploring those crazy old yards full of all kinds of absolutely amazing Mopar goodness. I'm so jealous, and hearing your expertise in deciphering all the mess is super cool and informative. Your comment about copying Jamie? Who cares? You both have great video personalities, and sharing a few styles considering you work together is just natural. Keep it Up!

[@rocketresto]

That was mostly a joke for my brother. Completely agree!

[@scottsullivan1464]

Tom, I love seeing salvage yards. Having learned from last night's live with Jamie, I would like to see you show your travels to find cars.

[@dantupper1784]

So many neat cars & trucks.

[@rocketresto]

Just want to take them all home

[@dantupper1784]

@@rocketresto Mrs T jokes that if I had a 747 hanger it would be jammed full of car & truck projects and parts before too long 😁

[@rocketresto]

@@dantupper1784I rented out one of my shops because I knew if I didn’t I would fill them.

[@4thdownclown]

Check the wood blocks under the bed in that Power Wagon. Mine were rotted out and from my understanding, they came from the factory with oak blocks. It'll definitely help with the rattles. That PW looks pretty good, some detailing should spiff it up. They're awesome 4 bys and they will run in any terrain with the grunt of the granny gear. Nice haul.

[@rocketresto]

Thanks! Think it’s going to beat me home actually and that’s the first thing we will check.

[@richardbates2367]

64 Coronet,440,880, and the dodge 64 polara would be a neat street car cruiser but paint and decaled up to resemble some of the old street stock racecars

[@klapaucius77]

You should definitely get the 880. Although, I might be a little biased based on what's in my driveway.

[@rocketresto]

That was the last of the “forward look” cars too, basically the same as the 60 models and they really had stuff figured out. They had the “ram” suspension with sway bar, bigger t bars, and the giant strut rods. They really had them figured out by then.

[@klapaucius77]

@rocketresto I want to make mine a Fire Chief car. I've seen Galaxy's done this way. I'm a volunteer firefighter, thought it would be cool to show up to a call like in it.

[@mtbpirates]

For the life of me I can’t understand people that hoard these old cars and let them sit and rot away.😮

[@mikemckenzie3197]

These cars still exist because of people like this who gathered them up years ago , otherwise they would have been junked long ago.

[@rocketresto]

Understand what you are saying. Most wrecking yards that still exist were eccentric people who owned them who saved this stuff. Always want to see these cars taken care of but they also wouldn’t be here most likely if this guy didn’t save them but also a lot of these are about to head to the crusher.

[@waynedavis7245]

That old police car is really cool. That 413 shouldn't be too much for Jamie to handle. But he would end up falling in love with it ! Lol. You would end up having to fight him for it ! Lol

[@rocketresto]

He falls in love with everything, it’s a problem 😂

[@clevelandmaker386]

​@@rocketrestoget that matador!!!! 60 2dr matadors are super rare there are only 43 registered!!! I almost had one....but it was either the car or a criminal record so .......

[@alcyr5655]

At 21:16 I was all excited. Another '57 D-100. But it's also missing the headlight bezels. Damn stay clear of one year only models. LOL but I silently cry myself to sleep

[@rocketresto]

Can be hard to find.

[@SypherF]

Man this was an awesome graveyard! Want a super six mani for my truck so bad. LOVE those 700s

[@rocketresto]

Would love to take one home

[@SypherF]

I bet it would be a hella towing bill to get it on a rig and to home

[@dougritchie4625]

I like the buckets in the panel van. Aren't those what they used on the LO23 Dart?

[@rocketresto]

Think they used earlier seats? They were a little lighter.

[@79tazman]

I live in Canada and our 1960 Dodges have Plymouth interiors in them and have to oddball poly engines

[@rocketresto]

They did some weird stuff in Canada.

[@robertfitch1720]

Wow, I was really hoping you'd walk all the way around that beige A100 van at about the 31 minute mark. It was one of those really rare ones that also had the side doors on the driver's side. I noticed this while you were pointing your camera in through the passenger door (pause the video at 31:18 and you can clearly see the chrome inside latch handle).

[@rocketresto]

Every time I watch a video like this I do the same thing - want to see more of that car!

[@Padoinky]

The relatively newer mopar (80s?) in background at the 1:11 time mark looks interesting

[@rocketresto]

Few of them in that place.

[@BeefSupreme2-oc4zt]

Kind of a random question: Have you ever had anyone buy one of those vehicles out of a junkyard, have it towed to your shop, and then said something like "I want this road worthy again."? 🤔🤔

[@rocketresto]

Yes happened a few times, we LOVE projects like that. Bringing life to something is my favorite thing to do in this hobby.

[@allenm00]

19:05 That was Jamie from a week earlier. He was marking his territory.

[@rocketresto]

From Jamie “that would be a quart of gear oil and chunks of an 8 3/4 pumpkin”

[@ronaldrey8474]

Looks like your feeling better ? Sucks getting older & hope the rib is good.

[@rocketresto]

Much better thanks for asking. Loaded at the show yesterday and much better. Currently heading back home with DDG Jamie in the ramp truck.

[@ronaldrey8474]

@@rocketresto Godspeed & safe trip home. Cool ✌️ your feeling better /⁠ᐠ⁠｡⁠ꞈ⁠｡⁠ᐟ⁠\

[@maxsav007]

The cab on that crew cab is worth the trouble of dragging that truck out. As im sure you know the first 3 years of crew cabs were coachbuilt, supposedly by Creative. Pretty rare early dual headlight cab. Obviously it would fit any d-series, or a good base for a resto mod. Unfortunately due to crew cab hype, things like that are going to be all thats left soon.

[@rocketresto]

They said it sold already 😢

[@maxsav007]

​@rocketresto go figure, seems like every day a video shows up of a crewcab sweptline being drug out of somewhere.

[@rocketresto]

@@maxsav007super popular right now

[@daltonsparks1293]

Come on you know you wanna drag that 4 door tandem axle dodge truck back for Jaime to do something with 😆

[@rocketresto]

Jamie is nodding his head

[@stevenandrews1012]

Dang l want the 62 Plymouth wagon!

[@rocketresto]

They are all for sale.

[@carebear2272]

I got a pair of those 68 fury did you say? Hub caps, did they ever make a two door cop car?

[@rocketresto]

Have a few 1968 Fury’s, two 440 4 speed cars, a 383 4 speed convertible. Yes they made two door cop cars but they are pretty unusual. Nebraska ran two door cars through the 70’s and I think Kansas?

[@carebear2272]

Oh I ment the wheel covers, I have a set of those that you showed in that yard, I have also seen them on some RR too that were slightly different, always wonder what year they were for. They came with my 68 charger. I also had a set of simulated magnum wheel covers that didn’t come on my charger I sold to a guy who was restoring a 1968 GTS for $100. I’m looking for a set of NOS deluxe deep dish wheel covers for my charger. I have the set that came with my car there not bad.

[@davesmith7437]

If they hadn't of hoarded them you wouldn't be looking at them or able to buy them or buy parts from them they would be long gone think about that and just be glad some are still available

[@rocketresto]

You are absolutely right, just wish some hadn’t been squashed by trees.

[@davesmith7437]

That would be sad to see

[@richardbates2367]

Obviously never im betting no cop would want to go to California or Florida and get in and have to grab ahold of a black steering wheel especially if it had a chrome trim ring lol

[@rocketresto]

Good way to burn your hand.

[@klapaucius77]

Some 880's came with a little 361 and a 2 barrel 😢

[@rocketresto]

Think most of them did in 64.

[@tonyb3864]

Don't those cars in that Montana junk yard get buried under 20 feet of snow in the winter?

[@rocketresto]

More like 10

[@bill8386]

Were white steering wheels specified with CHP police cars?

[@rocketresto]

Yes they were and pretty unique to them although I think Arizona used them too.

[@bill8386]

@@rocketresto Thank you for the reply. I enjoy your channel.

[@OdySlim]

Did you get the CHP?? I hope so.

[@rocketresto]

Think we have a tentative deal on it.

[@OdySlim]

@@rocketresto Great! I love that car!

[@MrPFFlyer]

Big Foot pooh on the shoe....not so lucky you.

[@rocketresto]

It was a BIG poo