Ten Thousand Unrestored Classic Cars - This Place is Unbelievable!

[@CessnaDriver2]

Millions of stories there, family vacations, going to work, getting groceries, drive ins, road trips, cruising, hauling, racing, another America long ago now.

[@jmc32007]

Sounds like the opening of a novel or movie.Maybe You should become a writer.You've got something there.Best wishes

[@BigSargesPlayRoom]

Wow! At 7:39 minutes in, you walked past my old yellow 1966 Flat Glass Chevy Van! And I know it was my old van because you could see the pattern of the side mirror mounting screw holes on the door. They were from a mid 80’s Suzuki Samurai and they had a triangular screw pattern. That and the color. It was a Corvette yellow. I painted it myself. I brought that van back from Hawaii to Phoenix when I was in the military. Sold it in 1992. I always wondered what happened to that van. Sure wish I could have seen more of it. Thanks for the memories!

[@retro-lady]

That yellow van caught my eye too! Was it a standard or automatic?

[@hughmarloweverest1684]

Thanks for the video. I am 73. I had no problem identifying the make, model, and years of these cars. I used to ride around in Model A Fords on the dirt roads back in Kansas before they became super desirable over these decades back in the Fifties as a kid. I bought a really nice 1964 Cadillac Fleetwood, their most expensive model, during the first fuel embargo in the Seventies for a few hundred dollars. Straight body, good glass, everything 😂🎉, great engine. These are just examples.

[@davidm8717]

I'm your age and wished I had my 2 door, hardtop '57 Chevy with a 283 v-8, 3 speed on the column. Of course by the time I was through with it, every bolt/nut had been removed, stripped, or bent. I had a 2 dr HT Chevelle also, another fun car. A time when a high school kid could afford to buy a car, be able to work on it, and learn, slowly, not to tear things up, when your paying for it.

[@MrMigo028]

What a place! Great video! I wish all this cars can be saved and back on the road. 👍

[@MANSOALSOL]

una utopía , el mundo de hoy va hacia otro modelo de vida , autos pequeños electricos , familias divididas ,solo algun adinerado y entendido puede recuperar alguno.....

[@louismalinak5563]

They are saving cars and keeping on the road, that's the bright side!

[@702Wolfi]

All the happy owners that picked these cars up at the dealer.

[@dave1956]

I know how you feel. These all were someone’s shiny new set of wheels. Then you think that all of these vehicles were purchased new by someone who is most likely not with us any longer.

[@michaelnazaruk4100]

How about it, right? Thinking of all the excited families that were out in the front yard waiting for Dad to come down the street in their new family car! And what about all the family vacations that were taken in a lot of these vehicles?

[@alexcepeda137]

10 000 pre 64's cars. That melted down could make 25 000 today's modern cars.

[@chuckmaddison2924]

Someone bought it new and was all smiles. Someone also ran into the front of a semi and got killed. And another robbed a gas station. They all have a story.

[@dougt5357]

@@chuckmaddison2924 You aren't wrong but, it is like reincarnation. Nobody who believes in it wants to think they were someone bad or inconsequential in a previous life. Just like that, we want to attach good stories to each of these vehicles.

[@jordanoneill82]

i'd pay a fortune for what this guy scraps. i can't believe there are still 57's and 64's just floating around. never take it for granted america. im so jealous.

[@mikeb5372]

I understand your sentiment. The problem is the enormous investment to resurrect them into really nice cars with no real chance of recovering the investment

[@jordanoneill82]

@@mikeb5372 it ain't always about the money. it breaks my heart seeing old steel go to waste. and a lot of them have rat rod potential or backyard built hotrod potential

[@mikeb5372]

@@jordanoneill82 I hear you! I love old cars. It's certainly not always about money but most of the time it is, otherwise a lot of those cars wouldn't be there. But at least they ARE there instead of the crusher

[@vanguy7810]

@@mikeb5372 Exactly!

[@vanguy7810]

@@jordanoneill82 It's a business, you can't run and profit from dreamers with no money. Crush all that crap and collect some real money

[@johncaldwell-wq1hp]

I'm an Aussie,--we visited here in 2017--we got "T"-shirts-the crew were Terrific !!--I got parts for my "1950-Rocket 88"--If your ever over this way,-do-not miss this place !!--we stayed for the Auction-too !!

[@flabarre9776]

"I just like old cars" is expert enough.

[@vicv.2720]

Forget vacations to Paris and Venice... I'd love to spend a weekend walking this entire lot, and taking in whatever local flavor foods the surrounding community offers. Some real gems here which need restored.

[@thefirstoffence9048]

Casa grandes local food. Is filibertos. Not a great tourist spot tbh.

[@ClotEastwood]

I was thinking how cool it would be to have the original owners . . brought forward in time and standing in front of their pride and joy.

[@adambeck8180]

Yeah....and the car is transformed to its original condition for us to see.

[@AlfredBock-v3o]

Some of these cars may never be rebuild no engins no interior screens fenders etc

[@johnkemple]

yeah except they would all be dead, just like these cars

[@imskeptic1]

Wow, what a fantastic place. Thanks for showing.

[@husky8243]

Impressive video...thanks for sharing......you could almost say this place of old cars is an out door museum......thanks again loved it....

[@CarsandCats]

Living near one of these yards in the desert is how I learned to work on cars. A friend of my dad's said, "Pick a car and it's yours." So, I did. And over a summer me and my friends got it out of the ground (it had sunk about 8 inches up to the frame and broke two jacks!). Unseized the engine, fixed the brakes (all drums were seized), fresh battery, oil, tires, and fuel. I even fixed the wind-up clock that was in the glovebox door (took that home and had it on my nightstand). We were about to fire it up and drive it out of there when my dad & the yard owner showed up and said, "You can't do that! You're only 14 years old!" Seems they underestimated us kids a bit.

[@juanmanriqu3435]

Hey I saw that movie.lol. jk

[@mikestang679]

Picked-clean, not too much left to pick, amazing sight to behold in its entirety.......great upload........CHILL.......🥶🥶🤠🥶🥶

[@stevenparker1063]

not too many desireable cars left in junkyards these day. All the GTOs, Camaro's, Firebirds, Trans Ams, Formulas, Mustangs, Cudas, Challengers, Road Runners, Chargers, Malibus, Chevelles, Monte Carlos, Cutlasses, 442's,Novas, Belvederes, Coronets, Challengers, and GTX's, a a few I missed are long long gone

[@bobr2959]

I noticed that too. I was looking for those. Disappointed in that aspect.

[@JonDingle]

The Jaguar XK150, wow! A beautiful car and really worth saving. For me, nothing else on the lot would even get a chance but the Jaguar, yes! Very interesting video and car yard.

[@vanguy7810]

Then go save it

[@ah-yp6vp]

Saving a Jaguar? U sir are a goofball!!

[@jdpinbaytown]

I bought a Door and or Hood from this place back in the 90s for my 1959 Ford Fairlane I was restoring back then!, Also bought some stuff from a couple other classic Junkyards in North Texas and Maine!

[@notmanynamesleft]

Absolutely unreal footage! 👍🏼

[@vanguy7810]

Of Junk

[@notmanynamesleft]

History and memories

[@glennsmith1139]

Went there from NewZealand, bought 56 f100 front door and fender they sent back home for me

[@debbiebermudez5890]

Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍. Some of you guys hit the nail on the head , the cost to bring one back has sky rocket up, at 72 am still working on my 1958 Super 88 Holiday Coupe . I was a young man when I stated may have failed to make a business out of these vehicle . Just like when they became used cars , ( dealers CaCa 💩 ) mouths stilling strong. Thank you for the video 🍩☕️👀😎👍

[@Kappeskopp]

Incredible cars. Greetings from Germany

[@MJODENG]

Wrecks

[@Kappeskopp]

Yes, wrecks, but with character

[@aspitofmud6257]

Great video! By the way a wet bandana around the neck works well to keep it cool out there. 👍💯🤠

[@David-xr4yd]

Why can't they rent out golf carts or have chauffered transport for a price.

[@jacobshort6528]

Golf carts bring liability insurance into the business. And chauffeured tours are just nuts when you only have half a dozen employees. This Yard does a lot of business over the phone and on the old Interwebs.

[@heyoldman2003]

Cars from the 50’s n early 60’s were a dime a dozen in the 70’s . i had 50 Buicks , Packard and my favorite….Studebakers. good drive trains. got good gas mileage compared to ford or gm… and looked so cool 😎

[@togowack]

the machinery that made these cars is thousands of years old. we didnt build any of it

[@TheSilverShadow17]

​@@togowackActually people did build cars back then just as they do today when on a very tight budget or if they create something from complete scratch, mind you. What you said was misinformation and bs lol. Machines helped build the car but it's still a manmade invention through and through.

[@togowack]

@@TheSilverShadow17 Depends which cars you are talking about. Nothing gets done on a tight budget much less the horse and carriage days. The original what we call classic antique cars are from the time of the giants. We just took over the factories and ran them ourselves and began modifying them around 1960.

[@TheSilverShadow17]

@@togowack Perhaps I heavily misunderstood your comment and assumed otherwise, but with modern cars sure, we didn't build them as that's handled with automation anymore, which takes the fun out of doing it yourself. It's a back and forth advantage and disadvantage to say the least, but if classic car revivals can be done regardless of condition unless they're really too far gone.

[@togowack]

@@TheSilverShadow17 Sorry I am being an ass hole trying to break the mind mold. Antique goods including cars are from our distant future and past (the time of the giants). These are what I focus on. We didn't design the original cars, they aren't even from our solar system. You will notice there has been a deliberate agenda to destroy classic cars, because people will figure this out eventually when asking the right questions. They are destroying the evidence. The old buildings were demolished and the locomotives were crashed against each other

[@dawnr9158]

Wow, what a trip back in time! Such history in each one. So many cars I'm remembering who had what through the years. A few in my family had Impalas.

[@kevinabbott18]

they need to place a bunch old airstreams there , a swimming pool what an awesome place to stay, would be my dream vacation. Junk yard inn, would be amazing.

[@Wooley689]

Glad you did this, hope you go back sooner than later. Might see something I want.

[@steves7896]

I'm surprised it's that hot there already. As you know, back here in Vegas things are still relatively mild. I liked that it seemed like you were the only one there. Cool video.

[@RemoteTrooper]

The temperature was definitely unexpected

[@harrywalker968]

@@RemoteTrooper here in aus.. i have a 75 highboy f250. there 3 in aus.. but thousands in u.s. . people here like 65 mustangs, why, i dont know, maybe you can buy every piece, cheap. i have a 73 r/t challenger.. a base mustang, needing total re build here, is at least 10k.. 289 coupe.. the u.s. army was here ww2, with there cars. they couldnt take them back so they were buried, somewhere in the desert... any chev here is worth dollars & will sell..

[@RoyPage1970]

Dude this is just a bunch of useless garbage​@@RemoteTrooper

[@RoyPage1970]

​@@RemoteTroopergood for nothing but scrap metal

[@rosalindafaye5668]

That is incredible! ❤ I love that place! Thank you for sharing

[@snotrocket14]

I've walked that yard many times. Every time I do, I fall in love with few more projects I don't need.

[@marceyvogt2007]

Wow! Where have most of the old cars gone? Looks like Arizona. Very cool William. Or should I say hot? I'm sharing this with my 'carguy" son. Great find! ☮️💖🎶

[@z978ady]

Looks like the engines got plucked pretty early on. Interesting '41 Caddy and '52 Packard. Dodge Coronet convertible probably still has good floors.

[@bobr2959]

Right.

[@animaldw6996]

I just love the old cars. This was epic to see. Thanks for sweating it out to show us all. Cheers! :)

[@TheSavageRepairman]

I was drooling seeing some of these cars. I have my eye on a few of them. Several of them actually lmaoff.

[@imjinriver641]

I am getting chest pains seeing this glorious history rust away.

[@noahboat580]

The only silver lining is that it's the best biome it can be for it to rust the least

[@rocklozanosr4930]

Thanks for bringing this content to us. Extremely fascinating and sad to see such a beautiful style of cars from a long gone era of styling and function. Again thank you for being this content to us. I subscribed and gave a like as well

[@david-evans22]

Amazing! Very well done video. Thank you as always.

[@gregdiamond6023]

I love looking at classic cars. I have 2 and they’re a blast. Wish they could all be saved but some have to be parts cars to save others.

[@DutchInman]

Geo, I was kind of hoping that did be an area classic Volkswagens waiting to be brought back to life anyway I didn’t see any but thank you. Great show.

[@knuth.nyhagen82]

You're doing a great job for collectors and those who restore old cars. Here they can find a lot of missing parts. Best wishes from old Norway.

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

This business has its own reality TV show.

[@jeremywentworth1833]

It had its own reality TV show Desert car kings it was on Discovery for 1 series . They restored about 12 cars on site and made a terrific job of each car. Shame discovery only did 1 series. The dad use to keep all the good stuff in his own private part which had hundreds of cars in it. I remember Jason sneaking in and taking bits lol.

[@dougt5357]

58 Chevy Impala convertible would be heaven on earth... Thanks for the video!

[@MrDiplomata]

I'm not American, but thanks for sharing! We don't see anything like this in my home country! 🇧🇷

[@JT-SE-OHIO]

It's hard to believe that a place like this still exists.

[@DavidsExecutiveTouch17]

Wowza, that's a quicker way than a parts store for a gearhead to get into some major trouble financially!! 😁 Beautiful place, I think I need to make a trip.....and have some quick money troubles🤔😂!

[@ryanrodgers1826]

thanks for the show great place to go cheers

[@adamthompson4979]

Yet another great video! Thank you!

[@60lark63]

Good video! More Stude section! STAY HYDRATED!

[@peterparker9286]

Truelly I Maze Ying. Nice Find keep up the Great Work.

[@rogerhadley2763]

thank you for all the effort you put in making this video for all of us in all the heat

[@davidmaggard9403]

Iv watched a lot of vid from this place but nun as good as trooper as done great job .

[@heyoldman2003]

lookin back all old junk yards in the seattle area had cars stacked three high . as the lots were small , n they needed the space …and if we needed a part off the top rig we / i just climbed right up . never thinking they could move and possibility crush me .. oh those damn kids .. hahahaha

[@FMFGUF]

We used to have the same sort of scrap/breakers yards in the UK, where you could clamber among the stacked up cars and help yourself to parts - back in the good old days of the 1980s/'90s.

[@jacobshort6528]

There was a junkyard like that outside of Ann Arbor Michigan where the cars were stacked 3 high. I could see them towering over the wooden fence as my Grandma drove us to the mall back in the 1980s.

[@jacobshort6528]

I'm sure that that salvage yard has been sold, scrapped out, or auctioned off, and then the land turned into condos or McMansions. Just like so many farms outside Ann Arbor have been subdivided.

[@jamosgarage9006]

Excellent video.

[@dansimon1100]

Very cool video I enjoyed it. I love old cars .

[@busdriver5570]

You did a great job. I thank you for your video. Im a follower now.

[@greatdaneacdc]

I’m like I could fix that 55 and that 63 ….Dam is that a 48!! Cool video Thanks 👍

[@dezertraider]

THANK YOU,,WISH YOU COULD FOUND OLD SCHOOL TOYOTAS/DATSUN BUT GREAT JOB..MAYBE COME BACK AND DO IT AGAIN THIS FALL? STAY AWESOME..

[@davidfaust8237]

I could definitely live there. Surrounded by all that car history. Plus the peacefulness

[@colinl9018]

And the snakes.

[@A_Different_Kind_Of_Truth]

Nice BIG ashtrays in the Hearse !! 😂

[@vicv.2720]

25:18 - give that 1965 Corronet 440 conv. a white interior and top and paint it gold as they were in the day. Pure style and ready for any parade, or just cruising.

[@RS-of1om]

Some real beauties there. Thanks

[@vanguy7810]

Really? Can you give me a time frame or two

[@MUCKFOOT399]

​@vanguy7810 yeah, I don't see one good one

[@rodneymasters2002]

Wow the cars you could salvage there is crazy

[@jorgegustavoocamposcaceres5656]

That's a yard of dreams, old boy!

[@heartoftexasbarnfindsandcl5193]

Never been Here myself.. To Bizz here in Texas.. But good yard for sure.

[@roberthepburn-gr4fq]

Might I suggest a golf cart in your future 😁

[@douglasgreen437]

😂

[@ezc6977]

An antique golf cart.

[@johnhart125]

This is on my bucket list, looking for a 51 Dodge pickup to build, looks like all I'd need be right here

[@stonepa]

Imagine that each of these were once new and someone’s pride and joy.

[@TRONA-CA-99]

Every so often I have to go to Casa Grande, going to have to check this place out! Thanks for posting.

[@e7yu]

That was enjoyable to watch. 🤠

[@julsmanci7698]

Wow, this is amazing, each car has a story

[@SheilaINvegas]

Great video, as ALWAYS!!!

[@RemoteTrooper]

Thanks Mom!

[@HODIUSDUDE]

Drove up and down I-10 from Phoenix to Tucson several times a week and never knew that place was there!

[@GilZu]

One of the best channels

[@mustangracer5124]

My sister lives out there, I gotta go see that place!.. As a kid we had a 48 roadmaster, then a 52 Olds then a 58 Plymouth.. all look familiar to me.

[@elosogonzalez8739]

Best time to rummage through any parts yard in Arizona. is between November thru March. BEWARE OF SNAKES! Not as many old trucks as I thought there would be.

[@stevewalker206]

5:37 1955 Oldsmobile. They had a ton of color options. Some were beautiful, some weird. I had a Polar White over Caribbean Blue Super 88. My all-time favorite color scheme. White over pink/salmon looks pretty nice, especially with wide white walls.

[@tigerphid9677]

The blazing sun peels the paint right off those cars.

[@ronkemp9528]

Thanks man great stuff.

[@bernardofitzpatrick5403]

I could spend 2 weeks there 🎉 paradise !

[@vanguy7810]

And spend how much money, seeing that it is a business and all. Or you just sight seeing also?

[@alecfromminnenowhere2089]

I'm amazed at how picked over the cars are. They all have lots of parts missing.

[@weskirkland5850]

My happiest life would be owning a place like this.

[@weskirkland5850]

I'd get one on the road every couple a three months.

[@RanleighWylde]

Reminds me of the time my girl friend broke up with me in the 1990s. We were talking about what are dream life would be. She wanted to live in a condo and spend times with friends in a bar like Cheers. I told her I wanted a house with a big field of old restorable junk cars. She cut me loose a couple of weeks later.

[@arquivoyager2010]

Long ago they were a symbol of freedom, comfort, status and a thriving economy...

[@kenprice1961]

The crime would be if they are "restored" by "resto-mod." At that point they are no longer "classic."

[@Parallax982]

Used to be a lot of great junk yards in Arizona. I remember when one could go there and just walk around, looking for parts. Bring your own tools and pull stuff off. Not that long ago. I'm thinking the "90s. I don't think there are too many left. Now they pull the parts for you and charge a whole lot more.

[@thefirstoffence9048]

Almost every junkyard here is a pick and pull. However a lot of people really trash the carcasses. So older car lots might try and preserve em about more. This place use to be notorious for not selling cars. A lot of those were parked in way better condition, then you'd expect.

[@davidwhitney1171]

When I die, and want to be cremated, and my ashes scattered here. That's how much I've loved old cars and places such as this- since I was old enough to know what a car was. As a child this would have been my Disneyland...

[@jonnysuperglide]

Just think of the guys who went out and bought these cars out of every ones drive ways and saved them In this yard for us all to witness as golden day cars these are so beautiful if I had the money I would live right in the middle of them all call it Johnnys golden classics

[@arneminderman3770]

Exelent video! Thanks.

[@williamweirjr9749]

I would love to find a 1962 C10 Chevy truck. Cool trunk

[@garthsutcliffe1540]

You found heaven

[@user-zx8de8op9l]

I see a lot of 4 drs. I would love to find any of my mom's dad's old cars he bought new. He had many rare cars.Wisconsin winters didn't help with preserving them. Most were gone before he built his pole shed. He didn't store cars in there, they just sat outside in his personal junk yard.

[@MREnzoHerbie]

Let's retore it all, will be beautiful to see them cruising around soon.

[@jsat5609]

What a great location for a movie!

[@jacobshort6528]

The junkyard/tornado/tsunami scene in Damnation Alley was filmed in a similar junkyard somewhere near Detroit.

[@johnathanrowley2707]

Could make some great hot rods out of these classics

[@billyfoster3223]

Amazing place!😀🛠️🔧

[@opera93]

Thanks, oddly interesting: **junk **yards (SALVAGE, RECYCLING,used Automparts, etc.) used to be a routine part of My Vehicle & Maintenances(* & more than one of my Mechanics- esp 1950-70s)……..certainly a Monument to Urban / MFGR pollution,& modern Waste, etc.

[@NonameNosurname-p5o]

Wery interesting video🙂👍

[@SpicySoapz]

That 51 candy paint impala is actually my great uncle’s. He sold it for a 68 Shelby gt500. He still has that mustang and I’m getting it when I turn 18z

[@thefirstoffence9048]

I couldn't even imagine seeing a car I used to own in a place like that. Itd be such a surreal experience.

[@SpicySoapz]

@@thefirstoffence9048 it’s a little sad ngl because the car was just so beautiful.

[@thefirstoffence9048]

@@SpicySoapz tbh seems like it deserves a restoration, but all those cars are so far gone. Wouldn't even know where to start.

[@thebrain7065]

Got my 63 GP from L&L Classic Auto in Wendell Idaho with title!...8k cars on that property. They are associated with this place. Fella said it was sitting out there for over 30 years. Missing the 4 sp transmission and some interior items.. other than that she had everything else. 25k on the clock and original sun burnt paint. Had it transported 2700 miles to me. I'm very happy with it's condition...nice rust/corrosion free straight body. I have another 63 that's complete but super rusty on every panel and some sort of dent puller body fill over rust on most panels with an Earl Shives paint job. It will be the parts car for my newly acquired GP.

[@PaulStellwagSr.]

Been lookin' for a place like this!! My first car was my grandmothers 1948 Chevy Fleetline. I'd loce to own another old '40's or early '50's car if not a '30's sedan to restre or ratrod.

[@billbright1755]

It’s where everything man does eventually becomes. Father Time always wins that game.

[@VerifiedVIPMember]

Need to save the Olds Toranado with the RV option...