I worked in the metal fabrication building at the junkyard, I was 15 years old and knew Rudy very well, about 30 percent of the porch alloys on V.W in L.A came out of that yard , the yard originally ran from Alameda to Juniper.
@RegionalRadioShackManagerАй бұрын
By any chance you think there’s more cars apart from the ones in that junkyard?
@substandardabuse6028Ай бұрын
That Rabbit was Rudi watching you enjoy his awesome collection of incredible cars
@justinstiff5641Ай бұрын
That rabbit rode in the junkyard on homeboys hat full of flowers 💐 🐇
@lukasprien4338Ай бұрын
Facts
@NateSpringАй бұрын
m noice
@openclockclubarchive325Ай бұрын
Beautifully presented. Love the lack of sensationalism.
@poplaurentiu4148Ай бұрын
Sweet Lord almighty some of those cars are beyond bonkers : Carraciola & 300 gullwing are the top most expensive North 6 million or beyond but this is the Holly grail of junkyards even those 3 Miuras and one-off ISO Griffo i know the right person : John from Curated would be like..
@ИванИванов-о6ц6мАй бұрын
professional seller
@cyrxlАй бұрын
I thought the opposite? It seems very scripted to me
@DarylHiersАй бұрын
what do we call the hats then?
@readrepairsАй бұрын
@@DarylHiers Good question. I don't know,. Folk vibes.
@gray7863Ай бұрын
Magnus you are so right about the time before the internet, when going to a junkyard was an experience, if you found the parts you were looking for or not, just taking in all the sights was worth the cost of admission . Your choice of filming from dark to light was fantastic !.......Thanks
@wysoftАй бұрын
When I was young and just getting started working on cars, I learned so much about different vehicles and designs, simply from walking around the junkyard and looking at different cars. I enjoyed doing it so much that sometimes getting the parts I needed became secondary.
@FMFGUFАй бұрын
@@wysoft Me too. A mate and me would regularly cycle or drive miles just to rummage about in local ones in Surrey, one in Chobham woods being a favourite.
@16driver16Ай бұрын
That's still exists.
@FMFGUFАй бұрын
@@16driver16 That's good to hear.
@JustaSanderoRSАй бұрын
Kinda sad to see those cars like that, but at the same time its a bit magic, i dont know how to explain
@premonemoАй бұрын
I think you just did
@Yourmission9Ай бұрын
I’m in agreement, but at least they were saved from the crusher, and I really like the aesthetic
@mari0c0lemanАй бұрын
It’s a look at the beauty that once was, but, still exists.
@sweeneymotorsports82Ай бұрын
It’s just beautiful the way it sits, kinda sad to see it all get sold!
@jamiemorgan4146Ай бұрын
As George Harrison said, “All Things Must Pass”. There’s a time to live and a time to die. There is a time for everything. Then we have to move on.
@oceania2385Ай бұрын
A Porsche wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
@vikingtrad3rАй бұрын
First thought was Gandalf
@THEWOLFOFHEALTHCAREАй бұрын
hahaha amazing
@captain_context9991Ай бұрын
Yeah, sadly he is a couple of decades too late to rescue anything in this junk yard. This truly is junk.
@risinbison1106Ай бұрын
It’s not very often I watch a video and am completely stunned by what I’ve seen. I’ve driven by the yard a few times, I knew they had Porsche and Mercedes all over but 3 rare lambos and the ultra rare cars, wow.
@GHOSTJERKERАй бұрын
I would pay admission just to poke around that place!
@geoffreycarter3981Ай бұрын
These cars are considered by so many (at least by car people) as a pinnacle of human design and automotive achievement. This, coupled with the emotional connections that cars have the ability to instill, makes this such a fascinating watch. It's a stark reminder that all cars are just objects, subject to the elements and decay as much as anything else. An wreck can end the life of any car, no matter the monetary or sentimental value, as well as the lives of its occupants in just an instant.
@scoobyroorogersАй бұрын
Well put.
@Cars.andclawsАй бұрын
Gandalf😂
@spannersautoandcomputerser1649Ай бұрын
OH MY GOODNESS - all those 356 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW. SIMPLY amazing collection.
@Rob1970sАй бұрын
I love them sooooo much 😍 !!!!!
@DailyStalkerUpdateАй бұрын
All junk though.
@Matthew-x9dАй бұрын
Magnus, You are a born story teller. I’d love to spend time with you hearing a few more. You are a living legend who can turn a word mate. Peace man.
@owenacker4950Ай бұрын
This is really special, this place has been shrouded by mystery for so long.
@ИванИванов-о6ц6мАй бұрын
святые зенкевичи !
@Rob1970sАй бұрын
I didn't know that it existed . What a place !!!! It's priceless . !! Absolutely MAGICAL ✨😳. ✨
@JamesBerloАй бұрын
I hope you keep us posted on the Disposition of this Place and all the treasures.
@Kolinu2Ай бұрын
This is photographic heaven.
@tednruth453Ай бұрын
Those rabbits are highly trained security professionals....
@mizeadventure9438Ай бұрын
Incredible. The filming and light was so well done.
@ZIPCORDАй бұрын
Like the California town of Bodie this place needs to stay intact in a state of arrested decay. Many including my self are amazed at this collection. On the other hand the value of much, other than complete cars, is limited to another parties needs. And if that need was significantly strong these pieces would be gone already. Like Rudi many will bid at the auction hoping to catch a ride on his dream. But whether that dream ascends or spirals downward will depend upon their drive and wallet thickness as they attempt to make something of this assemblage of what individually were someone else's - broken dream. Excellent presentation BTW!
@dougderby9454Ай бұрын
Grew up around the junkyard. Uncle had one for 40 years. People would drive cars and trucks to the yard. Sell them to him. Usually rusted terribly. Engine and trans still good. Interiors often in really nice shape. Mostly with 80-100k miles. Now I live out west. Interiors are almost gone from the sun. Trim also. No rust. And drivetrains have 200-300k miles. If only they could be combined. 😮.
@jmsjms29620 күн бұрын
Dude's in the mood. He likes it lyrical... I'm touched.
@louievee6300Ай бұрын
Only YOU can have made this special junkyard tour so perfectly presented!!
@tjnucnucАй бұрын
I disagree. It sells itself.
@louievee6300Ай бұрын
@@tjnucnuc I apologize for my personal opinion, I’ll wait for your version.
@MisterHughesАй бұрын
Once in a while the algorithm delivers. What a great video. What a great place. Only thing I couldn't identify was the blue car at 22:51
@FMFGUFАй бұрын
I think it's a Lamborghini, possibly Miura, but not sure of exact model/year.
@Freimopp777Ай бұрын
Maserati Mistral
@FMFGUFАй бұрын
@@Freimopp777 Yes, well recognised!
@MisterHughesАй бұрын
@Freimopp777 Yep, just a few hours after I watched this I got a short video in my feed about the Mistral. The algorithm is spooky sometimes.
@MercmadАй бұрын
I worked with a Guy who visited there often in the 70's and once asked Rudi why he didn't sell the 500K because he could get a Million for it .Rudi responded with "I have a million in the bank,and I have this car ". At that time it say outside.
@hydrocarbon82Ай бұрын
Some people just like to have things, not pristine, but just have it. My guess is Rudi had everything he wanted, lucky guy.
@jameseastwood4984Ай бұрын
Yup and the dollars de-value, whilst the Merc's value goes up.
@k.t.3120Ай бұрын
Nazi had stolen money !!
@jenniferwhitewolf3784Ай бұрын
Ian Tyrell may well be getting a few more Lambo’s to recover / restore. As the world leader shop, I hope these go there. The Gullwing.. OMG! What a beauty it can become.
@chrispiazza7487Ай бұрын
Interesting, my shop is just north of this location on Alameda. I drove by the yard a good 30 years ago and they had the doors open. Looking in was very surprising, to say the least. Thought I was seeing things all those years ago, until I came across this video! Thanks for supplying my fading memory with solid evidence!
@Rob1970sАй бұрын
I was so taken by this man's narration skills and cinematography. The thumbnail Drew me in but his knowledge and the surprize's kept me on the edge of my seat . At times I nearly fell off !!!! I'm so astounded . I'm hopefully going to be dreaming about this place tonight when I finally stop my mind from thinking about it !!!! .
@nickbruni8041Ай бұрын
Like opening king Tuts tomb for the first time.. But way cooler in every sense , especially the videography .✊🏼( AND only one guy can rock a wildflower hat with class )
@davidklauer3422Ай бұрын
It’s not a junk yard, it’s a museum Might valuable one at that Hope everything gets a home, and a new life in some form or fashion
@E92M3GuyАй бұрын
Incredible. ! Someone needs to buy the entire yard, build a dome over it, and turn into a mueseum , charge visitors to come and see all of it, in as is condition. 👏👏👍👍
@tezzrterry7485Ай бұрын
Jay Leno could be your man?
@E92M3GuyАй бұрын
@@tezzrterry7485 or Jerry Seinfeld. ?
@b888ckyАй бұрын
I have enjoyed every second of this video.
@AliasHSWАй бұрын
Full props to the editor and storyboarding and script writers and cinematography - basically the whole production team & MW.
@MossMiniАй бұрын
This was a man's dream and life. It a pretty good way to live.
@lucasremАй бұрын
Thanks Magnus, happy you got involved. We need collectors, it's a museum, not interested what it is worth.
@andrewkamin-lyndgaard594Ай бұрын
Appreciate the effort + creativity to put this together. Thoughtful to do it before it is gone.
@carkingspotАй бұрын
One of a kind junkyard, especially nowadays. That 300SL and the 356 are what I would be interested in. Happy bidding.
@stuartstephensАй бұрын
On top of the eye popping inventory, it's one of the most orderly junkyards I've ever seen.
@squid_fishАй бұрын
That rear track on the orange/red Miura -good golly yowzaaa ❤
@FMFGUFАй бұрын
Yeah, wonder what that's all about?
@squid_fishАй бұрын
@@FMFGUF Mo powa laid down lol
@hans33swАй бұрын
Really cool! No words on the Facel Vega?
@TouringtimАй бұрын
Excellent work Magnus, perfect delivery and presentation.
@rrrosengrenАй бұрын
Wow, what an incredible place.
@jamesmisener3006Ай бұрын
What an honor to have the privilege to show "the Junkyard" tell the stories and discretely drop the Easter eggs coming up for auction. Respect for the family and your connection to them. If I was forced to give you a nickname it would be "the Peacock" I hope that doesn't offend you. I thought that when you did videos for Hagerty. Cheers 🇨🇦
@Petrolhead912Ай бұрын
My head just exploded 😛 Great video man
@NORTHERNROVER1Ай бұрын
Hey Magnus, really enjoyed your tour. I had only seen this place in the background of parts and car auctions in the past and always wondered exactly where and what it was. I'm in Canada where all the foreign stuff left is mini Coopers and MGs, most of the Porsches have gone to the States or back to Germany so this is kind of refreshing. Cheers!
@davenelson8187Ай бұрын
Read an article in a mid 80s Road and Track magazine about an auto scrap yard in NY. Apparently they scrapped around 750,000 cars per year! On top of that, they would find on average around $1.25 per car when stripping down the vehicles before crushing. Essentially a hidden paycheck of over a half a million dollars in loose change! 😮🎉
@oliverholzmann2588Ай бұрын
The location is absolutely incredible, and the story is so fascinating. Thank you for sharing and bringing the story to life.
@NebulaTraveler295621 күн бұрын
The sound of the door of the 85 year old Maybach...😮 those sounds are gone forever. 😢
@TurbineResearch29 күн бұрын
Super cool 🙏 thanks for showing us Magnus
@BraydenplaysalldayАй бұрын
That bunny is living in a junkyard paradise 🐰
@gregorbien1719Ай бұрын
It's like a sick dream. THX! Magnus
@michaelmerta8956Ай бұрын
Fantastic great I'm only 74 and would like to see it myself. Thank you for sharing your wonderful trip to Rudy's automotive collection.
@Rob1970sАй бұрын
Only two minutes in and I had made the decision to subscribe !!!! I'm so glad that I found you . From New Zealand .
@matthewquirk3722 күн бұрын
You know Magnus I probably learned more about you in this video than anything else. I was lucky enough to have a dad that hauled me to junkyard in the 60's and on. We were searching for race engine cores. I grew to love, what it seems you love - the energy. It is just a time capsule of stories. One of the best junkyard s was in my home town. A dinky little New England town. It was tiered. 20's on the lowest then 30's and 40's. Then a tier of big fat 50's cars. Huge hulks. Then came the era of my youth; 60's and 70's cars. I loved sitting in the rusted out remains of big 30's sedans and dream of where they had traveled, and how grand they were when new. They truly have brief life spans in most cases, but they all have great stories to tell if you listen closely.
@davidmarshall64094 күн бұрын
Whenever I watch Magnus Walker all I can focus on is how he pronounces his T’s as D’s. “a 3 litre modor’. “Audo Show’ “Rudy got a ledder from Porsche” Once you hear it you can’t stop noticing it. Great vid though. How RM go about trying to catalogue all that is beyond me.
@LulaRobertsАй бұрын
A hidden wealth of automobiles. Only the owner saw a future long before anyone else did. R.I.P. Sir.
@CarbonararsАй бұрын
Magnus, that’s a great video, thanks for that
@tobiasluerssen7814Ай бұрын
Wow, walking down every corner of this yard must be fantastic...as you said like a kid in a candystore. Thank you a lot for sharing and this awesome Video! Regards from Germany 🤙😎
@wolfgangw.8243Ай бұрын
thanks for the presentation of this uniq place, you are the perfect person for this, because you feel the old rusty cars
@CarsaddictionАй бұрын
Lovely one take intro!
@Yourmission9Ай бұрын
Love the video, love the aesthetic of this junkyard. I’d love to build a barndominium in the center and just enjoy looking at all those treasures everyday
@ななころびАй бұрын
I think the rabbit was Rudi showing you around his Junkyard! ❤🐇
@DavidGibson-se1evАй бұрын
Well presented you make a junk yard sound artistic and with those cars it sure was Love your knowledge of the cars and especially Porsches, amazing So true they are now obsolete the old junk yard. I am just amazed how much Rudy obtained over the years wow It will be interesting to see if you purchase anything from the auction. Thanks Dave
@Alexander-zs5rjАй бұрын
Nice Dog ❤ & Rabbit 😊 ; Good Video 👏 and greetings from 🇩🇪
@stephenabril7084Ай бұрын
Love the tires on the orange one
@junk-man152522 күн бұрын
Would be fun to push some of those radio preset buttons and see which frequencies the drivers had saved.
@jmsjms29616 күн бұрын
Come on
@plemplem_orginalsАй бұрын
This movie and your hat are already cult. Thanks Magnus.
@bos6782Ай бұрын
Great episode, I’d kill to be at that auction just to watch the sale of some of these classic time pieces. Wish I could afford to buy an old 912.
@jfu5222Ай бұрын
Mornings first light, my favorite time of day. Thanks for another wonderful video.
@patmayer7222Ай бұрын
,,,...just,,,,so cool,........made my week,,,,great storyteller,also.❤
@NightfallDrivesАй бұрын
That opening strolling one-take monologue was something to behold. Great video 👍
@3du4rdo.Ай бұрын
Great video ,Magnus ! wish i could take one of those 356 to me
@elpatudo3670Ай бұрын
Fantastic video, the way Magnus "sees" things is unique, he doesn't miss anything. A true artist!!
@lavender_castle1410Ай бұрын
Beautiful place and wonderful presented! Greetings from Germany! ❤😎👍👍👍
@jasonheflin58827 күн бұрын
I love walking around junkyard there something cool about the stories behind the cars, should be a museum!
@oellasawandtoolАй бұрын
Hey Magnus. I hope Sotheby’s waived the $500 fee to enter the auction site ! They ought to pay you for this highly polished advertisement, well done Sir. Hope you get your Rolls Royce front grill. I fly into LA on Wednesday hopefully to pick up some auction wins - Dave
@edmatthews9235Ай бұрын
Hands down Best Video by Magnus to date. Wow Rudy was a cool dude and new his stuff and must have had a lot of money even back then the cost to buy and move these cars around still cost real money. Yes cheap prob paid $2000 for those SL gullwings. That alloy body car in around 1980 had to still been 10,000 25,000 the Lambos also had to have been 10,000 to 20,000 each but then again a Ferrari GTO would have been the Holy Grail in my book. Believe it or not GTOs in the early 70s traded for $8000 to $10,000. Now they are 50 Million to 100,million. Any amazing Video Magnus and that hat is Nutzzz
@SuperLitherlandАй бұрын
My Nan wants her hat back plz
@jerrytaylor2743Ай бұрын
Great job😊
@jamesthompson8008Ай бұрын
This collection is absolutely off the hook!! I'm TRULY hoping it sets a landmark on sales.
@beatglauser9444Ай бұрын
I LOVE, LOVE; LOVE the Iso Grifo convertible. The Grifo might be one of my all time favourite cars: An incredible classy GT car of the Sixties. Best of two worlds. Chevy reliability and Italian class and Beauty. Today I was at a preview of a classic car auction in Berne Switzerland. There was one of the last Grifos with sleep eyes an an ugly hood. The classisness of the original design of the front is not there anymore. It is a pity that you do not take a closer look on the awesome Facel Vega.
@bigbird2451Ай бұрын
What a miraculous place! Thanks for the tour. Well done Sir!
@mattgrill5786Ай бұрын
Great video and amazing bit of history. Really interesting, and Magnus, your hat is fabulous!
@pollatsoАй бұрын
A once in a lifetime event is about to happen & every big car guy will be there.. magnus walker we can’t wait 👍👍🙏🇬🇧
@honestreviewer3283Ай бұрын
Well made and very interesting video, thanks. Look at how they restore old WW2 warplanes back to flying condition, and some of them were in much worse shape than the cars in this yard (pulled out of bogs after 70 years, etc.). How great Rudi had the foresight to preserve these vehicles; too bad he didn't live to realize how valuable they've become.
@suedeopsАй бұрын
Great episode. Love a good junkyard.
@hamishcruden7623Ай бұрын
Thanks for showing us such an amazing show...
@johnnymula2305Ай бұрын
Someone with some deep pockets is going to be lucky enough to take advantage of such treasures.Thanks for sharing! I canr wait to see the follow up auction.
@cjr3559Ай бұрын
Fascinating stuff! Thank you Magnus 👍
@wadepaul2943Ай бұрын
I just love the idea, But that hat is the best thing I have seen all year!
@carfan3762Ай бұрын
Fascinating and awesome. It gives the creeps to see all those exceptional cars reduced to crushed skeletons. I hope many if not all of them will find passionate specialists and collectors ready to put them back to life again. And thank you Magnus for this incredible tour your have given us through this unbelievable junkyard. Your knowledge is impressive. Congrats 👍🙏
@kevinbarrett9615Ай бұрын
Saving them from the crusher, pretty cool.
@tylerdredАй бұрын
The godfather has returned. Thanks Magnus!
@thomasprochaska5083Ай бұрын
what a fantastic place to be. Great thanks to the previous owner for rescuing all these beauties. I really hope that ALL cars and parts and pieces will be sold for good price and ALL cars will be restored in the next several years to come!!! Best regards from Austria
@kavinskysmith4094Ай бұрын
You know this might be one of the few times the values actually help here, as alot of these old beasts might get fixed and put back on the road, so while they may sell for unobtanium, the parts wont, and alot of good cars are gonna end up back on the road from this sale
@SuperLuckyCat7Ай бұрын
Thxalot for sharing this absolute blast of a Junkyard. And hat's off for editing visual qualities etc.
@PhilNewcomb-yr2tdАй бұрын
Well I guess I’m watching every video you make. Really enjoyed this and I’m a muscle car collector. 😂👍
@richardhobo1063Ай бұрын
This video was excellent, very absorbing and that opening single shot was just epic. I also love the fact that Magnus went there first thing in the morning, the way a real car guy would. Like a kid getting up super early on Christmas Day.
@Dave_BoyerАй бұрын
What an amazing collection of art. Something that hasn’t been touched or molested in over 40+ years is just amazing.
@dotpeat1372Ай бұрын
A beautiful shockwave, excellently presented. Reminds me when stampcollection made a hit when the government revealed their gigantic storage of all & ever produced stamp. Suddenly low numbered production appeared to be highly available dropping investments to paperpulp prices... restoring my hobby back comfortably affordable! Memorable document this upload, many thanks!
@gregorydahlen2103Ай бұрын
Thank you Magnus. I was there for a preview on Tuesday 10/1/2024. It was awesome and Jason was ever so accommodating.
@morrowstevenjАй бұрын
Beautifully shot. Thanks so much for sharing this.
@solomedia8914Ай бұрын
Great video, Every time i watch a Magus Walker video i learn something new.
@ROTTBOXXАй бұрын
Rudy saved a bunch from extinction, and if there are any sons, grandsons, family left... they will be quite well off after the action. Amazing collection he amassed
@curtisangeletti8198Ай бұрын
Thank you for way of telling this story along with your flare for playing with the light and contrast of things