Finding RARE Ford Parts in a Local JUNKYARD! Why was this JUNKED?

[@caddy-co]

I love how cars over there can be so old but still be so structurally sound. It baffles me if something sat out for me than 25 years that there's much left without being stored

[@johnsarian_cu]

Best thing about SoCal must be the condition of junkyard cars.

[@petescarport]

Yeah I’m in tampa fl and same thing. I can pull parts with hand tools and see tons of cars that could easily be restored.

[@bertollie6840]

Michigan junk yards are brutal all rotted and picked over

[@nikolaskipp769]

That's the same junkyard I go to

[@Robby1]

Dry climate very little rust classic car culture is great in California one of the few reasons why I want to move their 🤧

[@clippy666]

@@nikolaskipp769 what’s the name of it?

[@crazymonkey626]

Many crown vics were converted from Gas to CNG for a company or private use, I worked for a company a few years back that provided kits and conversions. we did mainly trucks for the gas company and vans for other companies.

[@jerryfrederick6610]

I had one of those 1964 Mercury Comets, same 200 cu. in. 6 cylinder engines with a two speed trans. Damn thing got like 28 miles to the gallon. I loved it.

[@martinjay5906]

Nice job emptying a fire extinguisher in an interior that someone may want and throwing a carburetor across the yard that someone may need. Awesome junk yard etiquette.

[@tonydowd8566]

He's still very immature

[@hendo337]

The stuff in that junkyard is nicer than what I drive around in. 🤣😂

[@pinstripingbybear.]

@20:03 the tail lights are from a 89 Cadillac thats what everyone was using in there Kustoms in the early 2000's i almost put them in my 70 3 door suburban ALMOST lol

[@phr3dmcc0y]

See, *THIS* is what I like, GOING THRU A JUNK YARD AND MAKING THINGS LIVE AGAIN. This is why I liked Kevin Brown's channel initially. he would find junk in junkyards and abandoned fields and make it good. I love redemption content.

[@ltsgarage7898]

They ran the NorthStar in lots of Cadillacs. I had mine in a XLR. The ran the Corvette motor in the XLR-V The northstar did put out at the wheels around 300HP so advertised 345 crank

[@colescrustycars]

XLR-V has a supercharged 4.4 northstar.

[@ltsgarage7898]

@@colescrustycars last one I had didn’t have a 4.4 It ran a LS7 with a super charger. Got it brand new right off the truck.

[@colescrustycars]

Gm never put a LS7 in a XLR.... so I call BS. A couple guys have done the swap but you never got one off the showroom floor. Period. Easily researchable facts....

[@jamessalter676]

I love going to the junkyards. Usually a bitter sweet deal. You find a whole of stuff you want but don't need lol My last run I grabbed a electric fan from a contour for my fox and I seen a 67 Mercury Cougar I wanted to save but the rust really ate it up.

[@chadmccolm6544]

Some cab companies ran crown Vic’s on natural gas. Cheaper on parts and more miles in the city with out have to full up all the time 😊

[@israelfranco5332]

Ford made Crown Vics and F150's powered by natural gas. It was a test run to have alternative fuels. I have a CNG Honda Civic. It rocks.

[@brandonfloyd6321]

Junkyard my cousin worked at had a 87 chevy s10 with electric conversion with the 5 speed and wide slotted mags. Lol And this was a old conversion.

[@tristanibarra1782]

so what does it run on propane?? Or is just a more natural gas that wasn't supposed to hurt the economy

[@RicoCantrell]

Dude. I love clearing my head and walking the yard.

[@youngbuck4044]

Love the junk yard vids! Especially the tips about interchangeability of parts

[@JohnnyAFG81]

Southern California junkyards are stuff of Legends.

[@libertysgarage8411]

Hell yeah! Love a good junkyard crawl!

[@thesub710]

Hey Craig those North start motors In those caddies you were saying only make about a 100 and something horsepower they make closer to 300 with the round the same amount of torque as well

[@hendo337]

They also leak oil and blow headgaskets and are useless bell housing sideways engines with limited tunability.

[@thesub710]

Yeah they also sell the kits to fix those issues and an LS engine will bolt right up to the transmission from one of those cars which means you can use any transmission that will bolt up to an LS and bolt it up to a North Star.

[@MrGixxer1300r]

@@hendo337 get rid of the stock computer and anything becomes tunable

[@jeffreymissal]

I gotta chime in; those old Ford 400's can be 500/500 monsters with just a little bit of work. That wagon could have been a sweet ride...maybe even still!

[@wallbanger1968]

87 Fords with the 351W and 460 had 4 barrel carbs. The F250 HD and F350 with those engines were the last gasoline Ford trucks to come without catalytic converters, meaning they could burn leaded gas.

[@glenbo2464]

WOW ! I had a gold 2 door 84 Tercel like the one in the video. It was SO SLOW. I painted it poop brown with rustoleum from Home Depot and some rollers ! LOL It turned out decent. Sold it for $1000 !

[@drewgregory2370]

Bent beam ford's most reliable offroad and take a beating. My 92 ranger had an autofab kit and national springs and perry's fiberglass fenders. That truck would take every jump, whoop and even burm track and keep going. I moved on to jeeps since needed the 2 extra doors for kids.

[@curttabor2827]

thank you enjoyed it , nice to see warm weather ,lol I am setting inside and its 28 outside with 3 in of snow ,but its only 56 days till spring and 100 days till bitchin about how hot we are.

[@barneymiller7894]

8:10 I've actually been pretty curious about the van beams and how they compare to the standard dentside beams in terms of width

[@68lott]

I just found your channel a couple weeks ago and I really like it so far. I just watched some of your other junkyard videos yesterday.

[@rudsaki]

Love Junkyard Archeology!

[@2strokesforagoodtime157]

Loved the video. Didn't care for your friend vandalizing that poor cab though.

[@larrytheableguy3441]

You might want to up your knowledge on the Caddy NorthStar, they make 300 HP. But are poorly designed.

[@ricardofierro7041]

I didn’t like having to replace a starter on a Northstar. Regardless I sold it afterwards. Beautiful car except for the engine. Thanks

[@aidenschwartz]

If I was an old man and couldn’t work on old junk anymore. I’d buy one of them houses that overlooks the junk yard and just look everyday to see what’s in there to go rob the parts off and resell before it’s scrapped.

[@cobyfield9237]

better than letting the car the parts go towards end up in the junkyard by not being able to provide parts for it. vicious cycle and lots of variables in keeping old stuff on the road for the masses to be able to do themselves/economically viable.

[@brotherskrillrc6042]

Cool vid looks like pick a part in Otay, ford thought to put the 4x2 badge on the trucks just so you could have another chrome piece on truck lol

[@AimlessMoto]

ooohhh.. I need that 64' comet front end for my 65' Ranchero... makes an awesome looking conversion.

[@HVASEA]

Those Caddy's Northstars were 275-300 hp stock....turbo charge it and it would be pretty damn good

[@carterhayes2478]

Pro comp makes pretty much the exact same long arm kit. I’m running it on my 92 and I love it. Nice find!

[@GiletheCarGuy]

I think any oil burner can be converted to NVG. There used to be kits in the day. My GrandPa's 69 1/2 C-10 was converted at one time. Then back.

[@GiletheCarGuy]

404 = V8 not found, haha!

[@GiletheCarGuy]

Second gen Probes had a DOHC, but it would be years before they became popular to tune. Aftermarket never really was there...

[@GiletheCarGuy]

Say it after my: Plymouth Valiant Dodge Dart

[@markmoats2456]

The hood emblems move in case you hit someone you don't end up gutting them before the 60' they were stationary on the hoods

[@raneman7415]

Vics were somewhat commonly converted to natural gas and even propane ON TOP of flexfuel. Super cool!

[@JBO3022]

Great video, although I am slightly saddened by the amazement level around cars and features that were so vanilla and normal when I was young.

[@JosephSamsor]

Im only 21, and yet I had a conversation with a middle schooler walking down my street who was saying he loved my brother’s 2001 transam because it was so vintage but still running today. He didn’t know the ls1 was blown but it’s funny that to some kids out there today, a 2001 car is old lol.

[@VernLeRoy1962]

how do you not take Rags & hand cleaner to the Junk yard?

[@AboutHorsepower]

That would be to smart

[@anotherdayinparadise8992]

I am currently rebuilding a 64 4 door comet. It has 289. Those tail lights you are throwing around are worth a fortune to a 64 comet guy. I need a pair of them. The comet i have been getting parts from at my local wrecking yard doesnt have good lenses. Nobody makes repro parts for a 64 comet

[@camaro3gen]

I daily a 1989 MX6-GT, it's actually pretty fun with 2.2 Turbo. Fun sleeper.

[@nicknite6597]

With the Chevy truck with the caddie tail lights theres a kit you can get to get thos taillights for your Chevy or GMC or S10 it was a kit you could find in the trucks magazine since the 90s

[@automotiveaddiction428]

BEST so true someone fixing something could ever say....IT WILL BOLT RIGHT UP..AFTER ALOT OF DRILLING AND NOT BOLTING UP.

[@miniyota3ur]

LS460 has a 1UR-FSE(whole different animal than a UZ), the rotor will not bolt on to the LS400. Ls400 has 5x114.3 bolt pattern, LS460 is a 5x120 pattern you could potentially do a redrill on the rotors or find a set of rotors for a 114.3 pattern that will work with the LS460 calipers

[@cobyfield9237]

Oof, that's Holden VY Commodore stud pattern too. Nice! Yeah those calipers are actual units frfr

[@christinepowers8013]

Love these junkyard videos!

[@LarryDeSilva64]

It never ceases to amaze me some decent looking cars and trucks that get junked at a junkyard it's a real shame. But at least you found some really hard to get parts.

[@ostrich67]

Because they don't rust, they get driven over 200k miles and get worn out.

[@maxnichols1727]

Nothing better than a junkyard video. Felt like I needed to clean grease off my hands after watching. 👍👍👍👍

[@jasonpetrich4141]

Those wheel center caps off the valiant are about $500 same with the dart swinger, you should start pulling diesel turbos for swaps while there cheap, thanks Cali emissions!

[@benshore7357]

Looking good. Junkyard videos are the best 🎉

[@mattorman5640]

That fab tech lift kit is super cool!!

[@riccardonassisi390]

The red car at 21:08 is a Lancia Beta spyder zagato, pretty rare car even here in italy, i wonder how it ended up in california.

[@ostrich67]

Most of them were exported to the US.

[@AcmeRacing]

The LTD/Squire with a 400 would have had a Borg Warner Cruise-O-Matic instead of a C6. I had a 74 LTD with that setup. (Galaxies and lower trim wagons got the C6, and all LTDs got the BW in 74.)

[@jamesbigham9036]

That is a good way to spend a day is going to the junkyard to find those special gems

[@backyardmechanicrestoratio6958]

You need that e30 Edit scratch that get that comet

[@NikolitheRussian]

Just looking at the underside of that F250 bricknose is enough to make me jealous and sad. I'm in Canada and most of the trucks up here are super rusty.

[@littlecabinknives8954]

Nice find miss the junk yard sir

[@win_bruntjen]

I love all the vids, especially ford galaxie ones, I have a 67 fast back galxie

[@renchjeep]

Those NorthStar Caddy V8's made 300 HP in the Allante's. The more pedestrian ones probably made 250HP, just a guess.

[@craigshagey9999]

Good find 👌

[@R.Sole88109]

With all the old Ferds I thought you were in Peg's yard. Then again, I'm stunned like Willard😄

[@AboutHorsepower]

Amen

[@gdalemize717]

Keep up the junkyard stuff

[@ep-ou7sc]

Mar- KEY. Not Mar keese lol

[@bigcountry8333]

You need to at dash out of the comet clean it up use it for decoration

[@royochoa9750]

What part is that junk yard located I need some parts of the Mercury comet 1964

[@bensymington5550]

Love the video awesome content

[@stevensilver1014]

404 stand for 4 door & 202 stand s for 2door

[@williamsanders468]

Dang that LS460 brake was a big ol sunuva gun that would definitely be sick on the LS400. Because why leave anything alone.

[@nbs-spike5822]

The CNG Crown Vic was for official use in the GUBMENT

[@ernestrodriguez4659]

Dude I am begging you! Please fix the F-100! Seeing you drive it takes me back when I learned how to drive in one just like it. It had a swapped in 390 and a 4 speed!!!

[@Adrianzx]

Liquefied natural gas. The 400 lb tanks go out of certification and cost too much to recertify. They have stiffest rear springs of any panther platform.

[@ChuySusej]

awesome find besides desolate or solo motorsports there not many option for obs kits

[@andrewc6863]

As a Canadian watching this, not a single speck of rust was seen in this video lol

[@kelvinboyd7459]

Love your channel but I would not let you guys in my junkyard throwing and flipping parts around like that . Keep up the good work lol

[@chadhickey9942]

that and discharging that fire extinguisher inside that one truck... someone may want the interior parts and now they are even dirtier... just small stuff.... like camping... leave it as good or better than you left it and everyone is happy.

[@hendo337]

Good thing it isn't "your yard" Fudd.

[@stefan85j]

Yep. And if you remove parts you don't need to get to something else, take it away nicely and put it inside the car. Pretty bad to destroy a part that someone might need. And the junkyard loose money.

[@martinjay5906]

I'm with you , this guy's a clown act knuckle head for doing that. I hope someone at the junk yard sees this clip.

[@Jv19979]

All the junkyards in my area crush everything that is older than 2000. Hard to find fox body parts

[@renchjeep]

CNG Crown Vics were definitely a thing, and if you can get that 4.6, DO IT! Most of those CNG Vics were owned by City, County, or State government organizations, so the miles will likely be low, the maintenance is usually top-notch, and the CNG keeps everything inside the engine SO freaking clean that you almost won't believe it! I know because the City I work for had a few of these, and the oil came out like new, even after several thousand miles. On the Probe....they were OK cars, but the NA ones were dogs. My dad had an 89 GT with the turbo and the 5-speed, and that thing hauled ass....at least for back in 89. He had an 84 T-Bird Turbo Coupe 5-speed before the Probe GT, and I would take the T-Bird over the Probe GT any day, only because the Probe's FWD was a pain in the ass for doing burnouts. LOL!

[@robertironside3166]

The Comet stuff was pretty wild. You aught to maybe go over to the Tennessee to Georgia area next year a week or two ahead of power tour and scout some junkyard cars [there's a lot of them]. :-)

[@aidanbebee2715]

Please more junk yard videos

[@randykraigbrothers9519]

Love junk yard coming

[@junkyarddog8277]

You should get the Comet! Give it another life.

[@fixinonitgarage]

Once a car goes to a yard, in most states it can't ever be resold whole. Once stripped or a deadline hits it gets crushed.,

[@colescrustycars]

Those northstars make 300hp stock. I'm not a fan of them but thay make alot of HP for a 4.6.

[@garybrady9531]

Great junk yard crawl

[@brandonfloyd6321]

Bmw was just 1 mm different then small chevy pattern. You could drill thise big rotor holes out and use them on a gm.

[@brandonfloyd6321]

Also the lexus brakes is 4.5 pattern so can go in small ford cars.

[@chasingcloudsandflavorrevi9817]

Very nice of you to pick the second fabtech kit for a buddy who's probably going to say I don't want that old junk crap 😂 no but for real they should stop calling them junkyards and change it to treasure yard or treasure trove 👊😎

[@hackitgarage6503]

Watching you guys taking apart an obs front end with a crescent wrench seems impossible to me living in New York.

[@markkraczek8715]

The cadillac is a 4.6 good bud.

[@brandonfloyd6321]

Desolate in California all they do is OBS truck and bronco long travel suspension. They are on Instagram.

[@myrmeko]

How much does it cost to buy a whole car from a junkyard and register it again?

[@seancmadison]

Check out volkswagon 17z or 19z calipers. They are brembo 4 (17z) piston calipers or 6 (19z) piston calipers.

[@deanplant1500]

Red car was lancia beta

[@curtisdanielsforservice4131]

Cad motor is Northstar made like a 300ish hp. If I remember

[@bennetfox]

The red car y'all were curious about I believe is an Alfa Romero. Crown Vic's that were used as taxi cabs in Vegas were converted to run on LP gas.

[@davidcatlette9697]

Looked like a not sure about the spelling but “ Peugeot “

[@robis40]

It actually was a Lancia which at the time was owned by Fiat which also owned Alfa Romeo so they were similiar. I worked at a Lincoln Mercury dealership that also sold Fiat/Lancia and Alfa.

[@russrh]

Yeah the red car is a lancia beta

[@clippy666]

I’m in SD what yard is this?

[@bobmanzi7712]

great stuff thanks

[@aidandickerson275]

I made my buddy climb in the back of the cord wagon to see if we could open the back hatch but she’s stuck shut

[@lancesmith3546]

How could you leave without buying that Mercury Comet?

[@trevorc4786]

Who is on your foxbody air freshener?

[@classicstangbrn8964]

Better than the wheel barrel

[@bigeasy_f150]

the vic is probably a old cop car. there one here could switch between LP and gasoline

[@classicstangbrn8964]

I saw a Lincoln LS

[@jerrypuckett6733]

Nothing more fun than a junk yard. Sadly they’re fading away.

[@somerandomdudelonelyAF]

A new vid nice

[@MCD1994]

I wish ohio junk yards looked like this !!!