TOTAL LOSS: WHEN EVEN GRAVEYARD CARZ CAN'T SAVE IT!

GYC has only met a few cars it couldn't save. This 70 Challenger convertible is one of them. In this episode, we show you the cars that we could not save over the years.
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[@PaulBude]

Point number four; you`re talking about honesty. Nobody asks anybody to lie; "This is my 1970 challenger 1 of 1 ever built, it was completely rusted away so we had to bulid it from scratch with a donor body" is very honest and honourable.

[@dandonuffin2862]

As long as it is complete and running it is still worth beaucoups $.

[@johnwick-ii6il]

Painted High end collision for 38 years. My friend who owned a very successful shop called me one day , said he was backlogged and had to open another starter shop. He offered me so much money that I agreed to paint for him on a temporary basis untill he was caught up.. He had big plans for the new shop, but at that time it was just a three story warehouse with heavy lift elevator for the cars. He had a crew install a very old ratty crossdraft booth in the corner of the top floor. The ductwork was crooked and needed replacing. So each time I used the booth the fan and ducts made a lot of bad noise. I told the boss about it, but he just blew if off and said he would fix it on the weekend. Then as I was just leaving for home, the boss got on the PA and called me into the office. As I walked in I saw a woman sitting there . She was crying and had makeup running down her face.. As the boss pointed to a set of keys he said go out back, get her car and handle it. I had to walk around the building to the alley behind it, and as I rounded the corner I stopped in total disbelief of what I saw. THere was a white Caddy. parked under the hole in the top of the building where the ductwork exited. The car was completely covered from bumper to bumper with blood, feathers and parts of pidgeons. The amount of blood was crazy. A four foot wide swath of blood ran down the building from the duct exit hole. Obviously the workers never put a grate over the hole they made, and many pidgeons had moved in, then got chopped up in the fan. I had to sit in one way traffic just to get the car in the shop, as people freaked out and took pics. The digestive acids ruined the cars paint, after baking in the hot sun all day THe boss claimed it was all my fault, even though I had told him about the noise Ect the first time it happened. He decided I needed to fix the Caddy for free, and he would buy the paint Ect. Big LOL. Now you know why I didnt work for him before this. It was the end of our friendship.

[@drippinglass]

Damn dude! God bless you! 👍😀

[@TractorMan104]

etc= etcetera

[@whburton1]

cool story bro LOL

[@KrustyPickles]

"can't" is a very big word. of course it all depends on budget and goal for the car. sure you can't save it to be a numbers matching all original car. but to someone that has more of a hotrod goal in mind. its savable because much of the car would be cut out and replaced anyways

[@ligmaknutts2752]

Exactly all you need is the firewall and the VIN number and everything else can be new sheet metal

[@tonyt8805]

💯💯💯

[@AmpasaurusWrecks]

I just figured they meant the cost of the restoration would exceed the value of the car in the end.

[@DanEBoyd]

@@AmpasaurusWrecks If you pay a shop to do it, yes. But for a DIY'er to do at home, it might be worth it. There are people out there who are able, and willing, to patch that car up and save it, so the car should be forwarded to someone like that.

[@royjohnson7760]

@ligma knutts it's one thing to replace the body panels of a car but it's totally different when all of the structural metal is turning to dust

[@andrewsmith9933]

So they took a car from a customer, left it for years stored badly until it was totally rotten and then said "sorry mate can't be fixed". I can't believe they took a structurally compromised car and tried lifting it up on a 2 post lift without welding in some bracing first to keep it all aligned, what is this, amateur hour?

[@bretjjjohnson7942]

Exactly they took his car. Stored outside exposed to the elements uncovered for years. Then they show how they're moving. A customer's car around without care. Like a bunch azzholes with a forklift. Then lifting the car on a two post lift without care. Its a convertible. They should've went ahead, and welded braces in. When they took the car in for restoration. The what are the parts worth part. Sounds like he only cared about, and wanted. To make money off another mans car. Saying what would you give me for this, and that. That car didn't seem to be a total loss, rusted in half bucket. In the pictures shown. After the owner brought it. The car wasn't folding from rust. When the owner loaded it on a rollback. Dudes an azzholes, he just didn't want too restore that car. After he left it outside for year's to rot

[@surfofsinify]

I hate to tell you this but most resto shops do this we had one that destroyed and we're stealing parts off about 8 cars . I hate to say it's common practice

[@slowbutsure504]

Yes it is amateur hour with these people. I understand if you a schedule to keep with other vehicles, but there was no reason to just let it set like that, move it around a bunch of times, and then try and lift it with no braces. Almost like they did it on purpose just for the sake of the show and views.

[@surfofsinify]

@@slowbutsure504 you are probably closer to being correct then you like to be some resto shops will salt cars so the can buy the car for the useable parts original brings more then repop

[@Shopsmith10er]

Concur. Have family in the resto business on the highest order. The worst of the worst resurrected to podium Pebble Beach. Side note: This subject car in the video is one I almost think have personally known , especially when they mentioned Wadsworth Illinois.

[@loganhecker5450]

I would've saved the vert, if it's a real one of one car then it's priceless even though it would cost a small fortune to save it I still would do it

[@pontiacattack249]

It's all original in its current state, with all the metal required to fix it, is it the same car anymore? You could build a brand new body out of aftermarket stuff cheaper than trying to save that one.

[@eddiealbritton2462]

The super charger in the beginning ! There was more smoke out of the motor than the tires 🤕🤣

[@jessiejames2155]

Super happy to have some people restoring these..! It's a dream come true, really !

[@jessiejames2155]

The dry humor..between you two, is busting me up ! 😆😁👍🏻

[@Bud88883]

That's a shame but I guess you can't save them all. I got my driver's license in 1974 at the age of 16 1/2. I had the pleasure of being around these cars when they were only a few years old. My buddies older brothers always had some kind of MOPAR back then. Unfortunately I also saw a few of them destroyed in accidents. Who knew what these cars would be worth in the future. If I only had a time machine.

[@carmudgeon7478]

Thought I'd try another episode after calling it quits. Got to the same "drama" stuff over paint and had to quit.

[@JimJJGates]

Mark, Will makes a good point at about 34:20 We just want to see the work on the cars Please Please leave the Sthick on the cutting room floor.

[@brotherb5747]

Great stuff. Cool owner. A Mopar savant. Quirky dude with a big heart. Keep the faith, man. Not everyone will 'get you'.

[@tuat.mvpformallybigd.2635]

Biggest problem here is them letting the car stay there so long and not letting owner know right away it wasn't worth saving. Moving it around so much didn't help it either. The owner should be ashamed letting it sit outside for way too long.

[@americandon1212]

love to send my car for these guys to restore , great work on the restorations

[@anthonykobiec8569]

Do you have a extra million lying around?

[@dw8840]

Meanwhile there are those who would still swear up and down that this 70 plum crazy 318 Challenger convertible, could be saved despite the fact it was falling apart.

[@jerow7204]

14:50 I like how he did the slow-mo right after the guy told him not to😂

[@henrys.6864]

Mark, you're getting kinda thin in the face. Hope you're healthy because there are a lot more Mopar's you need to save! Godspeed!

[@TheDutchPathFinder1]

Don't worry about Mark.....he is a ghoul, they are supposed to look thin. 🙂

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

He put his face in a diet.

[@harrysatin5110]

Plum crazy white gut. Definitely beautiful color combo!

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

😂 The way Tony made Mark feel seems to be something like way Mark tries to make everybody else feel 🤣🤣

[@RobsMusicBox]

so instead of converting a 318 hardtop and finishing the guys dream using his original car for the ultra rare convertible parts,you cut it up. so you got some very valuable parts and he got...nothing. he also got to wait for years to finally hear this,according to your own words. this was a total shitshow. imagine how that guy feels now,esp watching you guys hack it up,knowing he could have taken it to another shop and had it converted over. he could have even bought a dynacorn body and went from there. instead,you let it sit for years and then hacked his dream to pieces.

[@OskarasNauseda]

wouldn't it be vin tampering with dynacorn body

[@RobsMusicBox]

@@OskarasNauseda if it is done Legally,as in an OFFICIAL body shop converts it and it is Registered with teh state as a Rebody,then No,it isnt illegal. its when people do the same thing but Dont tell Anyone,and then Present that rebody as the original,that it becomes fraud. actually,it becomes fraud the minute they tale all the vin numbers off the original body. even having these tags and numbers in your possession is illegal. what youll discover as i did,is that many of the forums/admins dont care,and will actively Promote illegal activities,simply because the original car was a rare car. in other words,they are promoting criminal acts on cars and not caring about who gets ripped off. this is exactly what the admins are supposed to do,is Protect their members. instead,they are helping con artists sell counterfeit cars.

[@stephenfularz7573]

Nice job will keep up the good wotk.

[@TheDoug9901]

if you paint a hood vertical it will be different, horizontal out of the same can of paint np

[@finscreenname]

Using plastic for masking? Any issues with paint flaking off the plastic when spraying? Had that happen more than once.

[@Roadhouse1997]

Not typically, we use the 3m stuff at our shop. Now if you have the masking upside down to where the writing is reversed then if flakes like a mofo.

[@MrJking065]

Count's Kustoms in California could have restored the Convertible. While these guys are ok. They are no match for most of the others restorers on TV. This owner is trying way to much to be a TV star.

[@holeeshietpyro4072]

spreading knowledge to keep these cars alive and saved. good stuff

[@walasiewicz]

Tony isn't negative, that's called being realistic

[@shnilauzdicka]

they were literally careless with that convertible, of course that the car will fall apart if you let it sit for more years and they try lifting it up with forklift without any additional structure...thats some r3tarded shit right there

[@danielmcgilliss697]

I would love to work there. I am retired and would start out sweeping the floors. Would do it for free just to be around all those cars,

[@filibertobarrera3839]

you can still use single stage acrylic or polyurethane with metallics,but follow with clear.Diffrence is gallon base coat costs over 400 a gallon, single stage is 120 a gallon.

[@Skipdogg15]

Where are you getting a gallon of any decent base for $400? And where are you getting a gallon of metallic single stage for $120? Not happening.

[@TheDoug9901]

I painted concept for a few years they don't sell it anymore in Canada. Concept in metallic was not that great I got it done but I think it would look better clear coated.

[@PaulBude]

Second point: Ask Mercedes what it takes to restore a wingdoor 300 from the 50ies or a 770K from before the war. Or Volkswagen, what it takes to restore a Schwimmwagen or an early splitwindow. The answer is: They need the story, the proof that any kind of remains once "were" that particular car, and they will "rebuild" it for you. Please get that mindset of yours changed, you have ALL it needs: The Story, the paperwork, fotographs and even fendertags and remains of the original Body- just build those cars, the world will thank you for ever!

[@rod.h8064]

VW restore a Schwimmwagen....they'd give you a big NIEN! on that

[@jaboneyoyo5843]

Love the vids ..quick question my son has a 72 olds cutlass s coupe 442 if i was to call you guys and give you a vin # is there a way you can tell me if its a true 442 . We never found the build sheet .we gut the entire car ..gas tank seats dash n all even the headliner ..thanks

[@PaulBude]

Third point: Chryslers from the 40ies had the vehiclenumber stamped into the body, so when your frame broke, you could change the chassis without losing your original car. In europe cars had to be stamped im the frame, so cou yould change the body without losing your original car. so what ist the definition of "original" car? how big has the remains to be, so the car can keep beeing "the" car? "Originality " is a mindset, it only takes place in your head. But the car is a real thing. You build it, you put the numbers and tags on it, you got the story....in my opinion you got the real thing in the end.

[@josephflanagan1070]

I'm just wondering with nowadays can you get a hold of any of the blueprints for making new sheet metal even though it wouldn't be 100% original to redo the body and use as much of the original parts as you can and or the other obvious option is parts for another restore

[@FrankBullitt390]

Yes, its called AMD they make everything

[@raybaker8726]

Son had a 65 Dodge Dart for about 10 years. We did brakes and a few other things. Son sold the car off when we couldnt find parts for it.

[@markgomez3688]

If you slow-mo @1080p HD You can see the sanding marks on the front edge of the Bonnet, 35:29

[@timbuzick8778]

I've lived in Illinois my whole life and have never heard of that place lol

[@wilmaliles5932]

Build a tubular frame and make a promod out of it,every body doesnt like stock originals.

[@seanmcclelland4403]

Quick question I got a 69 Plymouth roadrunner in the process of going through it does anybody know who the best machine shop is in Medford Oregon for Plymouth

[@richs7362]

Still I can not grasp why someone who is attached to a car and wants to save it would park a rare car unprotected in a dirt back yard for decades1 And notice it every day getting worse and worse. To me that's not just ignorant!

[@stephendennis5969]

Right! Saved and cherished every piece of paper related to the car but let’s it rot? Wtf? At some point you have to realize your a custodian of these old muscle cars. It should be preserved for future generations. The minute you can’t take care of it sell it to someone who can. It’s just lazy and dumb to let it rot.

[@mikewillett5076]

Save that VIN and find a body without a title!

[@diegohorton869]

If it had a Hemi it would’ve been restored. Amazing how that works

[@johnfranklin5277]

Pacific northwest, good lord, it rains their all the time!! Car left uncovered.....no wonder its rusted so badly!

[@davedavid7061]

havent watched this show in years, and now I remember why. More car, less Mark

[@funfunfun732]

my friend bought a 67 chevy bel air , wen they lifted it for exhaust work , it broke in half

[@samwisegamgee289]

bitieing off more than you can chew are words that come to mind .With all due respect moving it around all those years with no real apparent interest unit till it gets its turn shows disrepect to the owner and the car..and thats in the first minjute only

[@joebone3151]

Fun fact never crush cars put them in a junk yard to be picked or saved by hotrodders

[@wingsofrichard1393]

-cant be saved -stored like crap for years -lets it rust away - moves it like a fridge suprised car breaks BOOMER LOGIC

[@davidbarnsley8486]

I don’t know how you put up with mark he is just a goose 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31]

When has a painter ever shared the formula right down to the gram, Wow how cool is that? The painter I worked with on my Mitsubishi 3000GT 99, color Caracas red, after many years left is employment not to be found anywhere and took the formula with him. 😬

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

Very sad😔

[@Billyboy4209]

Can I get the weights on those paint codes used? Lol

[@limelight8018]

it was a piece of art as is too beautiful to crush

[@skynet1.044]

Every car can be saved, your just not trying hard enough.

[@Bud88883]

Really? Do you have thousands and thousands of dollars to spend on them? Unfortunately I don't think most people do.

[@skynet1.044]

@@Bud88883 I’ve seen cars with a lot less left that made me actually doubt it could be restored, and it was. Have you seen the prices old muscle cars go for? 😂 they can easily afford it it’s just bs drama.

[@ratzo9063]

Funny to see you can't restore the convertable. Yet most the other rebodied cars mark restores get the same sheet metal replaced floors quarters doors fender roofs ect. And are savable sad to see it

[@rod.h8064]

Those body parts exist, new convertible-only body parts don't

[@bretjjjohnson7942]

@@rod.h8064 every bodypanel, and piece of sheetmetal. That's need to restore that car is available brand new. For the convertible challengers.

[@rod.h8064]

@@bretjjjohnson7942 Really? As all the sheetmetal that Dynacorn have is coup only, same with the shell they do. If someone is offering replacement convertible Challenger sheetmetal they must be hiding it from the internet, or those re-bodied convertibles have the rigidity of a damp sponge from the missing structure reinforcement.

[@championbeam4018]

How much does one of these cost?

[@frankdillon6127]

some folks want OEM, NOS rather than re-pops. its just a personal desision. would i rather buy a OEM Colt 1860 revolver that showes use/age or a new perfect re-pop no question the old Colt.

[@markwilson9196]

Will is a painting machine! Sorry to say, but Mark is like an annoying little fly. Lol

[@mrk6644]

just wanted your million-dollar restoration project

[@davidkuharich9269]

I little Bondo will fix it right up

[@Paulwe4]

Any car can be saved it depends on how much money you want to throw at it

[@glenfenderman]

Let me ask this: Would you spend $100,000 on a roof and three fenders?

[@dh2360]

"Can't save them all" "You're not trying hard enough"

[@the-btc-tradingfloor2808]

Tony's a cool dude

[@thaddeauscaldwell7101]

Sell me the car , I'll restore it . I've seen cars five times worse , that has been restored. I know from experience, you can do ANYTHING you set your mind to do .

[@ryansnaidauf9313]

sad part is. As long as the proper tags were savable on the car, anything could be saved. Yall really think all the boss cars, Z/28, and Hemi cudas are the same bodies from 68-71?

[@tonyt8805]

Exactly 💯💯💯

[@jamesjenkins5181]

Don’t get rid of cars or crush them. You can sell them to hot roders or make it into a hot rod and sell it. The more classic cars you crush and let rot the less there will be in the future.

[@panms6776]

Why do you keep reposting already shown videos? I mean, love the cars, but c'mon. If you're years behind on work you should have plenty of fresh video. Post that, not rehashed footage.

[@VinceGuzman]

Dude it’s just reruns and they are taking a hiatus

[@slowridefpv9668]

I wish they’d re edit the episodes and combine all one car’s restoration into one episode.

[@mikeking3507]

Christ Chip Foose restores a car in a week.... this Walrus can't get his shit together in a month or 2..???

[@jacobcallahan4813]

If you signed up to watch graveyard cars then that means you also signed up for the reruns, quit bitchin

[@tommiraeko8541]

@@mikeking3507 that's what they said about your Mom also

[@OtherSarah2]

what was so darn important that this one could never move up in the que?

[@matthewgodwin3050]

How, when everything else is toast, did the tyres not burn on the California Challenger? That's so weird.

[@stuffypunk1779]

Roller wheels as you need to roll the car around after your mags melted in the fire.

[@jamesklima4078]

do a rebody using the vins

[@danielmcgilliss697]

When the suspension is totally sunk into the fender wells you know it's gone. Burnt cars are worth nothing!! The metal became like tissue paper and just rips apart.

[@glenfenderman]

Too many idiots cannot comprehend that. They would rather spend riculous ammounts of $$$ on stuff that is worth ZERO $$$

[@JoeRocket-sf6qs]

No way he's giving you parts at cost,your his best customer ffs look at the money he would lose.

[@martycarter3306]

It's a shame to see a beautiful vichle like that..it's like seeing a 1969 gto judge ram Air...all brand new and next time seeing it in a junk yard.....damn shame....

[@mutantlavalampderg412]

we have 3 500SEC Mercedes benz in need of repair but doubt these guys would know anything about them

[@brandonknight7240]

Wow this guy pulls 1 of 1 cars out of thin air smmfho

[@darrendavis9949]

They had the vin plate they could have done a complete rebody just like they did the phantom cuda but it would have taken up time mark was using to build cars he is selling at his little mopar lot i wouldn't let him rebuild a bicycle for me.

[@jessiejames2155]

...like running into an old crashed WWII airplane...! Wouldn't it..make really cool yard art..?

[@minnesotabreeze1]

lol, they make every panel you need to put it back together. its just because its a 318 car that they don't want to do it..

[@tracymcelhenie3988]

Right car wrong owner .

[@Dslats]

A TYPICAL DAGO, A KNOW IT ALL.

[@jamesmartelle3415]

The car should have been restored isn't the gentleman's fault that it said so long in Graveyard Carz property and it has a great story and it's a a'body convertible plum crazy purple white interior no matter what the engine is and it was there it should have been fixed

[@tonyjones9427]

Who hired rainman

[@frwystr]

a graveyard cars attempt at recovery isnt very much of an attempt

[@ben68442]

How does will not get HAIR in a paint job?

[@josephkolb2248]

I love the cars but I could not work b with or for mark I have a hard time watching the show with him butting in and It always being number 1 I get it its his shop but I work better alone unless I ask for help witch I will when I need it no shame in asking for help just my thoughts

[@usedcarsokinawa]

You should have got on it right away! Sad.

[@michaelcoonce6694]

Anything thing can be fixed with enough money

[@Skipdogg15]

Anything is fixable. The only variable is money

[@robertquackenbush5547]

Need to change the name from graveyard card to can't save nothing then

[@TheDoug9901]

Finally using a legal paint hood no way in hell I would use a charcoal mask again. SEEN HIM CHEATING I do it too turn the spreader in and water hosing the paint on from distance

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

Newfoundland, not Nova Scotia. Yes the car was a total loss. Not even worthy of a clone aka tribute car. I agree the owner was proposing a plagiarism. But there's an interesting local story of how people went all over to scavenge and recover the original bits all over Newfoundland hoping to restore the car.

[@charlesstidham2788]

They could save it, it's just not profitable for the shop.

[@jamesw7440]

If a complete car can be built out of aftermarket body parts, this can be saved..

[@PaulBude]

I`m sorry, but i completely disagree, that challenger and the superbird could very well have been "restored" and been the original cars in the end. That ist just a question of definition. Over in Europe all you need to have an original 66`Mustang for example ist the tag and the paperwork. You can simply buy a complete remanufactured body and build it from scratch. Thats how you do it, the demand is great, and there isn´t enough mustangs left to satisfy the market. The chinese though are even different. Touristic scene in china: "Hi, is this the original temple from 4.000 years ago?" " Yes, Sir, it is!" But my travelguide says, it has burnt down 80 years ago" " Yes, thats`s correct, but we built it again" "My book also says, it was once on the other side of the street and only half the size" " Yes, we made it bigger and moved it for the new railway line" "But it is the original temple?" "Yes, Yes, thats the original temple, 4.000 years old. Next city they even have a temple about 20.000 years old...."..........please build those two cars!!!!

[@SamFBM]

everything is saveable if you have enough money

[@eneshadzic3778]

They don't do rust repair.

[@Lu-KN]

Another repost. LOL IceTrash

[@aaronj7629]

Stop acting like swapping numbers is impossible 🤣

[@simon-cl4sd]

PPG is the best ;)

[@goonmobile81]

Franklin Theodore Roosevelt

[@hensleymp]

think they could save them all.

[@TheDoug9901]

worman is a certifiable nut

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Still savable