Van Full of Surprises!

Vans are to junkyards what garden sheds are to back yards. You never know what treasure is stored inside. Watch as Steve discovers an ultra-rare Pontiac GTO brake drum, an alternate source for Mopar Super Stock bucket seats and proves GM wasn’t the only carmaker to offer rubber wheels. Rubber wheels? You have to see it to believe it.

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

This is not your cheap KZbin video. He's done research, collected literature, prepared himself and returned to the yard to produce. Bravo. I love this content.

[@samholdsworth420]

Passion projects are always the best.

[@freeziefreeze5971]

Steve's a walking Encyclopedia on cars he's one of the most knowledgeable people I've ever had the pleasure to meet.love the video's steve keep up the fantastic work..watching in Toronto,Ontario,Canada

[@alexrockey3730]

He even purchased googly eyes for the creepy deer head that follows him.

[@ninjapumkin]

I am in belief that Steve drives a bus with all his literature in tow

[@samholdsworth420]

@@ninjapumkin pretty sure he drives a single cab short bed S10 pickup lol

[@wreckerjonny6144]

That deer is shocked as what was in van . Eyes said it all

[@kellytolliver2390]

Na brother he's on smack vans his rehab that's look of a deer that needs a fix na that's funny as hell

[@nonamesplease6288]

I think the deer is Steve's archivist and librarian. He seems to pop up everywhere.

[@tihspidtherekciltilc5469]

I've seen that look before. Crazy Eyes Cortez

[@neilouellette3004]

The mounted deer is very rare. It's from F-Troop Hunting Expedition #02 Yukon Valley 1953. It has matching numbers. Very rare!

[@reaper20015]

One day Steve is gonna be on the news. He's going to get pulled over for using the HOV lane and claiming the deer is his dear old friend that needed a ride to the junkyard.

[@JLange642]

Steve is a wonder- a bottomless pit of arcane and detailed data. Hell- I'll bet he has forgotten more about cars than I will EVER know in my life! Thank You Steve!!!!

[@williamsample2631]

I love watching this videos. It's like listening to a college professor who has a degree in advance cars knowledge. But he can relate to you in a normal way. I think the other thing is in this day and age there's no political bias, name calling or Cutthroat skullduggery. Just straight information about cars. Maybe we can all get behind this movement and come back together, okay it was just a thought man.

[@SteveMagnante]

Hello William Sample and JLange642, Thanks for watching and writing. I'm not much aware of the political stuff that's going on - and has been going on since 1776! The fact is (and I like to say) "somebody has to run the joint and I'm glad it's not me". Politics and politicians may be easy to scrutinize and complain about but in the end, the world keeps turning. I do feel that we live in the BEST place to live on this globe. We have running water, we have an amazing Interstate highway system, we can jump in a jet plane and cross the nation in less time than our great grand fathers could have ever dreamed and we mostly get along with each other. I see the WONDER and GREATNESS of this world and try not to waste much time hassling over the speed bumps. Every day is a gift and I'm thrilled and thankful for the engineers, assembly line workers, car salesmen and Decision Makers who produced the thousands of different vehicles I get to explore in these Junkyard Crawl videos. The amazing thing is, if I do this for the next 50 years, I'll never cover all of what's been constructed in the name of personal transportation! Anyhoo, THANKS for writing. -Steve Magnante

[@zianian]

When we're "done with him" they should stick him in the Smithsonian. The dudes a walking American treasure.

[@johnjenkins8782]

Burnisons auto wrecking is a bottomless pit of rare parts.

[@scoobyroorogers]

@@SteveMagnante Well put Steve. It would seem that many of us subscribers feel the same way. Just please keep keep doing these videos. Thanks

[@stephenyoutubin4476]

My dad had briefly that same dodge van in that same color, great trucks. Simple and better that today's electronic debacles.

[@williamsample2631]

Don't get me wrong and some aspects I think the new cars are amazing.. but I agree with you the older stuff was just a lot more simple and not so damn expensive!

[@adailyllama4786]

One of the most underrated auto information and history channels on KZbin, hands down.

[@frankz5864]

Steve keeping the muscle car passion alive….as usual

[@SleepyUncleSam]

The deer is back...👍 with googly eyes

[@scottgeorge50]

Good find! You never know what you may run across at the junkyards!

[@SteveMagnante]

For sure!

[@ericwilson2585]

Steve, you never seace to amaze me with your knolage sir. (please excuse my spelling). I learn more from you than everyone.....

[@lilmike2710]

**Cease (Sease = "Sea-see") 😉

[@speedfreak8200]

Spell check is free

[@williamsample2631]

Come on potato potato you get the idea

[@SteveMagnante]

Hello eric wilson, THANK YOU for the note. No sweat on the spelling. I'm a nut for spelling because of my years spent on staff at car magazines where introducing "typos" could get me fired. But your message is what maters and (as Tosh.O would say) For That I Thank You! -Steve Magnante

[@edwinbonnelljr1587]

Well some people would say another man junk is another man's treasure have a great day Steve

[@richdiscoveries]

Glad to see our deer head friend back for another video LOL

[@tylerleonard4007]

The deer is becoming the mascot lol!

[@tkflanagan4449]

Again, YOU are the BEST!!!!

[@rowdystrongarm463]

Bambi is back and he looks pissed!

[@brandonclark482]

I find it amusing that I'm watching a video featuring a Bostrom seat while sitting in a Bostrom seat.

[@justralphajerseyguystuckin3671]

FWIW- Polycast wheels also were available on the 1982 Firebirds with big flat frisbee style hub caps as well.

[@andrewmason8292]

Love how your deer head pops up everywhere you got a good sense of humor enjoy the videos

[@SuperOperator4]

Coffee and Steve M. !

[@donwest259]

always look in vans in the junk yard for really great things , like snakes-hornets and rabid racoons😁

[@madmike2624]

Return of the creepy deer! Another great video Steve. Keep the crawl alive.

[@RESCUEBERTRAMYACHT]

Steve is the best utube channel on the web. I am not even a car guy but he has made me fascinated at the automotive history and I have become a fan of the history. i love this channel and all content providers should take a lesson from Steve. No bs. No fake pumping of bs products. He is the best. congrats Steve. Much respect

[@davidciesielski8251]

You like a good friend that knows all kinds of really cool stuff about cars I remember from my younger years!!! THANKS

[@zianian]

I can't wait for the Steve Mags shares shows and talks about his automobilia library episode. That'll be a good one too I'll bet.

[@CanadianClassicCarNut]

My best junkyard find wasn't in a van but in a bus. It was a ram air cleaner from a 69 Buick GS400. Got it for 20 bucks. That was 30 years ago :)

[@lawrencejankowski9681]

My brother had a '67 GTO w/those alum. frt drums. It was part of the hd drum brake option & had hd(semi-metalic) linings. They weren't red, either. They were a non-power hd option & took lots of foot pressure, but the linings lasted almost forever! Just a trivia tid-bit..

[@tony-ps4qw]

Hey Bucky! Hey Steve explore the room....more drum stories!

[@kevinhintz1903]

With every video, I think of how crazy extensive your personal literature/magazine/books collection must be?

[@1984xlx]

So glad to see Rudolph Diesel head is back!

[@alexbrodie6886]

Lol Bernardston, got it! Thanks!

[@joedeckinflyover]

I think you should take the deer head home ! 😂

[@sandyman541]

I remember those Monte Carlos with them rims...had a guy come into the shop wanting to sell his Monte for 50$. Said he was tired if putting money into it and now it had a bad oil leak. I figured it's ok I'll buy it for my younger brothers 1st car and fix it...turned out the oil leak was just the mechanical fuel pump leaking oil from its weep hole. Best deal I got and my brother was ecstatic to finally have a car.but the bad luck continued he had a front caliper lock up and it got so hot that the rubberized coating on the rim started melting lol

[@One--Two]

The "honeycomb" wheels on Firebirds were available from 1971 to 1976 I think; for '77 they introduced the aluminum "snowflake".

[@edwardpate6128]

That deer head sure gets around the property!

[@peterkovacs8654]

Another Rudolph Dieselhead approved video!

[@RC-cc4rv]

Get well Steve!!!

[@Daniel-fd3wp]

I remember my buddys Mom had a Ford Escort wagon but it was Manuel transmission.👍

[@tihspidtherekciltilc5469]

My neighbor had Juan for years.

[@frankalvareziii8289]

A Wealth of information, I appreciate this, thank you.

[@TomTom-qm4mq]

The yard by me the owner has a 427 Chevy and a hemi in the back of a coke truck. He will sell them but way more then what they are worth. He wants over 10k for the hemi and 7k for the 427. He really wants to keep them for his projects. But it's been decades and he hasn't started his projects.

[@rdillon517]

Dudes a walking encyclopedia

[@joenovak2815]

Am I the only one missing the rock-a-billy weed whacky intro?

[@SteveMagnante]

Hello Joe Novak, I pulled it because - frankly - I was a little miserable when we shot it. It was a 99 degree day with shower-head humidity. When I "scowl" at the camera, not once, twice, I felt a little like it was off-putting to viewers. Plus, for as many people who liked the intro, a bunch hated it. I have no clue. But I'm thinking of a shorter one that'll be shot soon. THANKS for writing and watching. -Steve Magnante

[@Loonytunes1961]

Steve M. has done more research/homework on this one video than i have accomplished in my entire K thru 12 grade school career & yes i did graduate✌️

[@racer193wr]

That deer seems shocked that you intruded on his space...

[@truckladders4104]

Steve The Bostrom Slim line seat was often found in the jump seat or Passenger seat in Line Haul tractors from various makers. The thinking was that if the jump seat was uncomfortable the driver would have few riders. Supervisors would only go for short trips! Hitch hikers and lot lizards were not impressed,especially with leaf sprung suspensions! Great video

[@SteveMagnante]

Thanks for the info!

[@jerrycraig6522]

You make lot lizards sound bad, WTAF??? We need hookers, who else can we talk to so honestly???

[@jeffhamlin7328]

According to the factory brochures the red DRUMs for Pontiac were in '66 only and part of the Rally one rim package.

[@johnlangsdorff382]

I have a 77 tradesman 300, which I parked for more than 15 years, tired of fighting with the California smog BS, or having to pay under the table to pass the smog, over the years I filled it with things, 2 Yamahas GT80's, 1 Yamaha IT, and car parts, a shame, because it's a nice van

[@iapologizeinadvance4812]

Who else in the world can pull out a drum and give the history on it?? I can't remember what I did yesterday for cryin out loud!!

[@googleusergp]

That is the original Bostrom company, today there is H.O. Bostrom which typically does fire apparatus seats among other types of seats and then Bostrom which is a company does truck seating for commercial trucks such as Freightliner,Peterbilt and others. At one time I believe that they were the same company but then the companies split apart.

[@Heighten666]

Steve. I love you.

[@dietersmythe9649]

Love it! Perhaps a follow up to the Hub Cap game with “what’s in the trunk or glovebox”?

[@williamsample2631]

That's another idea!

[@GREATGARLOOXX]

That deer looks quite surprised

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Man I love watching and learning about anything automotive, with Steve Magnante! Kinda makes you wanna go to the junkyard and look for automotive rare treasures!👌😎👍

[@paularndt6111]

Your videos are all just treasures. So much in depth knowledge and teachings. You probably forgot more then I will ever retain. But I got your videos. Thank u sir!!!

[@brianbloom1799]

Steve how old where you when you started, Your love of cars and the studying, of all ,the makes and models by your Knowledge, of every make, You must have spent most of your young years reading magazines, and books., You are world known

[@SteveMagnante]

Hi brian bloom, I was about 7 when Mom gave me my first Matchbox car. Then by age 9 I discovered 1/25 scale plastic model kits. My first was the AMT 1970 Chevy Monte Carlo from the Motor City Series of simplified kits with n o engines but with plenty of body, interior and chassis detail. In particular the little Rally Wheels blew me away. The model cars were followed by the 1975 discovery of a stack of 1964-'70 Super Stock & Drag Illustrated magazines in a buddy's garage. Learning about Hemis, Ford Cammers, Chevy Semi-Hemis (as the press called the big block back then), Sox and Martin, the Ramchargers, Jungle Jim, the Brutus GTO, Grumpy Jenkins and all of the Muscle car stuff stood in stark contrast to the 1975 that we all suffered through with OPEC, Detroit Downsizing, catalytic converters, net horsepower ratings, the Import Invasion and all the rest of what made the Smog Seventies a bummer for high performance cars. Sure, a lot of it was justified and unavoidable - but the cars were boring to an 11 year old kid like me. So that was my foundation, a stack of 1964-1970 Super Stock & Drag Illustrated magazines! O still have a few of the actual issues to this day! OK, Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante

[@g_force3857]

FLOATING JEEP….. WE WANT IT…..

[@georgeheissenberger3945]

Ha Ha! How can you not mention the deer head photo bombing in the video!

[@TrashcanGarage]

Way cool episode! And, I wouldn't mind adding those aluminum finned drums to my 57 Poncho. Just for the aesthetics.

[@Super4speed]

My 67 gto had aluminum front brake drums

[@Markybug-Keira-Cody]

Love the Deer head 😎

[@u121921]

Also on the Mustang and all Fox platform cars except the Mark 7 . They can be sanded and re painted but they weigh at least twice what the aluminum wheels do . The Fox wheels were 14 inches .

[@vettekid3326]

I once saw a 1986 Ford Thunderbird with the polycast wheels being towed and the rear wheel was dragging and over heated so bad that the polycast had melted and started on fire going down the street.

[@tracywraley6892]

The seat also was used in the little red express and warlock pickups

[@welndmn]

Ah, the return of the dear heads!

[@williamb2642]

Talk about a wealth of information..thanks Steve!

[@SteveMagnante]

Any time!

[@mattmacdonald9701]

Pretty sure Its Gary Ball interiors. otherwise, great stuff Steve. Keep it coming!

[@SteveMagnante]

You are right!

[@michelletaylor5691]

We love these almost as much as your old Junkyard Crawl in Car Craft

[@mopartony7953]

1:35. That is a different Bostrom than the Bostrom that made the passenger car seats. It’s confusing but true HO Bostrom is the car seat maker (Chrysler et al supplier). The Bostrom in the magazine shown is a truck seat company. Not part of CVG. Way before the 60’s there was some connection between the two.

[@mdplemons]

" Red Drum, RED DRUM!"

[@williamcap2236]

Hated those seats in my 83 CJ-7 they were so uncomfortable i took them out and modified the bucket seats out of a 85 camero to fit the brackets from the seat my butt thanked me for it too 😁

[@arnulfob3454]

Steve would be great at our car club trivia night.

[@user-ti7yt9vj2f]

Looks like the deer head you carry around has had a face lift

[@TheGeorgiaMediaGroup]

Steve. U amazing

[@ClaremontClassicGarage]

My mom's Topaz had those wheels.

[@josephanthonypuccio4704]

I think its his old van...full of his own stuff...however he does know his shit!

[@HotRod-wv4vm]

Hey Steve great find. I can move from my expensive apartment and move into that van 😜

[@LSniumUwU]

Theres that scary deer head again

[@goldslammer]

The Buck is Back!!!

[@robbyaugtel5189]

Amazing Steve , Hope that drum finds it way on a Goat!

[@SteveMagnante]

I hope so too!

[@artoodiitoo]

Do you carry that deer head around, it´s always in the picture xD

[@BurchellAtTheWharf]

Ole Buckie makes another appearance

[@WyoWellTester]

Haha Steve should spray paint the deer head

[@daveridgeway2639]

Please read. The finned aluminum brake drums with the steel inserts where state of the art at the time, "and still are" as far as stopping power, heat, dissipation and vibration. You see, the steel brake shoe surface is outstanding for friction, but in the mean time the finned aluminum housing are outstanding for vibration "squeaking" and provide more fade resistance "over heating, it is all most as good as disc brakes, and in some cases better. By the way, the optional power front disc brakes available on the 1967 Pontiac GTO's where GM Delco Moraine four piston, fixed calipers, the same as 1965 - 1982 Chevrolet Corvette. Please Reply. Dave...

[@thefossman8829]

Love your show, its crazy the amount of stuff you go though it cool getting the history on everything just laying round in its junk form. I live in Maine; I invite you to come do a segment on my tossed model t that that I am trying to restore.

[@flaco8139]

Love the channel dude.

[@martyjones7225]

Many early (1978 to 79) Ford FOX body cars (Mustang Fairmont, Capri, Zephyr) came with aluminum drums on the rear, typically on cars equipped with the turbo 4 and 302 V8.

[@garyblankenship4331]

The things you find in junkyard vans?? How about the googly eyed deer head?! 😳

[@jimc3688]

Too many headlights

[@oldskool1979]

Love that Vam !

[@marcstlaurent3719]

I had Bostrom air ride seats in my heavy duty oilfield trucks

[@marcstlaurent3719]

Steve I’ve been reading your printed word going back when we both young buckaroos

[@garymckee448]

Watch out Steve there's a deer 🦌 ready to attack 😆

[@melvinjones3895]

Hidden but they can't hide from Steve. He has the nose and the know .

[@fullarmorpreparedness5606]

Very cool!!!!

[@gulfy09]

I wonder if someone watching these videos say hey that was my van..

[@tompaciga7386]

My 73 ElCamino had similar polycaste wheels

[@zzzoo2]

Cool info, Steve! IMHO, I know discs dissipate heat better and all, but those big-finned drums just look fantastic.

[@SteveMagnante]

Agreed!

[@DragPakMerc]

RED DRUM! RED DRUM!

[@chrisscearce]

Namaste Steve 🙏🏼 🤙🏼

[@contentcreatorstudio]

how many deer heads are in the junk yard

[@jimmechanic1965]

Our 74 grand prix had honey comb wheels that were soft like that