Wrecked Relics: LOST 8MM film! 1950s, 60s & 70s classic cars in vintage demolition derby races

Mr. Goodpliers shows vintage 8MM film footage of classic cars from the 1950s, 60s and 70s in demolition derby action! How many can you identify?
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[@brucekoster9253]

I can name quite a few, but......I'd rather just watch it and reminisce. Thanks for posting Mr G !

[@dombutler7685]

Carnage! The footage from out the back window is cool!

[@brianmonica1104]

Cameras were rare and delicate back then. I'm amazed someone would have put on in a derby car. Great view!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

🏁Very Very cool!!!!!!!!!! 🏁

[@TonyBrunos-bs7hu]

Thank you Mr good pliers 😢 l need one 1958 Chevy great video Thanks 👍. Peace ☮️

[@richceglinski7543]

This is what I remember derbys like as a kid. Frames weren't pie cut. Quater panels weren't kinked downward behind the greenhouse like are all now. By the 2nd hit the rear bends upward. There's no grills in them. The old derbys you could tell what the car was.

[@PaulV56]

I love how the judges stand out there as the cars go flying by.

[@garyjust.johnson1436]

That Rambler gave as good as it got! The guy smoking a cigarette next to all that gas leaking out of his car! The Moxie! The Chutzpah! The Bravery!

[@troyandog8749]

The guy with the yellow Torino wagon was seriously sandbagging.

[@mikebrown8065]

😮😮😮😮 somebody had the Kahoni's to enter the Demo derby with a CONVERTIBLE 😮😮

[@jaelinsmith5207]

Whoa! What a Crash! You know how much i do like Old Cars of the 1940's,50's 60's and 70's cars Mr. Goodpliers

[@debbiebermudez5890]

Mr. B. Here !🍩☕️👀😎. Am 71 years old 1956 & 57 Chevy’s cars & wagons - 1958 Cadillac- Olds 88 - Chevy Impala- 1959-60 Chevy wagon - Dodge 4 dr - Buick ! Many of the cars as kid I saw do not remember all ! This a very cool 😎😎😎😎 video. If we knew then what we know now maybe some of them would have been saved ! 👀😎👍👍👍👍

[@jeffclark2725]

Wow, like you said they were just old crs back in the day, Hard to hng on to all of them, look at tht car they put in the concrete vault , tht got flooded later and ruined, the story still floats around, we have the memories,They had fun with the cars , thumbs up, as for naming cars and years they are all there, That Black Oldsmobile was doing well also

[@bigguy1960]

In the early 80's I used to go to a small town's annual fair with a demo derby. I remember a early 70's Toronado that had been hit in the back so much and bent so bad that the A pillars were straight up and down. I remember the 70's Chevy's hit in the rear would bend down until the bumpers dug into the ground, whereas Fords would bend upward. And the 70's Chryslers would conk out early. Lots of fun!

[@davemckee4907]

That was great!A lot of good old memories.

[@therealmotorcyclemichael]

That blue 61 Chevy wagon!😭😭

[@Plowboy68]

Definitely footage from Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids and also looks like some from the Benton County Speedway in Vinton, IA too. Great find! Thanks for posting!

[@mrt601]

Well played

[@charlesmatthews8032]

Cars today will never have the status these classic cars have.

[@ericesterby2895]

I was sad to see a ‘63 Grand Prix being wrecked in this footage, but it was just an old Pontiac then.

[@mikebrown8065]

2:30 time stamp😢 love that old 1960 Chevy wagon ❤!

[@carlgruver695]

My dad won demo derby in 1963 with a 1955 nash in topeka Kansas I was 4 years old

[@jerryezzell2492]

So many station wagons. 1958 & 1960 Chevy wagons! 1959 or 1960 Buick wagon. Hard to watch, but in those days all these cars were expendable.

[@opoxious1592]

They did unfortunall not realize what great cars they made at that time.

[@coldwarmotors]

Thanks so much for this! What an awesome bit of history saved, even if the cars weren't! Cheers... (oh, and 1960 Plymouth around the 11:30 mark, haha)...

[@ernielaw]

Hi Mr. Goodpliers Just wanted to inform you about a video which I'm sure you would enjoy watching. Jay from 'What it's like' has just made a video at Bob's barn. The barn and yard is full of car parts and some complete cars from the 1950s to '80s. Bob is hoping to sell these cars and parts for a reasonable price or else they get sold for scrap. Although Jay has made many videos about restored cars, this could be his only video that's most like your own. Have you seen any of the 'What it's like' videos before?

[@bertiloquist9251]

Very nice to se

[@0utc4st1985]

Sometimes people just don't appreciate what they have until they don't have it anymore. They knew not what they were doing..........

[@mrt601]

True auto guys know exactly what they are doing these aren't specialties cars or rare production models that would fetch good money even after restoration most parties that compete are from auto repair shops salvage yards and tire shops or involved in the automotive industry and know the value of a car

[@0utc4st1985]

You can't know what's going to turn into a collector car 30+ years in the future. The Grand Prix and the Impala are collectors today, they'd do quite well if they were in showroom condition.

[@mrt601]

@0utc4st1985 production numbers has a lot to do with estimating future market value and if its a every day grocery getter and kinda beat up you will never get out what you have invested on restoring it know a little bit about collection cars 🚗

[@0utc4st1985]

@@mrt601 The 1988 2 door Olds Delta 88 is one of the rarest cars out there. Very few were ever made and naturally fewer made it to present day. Yet, they don't sell for more than a couple thousand. Far more 60s and 70s Mustangs were made, but those are worth a lot in showroom condition.

[@WoodyFixit]

6:56 Onboard camera. This dude is a legend and a trend setter!

[@jeremyconway5793]

Back when having video cameras were expensive and rare now phones have 3 or more cameras. Those were the days I was born in 74 to a black & white TV.. greetings from sth Australia 🇦🇺 👍 🦘🪃

[@WoodyFixit]

10:27 first time in my 53 years I've ever seen a convertible in a demolition derby!

[@CycolacFan]

Don’t think I’ve ever seen a convertible in a derby, that’s brave. So the only rule I guess was don’t hit the driver’s door?

[@dougsilva8603]

So sad such beautiful old cars

[@672egalaxie6]

Heck, I don't know much about them old cars, but I do believe I saw the Malachi brothers in there....

[@big2868]

A convertible in a demolition derby!!! The rules for derby's back then were a lot less stringent. You could still tell what kind of cars they were after they were wrecked back then.

[@TheDopeMixNetwork]

Yes!

[@liljoeii6091]

Honestly I cannot tell you one car from another car or a station wagon. On the other hand my dad knew all of them Awesome video thank you

[@patrickworkman517]

The Cady number 75 with the camera in side was neat, at 17:25 the blue 70 Torino number 65 was nice to see....and the yellow 70 Torino wagon number 75 at 20:38 with the 69 roadrunner number 68 brings back memorys.....

[@ThomasSmith-fz6wq]

Do they still have these derbies anymore in the country? Seems like they were on tv back in the 1970s?

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

ABC Wide World of Sports Sadly these continue, and still chew through collectible cars even now. In some cases, pristine driver cars. It's almost like a form of mental illness... no, it IS a form of it.

[@lansesteiner3563]

#75 is a yellow 70-71 Ford Torino wagon. My mother drove one when I was a child. It was pea green. I recognize several but the quality is understandably bad. Love reminiscing from when I’d watch them as a child in 70’s & 80’s thanks

[@bigguy1960]

Safety Equipment: Motorcycle helmet and a T-shirt. Bravery: The "marshals" or whatever standing right on the edge of the action with nothing between them and the cars.

[@rongreen8485]

I bought some 65 Olds chrome parts from a guy and I noticed he was tinkering with a 65 Cadillac in really nice shape. He told me it's going to a demolition derby. This was 5 years ago and I asked him why destroy a perfectly good classic. He gave me a stupid response. I shook my head in disgust. Somebody would love to have that old beautiful sled. Oh well.

[@WoodyFixit]

0:53 two tone 56 Studebaker

[@randysinger2673]

The Yellow Torino / Fairlane Wagon #75 was sandbagging bad, if i was a official he would of been DQED For sure

[@MrRJDB1969]

Our roads and freeways look like this everyday. Lol. Since there appears to be no rules or laws anymore, a certain percentage of people drive as recklessly as they want. As far as, the derby footage, it's always nice to see old films, but man, it can be heartbreaking too.

[@randybock82]

A Cadillac coupe, a lincoln, 😢. I need a kleenex!

[@steves7896]

After seeing figure eight trailer racing this is dull (and heart breaking). But yeah, this is cool to have, love the window in time.

[@gw9017]

iam crying

[@lansesteiner3563]

Funny how rules have changed since. Back then, idiot flag men running around ON the track while cars are active & crashing. Also surprised that they allowed someone to drive a convertible. Safety & intelligent-wise they weren’t the sharpest tools in the shed.

[@derbymankg]

As a former demo derby driver im loving this! 4 years ago in Southwest Wisconsin there was a derby that had a heat of '72 & older cars, oldest one was a '52 Hudson Hornet

[@allenschmitz9644]

Is this barn find footage from your buys?

[@kengreene5212]

👍👍👍

[@carburist]

Where did you find this footage?

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

A friend of mine in Cedar Rapids Iowa was the driver of the gold 1962 Cadillac 4 door. He and his friends filmed it. The on-board footage was shot from the Cadillac

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Nice!!!!! @@mr.goodpliers6988

[@carburist]

@@mr.goodpliers6988 thanks for posting this!

[@jeffclark2725]

That caddy was doing great, those cars still had hub caps and all the chrome, thanks for sharing this film@@mr.goodpliers6988

[@commentdeleted173]

Great find! Thanks for sharing!

[@OrangeBoss-ww8eb]

car from the 30's in there in 74 what were they things in 1970's never saw car from 30's or 40's in demo derby

[@brucepowell7986]

rule number one make sure the car runs before its entered in a demo

[@michaelerickson1518]

Before 66 Imperials were banned

[@skin2117]

0.32 vintage white woman and was usually present when trophies were handed out !

[@brucekoster9253]

hahahaha.....vintage white woman......that's a classic!

[@jimmyhawk3270]

I can't watch!

[@hussamal-takriti8792]

I don't like to watch

[@raymondkunkel9615]

I can't stand dmo durbys as a classic car guy this is why we drive all these boring shit box cars on the roads because of these guys destroying classics

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

It's such a disgusting waste

[@jaelinsmith5207]

@@mr.goodpliers6988 Where did you find that old film?