Never mind your 56 & 57 Chevs, 4 mimutes into the vid and you have already passed 6 or 7 Slopers from the late 40's early 50's. Those cars had style, which they tried to copy later on in the 60's.
hi i have a dodge aries it was wrecked but had it for 5 years with a different colour bumper.. i know where 3 are at in the junk yard in mint condition .. brand new interior and body.. there priceless but the junkyard guy says he wont sell it to me cause they surrendered the title.. he said its a total lost and cant bring it back is there ANYWAY to get these cars out of the salvage yard i will pay anything but he says money doesnt matter and he doesnt know how to get the surrendered title back.
Wow when a car like those is on a tow truck here in Australia it generally has about 30 or 40 other cars full of hot rod builders and restorers behind it.I hope they went to a good home.
I've got Center hubcaps for some of them vehicles... we got junkyards around here like this... its a shame. and they never want to sell them... people want to fix these up!!!
A comment or two below said these cars were crushed. If so that's a damn shame, these cars are American history worth more than the lives of the meth addicts who stole parts to scrap the metal or the bastards who crushed them for a check from the junkyard they sold them to. That's a damn shame
more than just a few million dollar sat right there ,must have gone to a good home , unless the scrap merchant was suicidal or something , even then the next guy down the line should know what its worth and give it all some industrial respect like it deserves
Look on ebay, all the chrome trim, stock radios, fenders everything. A slight fortune to someone like myself, who is smart enough to know a gold mine when he sees it.
I live across the river, and work just north of St. Gen, where these cars were. Im sorry to say they were all crushed. I used to drive by here once a week and look at these. Theyve Been gone for a loooong time.
@meats306 , i dont get it , who ever crushed them must have had some knowledge or interest in what scraps worth or why would he be there , to crush something that is worth hundreds of times more in its non crushed form is to in this case chuck millions of dollars down the drain is illogical ,why would you run a scrap business if its not for money ,, i am so confused that i am just going to have to admit i don't have all the info to stop my head from exploding
Its too bad its gone I look at it as a museum each auto has a story to tell and just looking and imagining its story is very cool. Please dont crush the few that exist and preserve for everyone who enjoys to view and imagine their stories
I shed a small tear while watching this vid. I hope some of those cars were actually rescued and restored. It would be a frigging shame if they turned up on streets as Toyotas and Hondas.
@Kimvention That would be quite the upgrade if they used old steel and iron from these cars to build Japtraps. They build Toyotas, Nissans, and Hondas out of piece of shit parts like fiberglass, stamped sheet metal frames, plastic, and aluminum. I stick with Ford because they are dependable, reliable, and great trucks
@Fx4Ranger2002 I was thinking the same thing while viewing this video. My Dad worked in a junkyard in either the late 50's-early 60's..so I remember things like that. You can tell those were CARS not tin-foil fiberglass ways to get around. You can tell they were good and solid because of the rust....when have you seen much rust on today's cars?
@Fx4Ranger2002 Gotta agree...sad though...many "American" cars have foreign parts. Also sad, I remember if you got 50.000+ miles out of your vehicle...it was worn out. Glad it's not that way today.
@Kimvention I was raised around 60s cars and i love them. Im 35 now and 80s and 90s hondas are my passion. Now that all the ricers are about gone you are starting to see some really nice restorations of older hondas and they are beautiful. But no these dont need to be scrapped to make anything.
There was a old house like this around here and the odd thing was they took the house out and just moved all the cars in the front and 5 years later there still there with a sign on it that Says Not For Sell
I’m amazed the # of 30’ / 40’s & 50’s cars/ trucks there.
Also surprised to hear there’s a guard & dog on premises. Looks like there’s been no activity there in yrs. I did a video of an abandoned Junkyard in late 2010.
Kicking myself for not getting back there this spring. It’s now been scrapped out.
this is what i found in about ten min. of research.... "The old cars, once owned by the late Willie Hoffman, were place in a 48-feet high box trailer, then taken to St. Louis to be shredded and melted down. "We moved out about 300 cars from here," Lewis said. "We took out about 27 loads - 250 to 300 tons of junk material. It took a while to get it all out of here, even using a forklift and a hauler with a grapple-bucket."
There WAS a huge old yard that far from where I live until about the time i moved here to Rock Rapids IA. It's gone now as well. The owner passed away and left everything to his kids. They had ALL of the cars crushed. It was mostly old cars from the 20's-70's. IDIOTS. Sadly there is another yard near Marion SD and the crotchety old owner won't sell even a part. Says he is scrapping all of the cars. It is the biggest yard I've ever seen. It's a mix of cars covering about 1 square mile.
Everything disappeared some time later. Don't know what happened to them as I only passed thru about once every year or two. Agree though that they should have been preserved somewhere. Maybe they were........
@Roadkingy2003 yeah maybe they were we can only hope that. its shame that the true beautys of the road are being put in musems and never driven makes me sick
Never mind your 56 & 57 Chevs, 4 mimutes into the vid and you have already passed 6 or 7 Slopers from the late 40's early 50's. Those cars had style, which they tried to copy later on in the 60's.
derehamcentre 1 week ago
i want to restore the push mower
ryebread360 1 week ago
ida stole all kinds of shit 4 scrap metal
anthonynumber12 2 weeks ago
Haunted junkyard!
Crazcompart 3 weeks ago
That '61 Impala looks pretty solid!!
Navdan87 3 weeks ago
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hi i have a dodge aries it was wrecked but had it for 5 years with a different colour bumper.. i know where 3 are at in the junk yard in mint condition .. brand new interior and body.. there priceless but the junkyard guy says he wont sell it to me cause they surrendered the title.. he said its a total lost and cant bring it back is there ANYWAY to get these cars out of the salvage yard i will pay anything but he says money doesnt matter and he doesnt know how to get the surrendered title back.
rippac86 4 weeks ago
STILL look better than a new car!
KNGarver 4 weeks ago
Wow when a car like those is on a tow truck here in Australia it generally has about 30 or 40 other cars full of hot rod builders and restorers behind it.I hope they went to a good home.
MrCriticOfAll 1 month ago
I've got Center hubcaps for some of them vehicles... we got junkyards around here like this... its a shame. and they never want to sell them... people want to fix these up!!!
dbnce 1 month ago
A comment or two below said these cars were crushed. If so that's a damn shame, these cars are American history worth more than the lives of the meth addicts who stole parts to scrap the metal or the bastards who crushed them for a check from the junkyard they sold them to. That's a damn shame
jadams64 1 month ago
I just set the camera on the window and drove slow.
Roadkingy2003 1 month ago
Camera is unbelievably stable and steady!
HarmlessKittyWithUzi 1 month ago
i would of loved to restore one of those cars even with just having a frame
hippa2dahoppa2 1 month ago
more than just a few million dollar sat right there ,must have gone to a good home , unless the scrap merchant was suicidal or something , even then the next guy down the line should know what its worth and give it all some industrial respect like it deserves
DARKJURNEY 1 month ago
Wow,1955 on pause . With 7 min
tourstorm 1 month ago
Look on ebay, all the chrome trim, stock radios, fenders everything. A slight fortune to someone like myself, who is smart enough to know a gold mine when he sees it.
lowpricedpaint 1 month ago
for me that is
CamaroManTed 1 month ago
It looks like a restorers paradice
CamaroManTed 1 month ago
truck. trailer. winch. ALOT of money. =]
86nissan2010 1 month ago
You sound like "Rustynail" from the movie "Joy Ride"
jollen136 1 month ago
good yard
galegregory97comcast 1 month ago
I live across the river, and work just north of St. Gen, where these cars were. Im sorry to say they were all crushed. I used to drive by here once a week and look at these. Theyve Been gone for a loooong time.
meats306 1 month ago
@meats306 , i dont get it , who ever crushed them must have had some knowledge or interest in what scraps worth or why would he be there , to crush something that is worth hundreds of times more in its non crushed form is to in this case chuck millions of dollars down the drain is illogical ,why would you run a scrap business if its not for money ,, i am so confused that i am just going to have to admit i don't have all the info to stop my head from exploding
DARKJURNEY 1 month ago
I look and see ratrods.
dav3fk 2 months ago
project car heaven!
darcygoesfast 2 months ago
SAD GOSH I WISH MY GRANDFATHER COULD JUST RESTORE ONE
chancechipmantv 2 months ago
Wow! I would have really loved going through that collection. I always loved going through junkyards. This one was totally amazing! Great video!
hankyhoyo 2 months ago
Its too bad its gone I look at it as a museum each auto has a story to tell and just looking and imagining its story is very cool. Please dont crush the few that exist and preserve for everyone who enjoys to view and imagine their stories
1972fordgrandtorino 2 months ago
its amazing how the chrome bumpers have still sevived
ridinhonda4life 2 months ago
@ridinhonda4life Most cars in these eras had steel bumpers
LoLGamingContent 1 month ago
60+ model ford galaxi
ridinhonda4life 2 months ago
Gives new meaning to the term, "landfill".
mato52 2 months ago
Thanks for the memories!
Ampifier1994 2 months ago
I shed a small tear while watching this vid. I hope some of those cars were actually rescued and restored. It would be a frigging shame if they turned up on streets as Toyotas and Hondas.
Kimvention 2 months ago 2
@Kimvention That would be quite the upgrade if they used old steel and iron from these cars to build Japtraps. They build Toyotas, Nissans, and Hondas out of piece of shit parts like fiberglass, stamped sheet metal frames, plastic, and aluminum. I stick with Ford because they are dependable, reliable, and great trucks
Fx4Ranger2002 2 months ago
@Fx4Ranger2002 I was thinking the same thing while viewing this video. My Dad worked in a junkyard in either the late 50's-early 60's..so I remember things like that. You can tell those were CARS not tin-foil fiberglass ways to get around. You can tell they were good and solid because of the rust....when have you seen much rust on today's cars?
catman5169 2 months ago
@catman5169 You see rust on Japanese imported trucks because their turds. But these classics are rusted because they are solid detroit iron and steel
Fx4Ranger2002 2 months ago
@Fx4Ranger2002 Gotta agree...sad though...many "American" cars have foreign parts. Also sad, I remember if you got 50.000+ miles out of your vehicle...it was worn out. Glad it's not that way today.
catman5169 2 months ago
@Kimvention I was raised around 60s cars and i love them. Im 35 now and 80s and 90s hondas are my passion. Now that all the ricers are about gone you are starting to see some really nice restorations of older hondas and they are beautiful. But no these dont need to be scrapped to make anything.
SuperUsernameblabla 6 days ago
Great video man! mad respect for those cars.
Jboyswag16 2 months ago
万国共通で見ることができる光景…。
saisokuhiace427 2 months ago
fist of all randy knew exactly what he had their
cromag4golf 2 months ago
that blue car at 1:02 looks like its been restored recently..
SPAZZY1912 2 months ago
man to have some of those old cars and rebuild them! its sad to see them abandoned
breezyatv90 2 months ago
i wish i could see this in person, speechless !
cresmoney2008 2 months ago
There was a old house like this around here and the odd thing was they took the house out and just moved all the cars in the front and 5 years later there still there with a sign on it that Says Not For Sell
wotldthe2006 2 months ago
this breaks my heart.....
ninjabiker409 2 months ago
whats that creature near to the end?, it looks a bit like a cat
MrTamiya89 3 months ago
@MrTamiya89 racoon
dooalittledippsy 3 months ago
Just WOW!
SSanf 3 months ago
Great find, Roadkingy!
I’m amazed the # of 30’ / 40’s & 50’s cars/ trucks there.
Also surprised to hear there’s a guard & dog on premises. Looks like there’s been no activity there in yrs. I did a video of an abandoned Junkyard in late 2010.
Kicking myself for not getting back there this spring. It’s now been scrapped out.
Garwood900 4 months ago
poor cars :(
Riddleman86 4 months ago
I saw a couple of cars i like, rebuildable. looks like he purposely lowered his taxes around the house.
AccuracyMarked 4 months ago
Love that Nash at the end. Rare find
MrLurchish 4 months ago
this is what i found in about ten min. of research.... "The old cars, once owned by the late Willie Hoffman, were place in a 48-feet high box trailer, then taken to St. Louis to be shredded and melted down. "We moved out about 300 cars from here," Lewis said. "We took out about 27 loads - 250 to 300 tons of junk material. It took a while to get it all out of here, even using a forklift and a hauler with a grapple-bucket."
dsmtuner4g63tsiawd 4 months ago
Looks like my street.
poolehart 4 months ago
That's pretty cool! I hope they found a good home
dirtbike5100 4 months ago
There WAS a huge old yard that far from where I live until about the time i moved here to Rock Rapids IA. It's gone now as well. The owner passed away and left everything to his kids. They had ALL of the cars crushed. It was mostly old cars from the 20's-70's. IDIOTS. Sadly there is another yard near Marion SD and the crotchety old owner won't sell even a part. Says he is scrapping all of the cars. It is the biggest yard I've ever seen. It's a mix of cars covering about 1 square mile.
yardtechbrando 10 months ago
Everything disappeared some time later. Don't know what happened to them as I only passed thru about once every year or two. Agree though that they should have been preserved somewhere. Maybe they were........
Roadkingy2003 1 year ago 4
@Roadkingy2003 yeah maybe they were we can only hope that. its shame that the true beautys of the road are being put in musems and never driven makes me sick
williand0000 1 month ago
Are all of the cars gone now? Did they crush everything? That would be a friggin crime!
SaveOldCars 1 year ago
Wow. What an awesome yard!
SaveOldCars 1 year ago