I don't know why I get irritated at the younger generations that don't know what so many of these car are, or what a fender skirt is called or what a freaking 8 track tape is! But good on you for showing this and learning. I just pray no vandals or thieves get to them.
Stupid kid has no clue. Called a DeVille a Seville and a Seville an Escalade. Not impressedby a Reatta Doesn't know the Lincoln emblem. Just sad they found these cars. I would be grabbing vins and doing title seaches. Ill bet those cars can be saved with the right connections.
I really might know who this belonged to. This old guy I worked with at a car dealership from 2004-2008 took a liking to me cause I would listen to his stories of "back when" while he helped with whatever task I was needing done. His dad owned a dealership when he was growing up so naturally his 1st job was on the car lot. He said in those days a new car had a dealer price of $1800 to $5,000. He said once he turned 18 his dad put him in sales. (after working there for 5 years after school doing "lot work" like washing windows, cars and moving cars around etc) Being the owners son his dad gave him all the customers that were friends of friends etc that would call him. He said his 1st check was just shy of $2000. He claimed his 1st sales check he bought his 1st car, drove it down the street to a garage they also owned but only stored stuff in and parked it. He said the dealer papers on the windows were still there and it had less than 10 miles on it (or something incredibly low) Because he worked for the dealership he was given "lot pick" of any car he wanted as a demo car for decades he worked for his dad and had no need in driving his own car since the demo car was switched out every 3000 miles for a new pick of any car. This is sooo long. Sorry. The point I'm getting to is soon after telling me this he showed me a photo album full of cars sitting in a garage somewhere. The pictures looked a decade old at that time so 1990s pics. He had this child like grin watching me flip through the photos and each time I patronized his excitement asking questions about the cars... he was so tickled to talk about the cars. I asked if this was his dads dealership cars. His beamed from ear tonear and said "Can you keep a secret? I'm serious you cannot tell ANYONE!" I said yes. "They are all my cars. I got paid every 2 weeks and may months I used one check to buy a car. Any car I could buy that I did not have that model of already I would buy at dealer cost and drive it down to my garage and park it. Most of them have 100 miles or less." He said his son goes and starts them up once a month adding just a gallon or less in fuel. He also claimed many of them the tires were off the car and stacked laying flat to preserve the tires and simply hosed them off every few months to keep them from drying out and restacked them in a diffrent position to keep them from flattening in spots. In 2008bthe recession had bled our the whole team dry of savings and many had lost their homes etc. The old man left and I dont know what happened to him. It seems like I remember hearing his son died cause I worried about the cars being abandoned. He fantasized about the day he would go public and shock the world with his collection. If this is his, I will cry for the dreams that he never got to see realized and the legacy that no one was there to take charge of and bring his "life savings" to his heirs. It was in Cali. That's all I can say.
After finding his obituary the state that his dads dealership was in was WA so I assume they would be housed in that state. He did pass suddenly it said so he would not have had a chance to really "get to it". He wanted to clean them up before going to auction. Allot of work was to be done before he would give them up...working in the industry he would have wanted maximum dollars for each. Allot for the heirs to do. Also I may have been wrong about the son passing away.
😮 omg this just broke my heart so many times, i truly hope no one ever destroys this place, ever. what wonderful time capsule, a usa treasure-no doubt. TYSM for sharing!
All the numbers you’re seeing on the windows, are common auction numbers. And the A.G. Noted on the “bill blass” car usually stands for auction guaranteed. Meaning if it had any issues during the test drive at the auction. You could reject it. I think you came across somebody’s old collection. And extensive buying hobby on old luxury cars.
@@romeolajh1602 Most Americans are driving big SUVs and Trucks today, because they are comfortable. If you have a decent paying job, gas isn't really an issue. I get paid $18 an hour, and I can afford to fill up my 2014 Explorer cop car while paying $1k a month on rent. It's possible, you just have to manage your spending.
@@romeolajh1602 That isn't the point of these. While they tried to promote "efficiency" back then as Oldsmobile specifically pimped the infamous 350 diesel V8 in the late '70s and early '80s for MPG, they still were 4,000+ lbs. Imagine the car they were looking at at 4:30 sounding like a school bus LOL These cars were built for comfort, and long highway trips with the open road in a straight line. You got in, turned on the A/C, cruised the Interstate, and before you knew it, you were in Vegas, Disneyland or the Grand Canyon and so on.
To be fair, they were trying to learn about one of the worst eras of cars in the US that is often forgotten about. Most of these cars were from 1975-85 aka the Malaise Era where you would get around 140 HP out of a 5.0 Liter V8 when new. That V8 also had to push around 4500 lbs, as in the case of the early '80s Olds 98s or Cadillac Sedan de Villes.
I had 3 cars stolen in Chicago in the 90's. A white 1973 convertible Olds Delta 88, a white 1985 Buick Riviera, and a black 1977 Pontiac Firebird😔 I loved all those cars for different reasons. Thanks for the memories of awesome cars that will never be built again.
@@MrDannyZ28 Yes correct. Actually there were many 1993 Allante's produced in 1992. So depending on the whatever the date says, and whether it was built in 1992, 1993 or 1994, it was considered 1993 model year Allante.
Your complete non- knowledge of these vehicles is absolutely adorable. But it's awesome to see young guys like you that can truly appreciate these a great old classics. Nice to see young guys that are not obsessed with imported tin can fart knockers😅
YOU YOUNG CHAPS ARE TEARING ME UP,,,LOL,, THAT IS CALLED AN 8-TRACK. YOU DO NOT KNOW CARS BUT GREAT VIDEO.. THANKS FOR SHOWING TOTAL RESPECT TO THE CARS.
@davidcombs1785 They're rare nowadays, and could be had for a reasonable amount because they're not well remembered outside of the Olds community. Another Olds of the same time period, the Vista Cruiser, goes for big money these days because of its connection to "That 70s Show".
These cars were all on the road when i was young. It's funny to see young men fascinated & seeing these designs for the 1st time & not recognizing them
That Reatta had one of the first touch screens ever in a motorcar, and the Elante, Riveria, those cars are worth a lot of money. Your next steps should be finding out who owns these cars and keeping them preserved. It's an incredible collection.
I remember riding in and driving a lot of these cars. I currently own an ‘87 Cadillac Allante and really love that car. Mine’s a hard top convertible. Thanks for taking me back down memory lane!
Judging by what you have shown, my guess would be a car dealership that went under and the cars inside are the left-over used cars that didn't sell. By the way, the red convertible Cadillac you commented on is a Cadillac Allante, a fairly rare car that was beset by issues including, but not limited to, the Deathstar engine that had issues with head bolts that would pull out of the block. The bodies were made by an Italian coach works (Pinin Farina if memory serves) and shipped over by plane for assembly driving the price of the finished cars and limiting the number sold.
Really wish that when exploring places like this, there would be enough respect to close the doors and hoods and not leave them open to cause more damage to the vehicles
The first blue Lincoln is a Lincoln Town Coupe, very rare from this design as they weren’t as popular as the Town Car, and very few were built. These were discontinued and aren’t seen too much.
I doubt that, you can put 300k miles on modern cars these days, 100k miles back then was extremely high and car would be knocking and smoking with transmission slipping by 75k to 100k Plus new cars are WAY safer than these cars!
Here's some history on this place, it's been sitting since 2004 this used to be a old factory. Every car was fully detailed and we're going to be displayed in the factory as a museum
You should go to the town mayor and inform them about the cars so they can look into who owns them, and if they can't find out or if the person has passed away these cars can be taken by the city and restored. It would be a travesty to just leave these vehicles here to rot. People would even buy them in the condition that they're in. They deserve to be preserved and not left to rot. Oh and also the little squares that you found are eight-tracks and yes we used to listen to music on them.
28:32 Actually, this is a fairly common occurrence. There is a video on here about an AMC dealership that is similar and several years ago, the family of Lambrecht Chevrolet organized an auction to sell off the inventory of their closed dealersip that had a stock that made this one look small. There may still be videos of the auction that was held by Van Der Brink Auctions on here.
Such beautiful cars my fave is the Cadillac 68 so beautiful they are 19’ft long 7 ft wide such a majestic car they made back then. 375 hp 0-60 in 8 seconds. Wow what a find guys !! I’ve been dreaming to have one of these cars restored they made them to perfection back then and no cars are as luxurious or impressive today. When America and made here. It’s a sign we have to bring back all our manufacturing plants that were sent over seas. Beautiful cars guys. Please save them !!! Please 🙏
The car you liked the most is a late 1960’s, early 70’s Lincoln Mark III. it was one of my favorite cars when I was in grade school. I had no idea it was a Lincoln, but a brown Mark III passed me every day as I walked home from school. Back then, my aunt drove a mid 60’s 4 door Continental. I was probably 5 years old and loved going shopping with her to ride in her Continental. I was fascinated by the rear doors that opened backward. I used to climb in the back seat, fold down the armrest and sit on it so I could see where we were going. My dad and uncles worked at various plants throughout the metro Detroit area. My grandfather who was an executive plant manager for Ford always had a new Lincoln every year. Once a year Ford had “family day” at the plants. Relatives could visit and tour where their dad or brother, or uncle, or grandfather worked. I seem to remember women were mostly secretarial then. My dad and I would go to my grandfathers office and meet his secretary and other people who worked for him. When we were ready for our tour, one of the employees would stop by and just before we went on the plant floor, he would hoist me up on his shoulders and walk me around pointing everything out to me. Honestly, I was a little scared being up that high. Another time I remember well was the first time I flew on a plane. Grandpa came by our house to take my folks and I to the airport and picked us up in his new Lincoln. We were flying to California for the summer to visit my aunt and my cousins. Of course my dad had no problem fitting all 50 pieces of our luggage in the trunk. Around 1975, my grandfather retired from Ford. He chose to buy a new dark green Thunderbird. I noticed when I was in his new home office, he had a Continental hood ornament mounted on a black piece of marble. I said how much I liked it and he let me take it for my desk. In 1980, Lincoln began downsizing all of their models. My dad had always wanted a Lincoln but my mom always said no. In the fall of 1979, my dad and I snuck up to the Lincoln dealer. He asked me if he bought one, what color should it be. I said black immediately. He asked the salesman to figure out what his price would be with his discount. It came to a little over $21000.00. We went home to the bad news we knew we would face. He showed my mom all of the paper work and what the cost would be. My mom looked at everything, then said she didn’t think it was a good idea to spend more on a car than they spent buying the house. No Lincoln. My dad passed away in 2016, my mom a few years before him. When my husband and I were at the funeral home making plans, the director asked if my dad would have liked anything else. I thought yeah, then I asked if they could find a Lincoln hearse for my dad. They said they would try. The morning of the funeral my husband and I drove up and parked in front was a shiny, black Lincoln MKX hearse. I hope my dad was happy.
I loved reading this story. Thank you for sharing. I have a '77 Mark V Cartier - the Dove Grey colored Designer Series that year. I was driven home from the hospital as a newborn in July 1978 in my Dad's '77 that was a twin of my car, right down to the same options. I loved it from almost birth. We had it until the end of June 1988 (Mom's got into an accident with it...Mom was ok, but the car wasn't, and we got a beautiful new Dark Shadow Blue '88 Mark VII not long after. I got my '77 Cartier in July 2006 - the transport truck delivered it around 4:30am barely a day after my birthday. I saw the Mark III in a video someone else made of this place with all these cars - in the other video, someone opened the door, and the car had the high back seats, which makes it a '71 (I believe the earlier '71s got these seats, while the later ones reverted to the lower back seats from the '70).
@owlnswan4016 Enjoyed reading your story. The dove grey Cartier is my favorite in that generation. I was also brought home from the hospital as a newborn in a new Lincoln, a sedan, which is the first car I remember because it was kept for five years.
Your story was great. I remember having those old fords around when I was young, even taking my drivers test in an old ‘77 Granada. It’s nice taking a journey down memory lane for awhile.
@@1940limited Only early versions were problems with the head stud/gaskets. GM eventually fixed them and they are very solid engines and then, as in typical GM fashion, they iron out the problems, then kill it. Even having to fix them yourself, with the aftermarket re-stud kit, they were very reliable from then on. GM even made a supercharged variant for 2006 - 2009, a 4.4L that makes 469hp and was put in to the STS-V and XLR-V. It was RPO LC3. I have one (STS-V) and the engine has been bullet proof. I've had it 15 years now, 100's of passes down the drag strip turning in solid 11 second quarter mile slips, in a 4,300 pound luxury sedan.
Well done guys, and disregard the BS comments on this one. They are sitting on their butts finding everything negative - you gents are bringing this masterpiece to life again. Go get em! (and thanks, love the old Detroit metal)
What a great selection! Yes, all the old dealerships looked exactly like this. Lot of Lincoln's, Cadillac's, Buick's, Pontiac's, Oldsmobile's and a couple newer models of the early 90's. I daily drive a 1993 Cadillac Allante that is the exact duplicate and same color. These were all cars that were clearly stored away since they were new or close to new. They can all easily clean up nice, but the moisture is a problem being inside there.
I find it interesting how the young generations see these cars for the first time not knowing what they are off hand. Like they found old relics from Ancient Egyptian times. Lol! But it's totally understandable. These cars were pretty much off the roads by the late '90s or early 2000s depending on where you were at. But I remember growing up in the late '80s and early '90s these cars were the everyday normal cars.
I like the excitement and enthusiasm in spite of not knowing much about the cars. It would have been to do that with a car guy that could tell you more about them. You've got late '60s to mid '90s care represented there with a lot of '80s Lincolns. That collection includes several cars that's I've driven over the years..
ok, we gotta stop bashing these guys for not knowing... LOL I mean, thanks for going through the trouble of video-ing this for us. Amazing actually! Thanks!
That's a 1982 Buick Riviera. Look up that car on the internet. I owned one of those cars. It was amazingly beautiful. I miss it. Loved this amazing video. All those cars are luxurious. 💝🤗 God bless everyone.
While it may be a really impressive to find these in an abandoned barn, majority of these cars are not high value, maybe $10-15k at most, these cars are mostly from about 1977-1990, with some outliers in there from the late 60s and early 2000s, I imagine it was a guy who was hoarding what he came across and then passed away without telling anyone about the collection, likely will be labd that gets auctioned off and whoever wins it will be given the ownership of all the cars. I would be hopeful that who ever gets ownership sees that they can still be appreciated even if they are not super valuable, id say the cheapest car in there is $5,000 The brown car is a 71-73 Lincoln Continental by the way
Thanks for sharing this, guys. I think my favorite would be the 1968 Eldorado or the Mark III Continental. Keep up with your exploring! I wish I had been with you to let you know the makes, models and years they are....and some history behind most of the models.
My 69 Chevelle in H.S. Had aftermarket Craig's 8 track ,feeling real old they didn't know about 8 tracks,come on guy's the cars I get it but they music history lack of ! ,BTW great video. And please don't walk on the car grinding scratching the dust into the paint ! Ouch..
I like your videos very much. You take us to the time when we did not even exist but we are living that time. And you keep making such videos, we appreciate your work, thank you guys❤😊
I gotta educate Kaizer on older cars. I can't imagine how the younger guys have no idea about 8 tracks or such. but i guess i forget how long ago its been. There are some real classics in this collection like the Buick Riviera and Reatta, Cadillac Allante, lots of Oldsmobiles, Chrysler 5th Ave, etc. I hope someone buys these and restores some of them.
All these boomers hating on these two young guys for not having working knowledge of classic cars are assholes. You should thank them for filming this and just enjoy it, also they’re showing a lot of appreciation for these cars why can’t that just be enough. Grow up, oh wait.
I’m gen x not a boomer and I ain’t ripping on them..they are young this stuff was not around much after they were born..so they don’t know 8 tracks or rotary phones etc.. kids know what they grew up with ,including us..I was 18 in 1988 I didn’t know much about 1940 cars or their type either, but I at least knew there were chevys fords dodges Lincoln’s mercurys…
Anyone hating on them should realize these guys are people that are new to this, and love these cars already. That's a *good* thing, and not something to criticize. They will learn more as time passes. I'd love to see them possibly at least buy one car each from here for themselves if they are for sale, and restore them. Whenever I have my '77 Mark V Cartier (Dove Grey Designer Series) out, I get so much nice feedback...moreso lately than ever...and its from all ages of people, including very often from young people (I'm 46 as of this writing). I can just have it outside cleaning it and lots of people nod, wave, compliment it, ask questions about it, etc. The car makes friends. It's wonderful.
Every single one desperately needs to be brought back to life. Especially the Pace Car. Very enthusiastic,yet respectful gentlemen.At approx 15:50 ish,Mr.Lahey's Yorker.
Man, what a shame! Those cars deserve to be rescued and most of them restored. I saw a twin to my car, 1979 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue Edition. Sure could use another one!
never seen an 8 Track before in the Lincoln Versillious.. something to play music :} Re Gen c has a different meaning today... .Star-fur is a starfire.
This shop owner definitely loved his land yachts😂😂. That 2 door Regency is a rare car. Probably 90% of these cars would start and drive out of there. What a shame people can't enjoy these pieces of history 😢😢.
Wow, if I were to ever stumble across a place like this I would take every single one of those cars in a heartbeat. I love those old school caddys and lincolns, and want more of them! My 1989 Cadillac Fleetwood is a great car, don't get me wrong, but I'd trade it along with some extra cash for one of those lincoln luxo boats without a second thought 😆
I really want to apologize to you two guys for your dads or uncles NOT teaching you about cars while you were growing up... It REALLY seems to me that things like that ended somewhere in the early 2000s... Why? I guess I'll never know. I'm 57 now and remember dad getting my brother and I into the hobby when we were about five... There were also guys in the neighborhood who were in the hobby and owned a variety of old vehicles... We'd be over at someone's garage pestering them if Dad wasn't home to answer our questions 😂 There was even one old fellow in the neighborhood who had a Tucker Torpedo! One little old lady would drive her 1954 Cadillac Eldorado convertible up and down our street every day. Sadly, my brother passed only about four months ago... But he and I taught his two boys all we know about these old vehicles... And now my nephews and I are teaching their kids. You've stumbled on a real treasure trove there.... All of those vehicles could potentially be made road worthy within about a week each. It'd be in someone's best interest to find out who exactly owns these cars, then try to buy a few (or all) of them, to spiff up and enjoy. Some of them aren't worth altogether too much, but a few of them are worth more than one would think. I'd certainly be doing my homework. Cheers!
@@althunder4269 It's not just the young, the old have lost their passion for old cars too. I see old people driving around in new cars and using their smartphones in the street like zombies. I was born in 2000, I know +80% of the models in the video even though I'm French. I hope with all my heart that this dealership is put up for auction
@@StringerMedia exactly. Not everyone has knowledge of a lot of things in life. So now you're starting to learn about it on your own. People can be so rude.
It did end about 99/2000. I was 29 in 1999 and remember the news saying the younger generation then in 99’ didn’t care about getting their license or even getting a car… I was flabbergasted when I heard that… we loved cars and trucks and had after school jobs to buy a used ride if our parents couldn’t get us one at 16… the internet was out roughly 5/6 years by 99..so we were on our way to s.m. And ordering from home and no one going out anymore ..sad…
These guys called the Cadillac Seville an escalade...They really have no clue what they're looking at 😢😢
Dumb as a couple of rocks.
I caught that too 😂
I don't know why I get irritated at the younger generations that don't know what so many of these car are, or what a fender skirt is called or what a freaking 8 track tape is!
But good on you for showing this and learning. I just pray no vandals or thieves get to them.
Stupid kid has no clue. Called a DeVille a Seville and a Seville an Escalade. Not impressedby a Reatta Doesn't know the Lincoln emblem. Just sad they found these cars. I would be grabbing vins and doing title seaches. Ill bet those cars can be saved with the right connections.
Yeah, "there's a flap that covers the headlights..." looking at hidden headlights.
I saw a "record reader" for sale today.
@@althunder4269 lol
And they didn't look at any of the odometers!
And it's pronounced Rivi-Era
"we got two Lincolns here..." looking at Cadillacs.
I know I laughed my ads off at that first 2 were easy Cadillac crest on back trunk in middle, not too hard to find.
If it didn't have labels on it they wouldn't know what they were looking at and even then he gets it wrong with Riviera calling it a Rivera.
All those car need to be rescued out of there before the building falls down and ruins them
These guys don't know anything about cars, obviously, but it was an interesting tour. I think just about everything here is junk now.
Then he proceeds to call a Deville a Seville… You’re Fired! Lol
All of these classic cars deserve to be rescued right away !! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏
Yes and convert them to electric
Agreed
@@sampsonleevon1982 I'm sure you were kidding about that.
I agree totally!😊
@sampsonleevon1. Are you nuts?😮2
I really might know who this belonged to. This old guy I worked with at a car dealership from 2004-2008 took a liking to me cause I would listen to his stories of "back when" while he helped with whatever task I was needing done.
His dad owned a dealership when he was growing up so naturally his 1st job was on the car lot. He said in those days a new car had a dealer price of $1800 to $5,000.
He said once he turned 18 his dad put him in sales. (after working there for 5 years after school doing "lot work" like washing windows, cars and moving cars around etc)
Being the owners son his dad gave him all the customers that were friends of friends etc that would call him. He said his 1st check was just shy of $2000. He claimed his 1st sales check he bought his 1st car, drove it down the street to a garage they also owned but only stored stuff in and parked it. He said the dealer papers on the windows were still there and it had less than 10 miles on it (or something incredibly low)
Because he worked for the dealership he was given "lot pick" of any car he wanted as a demo car for decades he worked for his dad and had no need in driving his own car since the demo car was switched out every 3000 miles for a new pick of any car.
This is sooo long. Sorry. The point I'm getting to is soon after telling me this he showed me a photo album full of cars sitting in a garage somewhere. The pictures looked a decade old at that time so 1990s pics.
He had this child like grin watching me flip through the photos and each time I patronized his excitement asking questions about the cars... he was so tickled to talk about the cars. I asked if this was his dads dealership cars.
His beamed from ear tonear and said "Can you keep a secret? I'm serious you cannot tell ANYONE!" I said yes.
"They are all my cars. I got paid every 2 weeks and may months I used one check to buy a car. Any car I could buy that I did not have that model of already I would buy at dealer cost and drive it down to my garage and park it. Most of them have 100 miles or less."
He said his son goes and starts them up once a month adding just a gallon or less in fuel. He also claimed many of them the tires were off the car and stacked laying flat to preserve the tires and simply hosed them off every few months to keep them from drying out and restacked them in a diffrent position to keep them from flattening in spots.
In 2008bthe recession had bled our the whole team dry of savings and many had lost their homes etc. The old man left and I dont know what happened to him. It seems like I remember hearing his son died cause I worried about the cars being abandoned. He fantasized about the day he would go public and shock the world with his collection.
If this is his, I will cry for the dreams that he never got to see realized and the legacy that no one was there to take charge of and bring his "life savings" to his heirs.
It was in Cali. That's all I can say.
After finding his obituary the state that his dads dealership was in was WA so I assume they would be housed in that state. He did pass suddenly it said so he would not have had a chance to really "get to it".
He wanted to clean them up before going to auction. Allot of work was to be done before he would give them up...working in the industry he would have wanted maximum dollars for each. Allot for the heirs to do. Also I may have been wrong about the son passing away.
That's a crazy story
😮 omg this just broke my heart so many times, i truly hope no one ever destroys this place, ever. what wonderful time capsule, a usa treasure-no doubt. TYSM for sharing!
@@StringerMedia Maybe those cars should get restored back to life
All the numbers you’re seeing on the windows, are common auction numbers. And the A.G. Noted on the “bill blass” car usually stands for auction guaranteed. Meaning if it had any issues during the test drive at the auction. You could reject it. I think you came across somebody’s old collection. And extensive buying hobby on old luxury cars.
Omg those cars are amazing. I pray no one else finds this place.
Same here.
I hope I find it theres gonna be no cars for you to look at but at least they won’t rot into the ground
@@toyotacorollaaltis8613well if they found it and posted I'm sure somebody will be there to buy him buy them
@@toyotacorollaaltis8613 Good luck with transferring them into your name. That is if they have a copy of the title on file.
@ I got people I can pay to do that its a very complicated process though and you will know nothing else about that
"May 25 1979..." clearly shows 1975 on the decal. Oh man, this is painful to watch on so many levels.
Im 67 loved them all. They should be saved and enjoyed 😢
Whom would want old car which literally eats gas?
@@romeolajh1602 Most Americans are driving big SUVs and Trucks today, because they are comfortable. If you have a decent paying job, gas isn't really an issue. I get paid $18 an hour, and I can afford to fill up my 2014 Explorer cop car while paying $1k a month on rent. It's possible, you just have to manage your spending.
Agreed!
@@romeolajh1602 That isn't the point of these. While they tried to promote "efficiency" back then as Oldsmobile specifically pimped the infamous 350 diesel V8 in the late '70s and early '80s for MPG, they still were 4,000+ lbs. Imagine the car they were looking at at 4:30 sounding like a school bus LOL These cars were built for comfort, and long highway trips with the open road in a straight line. You got in, turned on the A/C, cruised the Interstate, and before you knew it, you were in Vegas, Disneyland or the Grand Canyon and so on.
@@romeolajh1602 If the price was right, it would be cheaper than a new Corvette to enjoy for decades.
Like 2 girls going through a warehouse...not knowing what kinda cars they are 😂
@@jbb8382 I know!!!!!! LOL!!! Hilarious!!
Kids know nothing these days.
To be fair, they were trying to learn about one of the worst eras of cars in the US that is often forgotten about. Most of these cars were from 1975-85 aka the Malaise Era where you would get around 140 HP out of a 5.0 Liter V8 when new. That V8 also had to push around 4500 lbs, as in the case of the early '80s Olds 98s or Cadillac Sedan de Villes.
Clearly
@@jdslyman1720BS
I had 3 cars stolen in Chicago in the 90's. A white 1973 convertible Olds Delta 88, a white 1985 Buick Riviera, and a black 1977 Pontiac Firebird😔 I loved all those cars for different reasons. Thanks for the memories of awesome cars that will never be built again.
Maybe these cars are stolen from years ago 🤔
The car at 10:00 in is a 1978-1980 Lincoln Versailles. These were a fancy Ford Granada.
Oh wow, that Caddy Allante though, such a luxury and timeless car, a Coupe cars classic.
Indeed it is!
Yes indeed! Final year 1993 Allante. It's ironic that I have the exact same duplicate that I drive daily. Same color combo and wheels!
1st ting I looked at
@@starxlr7863there are a few 94s. They had to finish the orders.
@@MrDannyZ28 Yes correct. Actually there were many 1993 Allante's produced in 1992. So depending on the whatever the date says, and whether it was built in 1992, 1993 or 1994, it was considered 1993 model year Allante.
When I was 15 I didn’t know everything either, but this video was incredibly entertaining to watch.
Go back and close hoods and doors, mice will destroy the interiors, and motor wires!
Mice will get into any car they want to, irregardless of hoods and doors.
I can attest to this from personal experience
@@BarryCorcoran-fj2td*regardless
Yeah those mice will NEVER get in from underneath!
Most of the interiors look to be destroyed already.
Finds extremely well preserved cars in an abandoned building. . Leaves doors and hoods wide open to the elements. 👏
Your complete non- knowledge of these vehicles is absolutely adorable. But it's awesome to see young guys like you that can truly appreciate these a great old classics. Nice to see young guys that are not obsessed with imported tin can fart knockers😅
Yeah their lack of knowledge is causing me to correct them as they go along. Other than that the men are really cute.
These aren't car guys 😕
Yeah
But they are respectful men and that matters most to me as a car guy
@@StringerMedia But I admire your interest in them.
@@wilshiregreen5746 Yes they are.
@@wilshiregreen5746 Until they started walking on them😂
YOU YOUNG CHAPS ARE TEARING ME UP,,,LOL,, THAT IS CALLED AN 8-TRACK. YOU DO NOT KNOW CARS BUT GREAT VIDEO.. THANKS FOR SHOWING TOTAL RESPECT TO THE CARS.
Being a child of the 60's the Star Fire, brought back memories!
@davidcombs1785 They're rare nowadays, and could be had for a reasonable amount because they're not well remembered outside of the Olds community. Another Olds of the same time period, the Vista Cruiser, goes for big money these days because of its connection to "That 70s Show".
These cars were all on the road when i was young. It's funny to see young men fascinated & seeing these designs for the 1st time & not recognizing them
Me too. I only wish these guys would know what they are talking about first. No clue what he's talking about.
Goldmine,drive a lot of those old cars back then! Great video ,we will never see style again like these. Thank you!!!!
That Reatta had one of the first touch screens ever in a motorcar, and the Elante, Riveria, those cars are worth a lot of money. Your next steps should be finding out who owns these cars and keeping them preserved. It's an incredible collection.
All these old cars left behind is absolutely insane to see! It is such a shame that they are sitting collecting dust
lol. they broke into someone's car storage
I remember riding in and driving a lot of these cars. I currently own an ‘87 Cadillac Allante and really love that car. Mine’s a hard top convertible. Thanks for taking me back down memory lane!
Judging by what you have shown, my guess would be a car dealership that went under and the cars inside are the left-over used cars that didn't sell. By the way, the red convertible Cadillac you commented on is a Cadillac Allante, a fairly rare car that was beset by issues including, but not limited to, the Deathstar engine that had issues with head bolts that would pull out of the block. The bodies were made by an Italian coach works (Pinin Farina if memory serves) and shipped over by plane for assembly driving the price of the finished cars and limiting the number sold.
No. It was a collection the owners son had collected. He bought a different car every month to preserve history
I agree with you. Those cars need to be saved.
Some really nice cars there. I can't believe they were left forgotton about for all those years. Thanks for posting.
I feel old after listening to these guys. I know what all of these cars are, plus I remember when 8 track tapes were popular
Really wish that when exploring places like this, there would be enough respect to close the doors and hoods and not leave them open to cause more damage to the vehicles
Those classics must be saved
The first blue Lincoln is a Lincoln Town Coupe, very rare from this design as they weren’t as popular as the Town Car, and very few were built. These were discontinued and aren’t seen too much.
"the top even comes down..." it's called a convertible. Yeesh.
Those Lincoln DeVilles at the beginning were awesome. Very rare!
😂
It disgusts me
Cadillac .
I know the location. I know the story. Your video is like seeing an old friend again. I'm 70 years old.
What's the story mate?
No waaaay 😮
Please tell the story
Tell us the story please, please, please.....🙏
We will send cookies...
More reliable than todays cars.
Ya think?
I doubt that, you can put 300k miles on modern cars these days, 100k miles back then was extremely high and car would be knocking and smoking with transmission slipping by 75k to 100k Plus new cars are WAY safer than these cars!
@@jimmycline4778My 1973 Toyota Corona Crown had 600000km before it was abandoned care to say that again?
@@toyotacorollaaltis8613 that was Toyota, not all of these ones
@@StringerMedia they made them parts to last back then from that position. Maybe not the mileage part
Outstanding video! Love older vintage vehicles. Enjoyed this video immensely! ❤️
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks pam
Much appreciated!
Here's some history on this place, it's been sitting since 2004 this used to be a old factory. Every car was fully detailed and we're going to be displayed in the factory as a museum
but what happened?
Yea I came up to the assumption 80s did t make since with th allante. Then the main building first car they on to is a yellow 92 deville
Then what happened? Do you know where the titles are?
@@MrDannyZ28 not sure
The sad duality of wanting the cars but not the place to be leaked for everything to be broken.
You should go to the town mayor and inform them about the cars so they can look into who owns them, and if they can't find out or if the person has passed away these cars can be taken by the city and restored. It would be a travesty to just leave these vehicles here to rot. People would even buy them in the condition that they're in. They deserve to be preserved and not left to rot. Oh and also the little squares that you found are eight-tracks and yes we used to listen to music on them.
WD Detailing needs to see all these cars . They would have a field day detailing all these cars.
Or AMMO.
"Here we got a Cadillac Escalade..." looking at a Seville.
Poor kids. They don't know any better.
I had to pause and comment 😂😂😂
I just shook my head!
Absolutely disgusting
At least most of those old rides are older than they are. Those kids likely weren't even around when American cars were king.
You kids found a Gold mine. You have cars from the 60s 70s 80s 90s,all in great condition. They just need a little love. 😮
for real. a good collection. they dont look banged up . the mold part really sucks.
28:32 Actually, this is a fairly common occurrence. There is a video on here about an AMC dealership that is similar and several years ago, the family of Lambrecht Chevrolet organized an auction to sell off the inventory of their closed dealersip that had a stock that made this one look small. There may still be videos of the auction that was held by Van Der Brink Auctions on here.
Such beautiful cars my fave is the Cadillac 68 so beautiful they are 19’ft long 7 ft wide such a majestic car they made back then. 375 hp 0-60 in 8 seconds. Wow what a find guys !! I’ve been dreaming to have one of these cars restored they made them to perfection back then and no cars are as luxurious or impressive today. When America and made here. It’s a sign we have to bring back all our manufacturing plants that were sent over seas. Beautiful cars guys. Please save them !!! Please 🙏
I saw a 1967 or 68 Chrysler Imperial, one of my favorite '60s cars. That was a Buick Riv-i-era Convertible, RARE!
Yeah - I laughed out loud when he said “Re-veer-a”! 😂😂😂
The car you liked the most is a late 1960’s, early 70’s Lincoln Mark III. it was one of my favorite cars when I was in grade school. I had no idea it was a Lincoln, but a brown Mark III passed me every day as I walked home from school. Back then, my aunt drove a mid 60’s 4 door Continental. I was probably 5 years old and loved going shopping with her to ride in her Continental. I was fascinated by the rear doors that opened backward. I used to climb in the back seat, fold down the armrest and sit on it so I could see where we were going. My dad and uncles worked at various plants throughout the metro Detroit area. My grandfather who was an executive plant manager for Ford always had a new Lincoln every year.
Once a year Ford had “family day” at the plants. Relatives could visit and tour where their dad or brother, or uncle, or grandfather worked. I seem to remember women were mostly secretarial then. My dad and I would go to my grandfathers office and meet his secretary and other people who worked for him. When we were ready for our tour, one of the employees would stop by and just before we went on the plant floor, he would hoist me up on his shoulders and walk me around pointing everything out to me. Honestly, I was a little scared being up that high.
Another time I remember well was the first time I flew on a plane. Grandpa came by our house to take my folks and I to the airport and picked us up in his new Lincoln. We were flying to California for the summer to visit my aunt and my cousins. Of course my dad had no problem fitting all 50 pieces of our luggage in the trunk.
Around 1975, my grandfather retired from Ford. He chose to buy a new dark green Thunderbird. I noticed when I was in his new home office, he had a Continental hood ornament mounted on a black piece of marble. I said how much I liked it and he let me take it for my desk.
In 1980, Lincoln began downsizing all of their models. My dad had always wanted a Lincoln but my mom always said no. In the fall of 1979, my dad and I snuck up to the Lincoln dealer. He asked me if he bought one, what color should it be. I said black immediately. He asked the salesman to figure out what his price would be with his discount. It came to a little over $21000.00. We went home to the bad news we knew we would face. He showed my mom all of the paper work and what the cost would be. My mom looked at everything, then said she didn’t think it was a good idea to spend more on a car than they spent buying the house. No Lincoln.
My dad passed away in 2016, my mom a few years before him. When my husband and I were at the funeral home making plans, the director asked if my dad would have liked anything else. I thought yeah, then I asked if they could find a Lincoln hearse for my dad. They said they would try. The morning of the funeral my husband and I drove up and parked in front was a shiny, black Lincoln MKX hearse. I hope my dad was happy.
I loved reading this story. Thank you for sharing. I have a '77 Mark V Cartier - the Dove Grey colored Designer Series that year. I was driven home from the hospital as a newborn in July 1978 in my Dad's '77 that was a twin of my car, right down to the same options. I loved it from almost birth. We had it until the end of June 1988 (Mom's got into an accident with it...Mom was ok, but the car wasn't, and we got a beautiful new Dark Shadow Blue '88 Mark VII not long after. I got my '77 Cartier in July 2006 - the transport truck delivered it around 4:30am barely a day after my birthday.
I saw the Mark III in a video someone else made of this place with all these cars - in the other video, someone opened the door, and the car had the high back seats, which makes it a '71 (I believe the earlier '71s got these seats, while the later ones reverted to the lower back seats from the '70).
@owlnswan4016 Enjoyed reading your story. The dove grey Cartier is my favorite in that generation. I was also brought home from the hospital as a newborn in a new Lincoln, a sedan, which is the first car I remember because it was kept for five years.
Enjoyed reading your story.
@@roscomare8579 Thank you.
Your story was great. I remember having those old fords around when I was young, even taking my drivers test in an old ‘77 Granada. It’s nice taking a journey down memory lane for awhile.
Also thanks for being respectful to the property and cars
You out did yourself this time. I'm a car guy. As usual, great video. Love ya dude.
You rock!
Great job guys! Appreciate your passion and for your time in showing us this amazing find. Don't listen to the BS trolls, and keep it up!
Thanks 👍
The Cadillac ‘northstar’ 😂😂😂
27:18 I think it’s fine walking on them LOL,,,they ain’t army tanks yes the metal will bend and dent if you WALK on them 😂
😅
Lousy engine. Very problematic.
@@1940limited Only early versions were problems with the head stud/gaskets. GM eventually fixed them and they are very solid engines and then, as in typical GM fashion, they iron out the problems, then kill it. Even having to fix them yourself, with the aftermarket re-stud kit, they were very reliable from then on. GM even made a supercharged variant for 2006 - 2009, a 4.4L that makes 469hp and was put in to the STS-V and XLR-V. It was RPO LC3. I have one (STS-V) and the engine has been bullet proof. I've had it 15 years now, 100's of passes down the drag strip turning in solid 11 second quarter mile slips, in a 4,300 pound luxury sedan.
Look at all these barn finds.
Well done guys, and disregard the BS comments on this one. They are sitting on their butts finding everything negative - you gents are bringing this masterpiece to life again. Go get em! (and thanks, love the old Detroit metal)
Thanks man
What a great selection! Yes, all the old dealerships looked exactly like this. Lot of Lincoln's, Cadillac's, Buick's, Pontiac's, Oldsmobile's and a couple newer models of the early 90's. I daily drive a 1993 Cadillac Allante that is the exact duplicate and same color. These were all cars that were clearly stored away since they were new or close to new. They can all easily clean up nice, but the moisture is a problem being inside there.
"I think these are fake spokes".. they're called hubcaps 😂
He thought they were bicycle wheels at first!
8 tracks; totally stumped
@@jimmycline4778the kid knows nothing about cars
He said starfur, I suddenly started muttering STARFIRE!!! LOL!!!
He was calling caddy’s Lincoln’s and knew very little about cars obviously lol.
- 1:44 "Right off the bat we got, uh, two Lincoln's here it looks like" LMAO. As my mother would say "thank God he's cute"
Thanks for making this video and sharing with the world. Keep us updated with the status of the property and cars.
A 1968 Cadillac Coupe Deville @23:00! That's what I grew up in back in the 70's. Same color and everything, but we had a 2 door. I'm 55 now.
I find it interesting how the young generations see these cars for the first time not knowing what they are off hand. Like they found old relics from Ancient Egyptian times. Lol! But it's totally understandable. These cars were pretty much off the roads by the late '90s or early 2000s depending on where you were at. But I remember growing up in the late '80s and early '90s these cars were the everyday normal cars.
Those should be restored and in a museum somewhere. Would be cool.
I like the excitement and enthusiasm in spite of not knowing much about the cars. It would have been to do that with a car guy that could tell you more about them. You've got late '60s to mid '90s care represented there with a lot of '80s Lincolns. That collection includes several cars that's I've driven over the years..
ok, we gotta stop bashing these guys for not knowing... LOL I mean, thanks for going through the trouble of video-ing this for us. Amazing actually! Thanks!
oh! and my favorite is the Riviera Convertable, hands down!
"This car is a Rivera"...lol
The car is pronounced Riviera.
Ri-veee-era.. lol
That's a 1982 Buick Riviera. Look up that car on the internet. I owned one of those cars. It was amazingly beautiful. I miss it. Loved this amazing video. All those cars are luxurious. 💝🤗 God bless everyone.
OMG! Someone save them all!
While it may be a really impressive to find these in an abandoned barn, majority of these cars are not high value, maybe $10-15k at most, these cars are mostly from about 1977-1990, with some outliers in there from the late 60s and early 2000s, I imagine it was a guy who was hoarding what he came across and then passed away without telling anyone about the collection, likely will be labd that gets auctioned off and whoever wins it will be given the ownership of all the cars. I would be hopeful that who ever gets ownership sees that they can still be appreciated even if they are not super valuable, id say the cheapest car in there is $5,000
The brown car is a 71-73 Lincoln Continental by the way
My father had a 1971 Lincoln Continental four door. It was stunning.
Thanks for sharing this, guys. I think my favorite would be the 1968 Eldorado or the Mark III Continental. Keep up with your exploring! I wish I had been with you to let you know the makes, models and years they are....and some history behind most of the models.
Thanks for watching!
Oh, the Eldorado! Yes. How could he not be floored by those tail lights? I practically swooned…😂
That Continental Mark III would be my first choice, and then I would pull out that 68 Eldorado
Beautiful Cars.
The RCA music you found in the one car are called "8 Tracks" 😆😆😆 They predate cassette tapes. Yep, these cars are freaking old!
Theirs like a flap that covers the light 😂
Plus the system in that Versailles plays not only the regular stereo 8 track tapes, but also the quadraphonic (surround sound) 8 tracks.
Cassette tapes? What are those? 😂😂😂
My 69 Chevelle in H.S. Had aftermarket Craig's 8 track ,feeling real old they didn't know about 8 tracks,come on guy's the cars I get it but they music history lack of ! ,BTW great video. And please don't walk on the car grinding scratching the dust into the paint ! Ouch..
@@owlnswan4016 quadraphonic! 😆 Now there's a word I haven't heard in a long, long time!
Have you checked into neighbors and see what they know or check with the county and see what they say. The video is great.
I like your videos very much. You take us to the time when we did not even exist but we are living that time. And you keep making such videos, we appreciate your work, thank you guys❤😊
Cadillac Escalade 😂😂😂😂
I swear it said escalade on the logo I was like wtf
My favorite one in the whole video 😎
@@StringerMedia That was a 1980-85 Cadillac Seville.
I died 😭😂😂
Absolutely embarrassingly disgusting
These cars have to be saved before it's to late!
Love that buick convertible
I gotta educate Kaizer on older cars. I can't imagine how the younger guys have no idea about 8 tracks or such. but i guess i forget how long ago its been. There are some real classics in this collection like the Buick Riviera and Reatta, Cadillac Allante, lots of Oldsmobiles, Chrysler 5th Ave, etc. I hope someone buys these and restores some of them.
Look at the stickers inside the door. It will tell you everything you want to know about the cars…
Man that’s one hell of a car collection
You can see there are tarps on the floor, which means they were covered so please recover them
I particularly like the 65-66 Olds. Can’t tell if it’s a Jetstar, Starfire or Dynamic 88. But it’s still cool!
You know that's right!
I think they are all pretty neat. I have many favorites.
Labeled two Cadillacs as Lincolns, a Cadillac SDV as a Seville, and a Seville as an Escalade. Hopefully, they closed all the car doors they opened.
I don't know why everyone is making fun of them because they don't know about cars! They are exploring abandoned sites.
I like the late 50s Cadillac especially that Red one which used to have Red Tail Light of bullet shape.
They need to get them out before the rest of the roof caves in
What an incredible find. Wow!! 😮😢 Those cars need to get out of those buildings and be restored.
All these boomers hating on these two young guys for not having working knowledge of classic cars are assholes. You should thank them for filming this and just enjoy it, also they’re showing a lot of appreciation for these cars why can’t that just be enough. Grow up, oh wait.
I’m gen x not a boomer and I ain’t ripping on them..they are young this stuff was not around much after they were born..so they don’t know 8 tracks or rotary phones etc.. kids know what they grew up with ,including us..I was 18 in 1988 I didn’t know much about 1940 cars or their type either, but I at least knew there were chevys fords dodges Lincoln’s mercurys…
Anyone hating on them should realize these guys are people that are new to this, and love these cars already. That's a *good* thing, and not something to criticize. They will learn more as time passes. I'd love to see them possibly at least buy one car each from here for themselves if they are for sale, and restore them.
Whenever I have my '77 Mark V Cartier (Dove Grey Designer Series) out, I get so much nice feedback...moreso lately than ever...and its from all ages of people, including very often from young people (I'm 46 as of this writing). I can just have it outside cleaning it and lots of people nod, wave, compliment it, ask questions about it, etc. The car makes friends. It's wonderful.
@@toddprater14Same here. I was 22 in 1988.
You actually STOOD ON THE CAR? I can't believe that.
Every single one desperately needs to be brought back to life. Especially the Pace Car. Very enthusiastic,yet respectful gentlemen.At approx 15:50 ish,Mr.Lahey's Yorker.
Man, what a shame! Those cars deserve to be rescued and most of them restored. I saw a twin to my car, 1979 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue Edition. Sure could use another one!
Beautiful, thank for sharing, sure brought back memories!
Love that Red Oldsmobile Tornado.😊
never seen an 8 Track before in the Lincoln Versillious.. something to play music :} Re Gen c has a different meaning today... .Star-fur is a starfire.
This shop owner definitely loved his land yachts😂😂. That 2 door Regency is a rare car. Probably 90% of these cars would start and drive out of there. What a shame people can't enjoy these pieces of history 😢😢.
Wow, if I were to ever stumble across a place like this I would take every single one of those cars in a heartbeat. I love those old school caddys and lincolns, and want more of them! My 1989 Cadillac Fleetwood is a great car, don't get me wrong, but I'd trade it along with some extra cash for one of those lincoln luxo boats without a second thought 😆
I miss being a kid and literally passing a football in the car with my brother. The ash treys and lighters. Bench seats.
This building needs Derek from Vice grip garage
That is exactly what I was going to say for his car museum ❤❤😎👍
The younger generation don’t know about cars from the 70san 80s era
Such a wild place. Nice documentation of this collection 💯
I really want to apologize to you two guys for your dads or uncles NOT teaching you about cars while you were growing up... It REALLY seems to me that things like that ended somewhere in the early 2000s... Why? I guess I'll never know.
I'm 57 now and remember dad getting my brother and I into the hobby when we were about five... There were also guys in the neighborhood who were in the hobby and owned a variety of old vehicles... We'd be over at someone's garage pestering them if Dad wasn't home to answer our questions 😂
There was even one old fellow in the neighborhood who had a Tucker Torpedo!
One little old lady would drive her 1954 Cadillac Eldorado convertible up and down our street every day.
Sadly, my brother passed only about four months ago... But he and I taught his two boys all we know about these old vehicles... And now my nephews and I are teaching their kids.
You've stumbled on a real treasure trove there....
All of those vehicles could potentially be made road worthy within about a week each.
It'd be in someone's best interest to find out who exactly owns these cars, then try to buy a few (or all) of them, to spiff up and enjoy.
Some of them aren't worth altogether too much, but a few of them are worth more than one would think.
I'd certainly be doing my homework.
Cheers!
The younger crowd isn't into cars these days. And now with electric vehicles cars are just disposable appliances.
My dad never was a car guy. I am still learning myself!
@@althunder4269
It's not just the young, the old have lost their passion for old cars too. I see old people driving around in new cars and using their smartphones in the street like zombies.
I was born in 2000, I know +80% of the models in the video even though I'm French. I hope with all my heart that this dealership is put up for auction
@@StringerMedia exactly. Not everyone has knowledge of a lot of things in life. So now you're starting to learn about it on your own. People can be so rude.
It did end about 99/2000. I was 29 in 1999 and remember the news saying the younger generation then in 99’ didn’t care about getting their license or even getting a car… I was flabbergasted when I heard that… we loved cars and trucks and had after school jobs to buy a used ride if our parents couldn’t get us one at 16… the internet was out roughly 5/6 years by 99..so we were on our way to s.m. And ordering from home and no one going out anymore ..sad…
They should be cleaned and Put in a Museum to be enjoyed and Appreciated by Many
Have you guys ever seen a Riviera