Acres Of Rust And Decay - Tour The Mopar Ranch Hidden In Western Washington!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ธ.ค. 2024
- On today's episode of Dead Dodge Garage, we've got more dead Dodges than ever before. It's cool, it's mildly depressing, it's everything in between - and there are cows. Some friends of the channel own a large cattle ranch, and they also happen to have a large collection of Mopars in varying states of decay. Over the years, I've spent a lot of time getting my hands dirty on the ranch reviving stuff, digging things out of the brush and just generally having fun with these relics. So enjoy a look at this interesting private collection - but don't ask if they're for sale.
Why have all those cars if you aren't fixing them up and letting them rot to shit ....makes no sense!
I agree. Over the years they have come to see things more our way on that front, and some have been sold in the interest of keeping and fixing the ones they really want. I more put the “NOTHING IS FOR SALE” warning at the beginning because I am not going to waste a thousand hours of my time on that. Exactly 0% of sale inquiries for parts or vehicles from my videos have resulted in a sale. It’s ridiculous.
greed arogance stupidity any more questions? when i see hoarders
mental illness
Maybe it’s a Mopar purgatory, prolonging the inevitable, rubbing it in the faces of all who would love to restore them…or just a hoarder that can’t part with his collection. 😢
@@acardiac5983 It's sort of a complicated third option, really. A bit of the first crossed with a bit of the second, until he hit 70 and realized it was time to start letting some things go and finishing some projects. Unfortunately it was too late for many of the cars 20 years ago when they got there. He's a very friendly and personable guy who loves the cars and has a lot of dreams. In between maintaining the ranch and the rest of life, he hasn't exactly had enough time to see them to fruition. It's a story a lot of us can sympathize with.
Kinda depressing, but at least they aren't being crushed. Lots of potential projects there. Stay safe Jamie.
Back in the mid '70's my moms friend had a '68 Road Runner , blue ,bench seat ,auto ,she and her husband were moving to Hawaii ,so the woman left the RR at our house(she refused to sell the car) w/ the keys (probably a mistake) . So after my mom went to bingo and before my dad got home I would take the car out for a ride for a half hour or so,(no license yet) ,I loved that car . A couple of interesting things happened ,I didn't beat on it ,I just enjoyed driving it . I never owned a fraction of the cars I wanted , always a distraction or A.D.D. or it just slipped away or gave away ,like my '69 442 W30 4 spd .my buddy blew up the motor in . That's a nice rust farm you're friend has there , though .
This was a beautiful thing to wake up to🌞 thanks for taking us along 👍
Sad to see them decaying like that but can’t save them all!! One day I imagine you will be the one to roll through there and salvage what you can, it’ll be bittersweet with all those memories (and rust)!
Yep… I started ten years ago. I need to get back at it.
I have to watch this again to see all of these great classic mopars and your crew cab looked it was a nice truck, those vans didn’t look too bad. Thanks for bringing us on the road trip can’t wait for all the others to come!
At working fiddling with Mustang parts, this seems like a perfect time to take a break. Getting kind of loopy on paint fumes anyway.
Some cool projects and lots of parts cars.
"And if you look over to my right you will see a roadrunner in it's natural habitat."
What a fun video. Enjoyed your commentary 👌
Man. You play some mean guitar!! Boy I'd love to sing to some of that! I've watched you play and sing before in your live episodes. Very impressed!!!
Thank you!
First!! And here's me, oh, a big-block flathead Briggs! I'm such a dork. Cheers, great stuff!
Ok I wouldn’t know to catch that one. Haha. There’s so much cool stuff there that isn’t Mopar even… there’s a WWII-era deck crane somewhere. It never ends.
@@DeadDodgeGarage wow! Yeah, I could spend a long time just wandering around there, lol!
Awesome Thanks for the video.
Love those early 60's Darts. Surprised everything is so spread out. Oh my the Challenger was sad lol.
It used to be so much more spread out too. In the main field by the road, there would be a dart here, a duster there… they finally started putting things together in lines over the last few years. I’m not sure if the county complained or if they just felt like it. Yeah… if I remember right, that Challenger came from the beach. It’s amazingly bad.
The silver Dart is beautiful 👍🏻🇦🇺💯
Love that '62 Dart. Love to have one.
3:15 - Funny, I have a Roadrunner back seat in my 68 Charger! 😁
That's a damn shame all them beautiful cars are sitting out the dirt rotting away
Gives me flashbacks. My first car was 74 super beetle we had to excavate from blackberries up by sequim. 😂
It sucks when the dreams die.
Must be something in the stars.
Maybe the world will change and everything will be restored and resurrected. This is why I drive them. If you don't use it you lose it.
Everything savable just depends on how much money you want to spend we all know that breaks my heart to see all their Mopars just sitting out in the dirt
My first car was supposed to be a 62 dart. One of my favorites 🤗
Beautiful property ❤
Oh how I feel for that burgundy 66 Coronet 500. At least it was indoors.
What a shame seeing these magnificent machines in such condition. I grew up in The 70s. I got my driver's license at 16 1/2 in 1974. I could never afford one but I got to be around these cars when they were only a few years old. I actually owned a 1969 sport satellite 383. Four speed duel exhaust car in 1977 it had a hard life before I bought it. Drove it for a few months then sold it due to having no money to fix it up.
I pulled a ‘68 Sport Satellite out of one of the fields there. It was so cool… but so, so bad. The frame was bad when they bought it twenty years ago. The sad reality is, these cars were mostly undesirable (with some exceptions) and getting bad when they ended up there. When I saw the place the first time, I found it very cool but very depressing. My view has changed a bit over the years.
Yep owned 69 Roadrunner till I found out it ate a quarter tank of gas in the winter to go 5 miles to work. 1975 those were special kinda years to.
I'd love to see that 65' Coronet 500 come out of the weeds and back to life!! It's my favorite car and I have owned 7 of them in my life.. Still have one right now!!
Me too, very much. I guess if I hacked the weeds off and dragged it out for a revival there wouldn’t be much anyone could do about it. Haha.
Were those Australian shepherds? Great video.
I don’t know, but they were friggin big!
Now this is heaven 😎
I also want that white 1st gen it looks so clean
Haven't seen 1 of those late 80s subaru wagons in a long time... had several over the years and every one of them were some of the toughest cars I've ever owned and so simple to work on.... motor change in an afternoon easy
I’ve been party to some pretty impressive off-roading in the red car. It drives pretty well too, despite the lift kit and truck tires. I probably need one of my own at some point.
I think a few of them will buff out ! LOL
Kind of a study in entropy.
Lives get busier.
Time grows scarce.
Good intensions become memories.
Sent some stuff- used lower case 'j' on some, upper case on one or two.
Exactly. I don’t think they started collecting intending to watch the cars rot into the ground. They grabbed them because they were cheap and it was fun.
I got your emails! Good lesson on the NP445, I wasn’t familiar with that one.
@@DeadDodgeGarage
Guy that does some old truck work claims they were a $50 or less option on all the manual transmission equipped trucks. Often on the heavy flatbeds desined for rural applications so the initial momentum in 1st doesn't get lost fighting to get into 2nd gear.
Opps-all I have seen were mid to late '70's build dates, on 1/2, 3/4, 2.5 ton 2wd & 4x4 trucks.
Somebody that built'em or worked at a dealership/sales could know lots more.
I ran a Stealth up to 161 miles an hour on I 81 in Virginia back when it was new.Limiter cut in.Dont know what the claimed top speed by DSM is but anyway.
Cool stuff. Was that a spartan trailer? I have one as a summer project. Car projects over winter and trailer in summer in between car meets. Thanks for the tour
Not sure! I have a ‘72 Timberline trailer I need to get to fixing again. The roof has been a constant problem thanks to the humongous add on rooftop AC - but I’m not willing to take it off. Haha.
I have seen chevy folks plug a gully with mopars i would love to have today.
62’ Plymouth and Dodge early B bodies with cross ram 413’s are some of the coolest pre-68-71 Mopars around…..just slightly less cool that the 66-67 Charger, but that’s just this guy’s opinion.
Okay. I guess I don't understand such waste. Now three favors. Yup get that 66 Coronet 440 going! And Please kind sir. A now days commonly referred to "post" car is a Sedan.. Thank you.. Yes. Actually I am OLD!! Keep doing what you're doing..
I know what a two door sedan is. I’m probably one of not so many people under 40 that do… I don’t see the problem with using the colloquially accepted term two door post.
@@DeadDodgeGarage 🤔 Maybe I'm just too much of a purest! Lol. Just keep those old Mopars coming. I see those Gems in the background of your videos.
Id holiday here - for life , just rummaging and getting things to run ----
That’s basically what I did for a summer!
I am going to need new storage options if you do end up restoring the cars in the driveway ornament row.
Are they little sheds now?
These vehicles must be like fine whiskey, I was around them when they were 4 to 10 years and changed hands for $50 to $100. I considered them to be absolutely garbage at the time, (still haven't changed my mind.)
Interesting. Many, many, many people have to disagree with you - just ask these guys complaining in the comments about these gems rotting into the earth on the ranch instead of in their driveways.
Wow I thought I had too many projects lol
God bless America 💕
There is this 69 or 70 Mustang fastback that sits on an outdoor post lift. The car has been there since the beginning of time and will only be vindicated when it falls in on itself like the Titanic is in the process of. I can understand collecting vintage cars as an asset yet in order to be viable that collection needs to be maintained to some degree otherwise it becomes a liability. The future of all these Mopars is this, ever heard of Cowboy Car Crushing on TH-cam? But this reduction will probably increase the value of examples still in existence.
😢 I'm sorry about that comment about the Hemi and the power wagon, but can I make a suggestion, get rid of 10 no 15 projects and look for a nice Power Wagon 😁 or maybe a use that D200.
I’ll have another some day - hopefully a decent one. Haha.
Some day, they will be for sale. Nothing left but for sale just the same.
If a local person walked up with actual cash money, the story would be different on the less desirable cars. I’m not connecting wannabe internet buyers to the owners. It’s not worth it.
Wow!
I have seen cars sit and rust and stopped by a few places and asked if they were for sale!
No I am going to fix it up one day .
Years later still sitting in the same spot rusting into the ground
It was a hang ten dodge dart
Such a shame! I don’t care if they are not restoring them, not selling them but letting them rot is the biggest disgrace. This is the mentality I just don’t understand.
Maybe I can help you understand. When the majority of these cars got there in the late 90s and early 2000s, they were essentially worthless. Most of them were already pretty rotten or stripped at that time. Barring a couple exceptions, there aren’t many rare or desirable models. Going to the ranch was a better fate than their other options. Now a lot of them are desirable, and people are mad about it. I have helped to sell some here and there and thin the herd. Viable projects come out of the bushes as possible and stuff starts happening. Unfortunately, many aren’t viable anymore - and haven’t been for years. We pulled a ‘68 Sport Satellite 383 car out of the field to start on. We found that the frame had rusted out decades ago, and someone had put in a 2x4 between the frame rail and axle housing to hold the body up on the driver side. There was hardly a usable piece of metal on the car. Yes, it was better when it got there - but not much. It was then sold to someone with dreams of replacing every panel on it. The owner of the property is in his 70s now, and has realized that it’s time to let some things go. The reason I said nothing is for sale is because I am not going to waste days of my life brokering purchases that never happen. Exactly 0% of the parts or project purchase offers that I’ve received through TH-cam have amounted to anything. It’s not worth the time. Hopefully this makes sense.
I personally would like to thank them for not selling anything.
Man I would love to have one of them 69 roadrunners. Nicks Garage is looking for a set of 426 hemi exhaust manifolds, he mentioned it on Friday night live yesterday... 👌
There’s just the one ‘68 there. He has a second ‘68 which my brother is currently piecing together with a pile of stuff from AMD. They’re sweet cars. Interesting that someone who is often in the comments offered a cross ram setup for hemi manifolds. Maybe he’s a friend of nick’s. Haha.
@@DeadDodgeGarage cool,wasn't sure if the one buried in weeds was a roadrunner. The triple black 68 is very cool.
@@MikeJBlues It's actually a super basic Belvedere sedan that isn't even his. It was parked there (with the wagon next to it and a Coronet sedan, which you can't even see anymore) by one of his friends years ago. Yes I hope to see that four speed Roadrunner out terrorizing the streets again one day.
@@DeadDodgeGarage big block ? Lol
Really nice junk there, loving those 4 door 69s. Was the upside one a real police car?
It sure was - from Beaverton, OR, I believe.
@@DeadDodgeGarageCoool! Too bad it is gone. Did it have bigblock?
One........I just want one.
Hopefully the owners will come back to reality and sell off the stuff that they really don't need to or trade it for stuff that they need to fix the cars that they really want to get back on the road, but I can understand why they don't want to get rid of cars or parts and then next thing you know everyone finds out and they will never give you any peace and quiet
Hence the disclaimer at the front… nothing is for sale *here.*
Gee I wonder I know where that nice tailgate, grill and rebuilt 318 are going.
Me too actually. Where are they going? Lol. The plan for the truck is cab replacement and eventual Cummins swap.
The guy who owns these cars is the male equivalent of a cat lady
Those cars and parts should be sold. There are so many guys out there that can’t afford a fully restored car that could afford some of those cars and restore them.
This is America. That’s all I can say.
Is it possible to buy one of these cars? Really want to buy one or at least parts.
Kinda. But I’m not going to broker deals like that here. It never ends up being worth the time. Apologies.
Hey can i buy that 72 Barracuda? How much is it? Where is this place I'll just take a trip down there myself. I need some other stuff too LOL
🤣
Ok are any of the whole goodies for sale??????
Not in this forum.
@@DeadDodgeGarage yeah I understand that 🤣
I hope that everyone understood that "Nothing is for sale" "NOTHING"! However perhaps some things should be. (No offense, just thinking about rot, time, money, Priorities etc). Oh and Yes, That's exactly what Subaru's are for. To get you to the Mopars!! LOL.
Tons of stuff there is for sale 😅 but I’ll be damned if I’m going to waste another minute of my time on dreaming TH-cam commenters who never buy anything.
A handful is 10 because we have 10 fingers
Well, that would be two handfuls!
@@DeadDodgeGarage I forgot to divide by 2
That fastback barracuda is my favorite
Everyone likes the 70s model
Not me
Me too! I made a whole video about that called “all about barracudas.”
They won’t be worth having soon . 😲🤫
Is that you on the blues guitar?
That’s me! That’s also me playing every instrument in the intro track.
This is in fact what the end of the world looks like....
You’re probably right…
Instead of hoarding, he should have started liquidating 10 years ago.
There used to be a lot more.
Sell what you don’t want an save the rest an shed them a put rat sack around them . This is sad sad sad 😡
Yes Guys. The ones outside are all left to Rust. What to do with all those cars not driving, left out in the rain elements and rusting out. It’s okay to collect them, but, why waste them to get cancer. Unbelievable.
Ok
Makes me feel like my stuff isn't that bad,
Me too…
Are these hoarders ever going to do anything with these cars or are they happy to let them sit and deteriorate further?
Sure.
I need a 65 dodge frontend
Well, I don’t have one, but you could try reaching out to Nick with Lambvinski’s Garage. He deals in the Sweptlines a lot.
Lucky duck.
413's? Have a couple here needing new homes, 1 in a Bus and the other in a dumptruck, Oh, A guy want's to trade me a hemicuda he inherited for my Dodge 1Ton 4x4 Factory Wrecker?? the guy can not even change a tire but wants the wrecker? I guess he has a ton of rigs on the ranch he inherited.
Interesting. I almost never put big block stuff together for myself. I just love the little LA engines. Don’t know why. If I do a big block, it’ll be this 440 sitting here…
If someone offered you a Hemi ‘Cuda, you’d better just go ahead and give them whatever they want… I would be sad to miss my shot at the wrecker, but dang.
@@DeadDodgeGarage I'll be at the ranch tomorrow. I'll let you know what kind of rigs are for sale. The cuda does have shaker hood , kinda rough and missing this n that.
Sorry but I hate people who hoard cars that don't do anything with them instead of letting someone putting it back on the road
If I sounded excited about it…
Why??
So many reasons. Things get out of hand. Life happens. Before you know it you’re 70 and the cars are rotting into the earth.
He needs to build some sheds to put them in or it useless 😡
Once shed that held another handful of good ones fell down and ruined a Challenger. There is no perfect answer.
I know where that is!!! Its in the USA!!!!
🤣 I said not to tell!!
It’s such a shame to see awesome cars just wasting away !
Will never understand why some people just let stuff ruin instead of actually selling them on to someone that would love to own one of them!
Some people just understandable!
Just sad to see awesomely cool mopars rusting into the ground !
As far as TH-cam needs to know, nothing is for sale. In real life… some things are. The herd has been thinned a lot over recent years.
What a depressing waste.....
If somebody don't do something with them soon it won't be long and all they'll be good for is the crusher......
A lot of them already were good for the crusher when they got there. I decided to try to be that guy 9-10 years ago and started reviving them and moving them to better spots. But it’s not my stuff, not my choice.
@@DeadDodgeGarage I understand.
Please excuse me, I just find it hard to imagine something like that can exist. Because cars around here rust out so bad that places like that don't, and never have existed around here. So much so that nobody even works on any old cars, I'm pretty much the only one who does.
That s what everybody says I will get to restore it but before it 30 years go buy and your in your late 60s
He never planned on restoring most of them. But he did plan to get to a few. Things are happening with some of them - slowly.
So sad to see so many mopars rotting away. They should be sold to someone who will actually do something with them ☹️
I’m expecting to hear this same comment many times over. All I will say is, things are better now than they were.
Where are the E bodies
There were four. I bought and then sold one, helped them sell another. Down to the horrible rusty pile ‘71 Challenger, and the late Barracuda.
Why make a video if nothing for sale. Depressing 😢
I don’t know, like, entertainment or some shit? Other people seem to enjoy it? Thanks for earning me ad revenue!
What's the point of having a bunch of junk cars sitting around that you won't restore or sale.
Back when he started collecting them, they were near worthless junk. His place or the crusher - which would you prefer? Unfortunately they are now all slowly returning to the earth. Some could be purchased locally. I am not going to try and help sell things through TH-cam. It doesn’t work. I just get BS inquiries and more of my time wasted.
Their should be laws for the ABUSE of classic cars, wasteful and disgusting of what all of you have done and won't sell anything to be saved, that's what real car guy & gals do !
All of “you?” None of this is mine. Well, except for my poor truck. As much as I want to agree with you in spirit, this is America. I don’t think you’d like people in your house telling you what you had to do with your possessions. It’s the same thing. It makes me sad, but they aren’t mine. I have helped where I can. My whole goal in this endeavor - and really in my professional life - has been to help keep these cars on the road. Believe me when I say I don’t like this stuff.
And i want ur 73 lmao
well i have to be honest, from what i have seen the youth do to old cars I would rather see them sit right where they are than get built into the clown mobiles that modern restorers do to them. That is probably why those old guys won't sell anything. From what I have seen I can say without an ounce of exaggeration that Mopar did it best in the design dept. compared to modern amateur or professional car restorers. I had an AAR 'cuda most of my life. Bought it in 1973 and just sold it in 2021. When I put it up for sale I promised myself it would not let it get into the hands of some rich spoiled young brat that would have wiggered it all up to meet 21st century gen Y or Z style status so I waited....and finally a rich middle aged collector from Austalia contacted me and the deal was made. Sorry youngins' I would have never been able to live with myself if any of you would have gotten your hands on my 'cuda. Perhaps a bit greedy or selfish but did not want to see a best part of US history get ruined.... neither do any of these old car hoarders. An that is all I have to say about that.
I understand the thinking. But I’m a younger guy myself and I much prefer these cars as the factory built them. I wouldn’t take age as the only important factor here. Hell, it’s the older guys that want air conditioning and fancy modern transmissions shoved in these cars, and they have the money to make it happen…
@@DeadDodgeGarage Uhh no we don't
Looks like Connors now Lazy…..
Lol ok
@@DeadDodgeGarage only young once. Get it done now or he’s gonna be a old man with too many projects and nothing done.
@@mysterycomment1553 fish don't catch themselves. Marine repair and salvage companies don't run themselves. Students don't teach themselves. A welding machine requires an operator to do anything useful. The local fishing fleet requires frequent attention. There is a big difference between lazy and busy. Let's get that straight.
If he really loved these cars he would not LOVE them to death.
Classic mental illness, always dreaming, yet not being able to finish a project.
I’ve seen this a ton in the car hoarder world.
Such obsessive waste… I can’t be nice about it. Sorry😢 i almost wish I hadn’t seen it.
I mean, I feel the same, but I also am the same to some degree. If they weren’t in his yard, many of them would have been scrapped long ago. On my channel we don’t malign mental illness. We live with it.
@@DeadDodgeGarage your doing something with it… getting ppl into it… Getting them going.
Maybe they are too but.. but how many have gone to shit? Waiting for the someday fix?
Its like an orphanage, that wont let ppl adopt the children…. Then they just slowly die.
So what’s your purpose of this,what to show you got a friend that’s a hoarder and will never restore them Don’t ask where,who the F*** cares they’ll never be seen on the Road anyways Us Mopar lovers want to keep ours alive,
Your Comedian Career will also never get off the ground
I dunno, because people like seeing cool stuff and making videos literally pays me money? What the hell do you think I’m doing with all of the projects on my channel and all of the THOUSANDS of messages, emails and comment responses I have given in the course of running this thing? Helping Mopar lovers get their cars on the road, or keep them there. And for every ass hat like you that says I’m not funny, there are least a couple who disagree with you and hit the subscribe button. I’ve literally been told “you should do standup,” so really I think this says a lot more about you than me. Good luck with your life, dude - and I hope you never need my help.
@@DeadDodgeGarage Now your funny People like seeing cool stuff Really? What cool stuff Funny man Shit that’s rotting under Brush and vines ,Stuff that will never be seen by the Public as you stated You hurt my feelings that I,ll never get help from you,fact is I would never seek your help as you could never help me with my Mopars you know the ones I,m actually restoring,it’s people like you that don’t really contribute to the hobby instead helping to kill it,And I know way too many people that actually do help me and or Sell cars that they have no time for,most of all you know very little about Mopars
Can’t wait for your HBO Stand up Special
@@mikeroberts5646 I literally work at a well regarded Mopar restoration shop. I build factory spec, visually correct Mopar big blocks. Often. I don’t know who the hell you think you’re talking to, but you clearly know nothing about me. And that’s fine. Good luck with your life dude.
@@DeadDodgeGarage Thanks
probably will be rusted away before you get to them. and then you be too old to do anything and then you be making videos how they used to be cars now they're just rust in the ground.the best thing you can do is sell them before there's nothing left
They’re not mine. The owner is in his 70s, so, yeah. And, most of them were junk when they got there.
WHAT A WASTE
Go away
You go ahead
If nothing is for sale your prodcast is useless get a job at mcdonalds
I truly don’t understand this ridiculous point of view. You don’t like seeing cool shit? Ok. Tell that to everyone else on TH-cam who does private yard crawls. Seriously. What are you talking about?
At least they're not being crushed or laying.in a ditch somewhere, Are you.planning.on restoring that 69 Charger R/T???
Yes we are. My brother is restoring it for the owner - at least doing the metalwork. He will start on that as soon as soon as he is done with their Roadrunner.
So they'd much rather have them rot into the ground then sell them to somebody that's going to restore the car and bring it back and give it a new life that don't make much sense
It’s not exactly like that. It’s that I am not going to try to sell stuff on here. It’s a huge waste of time.
Not really interested in surrendering 30 minutes of my life to see a bunch of parts that I can't buy...but thanks for the effort.
Cool! Thousands of other people disagree and just like seeing cool and slightly depressing stuff, so we’re good there. Meanwhile, I have surrendered HOURS of my life to emailing people who want to buy cars or parts through the channel, and it has amounted to zero sales. Literally ZERO. In any case, I already made money the moment you clicked on the video, and your comment helps to increase the video’s reach! So I really appreciate that. Thanks.