Huge Classic Car Junkyard - Wrecked Vintage Muscle Cars
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2012
- This is a tribute to one of the largest and best classic car junkyards in the world, Bob's Auto Parts in Fostoria, Michigan. At one time this yard had well over 1,200 antique and classic cars. Sadly in 2008 the owner Bob Zimmerman died. There were several auctions to sell off all the parts and cars, but sadly only about 300 cars were saved and the rest were crushed. :(
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Giovane, I wish I could save them all. I made this video to pay tribute to these cars before they were lost forever. Glad to see love for American cars in Brazil!
Man I remember seeing this video when it was new. Can’t believe I found it after 7 years. Great video!!!!!!
Does this yard still exist??
@@dillonadams4979 I don’t think so
This yard proves how truly difficult it is to maintain a car.
I saved the 57 Chevy wagon at 18 seconds and a Corvair at the big auction in May of 2008. Only about 300 of the 1800 cars and trucks were sold and I can't say for sure what is left there now, I never went back after they started crushing. I miss Bob and all the good times walking around there, I shot a video back in 1990 that maybe someday I will find a way to post. I walked in there with a $9000.00 line of credit and should have bought more cars as most were going for the opening bid of $400.00 but a lot were just too far gone to save.
Hi Pete,
If you're interested, I would be willing to digitize your video at my cost and post it. I miss Bob too. He was a great guy. Let me know. You can email me at mymopar.com@gmail.com
Thanks, Richard
+Pete Cimbala should of just placed the the complete rust buckets neatly on display in a field some where let people admire what a rel car look like before they are all gone. I say never crush a classic no matter the conditon
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You know, I lived in Michigan for a good long time and I remember when I was a kid buying...ohh say a 72 Pontiac Le mans 400 for ...75 dollars....and a 68 Camaro for 300 dollars.... but here was the thing. Those cars were rotted hulks. Everything was rotten, bolts, frame, exhaust, floor pans, rockers....because the salt laid out on the road in winter....drive your car one time in that brine bath and forget it... its done.
So, these cars in the salvage yard..I am sure are completely rotten. Its nice to look back on all the classics, I agree and try to rescue them, but in this case It would take SOOOOOO much work.
I live in Oklahoma, and cars down here don't rust, so I see on a regular basis old cars...and its nice.
Get your wrecks in the south west where its dry and there is no salt...much easier to restore.
Mind-boggling to think all these cars came off the assembly line shiny and new! Truly a graveyard
There was a yard like this in central, eastern California at the base of the Sierras. Still have the guy's business card. He estimates there were over 80 acres of cars. As far as you could see in the hills there were cars. Nothing newer than the 70s. It was unbelievable. He passed and the kids took over. Scrapped everything and sold the land. Total loss from a collectors standpoint. Very sad :(
If them cars could talk i'd love to hear their stories.
I love the 40-50's cars nice and curvy!
Just like my ex.
What some people are failing to understand is these cars were parked here and or stacked on one another a very long time ago when they weren't rare classic cars, noone cries about a Chevy cavalier stacked on a Chrysler Sebring right now do they? Same idea. If every car gm and ford and all the big players from the dawn of the automobile era was able to be saved they wouldn't be cool classic cars, it's unfortunate that some of them were crushed but that's what makes us appreciate the ones that were able to saved and maintained
+boredagain5 Exactly, a lot of cars are just someone's disposable daily driver that's beat on. If anyone wants a rusted 10-18 year old car which has black transmission fluid, a worn engine and a rattling power steering pump pulley would you please raise your hand?
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OntarioRedneXXX -I’d add that many cars (especially cars with high horse powered engines) met there end in crashes. The technology was not there and neither was car or driver safety. I bet more muscle cars got totaled or rotted away than anything else.
It was in Fostoria, Michigan, About 10 miles north of Lapeer, MI. All gone now.
I saw a 65 impala/caprice in there. I'm glad I was able to save mine from rotting in a graveyard like this. It was in a place like this, but I couldn't watch her rot. So she came home with me and the restoration began. That was 6 years ago. Now she's winning car shows, and looking absolutely beautiful.
What is our love affair with old vehicles? The history? The styles? WTF I wish I knew why I love these old junk cars
Love the "REO Speed Wagon" at 3:44. Good job, thanks for the tour. Good choice for music too. Most of the junkyards where I'm from used to look like that in the '70's but they all went to the crusher to make room for the 70-90's. Just a big rotating conveyer belt.
Love it... Plymouth, DeSoto, Chrysler, Imperial, Dodge, Lincoln, Rambler, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Buick, Cadillac....
Memories rusting away..great video.
Hate to see other cars stacked on top of other ones
In each car there is a legend to tell, to remember, the years go by, just as the water passes in the rivers, so it will also happen in the cars of today in 2021 also one day they can be seen abandoned. stories memories pass through my mind, longings for my childhood when my gaze was captured when I saw these models that in my childhood days I always dreamed of moving in front of my eyes. Thank you very much for this super video that moved the most intimate fibers of my memory. my regards from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
Unfortunately no. The owner (Bob) died about 5 years ago and there was a number of auctions for the cars and enormous stock of parts. Everything that left over was scrapped. :(
Trust me this place was amazing.
Where is this
awesome Packards. Haven't seen that many since Dad took me into the new car Showroom in 1955.
very nice video and a piece of history - thank you very much.
Im gonna go get sick now
I've been to this junk yard in Mi. It was Bobs Auto Parts sadly most of these cars got crushed.
I am heartbroken when I see the grass growing through them . Once they are gone they will never come back . Great video, I saved it to my favorites. A big thumbs up also. And I did see my 68 Dodge truck in that pile . I wish I could rescue every car in there . Hey nice nice video thank you.
Wow, all kinds of rare hardtops and other desirable cars. At least a number were saved, and not all was lost like is often the case.
Just think about it: At some time in the past, each and every one of these junked cars was somebody's brand-new pride and joy. They worked hard for the money to pay for them. Many of them meant more to the owner than just transportation, especially the performance cars. Many of the trucks were the means of somebody's livelihood. And now they all sit forgotten and abandoned. I know where two of my former cars now sit in a yard, and it hurts me to see them when I go there.
Its a shame to see these old cars like this , im sure at one point all these cars were some ones pride and joy.............now look at em............we replace these old classics with shit boxs of today which we still call cars.....more like cup holders on wheels...................
You do realize cards of today have better gas mileage, better and more efficient engines, and etc.... Old cars have nothing over new cards.
Even then, cards of today look better imo. Much more futuristic lol
hell yeah , totally agree with you,why is it that cars of today all look the same , old cars have an individual look.......always have ..always will........cheers
Cup holders on wheels! Lololol. But really its worse. They are all ugly gray bubbles. How can you possibly find your car in a parking lot? "Oh, there it is. It's the gray one!".
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oh there it is the cake of soap with 4 wheels ...
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"King of Dreams" by Deep Purple
Slaves and Masters album, 1990
I chose it for the "King of Dreams" lyric, which matches what a junkyard like this represents to a gearhead.
Like Joe Lyn Turner, huh?
I would have taken all of them and restored them if I had them money and time..
Watching this is like saying farewell to the 20th century.
There was a place like this near me when I was younger. Used to get parts for my 69 Chevelle and my Brothers 67 Camaro. When the owner passed, everything was scrapped! There was stuff in there from WAY back with wooden wheels, old milk trucks, muscle cars etc. So sad to see that happened!
I'd like to have that 66 Ford truck. My Grandfather bought a white one brand new, great memories of learning how to drive a 3 speed on the column as a kid!
Treasure trove of restorable stuff. Diamonds in the rough, if placed in the right hands. Shownough !
I couldn't watch the whole thing....my heart is aching...:( I wish I could restore some of these..
me neither, I've watched 2 minutes and I'm clicking off now. gotta clear my head.
This is the kind of junkyard I could just walk around for 2 hours and take it all in. A load of 30's-50's (my favorite era's)
Paradise! The garden! My heaven!
That green/white Chevy looks like a car I once owned & had repainted at one of those budget paint places.(I was19, bought the '57 4dr cheap, with faded factory deeper green.)Sold the car to a 300lb woman, who had trouble getting into '90s era smaller/lower cars. I wonder where this yard's at & if that really may be my old '57.
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'57 Chev with Rally II's, I've gotta admit, that looks pretty hip!
Where is this place like heaven on earth
From the looks of things, I'm amazed that 1 in 4 was purchased. Most look to be pretty hopeless.
I want the '60 Buick. Looks pretty much intact.
Hopefully that ol international didn’t get squished , I’m fixing one up right now , that one was solid I know because even the front fender line by the cab has no rush , they are a great tough ol work truck
Even sadder than the cars themselves, many of the junkyards that warehoused these old wrecks are disappearing by the day. In the northeast many have closed do to envirermental concerns and the responsibility of the owners for clean-up if the soil is polluted (by fluids leaking). Land values also have hit junkyards hard as the property is worth more to builders.
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lots of good parts out there, some even look good enough to have been project cars.
Thumbs Up !!! Darn grass eats them up fast.
that orange 340 makes me wanna cry.
I just read that the owner past away in 2008 and the family sold all the cars in auction, hope the new owners restore all of them. Greetings form Mexico!!
Makes you want to cry.......
Man would have loved to have saved that old power wagon and all the mopars and ponchos! Would have been nice to see what graveyard cars could have done with those old Mopar ,that dude saved some pretty bad stuff from the scraper!
What needed to happen here is, you get a big steel buyer to guarantee so much per vehicle... say 100 bucks, 200 bucks, whatever the number is based on volume.... and then you bring 'em out the gate one by one toward the crusher and the public gets a chance to bid on them. This way much, much, much would be saved and preserved.
This video was very good.....
The lot had approx. 1,200 cars. The first of 5 auctions they held was for the cars. From what I was told, about 200 were saved. The rest were crushed.
Oh Man . . , ,your killin' me . . I want to build a big pole barn & take about 8 of those cars home. . . . .
Very cool!! With the sound off. And some interior or up close coverage would have been great
Good junkyard flick! I am sad to hear about Bob Zimmerman and most of the cars. Please reply. Dave...
I like that green 57 Chevy sedan at the 7 second mark. Never see 57 chevys in that green/white color scheme at the car shows, so it's got a unique potential to it.
Great music!!
Very cool! I wanted to do the same at my favorite old yard “in the snow” in NJ before we left for south central Florida. Flemings Auto in Egg Harbor Twp, NJ is an old rambling yard with all kinds of stuff. Every year they do The Pumpkin Run Show.
They sure look funny stacked up like cars AREN’T supposed to be! LOL!
I made a few slide shows. FUN stuff! Enjoy...
Flemings 2009 Pumpkin Run Car Show - The COOLEST Car Show - Pt 1 of 3
I'll have a lot more in the coming months. I took LOTS of pics at the shows.
One thing I learned about selling classic cars is don't advertise them in states with high unemployment like Alabama, Mississippi Louisiana or West Virginia, your call is more than likely going to set for a long time. Now to be far you might get lucky in the above states I mentioned but it's very rare.
Really though it is good that this exists because it is a supply of parts for repairing other old cars when you cant find a part.
This video makes me almost wanna cry😭😭😭
Indeed, a genuine Gold Mine and not in metal scrap!
I died when I saw the beautiful paint of the dart 340
Rest in peace, you beautiful legends, I hope you ride forever on the highway in the sky
Dang, so sad to see the completely destroyed ones...
is this place still in existence? were lookin for another project, and I also need some parts for my 60 bel air...
This made me so sad to see these beauties wrecked and rusted up
Lots of good shells, worth the money just for the VIN plates.
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All these could of been restored I hope these cars got restored
Crying Shame these classics were crushed and not salvaged!
It's like a play ground 😎
I'm doing my part and restoring an old classic I have a 1953 B series Dodge truck and a 1950 B series Dodge truck between the two I should be able to put together one B series truck that will take me into town on a sunny summer afternoon or bring it to a car show.
shoot saw a valiant sittin on a 340 duster..sad makes me wanna cry.
Why on GOD'S green earth would anybody in their right mind CRUSHED these beautiful cars. Where's your imagine nation?
Great video. What a great pile of parts!
Music sucks HARD, though...
That's where I'd go spend a day or 7 getting the good parts to restore cars that are on the road or even better if they ain't too long gone, take them to make my own rides or sell them to good owners who will restore them like my grandpa in California. He is a Corvette-adic. :)
Seen a 1958 Edsel there extremly rare car only built for just a few years by ford,this car brand was named after henry ford's son edsel,who died of cancer in 1943.
not much left out there north of Lapeer on M24. There are plenty of places still around but you should be looking out west for a buildable body. It makes me sick when I think of all the good Detroit iron that has been crushed for scrap metal. If you have the $$$ you can build any car you want from repo parts. I know of cars sitting here in Michigan right now but to rebuild them would cost 20 - 30 times what they sold for new. The rebuild shows on TV have driven the prices for buildable bodies and parts up out of the price range that the average working guy can pay. So its up to the deep pocket rich people to store and preserve the old classics. Most people don't realize that the reason coupes are so hard to find is because of the dirt track racers from the 50's that chopped them up for figure 8 and demolition derby cars. I know, my Dad was one of them. As a young boy I saw him cut up and destory a perfect 1939 pontiac coupe he wanted to circle track with. When the guy showed up with the title he told him to throw it on the pile of metal at the end of the driveway. Sad
That 69 coronet looked like it had some potential
Is this junkyard still around if so please let me know where it's at and I thank you very much
I want that 58 dodge coupe at 4:42, and the power wagon in the beginning.. diamonds in the rough... too some are too mashed but it looks like you could pull some full models together from a few similar cars... you see all the restored classics now and they are just a fraction of what got produced and ended up in the crusher. .
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Also, a nice mid 50's black/white Packard at the 3:27 mark.
Theyre are a couple of cars in this junkyard that aren't THAT far gone, wouldn't take much to get them going again, except the damn restoration price.
unfortunately the demand for whatever parts are good just isn't there. I had two storage containers filled with 64-67 chevelle parts and junked them because the monthly rent was killing me compared to how fast I could sell the parts. hated doing it but I saved a lot of money. I saw some cool cars there but the cost to restore them and there current market value don't add up. it would have been nice if after the auction the remaining cars were offered for sale at scrap value. they would still get the same money for them give them a good last chance at being saved or at least keep the parts in circulation.
How can they do something like this to the beautiful cars
so many of these old salvage yards are gone now.
I'll bet this yard owner is one of those who will NOT sell you a whole car. Parts only. He doesn't care if it's rarer than hell or one of a kind. You can't buy the whole car. Therefore, if it sits outside in the extremes of Michigan weather year after year and rots to pieces...He doesn't care. So good luck trying to pry loose one of those gems.
acshaly she sold all the cars in 2012 to scrap yard her husband died all them got crushed
A sad sad situation... Too bad.. Many of these cars could have been restored.
Just makes the one that do survive a bit rarer. Pity though.
I spent alot of money with Bob (RIP)over the years. The shame of it was everything there was way over priced by him. I feel bad so much of the good stuff there disintegrated into the ground instead of finding the new home it deserved in somebodys rest job. Over 30 years of walking around in there, believe me, I watched that stuff return to the ground
phillis blunt ouch. you couldnt have told us a lie and said they all were sold and restored? you had to break our hearts? lol geez youre mean!
Wow too bad its all gone!
Dear Lord , please let me win the lottery so I can save these cars !
Makes me cry
I like ford falcon and holden as much as the next guy but. Yeah u.s cars are grate.
Bob himself died in 2012, don't know what has become of the yard. It was located just South of the thumb.
0:33 dodge power wagon,one of the best trucks for offroading. it may go slow but it will get the job done.
Reminds me of brave little toaster where the cars are getting crushed
Sir, this video is awakened from an angle .....
If I collect a vintage car, can I take this one car sir.......
that is sad i would love to have that old power wagon
Well the more old cars get junked and are unusable, Our cars gain value.
like my 1964 truck, it has tripled in value since 1995.
they should of made that a museum.