1940s - 1960s Classic Car Junkyard walkthrough Tour | Can We SAVE Any Of Them??? (Will It Run)
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- Hey everyone and welcome back to Iowa Classic Cars! Junkyards like this are a rare sight in this day & age, and with so many cars from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, its a true treasure trove of old vehicles for parts and to put back on the road for restoration. In this video, we tour an old junkyard that a friend of mine owns, and in the process we look for some cars that we could get running again and put back onto the road. While many of these old classics have sat for 40+ years, they all have good bones and the biggest question is still to be asked about them all, will any of them run again?
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I love both of the Oldsmobiles that are on the thumbnail. They remind me of what my dad was driving in the 1960's. He had a green two door 1957 Oldsmobile, and a blue and white 1958 Oldsmobile Fiesta station wagon that had factory air conditioning, a rare option back then.
Oh wow yea rare
I hope you save a old pickup and do a will it run. That would be cool. Like mortske does
Im hoping to get a couple of em!
I admire this guys optimism but I can't imagine ever trying to tackle any of these as a project
Ill be tackling a few!
The heavy International with the straight six that turns would be a good and unique hauler project. And if whoever would do this for this truck wants it to have really unique truck, keep the original engine. However if you are going to upgrade, A Ford or MOPAR engine would be a correct Resto-mod. Ford Super Duty trucks started with International engines. And The Dodge Brothers supplied MOtor PARts to Ford from 1902 to 1913.
Hey you passed up the most valuable car there the Henry j drag racers love to gather those cars should go back and check that one out again I'd like to see it up close I might be interested in it
Its in the older video i made last yr!
@@IowaClassicCars and THAT video would be..I have a Henry J
You missed a nice 55 Dodge that would have fun to do
Both caddy's are '48s and the Dodge
is a 241 red ram hemi. You should grab the Dodge. The hemi's worth
As fortune!
As 2 say a lot of those cars have seen better days as time goes on. Wow i can only imagine what those beauties look like coming off the assembly line back n the day
I’m a sucker for 57 Oldsmobiles but that 4 door hard top might be a little far gone. Cool video thanks for the content.
Thanks for watching!
A little elbow grease is all it needs. (Along with a lot of $$.)
The Olds 98 Regency at about 5:50 is a 1974 model based on the exposed grill louvers all the way to the top, the wheel covers, and the color scheme. They had the 455 4-bbl. and, after the first OPEC oil shutoff in late 1973, could be had at pretty good prices due to their low fuel mileage. The ride qualities were like a magic carpet.
Yes they do! Like a cloud
I thought the same thing, 73 98 convertible anyone else know where one's hiding 🤔
I thought it was an Delta 88 @ 1st, sitting next to a 70 Cadillac convertible, huh 🤔
My Grandfather bought a 1972 Olds 98 Regency 4 door hardtop brand new. Fully loaded and he liked it even better than his 70 Cadillac he traded
Sure love seeing these junkyard videos Ryan 👍 looking forward to future videos on what you bring home, hope you are well!
Thanks Jazz
@23.18 looking @ a 80 Malibu, there was a 75-77 Grand Prix waiting in the middle of the background shot, huh 🤔 oops 😬 😳
👍Nice to walk through a group of old classic steel but they’re slowly going back to the earth. Gotta save on these things folks!🇺🇸
(Hope the old feller (owner) is getting better)
Im trying to save them!
👍 a few of those would make good restomods. I'm surprised at how many vehicles have gone away.
Hi! Thanks for the tour! Very nice cars!! My favorite 50-60 years! 😍👍👌🎸🍻
call the crusher
Lmao
Man, would've loved to see a close-up of that (green?) Econoline (van? mini-truck?). Nice collection of classics begging for another chance!
Next time!
There's a lot of cool stuff in there. Will it run videos are cool but don't pass up good hotrod iron just because it doesn't have an engine.
I hear you on that
The first Chevy you looked at is a
'78 Malibu sedan. The Dodge is a '62.
The smashed hardtop is a '60 starliner. The six in the GMC truck
is a 261 mated to a 4-speed tranny.
Looks like most the cars he has are
Aparts only though.
GMC 270, 21 is a chevy engine
The fast back olds is a '47 model 66.
The de soto is '48.
thanks!
That 47 Chevy was a beautiful car. That would make a great project 👍
Love the cars such a honor to see these cars still out there
thanks for watching!
The '54 Pontiac is sweet! Knew it was a Pontiac instantly just seeing the hood.
I think you should have brought a socket set to try to turn them over you would be surprised on how hard they can turn over sitting that long but not be locked up you might miss a few of those cars by just trying to turn them over the way you are going about it just saying love the videos 💪👍
BINGO!!!!! YOUR EXACTLY RIGHT!!!!!!! BUT HE ALSO MUST MAKE SURE BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE ENGINE, HE MUST MAKE SURE THE TRANSMISSION IS IN NEUTRAL TOO.👌✌️👍
Thanks for the tour, Ryan! It's wonderful to see your discoveries. Always amazed by your knowledge of these cars. You're the best.
i still have a lot to learn! lol thanks for watching
That 1957 Oldsmobile would make a great edition to my business
a lot of neat cars when the guy passes I hope the wife has a auction and doesn't scrap them.
Amazing ONLY Mortske was willing to name the 'elephant in the field' in the comments. Must be a scary word too..... 'Radiator'. We only saw 1 still insitu. You gonna need a bunch of them if you wanna do a 'will it run' for any length of time. But still, the tin on most cars is reasonable. If you haul out a bunch, you deserve a medal and the videos will be worth watching. You may need young versions of Arnie and Jean Claude as helpers tho. And a good Stihl. We will be watching
Haha good old mortske
Love the 67 Delta 88!
Thank you for the tour Ryan. Really enjoyed it. Cheers from California.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'd like to see you take that maybe 54 Buick 2 door that you added to your list.
That one is one of the first i hope to bring outta there!
Great cars and video😎🇳🇴
Thanks buddy
A lot of really cool stuff there. The engine in the 54 Chevy at the beginning is a 235, not a 216. The 216 was discontinued in 1953. The Studebaker pickup is a 1949 thru 1953 body style. The 300 on the GMC I'm pretty sure means that it's a 1&1/2 ton, and the engine is most likely a 248. Thanks for braving the cold to show us these gems.
thanks!
That weird carburetor you found was a Rochester Turtleback carburetor. That “ugly dart” as you put it. Lol is a 62. Those have a strong following. Check the engine in that thing. Looked like a v8. Maybe a 361 or 413. It’s so ugly it’s cool. Keep the Chanel growing.
Is that a factory carb or aftermarket?
I bought a 62 dodge dart off an 75 year old woman years ago, it had a 318 with the push button shifter and I gave her $50.00 for it. There was a place in Ft. Wayne Indiana that we all hangout called Halls restaurant, anyway I power braked it sitting with a bunch of nice rods and smoked the tire so bad you couldn't see anything. I stopped and shut it off and the cops pulled in, lol they checked every car there but mine. The good old days. Stay safe people 🙂
@@IowaClassicCars factory on the 1949 and 1950 olds v8s. I do believe.
The old fella had a bunch of cool ones. Ryan you got a good workout dead lifting seized hoods.
The 54’ Chev is my pick cause my Father had one in the late 50’s to early 60’s.
That Nash was cool too, the unibody construction. Dad had a 51’ Airflyte RagTop before I was born.
Cool Vid Ryan. 😎👍🇨🇦
haha yeah i was a bit sore the next day XD
Hey Ryan you should go check out old school motorsports. He just posted a video of a 59 2door Bellaire. It's a will it run video and at the end he said if anyone interested for the right price. Really nice condition. I know that the 59 is your favorite so there you go. Would love to see you get it and fix her up!
That car was for sale a few months ago before he got it...trust me i saw it :)
@@IowaClassicCars lol! I should have known. Nice car though
Thanks Ryan, It looks like someone has recently picked over some of these cars. are you doing a follow up video?
Yes i will in the spring when i start dragging some out
That "Box Caprice" sure looks like a Malibu...
dont worry, lol dave & marshall made sure i knew that XD
@@IowaClassicCars Whew, good deal.
You walk right past that blue van...best vehicle there
Ill get it next time
The Oldsmobile 1958 deserves to see the roads again.
im going to try to buy it
Please tell me your inviting mortske after you pick which ones you want, these need saved! And he’s got the skills for sure
If he would travel this far lol
@@IowaClassicCars hey he went to the datsun kings with a trailer lol
Ryan is scared of my mechanical prowess so he never invites me on his excursions. Afraid he'd learn too much I suppose.
@@MortskeRepair youre always invited my friend lol you would never travel this far tho XD
@@IowaClassicCars You get me in a yard like that and I would. You just hide all the good stuff from us. Such a tease.
So where is this at???? ARE these cars for sale or for jus parts too??? I wish you woulda got a good video of that 58 Edsel, I'm lookn for parts. What model is it????👌 Thanks for sharing this.👍
THANKS RYAN GREAT VIDE!!!
Thanks for watching
The green Chevy you referred to as a Caprice was a early 80's Malibu.
At 1:56 you looked at a 66 Pontiac StarChief Executive 4 Door Sedan. I had a 4 door hardtop. The Star Chief was a Catalina trimmed car on a Bonneville chassis and body. It had Catalina to trim with Bonneville taillights. It looks rough, but those 389's are good engines. Great video.
The 54 chev engine is a 235. Much better than the old 216.
Thanks, i couldnt remember when the 216 stopped
How ragged out was the Corvair?
Would have liked to see the Henry J a tad closer, but it looked sorta sad shape.
I'm a truck guy, and would want to save too many of those. Must stay away!
it was pretty rough lol and if you want to see the henry j, i have an older video of this yard on my channel
I can't believe the condition of the chromework on those old girls
Its pretty amazinf
Love to have that 58 Edsel. Love those cars.
Save them all! But realistically, I think your best bet would be the green Malibu. It looks the most complete and you can probably find whatever parts you need for it still off the shelf. Great video as always!
Thank you!
You need the 41 to 46 chevy truck ...great yard art if anything
That would be cool!
Love the video especially the 76 77 Cutlass Supreme that's my weakness
yes ! especially love those factory rims that are the body color !
Totally respect what you're doing! Will call you in the summer :D
Haha thank you
Sorry for commenting so much. I just love junkyards. Or as I like to call them Old Car Yards.
At 23:28 ,the Cadillacs you looked at look like 49's. '50's were a different body.
Save the blue van.
Interesting video. Next time, perhaps bring a can of WD-40 with you to lube the hinges before lifting those hoods.
7:58: If you had a hacksaw or hatchet with you, you could have cut down that tree before it damages that bronze colored Olds.
8:06: It probably already too late for that tan '67ish Plymouth with the tree on the left side and another sapling right behind the rear bumper.
grtz from a Delta 88 driver in The Netherlands.
Enjoyed walk around. Always liked those 53 54 Buick and olds 2 door hardtop.
Thanks Dale
you have no idea what you are looking at, but thanks for the vid.
Thanks for the comment lmao 👌
Neat old cars buddy 👍 I watched it on my brother television is sure love to walk around in there
Enjoyed!!! 👍👍👍
Thanks man!
Dude. Video on the 59 rag top please. I been waiting ever since u bought it. Restore that bad boy
I havent started yet....this house deal really stretched me thin lol
@@IowaClassicCars yes in do time I'm also waiting to see that 59 dream car right there thanks for sharing.
@@dave9271 dont worry tho, its inside and out of the elements :)
@@IowaClassicCars that's right brother.
I think that the white and gold Chevy truck was an Apache. Maybe a 58-59?.
"Classic G Body Garage" channel would like the green '78 Malibu, for resto mod seekers
thanks!
67-72 ford trucks i saw one looked like a 67 f100-350 black.thanks
- nick
For YEARS I loved old cars...but every time I tried to buy one the price for the junk they were selling was insanely "TOO DAMN HIGH"!! It seems too many idiots think an old car is constantly a "rare car" when in most cases the car in question wasn't! For example one guy I met owned a 1966 Mustang with an inline six cylinder engine, and some how he thought this car (which was sitting in an open field for 20 years) was some how worth $22,000!!
Another guy I met owned a 1967 Oldsmobile Delmont 88 (sort of like a low budget Delta) and he honestly thought it was work $5000, and the car hadn't run in literally 30 years, had no brakes, battery or even tires on it, and couldn't accept the fact that it was NOT actually a "rare car"!!
Too often many of the cars I have looked at, needed WAY MORE WORK AND PARTS THEN THE CAR IS ACTUALLY WORTH!!
We all know old cars don't hold any value, and the only way that they are "worth anything" is when somebody else wants what we have!! But that said I have even met guys who think "I saw the same car on Barrett Jackson Auction" also think that they pile of rotting metal is worth the same amount even though it hasn't run in forty years!!
Basically my point is I have lost a lot of interest in old cars, simply because too many morons think because "it is an old car it is obviously worth my extreme price"! And too many idiots try to sell scrap metal as a car, when it is barely worth the cost it would be to haul it to the salvage yard! Which brings me to my last example here.......last year in 2021 in March, a guy on the Binghamton NY Craig's List, posted an ad for a 1965 Mustang Convertible and posted photos of this car! THE ONLY PARTS on the car worth anything was the grille emblem, the gas cap, and the MUSTANG letters that the car STILL have, and the tail lights! His asking price was originally $8000!! The top was completely rotted off the car and it had been sitting in the same place for nearly 38 years, "parked"! The rims were even missing off the car and it was very literally sitting on the ground! For months the Craig's List ad was posted......then one day the same car in August was relisted this time as "FREE"!! My point here is, he could have sold the car when it was "still a car" but instead sat on it so long there was literally nothing left of it to actually sell!!! And NOBODY in their right mind was ever going to give him $8000 for a VIN number and a gas cap!!
The only future I see for those cars is the crusher it's a field of 4 door junk.
Thanks for your opinion
Some people prefer 4 doors, other may find them a more economical option.
Ryan, appreciate you're trying to help the yard owners by buying some vehicles from them, but truth be told a lot look to be just bones; did like the fastbacks that appeared towards the end of video. BTW, you're correct on the MG Midget, which could have been fitted with the 1275cc engine, though depends on year of manufacture.
You planning on visiting another yard later?
Oh yeah, plenty of parts for all the Studebakers you showed
Its a lot of bones but thats all thats left anymore
Other than the stupid comment on the 62 dodge, not 61 by the way,. I liked! I love these cars! R. I .P V. EXNER!
Sorry lol but that era is by far the ugliest ever made. I hate the look, cant believe it was made by a huge car company
QUESTION:..
*"What's with all the back windows removed?(!¡"*
more like broken, lol kids break windows, trees fall & break windows, hail, etc
it would have been nice to see more of the henry j . i had one with a 350 chevy in it. i would like to get another one.
Its on another video i made about a yr ago!
At 7:33; I understand the idea of putting it back like you found it, but why not dump the "debris" off the air filter base before putting it back in place?
Better, dump the debris when you removed it.
Where are the Pontiac Sunfires & Fireflys!? 😆
That big old green box Caprice I know the gentleman over at Cold war motors by the name of Dean and his greasy flips would love that car.
Its actually a malibu! I was a couple years off lol
@@IowaClassicCars LOL yeah I couldn't really tell but it's cool I recently found you guys channel and then binge watching it I heard of you from a few TH-camrs mortske for one definitely look what you guys are doing. Keep up all the hard work!!
@@joshjablonicky171 .....very doubtful that Dean would come down from Canada to get any of those cars......
4:16 G-Body Malibu. Did you check for a 3 speed manual? Wonder if one of our Canadian built Iraqi Taxi's made it down there?
6:01 My dad inherited my grandpa's 49 Dodge Coronet 4dr just like that one
13:48 did you see what engine is hiding under there? 😳
no i didnt! i didnt even notice it until i was editing, i will check in the spring!
@@IowaClassicCars Maybe it'll be something different like a GMC twin six or a 348/409 😁
8:48 That 54 Pontiac 2 door ... I count 8 plug wires. Straight Eight? Love to see this run again.
Yep its cool
Someone really loved radiators and carburators out of those cars.
You can narrow that 17:30 Chevy down to 1949-1950, the '51s lost the dot turn signals in favor of arrow shaped ones in lower corners of grille. Further differences would be represented by number of bars in the grille, but it's missing. Nice '55 DeSoto in 19:44 - first year of Forward Look Styling and a Hemi in there. Orphan brand , might attract someone. Also the condition of glass in those cars shows why in '59 GM advertised the safety plate glass is ALL around the car now, previous model years had normal glass. 24:16 - optional windshield washer in there I believe
Lol sadly all got stolen and scrapped
@@IowaClassicCars oh that's sad they do it just for the junk sake, was thinking it's for restoration /customization.
I would like to see if you can get one of them started.
That's a lot of junk cars! BTW, new subscriber here in western IA ☺️
Thanks Jimmy
I like that 54 Pontiac, great look to it.
Me too!
Where is this yard at? I'm up in north iowa and friend of mine could use that 4 door hardtop 55' olds for parts
right now she is not allowing unknown people in the yard. but ill be working with her to get some stuff sold
@@IowaClassicCars ok. Info on the car would be appreciated
Cool it's just like being on a junkyard with you
yes it is!
Best regards from Cuba!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Most everything is picked over and not worth dragging out of there. I may only seen 2 or 3 that I would try to get.
ill drag as many as i can out, most are parts ars though, youre right
About halfway through the video before the 24 minute Mark there's a black car that you liked the back of it was chopped off probably a donor for another vehicle. I think you said the engine was gone or half disassembled. Hey that would be a perfect candidate to sliding pickup bed into. Maybe you can judge with the interest would be such a build. All the way up there 50s it was a common practice to take make a truck out of a car. More common as you go back into the 30s and twenties. Of course during the Great depression and world war II people did whatever they had to in order to get by I need some of the pictures are very interesting and I've never seen anybody focus on it but it does show up embarrassed pictures of people just living their lives during these times hear it of course the Volkswagen bug is made into a flat bed truck. Just an idea FYI
that would be cool
If that 1958 Edsel has the 410 engine, the motor might be worth saving.
didnt even think about that, good insight!
@@IowaClassicCars If that Edsel has a good 410, I might be interested in buying just the motor, for a reasonable price of course.
I’d like the Chevy mini van
AHHHHHHHHH!!! Go back and look closer at those Ambassadors !!!!
next time!
Unfortunately, most of these seem to be four doors, and while they may be good for parts usually not worth the trouble of restoring.
The box caprice is definitely a malibu
Yep lol i was a few yrs off 🤣
Green caprice is actually a Malibu, late 70- early 80
Yep i messed that one up! I was a few yrs off
The Box Caprice is actually a Malibu. Smaller car.
Intested in the Blue Van at the very beginning of this video. Is it in Iowa?
Is that Oldsmobile still there?? That was a 425 super rocket... My first car when I was 16... Many years ago
.. I would be interested in buying that car?!
The 58?
PULL OUT SOMETHING OLD AND SAVE IT!! THAT MAKES FOR GREAT VIDEO'S!!
call the crusher, keep all the 2door cars and crush the rest
The car next to the Cadillac Joe 39 Chevy four-door
what time stamp was the 39 at?
Shut that door on that Olds that is rare
Might want to take a can of wd40 before tweaking the hood...like that olds four door hardtop
gona need a lot more than some wd40 to loosen these old girls up
You need to carry a can of WD40 with you for all of the hood hinges...