Lot's of Mopars there! I would love to get one of those Challengers and fix it up. I used to have a Plum Crazy Challenger back in the day. It had a pistol grip four speed and a built 340.
I love the old Mopars! Did everyone see the Super Bee? Such great history. Each of these vehicles were the pride and joy of someone driving them for the first time...Wow!
i went there on sunday, wow was i blown away. out of all the car shows ive been to put together, this guy has more cars. unfortunatly, after having a conversation with Junior (the owner) he said he was getting rid of it all, and he was in the process when i arrived. fortunatly, he knows the value and said hes getting rid of the smaller value and unrestorable cars first. Hes actully a pretty nice guy. Thank you so much for uploading this video or else i would have never known about this place
I live near here. The state found out about it and gave him one month to get rid of them. After the month was up they came in, took what was left and crushed them up for scrap. This is no BS. It was basically a collection. It was in West Greenwich RI. I live in Cranston. This was back 6 months or so ago. Sad Sad day.
hard to put into words...those vehicles are proof that there was a proud and strong USA at one time. so many options available on so many different models and makes. my dad (RIP) always said its not right if it doesnt have a chrome detachable bumper.these photos represent more than just a junkyard. RIP classic american muscle, united states, and dad.
In the 80's, these old 50's, 60's & 70's were VERY inexpensive. They were everywhere and now most have gone due to that stupid cash4clunkers debacle, the prices have sky rocketed. So it's really exciting when someone finds a site like this one. Great upload. Thanx for sharing.
danbau08 Wow, I was picturing all those cars. I remember in the 80's seeing equally insanely cheap classic American cars for sale in the UK. I didn't have the money back then either. Rare cars for next to nothing, or 'a song and a dance' -as we say here. But, KEEP YOUR DREAMS ALIVE ! = )
I just want to cry when I see this. It's sad and beautiful and I know if I took my husband and his buddies, Steve and Matt, all three of them would take off and I wouldn't see them for a week! I'm only an adopted Mopar girl but I saw several I wanted to take home with me.
+Bob Calvey Hello Bob.. Hey was wondering do you sell any of the classics in your yard? If so do any of them have clear titles? I absolutely love old classics and Im always trying to bring them back to life.. Please let me know.. Thank you in advance, Jamie
While it's obvious that some of them are too far gone to be restored, I'd want to restore every single one of them that is in good enough shape to restore.
I would absolutely love to get my hands on many of those cars... I have always had a big heart for classic cars.. I wish I could save them all! Thank you for the well put video.. Jamie
Incredible - it looks like Heaven! I live in Germany, and i think you can't find this much Parts-Cars in the complete European Area. Thank you for the Infos, and for sharing!
Two beautiful,haunting songs which capture the essence of the love of each generation , with its own distinct sights,sounds,smells,memories.These cars for some,myself included, are lost like lost loves,freinds,soldiers...forever young,forever loyal in our hearts.Great choices!
I am a ford man but I am just sure that is the best collection of barricuda back glass I have seen. I'm pretty sure I saw a barricuda bodied valiant in the video too. I haven't seen one of those since the '70,s. I had a customer that had one when I ran a Phillips 66 station back in those days.
I used to live right up the road from Halls... I used to go there back in the 90's just to poke around the yard. It was like stepping back in time. There used to be an old fire truck out in front, too.
I hate seeing cars like this as well. I saw a Camaro I believe with a Playboy sticker on the back window. I wonder what that car has seen. Some guy was excited to buy it...drove it all over...made out with girls in it. Cried in it...got mad in it....and one day had to sell it. It eventually winds up here. Kind of like people I guess....
I'd be interested in buying all the ones that are mostly complete and still have the engine/trans in them. I'm a huge collector, I don't really 'restore' my finds, I just get them running and driving keep them around for fun
Great pictures! Love the old Mopars. Love that 55 Imperial. I am restoring a 55 Chrys. New Yorker, Town & Country, wagon. Wish these old beauties could be saved. So many are to far gone.
thanks so much for the great video, im in CT, so RI isnt too far. id like to take a day trip out to one or both of these to see what i can drag home. im only 18 but my dad had a reatoration shop that he closed when i was 5 so gas and oil are in my veins. we mess around and flip cars here and there so a place like this would be great for us. these cars might not be the perfect candidates for a restoration, but im more interested in giving them new life than making money. -derek
The cars of my youth... I had 2 70's and a 71 Roadrunner, a 69 Superbee, a 69 4 speed sport Satellite, a 73 duster, and 2 Fury Cop cars, a 77 ABD an 80... all big block, mostly Pistol Grip, the 80 Fury squad had a 360... best days of my life were spent in those cars, the friends, fun, girls, and life, are sadly, all gone, I'm in the same shape as these great old cars, alone, broken, cold, and waiting to die... damn it hurt seeing those Mopes like that... they were King of the Road in their day, so was I, now they are forgotten, unwanted, and slowly dying, most beyond help. Just like me. Watching this HURT in a Profound way. It was an absolute metaphor for my life. death can't take me soon enough... see ya in the funny papers...
I am in the UK and have restored several vehicles from conditions not unlike some of the better ones in your excellent film. If we had something like that in our country you would have people in a long queue to get in and rescue them. I am sure a good vehicle could be made from several of the same model (and with that number, there must be more than 1 of each type built since the 50/60s). That yard to us would be an era that must not be allowed to disappear into the picture books - which with the few restored ones would be all nearly 2 generations would know about that period of the American automobile industry.
man, i'd like to live close to that yard ... i'd be there like everyday pulling parts & finding new homes for them ... helping others restore as many classics is i could & sharing videos with my viewers ;)~ i love & live in junkyards :)~ thanks for sharing
I found a 67 mustang and an old bronco the other day, I'll send you the pics as soon as I fix my computer. Great vid, I would like to go to a classic yard one of these days
I paused this video frame by frame as to not miss anything. It's just so sad. There really is a lot of iron that could be saved and lots of body parts to be pulled for those looking. I just pray they don't scrap all the sixties and seventies big iron just because they think no one would want it. I just love the Chrysler three hundreds and Plymouth Furies. What can I say about the wagons. I just love station wagons. Does anyone know of such places in Missouri or Kansas? I am in Kansas City Missouri. Thanks for putting the video together!!
This might sound weird, but my 64 Chevy Nova goes in storage soon because of fall and winter here in Minnesota. When i drive it, I feel like I'm a "voice" for all these cars which have pasted on and that are sitting wasting away. Every classic from these Mopars to Buicks to Hudsons and Oldsmobiles. I feel like I speak for them and how if they were human, they would be proud of me to show what GREAT AMERICAN WORK AND LOVE can make. I Want to save these cars, I just wish my generation cared more.
Looked like a lot of them could be restored. There were quite a few complete cars. It's sad to see them like this, but it's neat in that you don't find a lot of old salvage yards like this much classic metal. Most cars in the lots by me have mostly 90's with very few 80's and some early to mid 2000's.
@455gransport Sorry, I've just used the pics I found on the internet. Do you have any pics of these yards you've been to? Would love to see 'em. Thanks a lot, Ben
Save the old cars. I think they are better than any of the new ones. these cars were top class in there day. people bought these off the line and made memories in them
A lot of fastback Mustangs there...and that Jeep with the hardtop...nice. The 72 Mustang, had one of those, and a 67 Coupe, and a 68 fastback. Any trucks in there?
WOW i would LOVE LOVE to walk this place. I love junk yards . I love the hunt for that car or that part. And to wonder how this car got here . Why would someone let it go this far. But i guess the all cant be saved. But its sure fun trying. Great video. This place is about a 2 hour drive from ,me . I will have to take a trip
You should have asked Junior if you could poke around his 2 other yards with the real good stuff in them and see what he says, lmao. but Harry is a great guy, if he doesnt have the part you need he will help you find it or tell you where to look, there is another old junkyard with about 20 - 30 cars in it near harrys, but there are no roads to it, its behind an old egg store near the Walmart, all around RI are many old yards that only a few people know about. Keep up the good work.
could you tell me more about the mopar yard? do you think there are any salvageable cars and would one be able to buy a "whole" car and is that a large yard? (would you be able to give me a number estimate?) also do you have any idea what the yards look like now?
We had a old junk yard near us. The old man who owned it was killed. Cars were stacked 6 high. The farther down you went the older they got. There was nice old cars that got crushed by the ones on top of them. The old timers did not care and rare old cars rusted away. It was such a shame. There was 50's corvettes. After he died they crushed them all. I wanted to cry, I use to explore it on the weekends.
In Ladson SC off I 26 take the ladson exit heading east or west Just after you take the right on hwy 78 look to your left after a mile or so there should be a large fence covering looks from others there is a large amount of cars dying
I am 54 years old . Here in the south I have built alot of cars out of junk ones. The body shops I learned from the men were the best. They made there own tools even and would run you off. They are all dead but one. When one needed to fix a car that was every one would have sold for scrap ? He would call the other men in on the build.I seen cars not be a foot thick from door to door.Everyone in the crash was killed. I walked back in the shop in less then two weeks ? There it would set like not a blimess on her.I would Love the chance to build agan. I am not sure the craftmenship can still be produced today ?
@thisisunreal1 Thanks Mike! Car whisperer... I like that! I totally agree, if he'd sell them for 50 he'd make a fortune. I mean - 20.000 cars X 50 makes 1 million bucks! It's pretty cool this vid got 625 after one day, I'll try to advertise it so more people get to see this yard. I hope some of the cars will be saved before it's too late. Fortunately, it'll take many years for the government to clear out the yard. There is hope!
Sadly, alot of these cars cannot be saved. So many MOPARS. My first car was a '72 DODGE CORONET CUSTOM. The a year later I bought an accident damaged Dodge Aspen 2 door. My intention was to drop the rebuilt 318CID and 727 torque flight transmission in that, but that never happened. I was stupid in my younger years. I ended up getting rid of both of them. I was really pissed off for a long time.
:( i´m only a 15 year old boy from germany and i feel so sad about that what happend in america! i love muscle cars and want to drive one when i´m 18 years old. SAVE OLD CARS !
If it were "easy", most of these would all be in perfect condition! I stored my mint-condition classic for only THREE MONTHS during the winter many years ago, and it already started decaying. Believe me, its far from easy keeping these new. Its a monthly battle, as most people with a classic car can attest.
was so nice seeing cars I can name with model names and the years too!!! Just can't tell a 2001 from a 2010 or '95 from a '03 anymore on anything seems.
i bought a brand new 1965 chevelle back in 1965, i had other cars also but always kept the chevelle.. i drive that car today here in 2019.. i kept it stock, except i put on duel exhaust so the 283 can breath easier & 14"chrome smoothies . { i have the stock wheels } it is about 95% restored, the last 5% is just little stuff that i probably won't bother with..,
Lots of Mopars, but some Cadillacs too. Looks like old mob cars. There are a few I would like to have, but it's always nice to see the old boneyards rediscovered.
+Norman Mann are you sure theyre the same place? they show up as two different adresses, kind of close to eachother but not entirly. Im just curious because highway auto parts shows up on google with an adress and phone number. but Jrs junkyard does not come up online except for forums and comments about the whole hidden mustang junkyard thing that blew up the internet years ago. Im dying to get to jrs, im going to take a ride up there this weekend and hopefully he is still there. but it would be nice to call first.
My folks had a junkyard business for years in Florida . . . where the northern elements didn't rust out the bodies like the ones here in RI. Even so, this was one sad looking junkyard . . . the cars long ago stripped of their running gear and anything else of much value except small parts. Then these hulks were stacked to be sold for scrap metal and I guess the price of scrap hit one of those low points . . . followed by the death of the main owner. Folks, I've never seen such a pile of bashed up, rusting crap like that in my life. I'm sure some people might find a few decent little parts but even the prep work on them would be more in labor than they are worth. And, to my trained eye, I didn't see many valuable little parts that hadn't been stripped off probably 40 years ago on any of 'em. How sad . . . hoarders sat on this stuff . . . moved it around on fork lifts until it was all smashed together and now it's not worth the effort to even clear the lot. If the land was already completely cleared away, the EPA would probably condemn the land for further use without mega-expensive decontamination costs . . . so the owners just keep it "open" and kick the can further down the road, as they have for decades now. Pitiful.
I saved a 57 Chevy 2 Door Bel-Air from ruting away. Wasn't in to bade shape when I got it years ago. Painted it same colors as it was from factory. Ivory top and Serria gold. Put wheels off a 1974 Camaro on it.
darren brisson I think that's what he's saying. Is back in the day when they were delivered one's mom and, pop went to pick up these cars at the showroom. Maybe they brought the kids too. It would have been a fun day. Skipping school early, going out for ice cream, listening to dad bitch about not getting it on the upholstery. Dad talking about MPG, mom acting as if she's interested. Taking the car for a spin through the park. Ect.
Wow! I grew up on Condon Mill road and never knew all of those were there. Is this a business? or just someone's private OCD collection? :) at 0:12 there is a green 67 or 68 mustang with the nose missing. Ironically, in 1973, my brother crashed his green 68 mustang on the curve on Weaver Hill just before you come to Nooseneck and destroyed the front end! Hmmm.. I wonder... no.. can't be... :-I
I went back to Rhode Island for a visit in 2017 and tried to find it but there wasn't anybody around so I didn't stay long, I talked to a friend who grew up with my brother ( I'm a very late child, he was 16 years older than me , he died in 2001) and he said after the crash the car was taken to that yard and Jason (my brother) asked him to get some stuff for him while he was recovering. I showed him a still shot from the video and he said it very well could be the car, it looks a lot like Jay's....When I was a small child (6) I remember riding in it, he used to take me to the beach in it . I guess looking back, I'm not surprised that he wrecked it, it was so so fast and could break the tires free easily, but for me , it's full of memories of warm summer days with the windows down, Del's lemonade and me sitting on a pile of boat cushions in the passenger seat ( not very safe. Lol ) with Bob Seger on the radio and not a care in the world.. So, yeah, I guess I'll probably never know if that's THE mustang from all those years ago... but, well..... I'm just gonna pretend that it is...
So sad to see all those Mopars slowly rust away, I have a 1975 Plymouth Duster Custom, bought it from CA 4 years ago. It will be saved for the future. By the way, who is guy performing the great song, sounds like some Irish guy. I'm from Finland.
Hi, I am going to Rhode Island this weekend, and being the huge classic car nut I am, I want to go visit this place. Is it still there? I cannot seem to find it on Google Maps Street View...
Wow! So many great classics! A shame they were left to rust! I swear I saw one of my old cars in there! LOL! 1969 Ford GT/351 Windsor, pea green, I called it my "Green Machine"!
to me it looks like a 1964 or 65 plymouth barracuda... and i believe it was actually red but it looks like it was discolored from the sunlight for so long
I'm 22, red blooded American, and my daily driver, and only car is a beat up 1975 Plymouth Scamp, and I hate seeing these cars rotting away, instead of people driving them, preserving our history....
+Jake Morris I don't think it is a case of the Cubans are a preservation minded lot. Most of their cars that are American were already either in use by them or left behind when Castro seized power. Since hardly any have been imported since then it has been a case of make do and mend. Even some of those have 'Lada' engines in them which makes them a bit slow, but then the roads leave a lot to be desired so speed doesn't really matter all that much. My friend visited the island a couple of years ago, and if he asked about any obviously out of use, were for sale, he was always quoted a really stupid price, to give an example a 1948 Hudson at $300,000.
Christopher Lovelock yeah i guess your right, but they look at those cars with a true love and passion, and not to day americans dont, but they have a special appreciation for classic american iron.
+Jake Morris Give me a 'classic' over anything made today, - at least you don't need a computer plugged into them and a university degree to tell you what is wrong. Yes you are right they do look at them in the way you say, - partly because they still can't replace them if they wanted to.
+Christopher Lovelock Yeah, they truly cant replace any of those cars on that island because of the US embargo on it since 1961 until 2015, they had to find used parts, make their own, or use what would work. Maybe now they can, but they probably dont have the money to ship parts from the US.
Cars have all been scrapped at the 60 Weaver Hill Road, West Greenwich, RI.... I used to stare at Google Earth and wish I lived closer. Apparently the EPA had an issue with it. Sad.
Brian Hylander It looks like there are still a few out there based on Google Earths satellite images. Definitely cleared out a lot. I might be wrong about them all being scrapped. I'd give a call, if they are still there can you post on here and i can change my post.
+Brian Hylander jr still has a shit tone of cars the states making him scrap and sell everything so if you need parts go before its too late also its a very cool place a lot of history in them cars
Lot's of Mopars there! I would love to get one of those Challengers and fix it up. I used to have a Plum Crazy Challenger back in the day. It had a pistol grip four speed and a built 340.
I love the old Mopars! Did everyone see the Super Bee? Such great history. Each of these vehicles were the pride and joy of someone driving them for the first time...Wow!
i went there on sunday, wow was i blown away. out of all the car shows ive been to put together, this guy has more cars. unfortunatly, after having a conversation with Junior (the owner) he said he was getting rid of it all, and he was in the process when i arrived. fortunatly, he knows the value and said hes getting rid of the smaller value and unrestorable cars first. Hes actully a pretty nice guy. Thank you so much for uploading this video or else i would have never known about this place
I live near here. The state found out about it and gave him one month to get rid of them. After the month was up they came in, took what was left and crushed them up for scrap. This is no BS. It was basically a collection. It was in West Greenwich RI. I live in Cranston. This was back 6 months or so ago. Sad Sad day.
hard to put into words...those vehicles are proof that there was a proud and strong USA at one time. so many options available on so many different models and makes. my dad (RIP) always said its not right if it doesnt have a chrome detachable bumper.these photos represent more than just a junkyard. RIP classic american muscle, united states, and dad.
In the 80's, these old 50's, 60's & 70's were VERY inexpensive. They were everywhere and now most have gone due to that stupid cash4clunkers debacle, the prices have sky rocketed. So it's really exciting when someone finds a site like this one.
Great upload. Thanx for sharing.
danbau08 Wow, I was picturing all those cars. I remember in the 80's seeing equally insanely cheap classic American cars for sale in the UK. I didn't have the money back then either. Rare cars for next to nothing, or 'a song and a dance' -as we say here.
But, KEEP YOUR DREAMS ALIVE ! = )
Now this gives me a great idea for a television show that could see many of these beauties revived!
I just want to cry when I see this. It's sad and beautiful and I know if I took my husband and his buddies, Steve and Matt, all three of them would take off and I wouldn't see them for a week! I'm only an adopted Mopar girl but I saw several I wanted to take home with me.
I live in the next town over, and I came here last night with my friend to explore here and it's so sad seeing all of this stuff left here.
Thanks for your comment mate. I'm also 18 years old. I'm currently restoring a '58 Opel. Good luck on buying and restoring some projects!
very nice i have about 70 cars and truck in my salvage yard 1934-1980 but these bring back good old days
+Bob Calvey Hello Bob.. Hey was wondering do you sell any of the classics in your yard? If so do any of them have clear titles? I absolutely love old classics and Im always trying to bring them back to life.. Please let me know.. Thank you in advance, Jamie
While it's obvious that some of them are too far gone to be restored, I'd want to restore every single one of them that is in good enough shape to restore.
I would absolutely love to get my hands on many of those cars... I have always had a big heart for classic cars.. I wish I could save them all! Thank you for the well put video.. Jamie
Some nice looking Mopars there. Older stuff too. The 60 Plymouth and 62 Chrysler were really surprising to see. Great job!
Incredible - it looks like Heaven! I live in Germany, and i think you can't find this much Parts-Cars in the complete European Area. Thank you for the Infos, and for sharing!
No real classic car lover can make it trough this video without shedding a tear..
Two beautiful,haunting songs which capture the essence of the love of each generation , with its own distinct sights,sounds,smells,memories.These cars for some,myself included, are lost like lost loves,freinds,soldiers...forever young,forever loyal in our hearts.Great choices!
I am a ford man but I am just sure that is the best collection of barricuda back glass I have seen. I'm pretty sure I saw a barricuda bodied valiant in the video too. I haven't seen one of those since the '70,s. I had a customer that had one when I ran a Phillips 66 station back in those days.
It almost brings a tear to my eye to see this,I live in TN there is nothing like this here,wish it was.
I used to live right up the road from Halls... I used to go there back in the 90's just to poke around the yard. It was like stepping back in time. There used to be an old fire truck out in front, too.
This almost makes me cry I feel so bad for these cars. I want one of these and I want to restore it.
I hate seeing cars like this as well. I saw a Camaro I believe with a Playboy sticker on the back window. I wonder what that car has seen. Some guy was excited to buy it...drove it all over...made out with girls in it. Cried in it...got mad in it....and one day had to sell it. It eventually winds up here. Kind of like people I guess....
I'd be interested in buying all the ones that are mostly complete and still have the engine/trans in them. I'm a huge collector, I don't really 'restore' my finds, I just get them running and driving keep them around for fun
Great pictures! Love the old Mopars. Love that 55 Imperial. I am restoring a 55 Chrys. New Yorker, Town & Country, wagon.
Wish these old beauties could be saved. So many are to far gone.
thanks so much for the great video, im in CT, so RI isnt too far. id like to take a day trip out to one or both of these to see what i can drag home. im only 18 but my dad had a reatoration shop that he closed when i was 5 so gas and oil are in my veins. we mess around and flip cars here and there so a place like this would be great for us. these cars might not be the perfect candidates for a restoration, but im more interested in giving them new life than making money. -derek
I went there when I was stationed in RI. I didnt really need anything but I must have spent 2 hours just wandering around checking it all out...lol
It's Green Fields Of France, this particular version is by the Dropkick Murphys.
The cars of my youth... I had 2 70's and a 71 Roadrunner, a 69 Superbee, a 69 4 speed sport Satellite, a 73 duster, and 2 Fury Cop cars, a 77 ABD an 80... all big block, mostly Pistol Grip, the 80 Fury squad had a 360... best days of my life were spent in those cars, the friends, fun, girls, and life, are sadly, all gone, I'm in the same shape as these great old cars, alone, broken, cold, and waiting to die... damn it hurt seeing those Mopes like that... they were King of the Road in their day, so was I, now they are forgotten, unwanted, and slowly dying, most beyond help. Just like me. Watching this HURT in a Profound way. It was an absolute metaphor for my life. death can't take me soon enough... see ya in the funny papers...
I am in the UK and have restored several vehicles from conditions not unlike some of the better ones in your excellent film. If we had something like that in our country you would have people in a long queue to get in and rescue them. I am sure a good vehicle could be made from several of the same model (and with that number, there must be more than 1 of each type built since the 50/60s). That yard to us would be an era that must not be allowed to disappear into the picture books - which with the few restored ones would be all nearly 2 generations would know about that period of the American automobile industry.
man, i'd like to live close to that yard ... i'd be there like everyday pulling parts & finding new homes for them ... helping others restore as many classics is i could & sharing videos with my viewers ;)~ i love & live in junkyards :)~ thanks for sharing
I found a 67 mustang and an old bronco the other day, I'll send you the pics as soon as I fix my computer.
Great vid, I would like to go to a classic yard one of these days
I paused this video frame by frame as to not miss anything. It's just so sad. There really is a lot of iron that could be saved and lots of body parts to be pulled for those looking. I just pray they don't scrap all the sixties and seventies big iron just because they think no one would want it. I just love the Chrysler three hundreds and Plymouth Furies. What can I say about the wagons. I just love station wagons. Does anyone know of such places in Missouri or Kansas? I am in Kansas City Missouri. Thanks for putting the video together!!
Coo, all those Mustangs rusting quietly away in a remote wood. Awesome stuff
love u dad will never 4get about you,u had some of those cars too,r.i.p dec 3 2013...peace u played the second song when I was little
This might sound weird, but my 64 Chevy Nova goes in storage soon because of fall and winter here in Minnesota. When i drive it, I feel like I'm a "voice" for all these cars which have pasted on and that are sitting wasting away. Every classic from these Mopars to Buicks to Hudsons and Oldsmobiles. I feel like I speak for them and how if they were human, they would be proud of me to show what GREAT AMERICAN WORK AND LOVE can make. I Want to save these cars, I just wish my generation cared more.
Great video! Thanks for posting loved the mopars...
I can't help but to get a little choked up seeing all those muscle cars rotting away.
Gosh...! Never seen so many scrapped Chargers. The echoes of the sixties are still around but much of it die silent.
Remember that kind of September! Makes me think of the old high school days riding to school with my buddy in 68 Rivera! Oh powder blue!
Looked like a lot of them could be restored. There were quite a few complete cars. It's sad to see them like this, but it's neat in that you don't find a lot of old salvage yards like this much classic metal. Most cars in the lots by me have mostly 90's with very few 80's and some early to mid 2000's.
@455gransport Sorry, I've just used the pics I found on the internet. Do you have any pics of these yards you've been to? Would love to see 'em. Thanks a lot,
Ben
Save the old cars. I
think they are better than any of the new ones. these cars were top class in there day. people bought these off the line and made memories in them
A lot of fastback Mustangs there...and that Jeep with the hardtop...nice.
The 72 Mustang, had one of those, and a 67 Coupe, and a 68 fastback.
Any trucks in there?
WOW i would LOVE LOVE to walk this place. I love junk yards . I love the hunt for that car or that part. And to wonder how this car got here . Why would someone let it go this far. But i guess the all cant be saved. But its sure fun trying. Great video. This place is about a 2 hour drive from ,me . I will have to take a trip
6:30 was that the first General Lee Charger from the Dukes of Hazzard tv show when it was found in a salvage yard in Georgia ?
thank you , i can watch this all day what a gold mine
Not for sale..gonna fix em up some day.
Bob Silver yes that’s what I always hear then I go back years later and he died .
Dropkick Murphys singing that version of the Green Fields of France .. best version I have ever heard! Save all those Mopars!
You should have asked Junior if you could poke around his 2 other yards with the real good stuff in them and see what he says, lmao. but Harry is a great guy, if he doesnt have the part you need he will help you find it or tell you where to look, there is another old junkyard with about 20 - 30 cars in it near harrys, but there are no roads to it, its behind an old egg store near the Walmart, all around RI are many old yards that only a few people know about. Keep up the good work.
could you tell me more about the mopar yard? do you think there are any salvageable cars and would one be able to buy a "whole" car and is that a large yard? (would you be able to give me a number estimate?) also do you have any idea what the yards look like now?
We had a old junk yard near us. The old man who owned it was killed. Cars were stacked 6 high. The farther down you went the older they got. There was nice old cars that got crushed by the ones on top of them. The old timers did not care and rare old cars rusted away. It was such a shame. There was 50's corvettes. After he died they crushed them all. I wanted to cry, I use to explore it on the weekends.
The old ones did and their frames and other parts do.
In Ladson SC off I 26 take the ladson exit heading east or west Just after you take the right on hwy 78 look to your left after a mile or so there should be a large fence covering looks from others there is a large amount of cars dying
I am 54 years old . Here in the south I have built alot of cars out of junk ones. The body shops I learned from the men were the best. They made there own tools even and would run you off. They are all dead but one. When one needed to fix a car that was every one would have sold for scrap ? He would call the other men in on the build.I seen cars not be a foot thick from door to door.Everyone in the crash was killed. I walked back in the shop in less then two weeks ? There it would set like not a blimess on her.I would Love the chance to build agan. I am not sure the craftmenship can still be produced today ?
love this would like to wonder for days....need preserve for our kids and grandkids...thanks
@thisisunreal1 Thanks Mike! Car whisperer... I like that! I totally agree, if he'd sell them for 50 he'd make a fortune. I mean - 20.000 cars X 50 makes 1 million bucks! It's pretty cool this vid got 625 after one day, I'll try to advertise it so more people get to see this yard. I hope some of the cars will be saved before it's too late. Fortunately, it'll take many years for the government to clear out the yard. There is hope!
Sadly, alot of these cars cannot be saved. So many MOPARS. My first car was a '72 DODGE CORONET CUSTOM. The a year later I bought an accident damaged Dodge Aspen 2 door. My intention was to drop the rebuilt 318CID and 727 torque flight transmission in that, but that never happened. I was stupid in my younger years. I ended up getting rid of both of them. I was really pissed off for a long time.
:( i´m only a 15 year old boy from germany and i feel so sad about that what happend in america! i love muscle cars and want to drive one when i´m 18 years old. SAVE OLD CARS !
If it were "easy", most of these would all be in perfect condition! I stored my mint-condition classic for only THREE MONTHS during the winter many years ago, and it already started decaying. Believe me, its far from easy keeping these new. Its a monthly battle, as most people with a classic car can attest.
was so nice seeing cars I can name with model names and the years too!!! Just can't tell a 2001 from a 2010 or '95 from a '03 anymore on anything seems.
I've already posted one of our cars. I'm also currently restoring a '58 Opel, gotta post a vid of that car sometime.
i bought a brand new 1965 chevelle back in 1965, i had other cars also but always kept the chevelle.. i drive that car today here in 2019.. i kept it stock, except i put on duel exhaust so the 283 can breath easier & 14"chrome smoothies . { i have the stock wheels } it is about 95% restored, the last 5% is just little stuff that i probably won't bother with..,
Lots of Mopars, but some Cadillacs too. Looks like old mob cars. There are a few I would like to have, but it's always nice to see the old boneyards rediscovered.
wow i think i might head down there some piont this summer. can you just go as you please or is it privately owned?
sad but alot of those cars are gone, God Bless Jr Carpentier and his part of RI history.
This made me cry we are a throw away socity
yep no respect for the past i would kill for a 68 charger it has been my dream car for years
An industrious man could make a good living with that raw material.
music and photos are great.
was that DROPKICK MURPHYS??
please tell me there selling them i see alot of chargers and camaros and mustangs id love to get out of there and bring back to life.
This place is called Junior carpenters junkyard it's also called Highway auto parts in West Greenwich Rhode Island and they are still in business!!!
+Norman Mann are you sure theyre the same place? they show up as two different adresses, kind of close to eachother but not entirly. Im just curious because highway auto parts shows up on google with an adress and phone number. but Jrs junkyard does not come up online except for forums and comments about the whole hidden mustang junkyard thing that blew up the internet years ago. Im dying to get to jrs, im going to take a ride up there this weekend and hopefully he is still there. but it would be nice to call first.
Yes it's the same place just when you go under the overpass if you go up the hill tiny bit and it's on the left right away. There's no signs
Let me know how you made out
Norman Mann will the one with all the chargers sell whole cars?
Hey I'm thinking about going there, any ways I may be able to purchase a project from them? Or get parts for my current projects?
My folks had a junkyard business for years in Florida . . . where the northern elements didn't rust out the bodies like the ones here in RI. Even so, this was one sad looking junkyard . . . the cars long ago stripped of their running gear and anything else of much value except small parts.
Then these hulks were stacked to be sold for scrap metal and I guess the price of scrap hit one of those low points . . . followed by the death of the main owner. Folks, I've never seen such a pile of bashed up, rusting crap like that in my life. I'm sure some people might find a few decent little parts but even the prep work on them would be more in labor than they are worth. And, to my trained eye, I didn't see many valuable little parts that hadn't been stripped off probably 40 years ago on any of 'em. How sad . . . hoarders sat on this stuff . . . moved it around on fork lifts until it was all smashed together and now it's not worth the effort to even clear the lot.
If the land was already completely cleared away, the EPA would probably condemn the land for further use without mega-expensive decontamination costs . . . so the owners just keep it "open" and kick the can further down the road, as they have for decades now. Pitiful.
I believe this was called the Plymouth Sport Suburban and made around 1962.
astounding video thanks , just wonder if you could remind me of the group playing the music , sounds like Pogues .
Great video...sad to see these cars and trucks rotting away.
Can someone tell me what a First World War song has to do with old cars.
I saved a 57 Chevy 2 Door Bel-Air from ruting away. Wasn't in to bade shape when I got it years ago. Painted it same colors as it was from factory. Ivory top and Serria gold. Put wheels off a 1974 Camaro on it.
Each and every one of those cars was driven off the lot with excitement.
+austin tatious Lots of excitement in the backseats too.
+austin tatious I'll bet now that they're filled with excrement.
+austin tatious How is that possible when a lot of these are just scrap????
+Jim Jardine duh! in the cars beginning
darren brisson I think that's what he's saying. Is back in the day when they were delivered one's mom and, pop went to pick up these cars at the showroom. Maybe they brought the kids too. It would have been a fun day. Skipping school early, going out for ice cream, listening to dad bitch about not getting it on the upholstery. Dad talking about MPG, mom acting as if she's interested. Taking the car for a spin through the park. Ect.
Wow! I grew up on Condon Mill road and never knew all of those were there. Is this a business? or just someone's private OCD collection? :) at 0:12 there is a green 67 or 68 mustang with the nose missing. Ironically, in 1973, my brother crashed his green 68 mustang on the curve on Weaver Hill just before you come to Nooseneck and destroyed the front end! Hmmm.. I wonder... no.. can't be... :-I
nepar681 did that turn out to be his mustang ?
+nepar681 try saying condom hill rd with a straight face lol!
I went back to Rhode Island for a visit in 2017 and tried to find it but there wasn't anybody around so I didn't stay long, I talked to a friend who grew up with my brother ( I'm a very late child, he was 16 years older than me , he died in 2001) and he said after the crash the car was taken to that yard and Jason (my brother) asked him to get some stuff for him while he was recovering. I showed him a still shot from the video and he said it very well could be the car, it looks a lot like Jay's....When I was a small child (6) I remember riding in it, he used to take me to the beach in it . I guess looking back, I'm not surprised that he wrecked it, it was so so fast and could break the tires free easily, but for me , it's full of memories of warm summer days with the windows down, Del's lemonade and me sitting on a pile of boat cushions in the passenger seat ( not very safe. Lol ) with Bob Seger on the radio and not a care in the world.. So, yeah, I guess I'll probably never know if that's THE mustang from all those years ago... but, well..... I'm just gonna pretend that it is...
Are the cars still there? I hear the city wants them removed. I want to save one. any information will be great.
This video made me cry like a baby. :'(
So sad to see all those Mopars slowly rust away, I have a 1975 Plymouth Duster Custom, bought it from CA 4 years ago. It will be saved for the future. By the way, who is guy performing the great song, sounds like some Irish guy. I'm from Finland.
Good amount of Mopar's out there!!
Hi, I am going to Rhode Island this weekend, and being the huge classic car nut I am, I want to go visit this place. Is it still there? I cannot seem to find it on Google Maps Street View...
I'm from RI, I was just wondering if there was some stuff there that could be saved?
Wow! So many great classics! A shame they were left to rust! I swear I saw one of my old cars in there! LOL! 1969 Ford GT/351 Windsor, pea green, I called it my "Green Machine"!
to me it looks like a 1964 or 65 plymouth barracuda... and i believe it was actually red but it looks like it was discolored from the sunlight for so long
are any of those cars for sale ???
It's just Crazy how many Cars they
Are. Please Save them.
Sorry, I see the car you're referring to now and I'm sure it's another Plymouth but can't remember which it's likely to be.
I'm 22, red blooded American, and my daily driver, and only car is a beat up 1975 Plymouth Scamp, and I hate seeing these cars rotting away, instead of people driving them, preserving our history....
It's funny that Cubans preserve more Americana than Americans. It's quite sad actually :(
+Jake Morris I don't think it is a case of the Cubans are a preservation minded lot. Most of their cars that are American were already either in use by them or left behind when Castro seized power. Since hardly any have been imported since then it has been a case of make do and mend. Even some of those have 'Lada' engines in them which makes them a bit slow, but then the roads leave a lot to be desired so speed doesn't really matter all that much. My friend visited the island a couple of years ago, and if he asked about any obviously out of use, were for sale, he was always quoted a really stupid price, to give an example a 1948 Hudson at $300,000.
Christopher Lovelock yeah i guess your right, but they look at those cars with a true love and passion, and not to day americans dont, but they have a special appreciation for classic american iron.
+Jake Morris Give me a 'classic' over anything made today, - at least you don't need a computer plugged into them and a university degree to tell you what is wrong. Yes you are right they do look at them in the way you say, - partly because they still can't replace them if they wanted to.
+Christopher Lovelock Yeah, they truly cant replace any of those cars on that island because of the US embargo on it since 1961 until 2015, they had to find used parts, make their own, or use what would work. Maybe now they can, but they probably dont have the money to ship parts from the US.
Wow! So many wonderful cars. Unfortunately this place war away from Washington state.
first of all are any if them for sale??? I seen a dozen ,B body mopars I would take tomorrow. please advise thanks.
Cars have all been scrapped at the 60 Weaver Hill Road, West Greenwich, RI.... I used to stare at Google Earth and wish I lived closer. Apparently the EPA had an issue with it. Sad.
Brian Hylander It looks like there are still a few out there based on Google Earths satellite images. Definitely cleared out a lot. I might be wrong about them all being scrapped. I'd give a call, if they are still there can you post on here and i can change my post.
+Brian Hylander jr still has a shit tone of cars the states making him scrap and sell everything so if you need parts go before its too late also its a very cool place a lot of history in them cars
1961 DeSoto! Is it still there?
I have actually been there many times. A lot of the cars in this video were sold to be restored.
I'll go there...but is any of it for sale ???....and great soundtrack to :-)
My parents special in classic car restoration, im almost in tears after seeing this :'(
I'm saving all the chevy and jeep especially the dodge coe in there going there when I grow up hope they are still there
I'm going to have to make a trip out there!
I see mostly rusted beyond use sheet metal,but lots of good chrome,to be salvaged!!!
Any updates? This still there?