I found 2 priceless race cars in a junkyard

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  • @tian320i
    @tian320i 4 года назад +605

    I could listen to him forever

    • @JohnSmith-lw2bm
      @JohnSmith-lw2bm 4 года назад +7

      Me too.

    • @desposyy
      @desposyy 4 года назад +14

      Especially as he drives the damn things. The number of "collectors" who let their cars sit around drives me mad

    • @blairwilliams136
      @blairwilliams136 4 года назад +5

      Same , his story telling is superb !

    • @richardwintle1020
      @richardwintle1020 4 года назад +4

      Absolutely! Wealth of stories and he tells them in such a casual and engaging way.

    • @jasoncaneza5040
      @jasoncaneza5040 4 года назад +2

      I’d love to hear more from him

  • @Thelil9
    @Thelil9 4 года назад +533

    This guy can’t tell a bad story!

  • @MichaelJames-lz7ni
    @MichaelJames-lz7ni 4 года назад +226

    Having a guy like Jack Roush "owe you a big favor" is one of those Ace-cards in your pocket few mortals will ever have.

    • @jaraldoe
      @jaraldoe 4 года назад +3

      He owns a P-51 at Willow Run Airport

    • @samsonian
      @samsonian 4 года назад +6

      I thought the same exact thing when he said that...”Jack Roush owes me a solid” is a pretty hefty brag; for it to be true is even better!

    • @theanomalous1401
      @theanomalous1401 3 года назад +2

      Apparently, having Bill Warner owe you a "Solid favor" carries the same weight!

  • @jonashelman9092
    @jonashelman9092 4 года назад +396

    RUclips is getting too comfortable with these double ads

    • @BloodSweatandGears
      @BloodSweatandGears 4 года назад +17

      Ad block for RUclips.. A Chrome extension.

    • @Tungsten23
      @Tungsten23 4 года назад +8

      Blood,Sweat,and Gears yeah but for iPhone app?

    • @Hubjeep
      @Hubjeep 4 года назад +2

      @@BloodSweatandGears Yup, I have it on firefox too, never see and ad. Question... Is adblocker available on smart phones?

    • @strickca991
      @strickca991 4 года назад +5

      @@Hubjeep Ad Blocker has their own web browser. When I'm on my phone and use RUclips, I always use it through the Ad Blocker browser. It usually plays RUclips videos in the background without having the screen on, not always but usually.

    • @flippy9133
      @flippy9133 4 года назад +3

      adblock for pc, vanced for your phone

  • @rodrigodepierola
    @rodrigodepierola 4 года назад +96

    "I was happy, he was happy" that's good business.

  • @pwrightisright8611
    @pwrightisright8611 4 года назад +121

    Bill Warner is the grandpa we all wish we had.

  • @ae4bp
    @ae4bp 4 года назад +31

    When I lived in Jacksonville years ago, I purchased a 911 from Brumos and attended the Porsche Driving Experience at Roebling in Savannah, Ga.. At that event, I met Bill Warner and spoke with him several times over the weekend never knowing his rich heritage in auto racing! Hurley Heywood was my "in car" instructor. It was an amazing experience I shall never forget.

    • @KyleBrightman
      @KyleBrightman 4 года назад +2

      Rubbing elbows with legends. Memorable indeed.

  • @unbeatable009
    @unbeatable009 4 года назад +17

    Just listening to this man telling his life story make my heart overflow with joy.

  • @MM-kk6go
    @MM-kk6go 4 года назад +34

    I love Bill’s stories. He would be the perfect grandfather!

  • @KeenanStyles
    @KeenanStyles 4 года назад +85

    "It had been traded to a guy in Greenville SC" got dammit Rabbit

    • @jackryan4313
      @jackryan4313 4 года назад +4

      That was my first thought!

    • @bmcshane80
      @bmcshane80 4 года назад +1

      Hahahahahaahaha

    • @blackvic5157
      @blackvic5157 3 года назад +2

      There was a scrapyard right across from Greenville-Pickens Speedway that was an absolute gold mine, back when I lived there many years ago. It wouldn't have surprised me to find the Brabham Cooper shoved in a corner of a shed on that lot. I get the feeling our man has been browsing in there.

  • @kennethhancock2433
    @kennethhancock2433 3 года назад +4

    I met Bill Warner years ago in Montana. We had a car guy chat. He was in the process of restoring a Maserati Ghibli and told me all about it as well as his Group 44 cars. He is just like you see him here. Not only a car guy but a genuinely decent human being.

  • @MianCowell
    @MianCowell 4 года назад +46

    Utterly brilliant, this guy needs an autobiography

  • @louisgz1
    @louisgz1 4 года назад +19

    wow, what a great story and storyteller.......please ask Mr. Warner to come back soon and tell us more racing stories!

  • @MaxSpeedMike
    @MaxSpeedMike 4 года назад +29

    Wow Bill Warner! Love a good guy with a great story. He must have so many. Someone out there has a really cool grandfather haha

  • @jayarnold8883
    @jayarnold8883 4 года назад +3

    There are so so so many great old time legends and not so legendary folk. What a genius idea. These gentlemen need to share these stories before they are gone.

    • @VINwiki
      @VINwiki  4 года назад

      Couldn't agree more!

  • @nadeauc162
    @nadeauc162 4 года назад +3

    Ed, you have some fabulous story tellers on your channel, but Bill is by far the best. Thank you for putting this together.

  • @stepdadgary7449
    @stepdadgary7449 4 года назад +53

    I lost it when he said “the salad dressing guy!?!” 😂

    • @jfan4reva
      @jfan4reva 4 года назад +3

      Lol - how else would she know him!

    • @theanomalous1401
      @theanomalous1401 3 года назад +1

      Hopefully one day she'll watch"Cool Hand Luke" and realize, "Oh! That Paul Newman."

    • @martyreardon5913
      @martyreardon5913 3 года назад

      That was as bad as my ex. I asked her if she knew who the guy was in the commercial. She said it was some black ball player. It was Michael Jordan. She would have known Paul Newman from his movies. I think all of the big roles.

  • @randomuser778
    @randomuser778 4 года назад +6

    "I kept getting out of that car in a cold sweat." Best. Line. Ever.
    Of the many awesome personalities on this channel, this gentleman is one of my favorites.

  • @chrishartley6411
    @chrishartley6411 4 года назад +36

    Title says , " I found 2 race cars " but I just learned how win dixi got into NASCAR

  • @DTittle
    @DTittle 4 года назад

    Bill Warner is a walking encyclopedia of automotive history and the technical aspects of vehicles. I’m never disappointed when I turn on one of his videos. 👍

  • @christophermichael.w.7577
    @christophermichael.w.7577 3 года назад

    I enjoy these stories so much. Thanks for preserving these stories and allowing us to hear these amazing first hand accounts.

  • @guskipper1194
    @guskipper1194 4 года назад +25

    It might not get the most views but this is the best new video posted to RUclips today.

  • @NoClassic
    @NoClassic 4 года назад +2

    This is one of the better ones you guys have done. Super cool hearing the behind the scenes stuff from the era.

  • @larrytwotimes2097
    @larrytwotimes2097 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for putting more videos about him in the description. Thats real love.

  • @srb2834
    @srb2834 4 года назад +1

    One of the most amazing-casual-nonchalant NASCAR story + throw in a little Paul Newman story.... FANTASTIC stuff!

  • @fahadmars2022
    @fahadmars2022 4 года назад +2

    Vinwiki is a time machine that keeps on bringing amazing stories from the past

  • @simplywonderful449
    @simplywonderful449 3 года назад +1

    I grew up on and still subscribe to AutoWeek, R&T and C&D; Bob Tullius' Group 44 raced Jags in the day, and I recall seeing this TR6 as well. The memories of the track announcer at Road America still vibrate in my mind, watching the Group 44 Jags roaring along the main straight. Great days for motorsport, SCCA, IMSA and more.

  • @LongTimeAgoNL
    @LongTimeAgoNL 4 года назад +39

    Stories like these make me think I was born in the wrong era...
    Amazing.

    • @jamescameron9420
      @jamescameron9420 4 года назад

      so true

    • @joshuagibson2520
      @joshuagibson2520 4 года назад

      You likely were.

    • @samsonian
      @samsonian 4 года назад

      As car guys/gals we all were...when we only think about the positives of the former years. Take for example: “I wish I was a hot-rodder in LA in the early 60s” sounds great until you see photos and hear horror stories about the air quality in “the bowl o’ smog” at that time.

  • @villedocvalle
    @villedocvalle 3 года назад +1

    Wow, this is what RUclips SHOULD be about, awesome stories told to future generations that would otherwise go into the wind.

  • @rockylong6314
    @rockylong6314 4 года назад

    I love NASCAR and this VINWIKI story. Can you all get more guys like Bill Warner? NASCAR has some crazy stories from the 70s and 80s thst I would love to hear from the old timers. This is coming from a 25 year old Vinwiki fan.

  • @davidgozali3607
    @davidgozali3607 4 года назад

    This guy is so wholesome. Really nice to hear stories from him.

  • @Chrisgpop
    @Chrisgpop 4 года назад

    Damn. I could listen to him tell stories all day. Not a lot of guys like him left out there. Respect.

  • @Jabastroso
    @Jabastroso 4 года назад +43

    Paul Newman a true legend, known by little girls for salad dressings hahaha 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @Everythingisgoingtobealright
      @Everythingisgoingtobealright 4 года назад +9

      The salad dressings are pretty good thing to be remembered for $530m to charity and still going. He truly is a legend.

    • @lokisgodhi
      @lokisgodhi 4 года назад +3

      Yeah. A friend of mine is a actor who knew Newman. I'm an auto fan. This is one of the things we joke about. How look is going to take for the food products to become the thing Newman's famous for. Guess it's already happening.

    • @nobodysbaby5048
      @nobodysbaby5048 4 года назад

      @@lokisgodhi There's a photo out there of Paul Newman & Robert Redford playing ping pong when they were prime. Salad dressing is NOT what they are remembered for.

  • @Captain-Awesome
    @Captain-Awesome 4 года назад +2

    I haven’t heard a boring story on VINWiki yet. Ed you are truly blessed brother.

  • @bobmcl2406
    @bobmcl2406 4 года назад +1

    Bill Warner should be named a National Monument! Great stories, and always from the heart.

  • @sp4nky007
    @sp4nky007 4 года назад

    I love all of Bill's stories... Hope he has many more to come!

  • @ammo2960
    @ammo2960 4 года назад +4

    This guy knows how to tell a story. He had me smiling ear to ear the whole time.

  • @thatrealba
    @thatrealba 4 года назад +5

    THESE stories are the automotive history of a country.

  • @johntaylor-lo8qx
    @johntaylor-lo8qx 3 года назад

    This man is an absolute legend !!! Every story this guy tells are things dreams are made of... Gem of a channel 💎

  • @defaulti2964
    @defaulti2964 4 года назад +12

    Yooo, been a long time but I remember when You, Ed came to our school in North Georgia, you came in the Murcielago and never have I ever been so exited, you came because it was my friend Max’s birthday I believe. What an amazing guy you are Ed, really want to own a 430 when I’m older tho and possibly a Murci. Keep up the great work man. Love the channel

    • @joshuagibson2520
      @joshuagibson2520 4 года назад +1

      Don't listen to your parents about college. You can make a ton of money on skilled trades. Buy that 430.

    • @defaulti2964
      @defaulti2964 4 года назад +1

      Joshua Gibson. Thanks for the advice man!

  • @KA-dx2kz
    @KA-dx2kz 4 года назад +1

    This guy reminds me of my grandfather, great stories, great personality and the details.

  • @DavidDavid-qz9ps
    @DavidDavid-qz9ps 4 года назад +1

    guy so calm easy to understand
    . more people like him vinwiki

  • @bmaclaps
    @bmaclaps 4 года назад

    I'm straight up addicted to these stories! Can't get enough.

  • @Nevaeh178
    @Nevaeh178 4 года назад

    Man BRING THIS GUY BACK!! HIS VOICE FEELS LIKE THE GRANDFATHER I NEVER HAD. FILLED WITH GENUINE, OLD SCHOOL KNOWLEDGE. WHEN THIS GUY TALKS.....YOU LISTEN. WHAT A GREAT GUY!! AGAIN, PLEASE HAVE HIM BACK. IM SURE HE HAS MORE STORIES.

  • @b1g1lz
    @b1g1lz 4 года назад

    We need a whole series on Bill's life. Great story teller.

  • @johnmilligan2964
    @johnmilligan2964 3 года назад

    Gotta love how his stories always include true legends of automotive history!

  • @leecarraway2903
    @leecarraway2903 4 года назад +1

    Love listening to stories from the past

  • @johnh2349
    @johnh2349 4 года назад +11

    I went to Winn-Dixie yesterday. I love Publix too but there’s something special about my Winn-Dixie.

    • @TreeLBollingTreeMan
      @TreeLBollingTreeMan 4 года назад +2

      I miss our local Winn-Dixie, they always had the best steaks!
      I'm guessing the Liberals will be attacking Winn-Dixie over their name saying it's "racist". Let's hope not.

    • @kylertinkler1860
      @kylertinkler1860 4 года назад +2

      Tree L. Bolling they already are, but Winn Dixie said they aren’t changing it.

    • @TreeLBollingTreeMan
      @TreeLBollingTreeMan 4 года назад +1

      @@kylertinkler1860 Good for Winn-Dixie!!!

    • @jollyrodger5319
      @jollyrodger5319 4 года назад +1

      I miss the fact that they were the beef people

  • @EDWARDTREVEY
    @EDWARDTREVEY 4 года назад

    This guy has some great stories could you just imagine spending some time with him and hearing the stories he can't tell here on RUclips. Oh man that would be the auction bid to win!!!

  • @mistermoonJB
    @mistermoonJB 4 года назад

    I always look forward to Bill's stories. More, more, more! Much better and more interesting to me than street racing youths.

  • @ollieclark6825
    @ollieclark6825 4 года назад +5

    Just went from one of the Shmee VinWiki videos to this.
    This is how you tell a motoring story...

  • @-bruhmoment-4383
    @-bruhmoment-4383 Год назад +1

    we need more bill

  • @ruststar
    @ruststar 4 года назад +1

    This guy is fantastic, I hope we’ll get many more epic stories from him
    Cheers

  • @jeremyrummel9845
    @jeremyrummel9845 4 года назад

    Talked with Bill in the service lane for over an hour one day, until my boss made me go back to work. He is such a good car guy. Great story teller, and boy does he have some good ones! He invited my service writer and I to his house to check out his cars, I never got a chance to take him up on that offer before moving back to North Carolina. Happy to hear some of his stories here on VinWiki.

  • @joe5boost
    @joe5boost 4 года назад +1

    this guy is a legend , could listen to him talk cars all day, great vid thank you for sharing

    • @VINwiki
      @VINwiki  4 года назад +1

      Thanks for listening!

    • @joe5boost
      @joe5boost 4 года назад

      @@VINwiki honestly you have the best channel keep up the good work , i always look forward to watching your videos

  • @vansglyde21
    @vansglyde21 3 года назад

    Man, Steve McQueens bullitt. Legendary. My dad and I used to watch that movie back in the day and rewind the chase scene a few times. I will do that for my kids too. Great stories Bill! Come back soon!

  • @neovenom9833
    @neovenom9833 4 года назад +3

    "It's scared me to death"
    "Me too."
    🤣🤣🤣
    This is why I have massive respect for these men.
    They knew well in advance that what they did was super dangerous, but they loved it and they put their harts and souls in it.

  • @justat1149
    @justat1149 4 года назад

    Bill always seems to have incredible luck with these things. I can’t wait to hear more great stories from him!

  • @thunderstruck1078
    @thunderstruck1078 4 года назад

    Bill Warner has very interesting stories and I've never found myself questioning their veracity.

  • @ariel340
    @ariel340 4 года назад

    I love how he tells his stories. What a gentleman.

  • @DumbledoreMcCracken
    @DumbledoreMcCracken 4 года назад +9

    "Fame is a fleeting thing" Exactly

  • @laughingalltheway8399
    @laughingalltheway8399 4 года назад

    I love Bill stories so so much.

  • @98cbring
    @98cbring 4 года назад

    Seriously I'm so glad you found this guy

  • @griptopia
    @griptopia 3 года назад

    Bill, honest and fun , great story.. I was lucky enough to share some bench space (at a classic show) with Stirling and Surtees listening to them chat, made me notice how different the terminology was in their day, specially all the slang for driving.

  • @tony66au
    @tony66au 4 года назад +1

    Damn I love a good Bill story!
    Blokes like Bill made the world a way better place.

  • @VINwiki
    @VINwiki  4 года назад +11

    What would be your dream to find in an automotive junkyard?

  • @andrewmgoss
    @andrewmgoss 4 года назад +1

    I could listen to this guy all day. Awesome content as always

  • @brewchainz
    @brewchainz 4 года назад +1

    We need more bill stories!

  • @mattz2352
    @mattz2352 4 года назад +1

    More of this guy, please!

  • @danthomps7618
    @danthomps7618 4 года назад

    great story, never heard of this guy till this vid, thanks Ed.
    Adam Carolla is quite the car guy, and his daily 2 hour podcast is funny and entertaining. adam does several podcasts but his daily one is the best.

  • @SIXPACFISH
    @SIXPACFISH 4 года назад +2

    Best guest you have ever had! Beg him to ask his friends to come on VINwiki!!!!

  • @chadgantt7379
    @chadgantt7379 4 года назад

    Man I love these kind of stories. Great job Ed.

  • @XBullitt16X
    @XBullitt16X 4 года назад +2

    Now these are great freindships and loayl people, a rare breed these days.

  • @toddniehaus
    @toddniehaus 4 года назад

    This episode was right up my alley; legends of racing, gentlemen's agreements... I drive past a Roush facility every day on my way to work here in Michigan.

  • @nismospek
    @nismospek 4 года назад

    We need more of this!

  • @scottmattern482
    @scottmattern482 4 года назад

    It's great to be able to watch people from my generation figuring out their path in this industry, but its magnitudes more fascinating, important, and interesting to listen to people a generation or two older than me talk about their wins and losses in life.

  • @renatorocha8274
    @renatorocha8274 4 года назад +1

    Best vinwiki story ever, what a gentleman, a car sir

  • @mikemartini7786
    @mikemartini7786 4 года назад

    Mr Warner is a very kind gentleman who did a nice thing for my family that I'll never forget.

  • @kevinhawk
    @kevinhawk 4 года назад +1

    We need more BILL!

  • @masskilla469
    @masskilla469 4 года назад +1

    I want more from this guy!! hearing old stories are awesome and the way he tells them is wonderful!!

  • @pistoncount
    @pistoncount 4 года назад

    Great guest makes a great vid....i could listen to him for hours. Thank you !!!

  • @johnhager2011
    @johnhager2011 4 года назад +1

    What a life this guy has lived. Amazing.

  • @frankgestrada2699
    @frankgestrada2699 4 года назад +1

    More of this MAN. EPIC

  • @adamlowther659
    @adamlowther659 4 года назад

    Wow! This story is legend. Unreal. Well done!!

  • @thomasbrasse3145
    @thomasbrasse3145 4 года назад

    I really miss being able to stroll through junkyards and finding cool old cars, sitting behind the wheel, dreaming, etc. Never found anything like this, obviously, but an experience you cannot have now.

  • @velvetjones1856
    @velvetjones1856 4 года назад

    Another great story teller. You should focus on doing more of these.

  • @geHuC
    @geHuC 4 года назад +28

    Love the content but 8 ads for a 10 min video?? 2 pre-roll, 2 double mid rolls and 2 at the end! Plus you guys thank a sponsor as well. Cable tv has better content to ads ratio!

    • @Snowmunkee
      @Snowmunkee 4 года назад +5

      Compensating for everyone using ad blocker

    • @wowjchehwksm610
      @wowjchehwksm610 4 года назад +1

      Adblocker or red

    • @dnmoscato92
      @dnmoscato92 4 года назад +1

      I have premium I never get ads you cheap fucks lol

    • @joshuagibson2520
      @joshuagibson2520 4 года назад

      It's getting bad. I agree. I got the same amount of ads you mentioned.

    • @CartierCasey
      @CartierCasey 4 года назад +1

      Just get premium.

  • @999torino
    @999torino 4 года назад +1

    What a great storyteller, bravo!

  • @KingASE88
    @KingASE88 4 года назад

    Bill is such a great story teller

  • @Srm6945
    @Srm6945 3 года назад

    This guy just drop names like it's nobody's business...🤣🤣 Love these stories

  • @liquidsoftpc
    @liquidsoftpc 4 года назад +3

    Damn.. 10 minutes sure fly fast when he tells his story.

  • @jimjohanson8152
    @jimjohanson8152 4 года назад

    He reminds me of the kind of guy you would meet at a car show, he has so many stories and knows how to tell them. I'd love to have lunch with him some time and just talk cars

  • @ianwatches
    @ianwatches 4 года назад

    I could listen to this man talk all DAY.

  • @joeljeffrey9139
    @joeljeffrey9139 4 года назад +16

    Almost thought this was going to be a Curated story by John about another lost rare car he "Christopher Columbus" found.

    • @samsonian
      @samsonian 4 года назад +2

      Joel Jeffrey I actually thought at first we’d be hearing Casey Putsch waxing poetic about some rare 90% destroyed jewel...

  • @Mainsail333
    @Mainsail333 4 года назад +2

    Seriously, you should do a whole series on Bill's stories...

  • @chandraveermathur642
    @chandraveermathur642 4 года назад

    Randomly reeling off names of legends and calling them 'a friend of mine'..... This gentleman is GOLD

  • @clintgliford9941
    @clintgliford9941 4 года назад +3

    Last time I was this early, Boris Said's bumper was still attached.

  • @kevinv3082
    @kevinv3082 4 года назад +1

    Ed, you must love having him visit! Some steaks and beers and 6 hours just flew by

  • @stephenscisney7814
    @stephenscisney7814 4 года назад +2

    Thanks for the story about how Roush got the Winn Dixie sponsorship. I was working for NASCAR Busch series teams during that time. Mark Martin kicked our butt every weekend!! When we pulled into the speedways we knew we were racing for 2nd place!! LOL!! Good times!!

  • @brettbilger1390
    @brettbilger1390 4 года назад +1

    If I found those cars I would have no idea what I was looking at but boy did I enjoy this story.