Exploring A Private Honey Hole junkyard for a potential revival! (BEHIND THE SCENES)
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Rescue that Chrysler for sure. That car is very complete. Probably has the 727 Torqueflite in it. I would grab the Edsel as well.
413/727 I'll bet. The only things that I'd change about the car is a dual reservoir master cylinder, try and put discs up front, and lose the keyed axles.
My friend has 2 Etsel's. 1 is a rat rod. Chopped and channeled. The other is all orginal. Stored in semi trailers.
It is definitely a 727 only thing you could get with a big block. It would be a 383 or 413.
Can you save the Chrysler New York?
Of course it has a 727 in it. And being a 64 NY, it also has a 413. Odd things about 60-64 Mopars, though: they have a CABLE shifted 727, so the valve body, case, and shifter mechanism are different. And they have the dreaded 2 piece axle shafts with a big nut on the end, like AMCs have. Those drums are a PITA to get off.
Start with the Edsel get it running then come back for the New Yorker, and just keep coming back after you get the last one running until they run out of cars to restore. I think it's a win, win, win for everybody.
Yup.
I say get the Edsel and the Tow Truck running, and take em both home 🤣🤣
@@MavenFade I'd second that. Edsel and tow truck
I personally think that every good garage should have their own tow truck, and that Dodge with the Holmes 440 boom on it would be a great addition to the fleet. Use it to tow the New Yorker home.
I agree. More vehicles means more fixing which equals more content. It's more gooder better.
I mean he could do a mini series of tow trucks. That then tow other projects home.The projects could be found at the same yard as the tow truck or found on the way home.Then sell. Or give away the tow trucks to some smaller or less used race tracks. If they are lacking one. I mean who's gonna say no to a tow truck. But same could be said for fire trucks.
A fella does wonder how much they would take to part ways with that pair... Would be fun to travel out west and have an adventure
This is a really good idea
Was gonna say do the New Yorker but this comment wins!
Gotta disagree. With the kinds of cars he deals with, he needs a flatbed. Though, it would be a cool revival anyway, now that I think about it!
The Edsel, New Yorker and the Studebaker Starlight would be my picks. You have to distinguish yourself from the other "will it run" channels that hook up a battery and give up when it doesn't run.
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Definitely the Edsel (If you can afford it...rare, these days) Second choice: the New Yorker.
Definitely got to snag that Edsel. Those cars are getting more rare every day, and it's a 2 door... Bring the thunder!
I agree the edsels got a bad name back in the day but my dad was a twenty something back then and he said they were a road running son a bitch
Yap I fully agree with you
Yeah, that Edsel was awesome
The Edsel Complete is a treasure. She needs a safe place away from pickers. But the towtruck is fun!
If you don’t do the Edsel, ill be dipped!!😳
REO is the initials for Ransom Eli Olds. He founded the REO company after selling Oldsmobile to General Motors.REO was the bigest maker of fire truck in there day.
That New Yorker at28:55 now that engine bay was very impressive to me. No junk,electronics,emissions or thousands of miles of wires to drive you nuts. This car just screams mechanical engineering at its best to a guy like me. Brings me back years. That is a very impressive junk yard
At 30:19 he said that's their house talking about the mice. Well that was a mansion lol
Cheers, Derek! REO stands for Ransom Eli Olds. He is the founder of Oldsmobile. Which was headquartered and built in Lansing, MI. We still are a huge car town here in Lansing making the new Camaro and Cadillac's!
Founded Olds Motor Works (to become Oldsmobile) several years before getting bought out and kicked out, then founded REO and built trucks and stuff.
@@rdbrnr86gt Yep, he sure did! He also is credited for inventing the first assembly line (patented in 1901). Henry Ford went on to improve the concept. Olds was a very important guy in the early days of the auto industry that often gets forgotten!
@@rdbrnr86gt Why was he kicked out?
GM LANSING DELTA TWP, "LDT" Lansing Michigan UAW Local 602 makes the awesome, Chevrolet Traverse and Buick Enclave. We also made the Saturn Outlook until 2010 (discontinued)and GMC which is now currently built in Tennessee.
@@jameswood231 For sure! Shout out to Lansing Regional Stamping (LRS) too!
One of the best parts about Fridays- VGG
Would love to give the charger a new lease of life
@@jonnysprojects6549 That would be a cool collaboration; VGG and GYC
I’m gonna vote for the tow truck man. That is so cool and unique. Love to see you do power tour next year in a wicked hot rodded tow truck!
Then teach the boys to drive it & you have your own rescue crew whenever you get over-optimistic on a revival.
Amen
Sounds like a plan to me
Sounds like a plan to me
Man your appreciation for these old machines of all sorts is refreshing. When I walk through a salvage yard I stop at way to many cars and take em in.
I've always wanted to see an Edsel brought back to life.
Obviously you don't watch much "Cold War Motors", Dean's 58 Edsel sedan,and other cars.
@@timothyokane9710 This. They cover everything you wanted to see about Edsel
@@timothyokane9710 I don't. This is the only car restoration channel I watch and I only found it through YT recommended.
Watch Cold War Motors on RUclips. You're welcome.
Second that
I have to agree with several other that Edsel would look great back on the road. Seeing all of those sweet rides makes a guy more then a bit jealous. Glad we can watch and live vicariously through you.
I'd love to see that mouse house New Yorker brought to life. That thing was slick!
I think you should go to all 48 or 49 states and get a car from each of them.
This way, we'd feel more connected
The Edsel and The New Yorker are my top votes. But there's tons of rigs that could be revived with some work in that yard.
Would love to see the Edsel get back on the road but you gotta get that tow truck. VGG Towing!
A VGG tow rig with a bald eagle and flag paint job would be too delicious
VGG rescue rig if anything doesn't make it back
Tow truck, Edsel, & New Yorker are all musts! Honestly, love to see most of those run again. I know whatever you pick will be great.
I'd like to see you in the other 57 nomad Chevy
I'd love to see the Edsel station wagon running, not seen many late 50s cars running on the channel, plus I'm biased towards Edsels, I own one. All the best to you and yours
The Edsel and the New Yorker are my top picks, looks to be a lot of potential in those cars.
REO Ransom E Olds opened in Lansing MI in 1905 and lasted until 1967. In 1897 he founded Oldsmobile. Amazing collection of vehicles…thank goodness they saved them. Thanks for sharing Derek! I’d be happy to watch you revive anyone of the cars/trucks that you highlighted. They are all worth saving…even that funky Blue Gremlin that was in the background.
The Edsel, New Yorker, and Tow Truck would be my picks. I'd love to see you revive any of them out there though.
Tow Mater is my HERO!
Great job and very impressive driving in the Scout. 1977 my best friend took his mom’s Scout onto Cherry Creek Reservoir by our High School and dropped her through the ice. Thankfully it was shallow and everyone was safe until his Mom found out. The Scout was pulled out and drove fine until she sold her.😊
The Edsel and the New Yorker.....its a hell of a town!!!
I think either one of those would make a feller happy, especially the New Yorker.
Also, saw a nice Gremlin over there by the MG's, that's one to consider......
Too many good cars, not enough weeks to explore, but that place simply rules!
Can we take the time to appreciate how organized that yard is?! That’s the treasure land for sure
My vote is on the Edsel. Very different even though it's a Ford. Still should be saved.
So happy to hear y’all moved to Tn. The cars there are not rusted Hauks like they have up north!
In Tn you will have less Taxes too.welcome to the south!
The Edsel, new Yorker or the wrecker for sure! Would love to see a rat rod of sorts done up in the VGG flavor in the future too!
Edsel and newyoker would be the main two id go for. I've personally always wanted an Edsel to cruise i just think they're really unique looking
Totally agree, and I'm a vintage Chrysler guy, I grew up on them, beginning with the '64 Dodge 330 wagon with the leaning tower of power under the hood and the pushbutton automatic.
Yes!!!
The push button trans is sketchy.
@@bb5242 Well, it depends on who had them and how they were designed.
Yes, the Teletouch on the Edsels were complex and a pain to rebuild, especially now with parts not easily obtainable now. The entire design hinged on rods and contacts within the column itself to keep it steady, but allow the wheel to turn and it did have Park, but whether it had a start neutral safety switch I don't know as it was only offered in I think a couple of years at best as the Edsel was only sold from 1958-1960.
Chrysler sold cars with the push button transmission from 1956-1964 but the last few years, 1962-64 most had I think a parking pawl incorporated into it and a start neutral safety switch.
Chrysler I think often used cables instead of levers and linkages and it proved to be reliable. We had a base '64 Dodge 330 wagon with the push button automatic and it never failed us in the 13 years we had it (since new) and by the end, it was still working fine, even after a used transmission was found in 1973 for it when the original failed. Now the car was not reliable anymore by the late 70's but that push button was still reliable.
Pretty much all Chrysler products that had these push button control were pretty much like this by 1962 to the end in '64 as they all had the parking/neutral lever with pawl and start safety switch.
Even most manuals for the most part had standardization in gear layout, reverse, and whether it needed a reverse lockout, or not. Most 5speeds did not need a lockout, but 4th and 6 speed units often did due to the fact that reverse was often adjacent to a forward gear.
My two faves too. But the wrecker has potential.
Edsel, Hands down. It's amazingly straight, rust free, everything is complete. It's a No Brainer
+1
I agree with the Edsel! That's a rare one with two doors.
I second that motion.
YES! That thing looks amazing!
And the New Yorker..
Had a 58 Edsel Ranger 4drhtp 460 V8. Black and red; WHAT A SLEEPER!!! I was working in super market (union shop) always had $$$. Before that working for accountant had 64 New Yorker coupe, rose w/white leather; 413, he couldn’t keep it down. God I loved growing up then. What great cars! Love your show. Thanks.
Hey, Derek. I'd go for the Edsel or the New Yorker. That New Yorker might be a rare Salon model, which was a super expensive, ultra-Chrysler of the day.
The wrecker had my vote for sure. Everybody loves an old school wrecker.
Derek...that "Edsel" looks like a suitable challenge for your skill set young man...nice vid by the way...Ty
The Edsel gets my vote, also.
Edsel wagon all the way I seen that and my jaw dropped. Such a beautiful piece of Americana.
I'm all for the Edsel. One of my professors helped create the focus group for those. He said they were embarrassed. The focus group loved it. It was too many new changes too fast, mainly. Within a decade, all of the features on the Edsel were standard on most all cars.
100% id like to see that
Hey Derek, I went through the comments and didn't see anything, so if I'm repeating someone's comment I'm sorry. REO were the initials of Ransom Olds, don't know what the E stood for. Olds built the REOs after GM bought Oldsmobile from him. ( I just gargled it, the E is for Eli.)
Edsel and New Yorker 100%. I have always wanted a New Yorker, and that looks like a prime rig to bring on back around.
Personally I would love to buy the Edsel. So my choice to see what you can get running and back on the road is the Edsel.
That Chevrolet wagon with all the trim is definitely a diamond in the rough. Always always wanted one of those and hardly see them down here in Louisiana
I agree! Not enough love for the old wagons, here.
That baby needs a full restore and shown off across the country.
My Father had a 1967 Buick Wildcat Sport with the 430 engine. It was a beast. My sister destroyed it and it went to the wreckers.
The Edsel looks promising. When you closed the door on the New Yorker, she sounded nice and solid.
That Edsel would be a great project for VGG those cars are beautiful!
I think the Edsel or Wrecker would make a good choice for revival, and that place looks amazing.
those old GM 305 V-6 motors are a good strong runner. I believe they also used those engines in school buses. mine was in a old 67 GMC Pickup and they run pretty good
Thanks Derek, my 3yo daughter has a fever and kept laughing at the mouse scatter, I've played it about 50 times for her and she keep giggling! So you made a little girls day :)
I hope your little one gets to feeling better right quick. I mean like right NOW. Colds stink, poor girl.. Fred
I put my vote on wrecker first, you'll need it at your new place. Second place the New Yorker, I always loved those cars with the square steering wheel.
I'd be saving on that 64 New Yorker. Next, the Edsel. And what's up with that blue Gremlin? Might be a cool odd little project!
I would like to see the Edsel and the Chrysler get running. There are so many other potential projects that it boggles the mind.
"bottles" the mind.
That Studie really needs to be brought back to life. So rare.
Get the Edsel running, take the Studebaker home for further fixing!
I'd have to vote for the Pontiac Silver streak, mainly sentimental. My folks had a 1950, I'd sleep on the parcel shelf on road trips (unless it was cold, in which case the floor in the back seat)😊
Thanks for the tour.
The Chrysler NewYorker has grabbed my imagination. Very original and a bit different to the cars that everyone else always works on.
The Edsel would be alright. If I'm being perfectly honest... I already said "do that one" about 8x before you showed it.
I'd love to see that New Yorker running down the road. That's a 413 RB engine. And it is loaded. I saw that it has the rare cruise control.
Definitely get that chrysler back on the road!
Get the New Yorker and Betty White cruising down the road, the good old days.
Go for that 413,to cool and low milage to boot ! You could probably burn the tires right off it. What a great transplant for say, a gold duster!! Merry x-mas for you and your!!!
I would love that old New Yorker. I had a couple of 80s New Yorkers way back and they are great cars.
I’m an auto glass man I have my own business, that truck looks like it has lane departure warning system & a rain sensor in the windshield & it’s most likely got heads up display, heads up display, displays the speedometer & stuff into the windshield so you don’t have to look down at the gauge cluster, it’s pretty high tech man!
The Edsel looks really exciting, a guy just doesn't see them rigs about a lot
Edsel! That would be awesome. I've owned two!
They are so awesome!
Yes! The Edsel!
Agree! Edsel is odd and also underrated. But, I understand Derek: so many cars, so much opportunies! A mean Charger -66, a fat Monte Carlo, an evil Galaxie coupe...
You have to go for the Edsel! As much as I would love to see them all running let’s see something very unique. The Edsel is it!
Everyone hated them back in the day.
Had a 59 edsel about 10 yrs ago. Wish i never would have parted with it. They are so rare and the body style is unlike anything ever made.
Unique sometimes just means ugly. Lol. Great project if you do like though.
That wrecker would just be the perfect,old beating Vicegrip mascot tool in the arsenal!! Just sayin..
That New Yorker would be cool to see brought back especially being a really low mileage car
Agreed
This is a tough suggestion to argue with. Maybe the tow truck pulling the New Yorker... I like this idea. Yes, definitely! Fred
The Edsel definitely, the New Yorker would also be fun to see back on the road! Great finds.
I'd like to see either the Edsel or New Yorker rolling again. Both classics.
Delik you are talking about Ransom E. Olds. He later started what became the oldsmobile division of General Motors. Generale Motors is just a holding company for all of the divisions and subsidies it owns.
Would love to see the Edsel and the New Yorker. A fellar can’t go wrong with any of the rigs
Ditto!
To much to choose from but would love to see that Edsel live again!
Definitely the Edsel and the New Yorker.
Too fancy and cool to let them rot away like that.
I really liked the New Yorker . Dunno what it is, but I think it would look amazing
The Edsel is a "must re-sparkel-ate" in my book.
My wife and I used to enjoy wandering through the scrapyards looking for parts but as you pointed out we no longer have yards like this. We definitely miss it. Any time you can do a vid like this we would love to see it.
That Edsel long roof Derek. That’s the one. You need look no further. That’d be a great going to town on Sunday with the fam for ice cream rig.
If you're ever back in Ontario, Canada, you'll have to make a point to visit McLean's auto wreckers north of Guelph. 70 years is accumulated cars, busses and trucks. Owned by a friendly or guy that'll chew your ear all day. But you'll be amazed at what you'll find.
EDSEL ALL THE WAY. Blue ford would also be sick. Been seeing a lot of le sabres a lot recently which is awesome but let’s get some flavor
I vote New Yorker. You need a Mopar in your fleet. That one looks like the one and has the most potential. Cold War Motors has Edsel Deans up and running. I’m voting for a Mopar this time around.
That would have the 413 torque monster engine too.
If i remember correctly the push button gear shifters on those were problematic and best. It might actually be low miles because of that.
@@scamp7441 I don't know what you mean by remember. You remember experiencing it or you remember hearing or reading about it. My memory is experiential. Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth and Rambler used the same push button shift mechanism along with the equally bulletproof Torqueflite automatic transmission. International harvester also used the Torqueflite transmission but I don't recall ever seeing the pushbutton shifter in one. The shifter was bulletproof I've never known one to fail or even need adjustment.
@@artszabo1015 i have never worked on one myself. Other than riding in a few i have never worked on one. Glad the ones you have experience with worked for you.
What I love best about VGG and Derek is that he is dedicated to saving cars from when they were built like works of art as well as passing the love of classic cars to his little humans. Hats off to you, Derek.
I'm a covair fan. My first car was 1962 corvair convertible. Bought it in 1964. Drove it until I went in Navy 1966. Hard to find. Love ❤️ the show.
I vote for the Edsel, but any car in that yard would be worth reviving. It is truly the mother lode of project cars.
I think that TOWTRUCK would be an amaZING addition to the garage. A feller never has too many utility vehicles!
But he likes going on the road to find a veehick that can be made running again .. .which is DANE GERR OUS. History shows nothing of the car's service record or WHY it is in da junk yard ... or WHY it is an abandoned POS! The fun begins when he (with his cape flapping behind him) opens that hood and does a MD Diagnostic on the meotor (WV accent for motor) and sees if .. perchance.. he can amble home with it. There are SO many things that can go wrong with this approach and the video's title caught our eye ! ! !
Id vote for the Edsel, what a cool rig. Just dont see those much. Second pick that catalina.
I have a Dodge Fire truck that’s about the same year as that tow truck. I use it on my farm when burning brush, plus all the capacity for tools in the boxes of the pump body, love the fast attack brush fire trucks.
The '59 Edsel Ranger. I've gotten a few of those running that have been sitting for years. Those 292 Y-blocks always run.
This was a fun tour. So many cool cars in there! I'd love to see that New Yorker come back to life. Looked like it had a lot of potential.
Yup,,,those 63-64 moels had a real, "heavy metal" look to them, being large and slab-sided...that look was not very popular during that time frame....but those beasts had a real presence about them on the road...and the 413, with 350hp, could really kick butt.
I honestly think you should work a package deal for like, 10 vehicles a d let that give you content for the next year on the restoration, and then flip them. Win win tbh, its a one stop shop for vehicles that aren't rotted, are rare enough care, and have a lot of meat on the bones.
Would be nice,BUT - as far as I've understood,this is not a yard you can take stuff from.
If they can take ONE - that would be a blast !!!!
@@DuneRunnerEnterprises I never understood this thinking. I can take you right now to a lot in northern PA. Full of cars like this yard in the video. He won't sell anything and they are slowly rotting into the ground. Last there around 2005. My buddy still lives up there. Once a year he stops in and tries to buy something
@@Chocolate_dragon
None sold ?
My thinking is, if they let him make a list of cars to potentially buy, then all of those cars on the list they are willing to part with for a dollar amount.
I was born and raised in that area. You don’t get rust with vehicles there like in other parts of the country. Glad you had such a good time!
I would love to see a 73 or 74 AMC Javelin, don’t know if they had one there, but that was one of my favorite cars as a kid.
That Edsel would be super cool to get running. I imagine it wouldn't be a candidate to drive home in but I think it would definitely be cooler then an ice cube and probably the only Edsel project car on the old You Tubes
In the words of James 'Jackstand Jimmy' Taal, "I would give everything I own to have my yard look like that."
Fun Fun Fun
i am in pain watching this video
I converted that 1964 Ford fairlane 500 Sports Coupe over to a top loader 4speed manual with custom made Hurst linkage , them factory bucket seats with center counsel was awesome and so was the 289 engine and 9” ford rear axle
64 New Yorker absolutely!! That’s a well optioned car, and such a beauty.
As well, one of the 66/67 Chargers if they’re at all salvageable. They’re very rare, and one of my all time favorites!!
Ditto. New Yorker and Chargers
I audibly gasped when Derek reclined the rear seat that's incredible
Feller’s gotta go with that Edsel. You just don’t see those. Close second is either that V6 Buick or the Newport!
Get the New Yorker it is most likely a 413 Max Wedge and looks like it has low miles on it.And the Dodge Wrecker that would be a cool combo to redo.
I’d like to see this Feller put together something just to drive it home. Edsel & that New Yorker would be cool to see back on the road but there’s nothing wrong in finding a same year truck you first once had & let the boy’s drive it. I wish I never gotten rid of my first ride the 71 Datsun pickup that Dad bought brand new before my time. It was our Motorized Wheelbarrow.
I’m sure it’s been said 7000 times already, but it was Ransom Eli Olds
Founder of Oldsmobile, also the founder of the REO Speedwagon
Not to be confused with “REO speedwagon”, the band who took the name randomly in the late 60s.
@@RealNickTheCoolest exactly. most people don’t even know about the “car”
I’ve grownup and lived in Lansing MI just a few miles from the former REO factory now a industrial park and R E Olds homesite now I496 and his gravesite. The bankruptcy and failure of ROE was a loss in more than jobs we lost part of our history and culture. The REO Clubhouse Ballroom hosted events it was a Big Band Ballroom in the 30’s - 50’s rock groups in the 60’s 70’s until it met it’s fate with bulldozer around 77/78 I remember seeing both rock and Tommy Dorsey Band there around 71/72. The REO company was started after Olds sold Oldsmobile to GM he didn’t like how they ran the company so he started REO about a half a mile from Oldsmobile.
Right, sir! Ransom Eli Olds! He sold his Oldsmobile line to GM. He didn't like how they were running it so he started REO. It only lasted so long against the larger manufacturers
Cool bone yard! Edsel 2 door is a must and that low mileage Chrysler mouse trap.
I grew up about 30 miles away from this junk yard. Been there many times when I was younger. Always amazed me to walk thru there and look at all the old cars and pickups.
Where is the yard?
@@turnjare Wendell Idaho
@@gregnewberry4813 I don't think this is L&L Auto. It's too organized, and they also said it's not normally staffed, AND it was between 2-3 hrs from SLC. I supposed they could have really exceded the speed limit, but the other hints don't point to L&L.
@@littled6698 Yes, could be. Although L&L is surprisingly organized looking at it from google maps.
@@gregnewberry4813 True. Although another thing I thought of, was I don't see any tractors at L&L, and there were A LOT here.
So many choices lol but the Edsel, Chrysler and tow truck would be awesome especially the Edsel would definitely love to see a revival of that
The Edsel would be awesome to see back on the road and in your collection!!
The Edsel would make a nice project followed by the Dodge tow truck although the Pontiac was pretty sweet
Had an 1980 Plymouth Trail duster LX. It was truly a monster SUV. Never see these vehicles on the road anymore. I'm gonna try and look it up to see if it's still alive. The tops came off some of the earlier models. Wasn't much of a Mopar fan until that truck put it's spell on me 30 some years ago.
Ransom E Olds. He actually started his truck works after he was forced out at gm
Ransom Elias Olds! Yep!
Close Derek. REO actually stood for Ransom Eli Olds, who indeed was the founder of Old & the REO line of trucks back in the day.