Just to give you some insight. That is the Souix Ordinance Depot. It was used for ammunition storage and later became Western Nebraska Technical College that was merged with Western Nebraska Community College from Scottsbluff NE. They closed the school down. Rob Van Vleet Sr. was the owner of Convert-A-Ball trailer hitches. I used to know and work for Rob years ago.
There was a navy ordnance depot at Hastings, the bunkers are being used for businesses and housing. I think Grand Island had a munitions plant, too. Both cities had rail service by both the CB&Q (now bnsf) and union Pacific railroads.
That right there is exactly why I never subscribe or like videos from creators of this type. Dude even bragging Ill probably be the 1 buying the most of this Ill be your big spender on auction day.
@@granthoule7418 he’s young and has access to money and has that almighty high attitude. He needs lessons on how to deal and negotiate with us older codgers and many have a ton more money than this kid does but you’d never know it. They aren’t impressed with the younger crowds that wanna brag about what all they have and how much money is in their pocket. The number one rule to a successful negotiation with older, rich codgers that don’t look like they can pay their power bill is to be on their level!! You really have to be a chameleon. If you watch the brothers, they are not big talkers, they are not fast talkers, they are not braggers, and they don’t gloat about what they can buy or how much they can buy. You have to pick up on their style within seconds of meeting them and repeat their style otherwise you will turn them off within the first two minutes and won’t find their hood stuff, won’t get the good deals, etc. they do not like doing business with fast talking salesmen. While these guys do know what they are talking about with these old cars and trucks which is getting rare to find today, especially for pinger guys so they are to be commended for that but they’ve gotta learn how to talk to these types of folks face to face, not like they are texting or email. Sorry guys if you read this comment. You’ve got a lot of good things going for ya but you need to earn how to communicate with the older generations that made what your doing possible without offending them and I could tell that those two brothers were not impressed, especially when in the first minute of meeting them you say your gonna be their biggest buyer! Nope, they clammed up right then and there and your shot of getting any good deals that day went out the window. You don’t need to act like Richard Rawlings
@@1982MCI I’m not exactly a “Old Codger” yet but I’m pretty close and I think the one old guy was pretty rude and unless I really needed what he had or needed to preview all that rusted out mostly junk in person I would have thanked him for his time and left. I’m actually surprised there’s even much of a market for that crap and I’m sure in the next 10-20 years any of it that gets restored will return back to the state of junk that it’s in now. That’s probably why that Richard Rawlings clown has come up with the “patina” look to fool the idiots that actually can persuaded clear coated rust and dents is “cool man” so he can save on the time and expense of actually restoring all those heaps of rolling trash he sells.
Wow !, talk about a cornucopia of nostalgia !, what a great find and you did an excellent job explaining everything we got to look at while you were going through it. That was a magnificent tour, thanks so much for sharing !.
Those bunkers are actually a community; the only one in the world. A documentary was just on a couple days ago about it. Yeah, so thanks for letting anyone else know about the auction until after it was over.
That Rb van Vleet really honored his family name because in Dutch ( Rob van Vleet is a 100% Dutch name) " to have something by the vleet" means that you have a lot of it. So, Rob van Vleet has got cars by the vleet. The double ee is pronunced like in: ate
The tops of the cabs get dented in because they where grain or cattle trucks and they would stand on the top while loading. I’ve stood on many truck cabs out in the field loading grain in central Nebraska.
That’s probably because 93% of it should have been melted down and turned into dog food cans sometime back into the 70’s like most of the vehicles of that era ended up as. It’s just a travesty these 2 old cranks were allowed to hoard all those hazardous waste leaking EPA nightmares ( or wet dreams depending on the particular government stooge ) that have destroyed the land they sit on for centuries to come!
5:57 Sure just skip over the incredible Snow Machine with the Propeller in the back!! Wow! Huge Ski's and all enclosed! LOL. I know there was so much great stuff there you couldn't stop for every great vehicle BUT MAN!! Or as one old, senile, Old, insane, evil and very OLD man once said "C' MON MAN!". LOL.
Oh wow spectacular footage, I never knew this salvage place exsisted, and I'm only, bout 75 northwest of Sidney, we used to have several of these old trucks, great video, thanks for sharing this with me. 👍
Your comments are one thing - just wish you would lift the camera "to get the shot" the video says more than you can say. PLEASE let the camera do the talking.So glad you are out there doing this to help ALL of us to save these rides. Ride on America! Teach the young kids about this stuff.
Real hard to watch while using headphones. You need to mute that duck thing or at least turn the volume way down on it. Moving on, looked to be an interesting video. Good luck.
The yellow ext cab F250 could be a camper special, 1977 or 76 based on the split front grille. Those trucks are bringing top dollar. Would be a smart buy if you can get a decent price. In roadworthy shape they can go for $8-15k
Door dingers buzzers are probably one of my biggest pet peeves just a tiny little tug of the key on OBS GM vehicles kills it just drives me nuts they just sit there and listen to it vs. just pulling the key out just a little smidge to shut it off
I used to own a 1954 Chevy 3100 series with the 6 cylinder & 6 volt & with only 1 taillight. I actually was pulled over once at night with my pregnant wife . The officer wanted to write me a ticket but I told him that the truck was legal as is . Man , I miss that truck . I wanna buy one like that and a 58 Chevy.
Great job Rob I’ve never ever seen so many pickups and rare vehicles in my life)) FairPlay to ya for doing these videos Very worthy watch so it is !!! God bless you and keep these sorta videos coming
Parabéns ! os carros antigos americano são clássicos raros de ver principalmente aqui no Brasil, só encontra em eventos de colecionadores e museus, muito bonito os designer dessa maquinas fabricadas no passado. 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋
I saw another video on this auction, so I didn't think I was going to see anything different, but I was wrong! Ok, I said it! Great trip through the buildings with the owner as well! Some really cool stuff. I am new to the channel form Manitoba Canada and hope to see more great videos from you!
The International Hood over engine dated back in 1950's or 1960's truck. The hauler/big truck 6 wheeler was a flat front truck usually Me worth or Mack 10 wheeler. Now the baton welder shop will chop down the pillar and wall/fender and frontal grille. It replace the whole fiberglass cab and fender together into the truck lower pillar chassis.where is was once all steel cab. The pan truck floor is still steel.
Strange .you take someone to see a grill in a bunker then tell him your not gonna sell it now .these guys are unreal .they got so much stuff they don't want to sell it .
How do you acquire that much stuff in only twenty years. Unreal they are tenacious and I love that those old trucks might find good homes rather than rot in obscurity.
Cool that you made the video and shared this amazing collection, I'm sure it was a fair amount of work to drive that distance and make the video. Just one suggestion, don't talk about an auction and everything your going to share about the auction and then release the video after the auction. Doesn't come across very well.
The 1946 color green Chevy Cab over engine has a missing part barrister chrome of the grille. Make a sheet metal and Fab it then Daytona, FL will copper it and electrocuted the mirror finish nickel chrome plated.Finally grazed the brass rod and together the rib grille is complete. Do not find rare part because it's impossible to find and to auction the grille of classic cab over truck..Simply grazed it with silver or brass rod as a old timer yourself to save time and much better cups of tea. Thank you.
Amazing collection, But whats a UK built THAMES (ford) Van doing there at 3-40 mins in.. I spotted it straight away.. Nice collection though - thanks - Ian - UK.
Just to give you some insight. That is the Souix Ordinance Depot. It was used for ammunition storage and later became Western Nebraska Technical College that was merged with Western Nebraska Community College from Scottsbluff NE. They closed the school down. Rob Van Vleet Sr. was the owner of Convert-A-Ball trailer hitches. I used to know and work for Rob years ago.
Btw I wonder if the 1978 yellow Ford club cab still has the 572 Cadillac engine in it lol.
I use those.
There was a navy ordnance depot at Hastings, the bunkers are being used for businesses and housing. I think Grand Island had a munitions plant, too. Both cities had rail service by both the CB&Q (now bnsf) and union Pacific railroads.
@timada8603
@timada8603
I really wanted to watch this video but those quacks every ten seconds drove me nuts.
lol shore is lotta ducks 😂 it shore how old it is 😂
Video was interesting but the DUCK quacks were very annoying!
plus the guy doing all the brown nose talking is a know it all. telling the owners what they should list and how to sell items.
Came here to say just that! Wth was going on with that? 🦆 🥴🦆😵💫🦆🤨🦆😖🦆😤🦆😠🦆😡🦆🤬
I had no idea Nebraska had so many ducks.
Tons of small ponds up in the sandhills, little over an hour from Sidney. Big lake on the North Platte at Ogallala, too.
.....and really noisy ones
Someone needs to shoot them ducks!
It's a little annoying
And loud there was so (QUACK) MANY
Thanks for letting us know about this auction after it's over
None of these RUclipsrs tell you before the auction because they don't want anymore people bidding on something they want.
Actually my wife said thank you for telling me afterwards.
That right there is exactly why I never subscribe or like videos from creators of this type. Dude even bragging Ill probably be the 1 buying the most of this Ill be your big spender on auction day.
@@granthoule7418 he’s young and has access to money and has that almighty high attitude. He needs lessons on how to deal and negotiate with us older codgers and many have a ton more money than this kid does but you’d never know it. They aren’t impressed with the younger crowds that wanna brag about what all they have and how much money is in their pocket.
The number one rule to a successful negotiation with older, rich codgers that don’t look like they can pay their power bill is to be on their level!! You really have to be a chameleon. If you watch the brothers, they are not big talkers, they are not fast talkers, they are not braggers, and they don’t gloat about what they can buy or how much they can buy. You have to pick up on their style within seconds of meeting them and repeat their style otherwise you will turn them off within the first two minutes and won’t find their hood stuff, won’t get the good deals, etc. they do not like doing business with fast talking salesmen. While these guys do know what they are talking about with these old cars and trucks which is getting rare to find today, especially for pinger guys so they are to be commended for that but they’ve gotta learn how to talk to these types of folks face to face, not like they are texting or email.
Sorry guys if you read this comment. You’ve got a lot of good things going for ya but you need to earn how to communicate with the older generations that made what your doing possible without offending them and I could tell that those two brothers were not impressed, especially when in the first minute of meeting them you say your gonna be their biggest buyer! Nope, they clammed up right then and there and your shot of getting any good deals that day went out the window. You don’t need to act like Richard Rawlings
@@1982MCI I’m not exactly a “Old Codger” yet but I’m pretty close and I think the one old guy was pretty rude and unless I really needed what he had or needed to preview all that rusted out mostly junk in person I would have thanked him for his time and left. I’m actually surprised there’s even much of a market for that crap and I’m sure in the next 10-20 years any of it that gets restored will return back to the state of junk that it’s in now. That’s probably why that Richard Rawlings clown has come up with the “patina” look to fool the idiots that actually can persuaded clear coated rust and dents is “cool man” so he can save on the time and expense of actually restoring all those heaps of rolling trash he sells.
Wow !, talk about a cornucopia of nostalgia !, what a great find and you did an excellent job explaining everything we got to look at while you were going through it. That was a magnificent tour, thanks so much for sharing !.
Nice couple of gentlemen packing you around all of their rusty gold.
Next video turn of that damn quack
Those bunkers are actually a community; the only one in the world. A documentary was just on a couple days ago about it.
Yeah, so thanks for letting anyone else know about the auction until after it was over.
Your knowledge about these older trucks are on another level
I Drive through NEBRASKA a cpl time a year from Ohio to Colorado. I ducking love west Nebraska. Great people like these 2 nice fellows
That Rb van Vleet really honored his family name because in Dutch ( Rob van Vleet is a 100% Dutch name) " to have something by the vleet" means that you have a lot of it. So, Rob van Vleet has got cars by the vleet. The double ee is pronunced like in: ate
It's like dreams I've had.
Especially dig that Diamond T Budweiser truck...👍
Nothing can replace showing up with some old cabs already on your trailer. Instant ice breaker.
Never did see the duck but boy did it quack like crazy!
The tops of the cabs get dented in because they where grain or cattle trucks and they would stand on the top while loading. I’ve stood on many truck cabs out in the field loading grain in central Nebraska.
I've never seen so many old trucks together in one place.
Same here.
That’s probably because 93% of it should have been melted down and turned into dog food cans sometime back into the 70’s like most of the vehicles of that era ended up as. It’s just a travesty these 2 old cranks were allowed to hoard all those hazardous waste leaking EPA nightmares ( or wet dreams depending on the particular government stooge ) that have destroyed the land they sit on for centuries to come!
wow lots of nice old vehicles. their won't be many more auctions like that.. rare stuff. wish I had wads of cash..
5:57 Sure just skip over the incredible Snow Machine with the Propeller in the back!! Wow! Huge Ski's and all enclosed! LOL. I know there was so much great stuff there you couldn't stop for every great vehicle BUT MAN!! Or as one old, senile, Old, insane, evil and very OLD man once said "C' MON MAN!". LOL.
Don't mean to be brash I understand your on a road trip, thanks for showing all those cool old Fords
Oh wow spectacular footage, I never knew this salvage place exsisted, and I'm only, bout 75 northwest of Sidney, we used to have several of these old trucks, great video, thanks for sharing this with me. 👍
HOLY "duck quack"...!!!!!!
Ya rob cussed a lot lol
Your comments are one thing - just wish you would lift the camera "to get the shot" the video says more than you can say. PLEASE let the camera do the talking.So glad you are out there doing this to help ALL of us to save these rides. Ride on America! Teach the young kids about this stuff.
Loved the walk through but could you turn that f'ing duck off? Damn!
those oval grille Fords are awesome. hope you show what you got
Found the auction and what stuff went for. Holy Moses. Looks like the owners did good.
How proud was the first owner when he bought the car / truck.
Get rid of that duck quacking.
Real hard to watch while using headphones. You need to mute that duck thing or at least turn the volume way down on it. Moving on, looked to be an interesting video. Good luck.
At least you killed the Duck for day 2.
U must have had the Aflac duck with u on this trip, heard him thru the whole video.
Gosto muito de carros antigos.
I really like old cars, thank you.
Brasil.
An amazing collection! 😇😇😇
Some nice plants @10:28 🤣🤪✌️
The yellow ext cab F250 could be a camper special, 1977 or 76 based on the split front grille. Those trucks are bringing top dollar. Would be a smart buy if you can get a decent price. In roadworthy shape they can go for $8-15k
Wow! I've seen tons of old car vids on RUclips and this one is a deusy!
Thank you, I enjoyed watching.
Rat Rod heaven I wish I had just one to bring back to life.
Door dingers buzzers are probably one of my biggest pet peeves just a tiny little tug of the key on OBS GM vehicles kills it just drives me nuts they just sit there and listen to it vs. just pulling the key out just a little smidge to shut it off
This might b the best video coverage I’ve seen on yourube
I used to own a 1954 Chevy 3100 series with the 6 cylinder & 6 volt & with only 1 taillight.
I actually was pulled over once at night with my pregnant wife . The officer wanted to write me a ticket but I told him that the truck was legal as is .
Man , I miss that truck . I wanna buy one like that and a 58 Chevy.
Thank you for the video.
Wow what nice collection
BACK IN THE 1960'S I HAULED BRASS CASINGS OUT OF THESE BUNKER'S/ I ALSO HAULED A LOT OF SURPLUS FROM THIS BASE.
Got my attention..wow what a collection.
Definitely duck season there
I seen this underground place on American pickers. That duck doesn't help the video at all.
Good video my friend
Thanks for the video, I've never seen so many vintage trucks in one place, matter of fact, think I will subscribe to your channel
What an amazing collection. Great video.
Loose the duck sound! I didn't make it half way through video, and I shut it off.
👉amazing collection truck
. 🙏🤘😎
Wow some great rare trucks there, so cool. My fav. Blue econoline and the Datsun 1600 but plenty more I like. 🇦🇺🇦🇺
Interesting show there thanks
Excellent Collection
Great job Rob I’ve never ever seen so many pickups and rare vehicles in my life))
FairPlay to ya for doing these videos
Very worthy watch so it is !!!
God bless you and keep these sorta videos coming
Nice choices, I would pick mostly the better looking oldies trucks.
Fine collection of scrap.
Am I the only one hearing this Loud Duck??!
Bleeping words out.
@@imdeplorable2241 *poorly
Parabéns ! os carros antigos americano são clássicos raros de ver principalmente aqui no Brasil, só encontra em eventos de colecionadores e museus, muito bonito os designer dessa maquinas fabricadas no passado. 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋
For a young man the depth and scope of your knowledge is incredible! How much capital was invested to collect this many ancient trucks?
I saw another video on this auction, so I didn't think I was going to see anything different, but I was wrong! Ok, I said it! Great trip through the buildings with the owner as well! Some really cool stuff. I am new to the channel form Manitoba Canada and hope to see more great videos from you!
They had a similar auction a couple of weekends ago in Fort Collins Colorado something like 300 vehicle lot of them were from 50s
Hope you took a lot of pictures there you could put a heck of a calendar together and sell it on your website That place is awesome
The International Hood over engine dated back in 1950's or 1960's truck. The hauler/big truck 6 wheeler was a flat front truck usually Me worth or Mack 10 wheeler. Now the baton welder shop will chop down the pillar
and wall/fender and frontal grille. It replace the whole fiberglass cab and fender together into the truck lower pillar chassis.where is was once all steel cab. The pan truck floor is still steel.
The green International KB is a US postal service delivery.
Dude! So many projects.
Nice, very cool.
Strange .you take someone to see a grill in a bunker then tell him your not gonna sell it now .these guys are unreal .they got so much stuff they don't want to sell it .
Right 😂 I mean it was cool just being in them bunkers anyways but we were there trying to buy obviously. hell we bought 12 trucks can we get a grill?
Beyond thunderdome 👍👍👍
Goldmine of cars and trucks worth lot sweat and work for keepsakes and still good as always
"I'll be your biggest buyer!" then runs out of cash when it counts.
The nice thing is that the yard is not weeded over.
THe younger brother said that is because they are paying $30,000 to keep the place mowed down... Does look spectacular for a junk yard!
So...your love of Trucks. Do you do restoration or just get them running and on the road with minimal repair?
This was a magical tour indeed. I'd like to have several of them. Nice job.
How do you acquire that much stuff in only twenty years. Unreal they are tenacious and I love that those old trucks might find good homes rather than rot in obscurity.
They were safer in that field. Most are likely already criushed for scrap.
Cool that you made the video and shared this amazing collection, I'm sure it was a fair amount of work to drive that distance and make the video.
Just one suggestion, don't talk about an auction and everything your going to share about the auction and then release the video after the auction. Doesn't come across very well.
At least not without tacking on a preamble saying something like “it was my intention to get this video out by x date but happened.”
@@mattskustomkreations A whole lot of quacks happened in that video! 🦆🦆🦆
The 1946 color green Chevy Cab over engine has a missing part barrister chrome of the grille. Make a sheet metal and Fab it then Daytona, FL will copper it and electrocuted the mirror finish nickel chrome plated.Finally grazed the brass rod and together the rib grille is complete. Do not find rare part because it's impossible to find and to auction the grille of classic cab over truck..Simply grazed it with silver or brass rod as a old timer yourself to save time and much better cups of tea. Thank you.
The corvair ( which I wouldn't mind having) is a Corvair 95 pickup.
These guys were on American pickers 👍🏻🇦🇺
at 54:21 that military truck is a WW2 dragon wagon used to retrieve tanks, another one at 51:31, very rare
What's Up With Your Pet Duck?
Saw those guys in another video somewhere. Tons and tons of stuff
30:00 in 3.1 multiport was most commonly found in the Chevy Corsica. They are spunky for a 90s v6
Wow. What a collection.
What truck is just right of the Federal at 25:21?
all of those are excellent EV Conversion candidates...
Most will never see the road again...
I like the long dodge brothers long truck!
After 20 min of kwaaak i loaded the gun , i swear thats the moste anoying thing in a video ever!
W t f is up with the qwack
What is with the “Quacking”??
Emotional support duck he doesn’t like swearing so he try’s his best to censor it. You know for the kids and all listening with their pappys
Good Job 👍.
Amazing collection, But whats a UK built THAMES (ford) Van doing there at 3-40 mins in.. I spotted it straight away.. Nice collection though - thanks - Ian - UK.
This ducklike noise and the jittery camera where enough to quit the video after 20 minutes!
That 750 GMC has two propane tanks on it, so a gas engine.
There is a bus in Jerome Arizona that looks that green and yellow old bus 13:40
Great video! Keep it up.
That old gun arcade there at 21:13 is worth some cash aswell, hope he sold it
The jet airplane at 53:37. Anyone else notice that? Not an F-86 but something from the 50's maybe? Cool place. Almost like a museum.
Só relíquia meu amigo 👍🏻