But you kinda wish you had gone down the organised hoarder road as you have forgotten where everything is & it is't worth half a days labour pulling every boxes contents out & you quietly shelve your plan for that part & look for beer
@@benwinter2420 over the years, at one point things were organized to a certain extent. I still pretty much know what is where for the important stuff. I've got boxes of pulleys for example, like shown in the vid, where I know where they are at and go grab you one now. But not sure what's left in that box or what else is in there. Just went thru things about 3 weeks ago when I sold a car I've had pretty much my whole life. Found some things. Sold some things. Life is going on.
I have a collection of pulleys & belts , can't go past them . . lived out in the sticks for a bit & know the value of a junk pile & tools & fitting & turning them to keep the show going . . it's a good feeling to solve problems by yourself in middle of nowhere
Selling used parts has kept my family going through hard times. You never know what someone else needs. Sometimes parts sit for months without even getting looked at. Other times a part will sell within minutes of being listed. Just be fair with your prices and how you treat your customers and you can do okay
Had a set of 340X heads I sold 10 years ago when I was going through a divorce. I got enough to get into an apartment which was better than sleeping in my vehicle which I had been for 6 weeks. They had been in my dad's garage for over 20 years. Old parts can definitely save you. It's money in the bank.
Was gonna buy a set of NOS Fireball heads and pair them with a Howard's mechanical flat tappet Duntov grind or similar. Haven't seen any good parts since they sold off
What's sad about all the parts collectors (hoarders) is that when they kick the bucket and the family sees all this "junk" they call the local scrap dealer and it all ends up at the recyclers 😞. All good stuff that is lost and some of it could be very valuable and useful to someone. Always enjoy your videos. Thanks & Best Regards - Mike
Hello Mike, yes! And that’s what I fear for my collection. I’ve been a GTO-Firebird collector for over 35 years, and have literally two garage’s full of Pontiac stuff I’ve accumulated. I bought a rolled over 73 Superduty trans-am in like 1986 for $500 if I recall that I just brought out of the garage about a year ago. Progress has been slow to say the least as I’m a mechanic, not a body guy! Point is all this seemingly useless Pontiac junk, is actually worth a considerable amount! My wife and kids have some clue about the cars, but not the parts! Stupid part like a deep groove water pump pulley compared to a standard. 69 gto wheel well moldings compared to a 68 gto. Look the same, but the 68 is one inch shorter! Mickey Thompson magnesium dual four cross ram. Looks like an aluminum offenhauser, so you would think the price would be the same ballpark. Let’s just say I’ve never seen another one of these intakes in person! Ya, maybe I need to start an inventory of parts and general prices. I’d be rolling in my grave if they gave it all away just to get rid of it!
About 15 years ago I bought a 1964 42ft hatteras classic. Yacht as a livaboard. And before I left the guy says I still have the original engins from when he had the boat repowered. He says your welcome to them they are still running and on pallets. So I say I'll take a look at them. So he shows me a pair of pallets covered in tarps. I pull the tarps off and there sits a pair of very nice complete Chrysler hemi motors that still have all the marine equipment on them. When I got them home I put gas in the carbs and connected power. And I couldn't believe within 20 min both of them came alive and idled like new. So every few months I fire them up just to hear them run. This has been my routine for the past 15 years. People can't believe it when they see them sitting there . I think in another 10 to 15 years they should bring a good price for someone looking to restore an old Chris craft wood boat. Im thinking about making a youtube video of them running. They are a great sounding motor .
I used to love junk yarding for any speed parts I could find for my '68 trophy bracket car. The thrill of the search and man, if you found something neat even if it was for something else. Cha-ching.
People always ask how we (me and dad) are able to do what we do with these builds, and you just nailed it UTG. Buy, Sale, Trade..... it's the name of the game brother-man. I needed a clutch linkage for that 1958 Ford, I looked it up on Ebay, it started at $200. So I bought 3 Fords for $300 each with that Linkage and a plethora of other parts to sale for that 1 Linkage I needed. I already sold one of those straight 6's out of one of them for $150 and a fender topper for another $100. All 3 sets of front brake drums (6 total) are in good shape.... they retail out at $250 each. The list goes on of stuff that is no longer made for these things and fit a variety of years and makes.
Seriously. True story. In the 80s my friend and I used to go to salvage yards all over the place and just get bolts out of the cars. Label them 1968 Fairlane , 1966 Dart, or 1970 Chevrolet etc. Ziplock bags. Any good carb or good part number intake or exhaust manifolds were also taken. Heads etc. The correct bolts are worth 💰💰
i just have the carbs--i remember when they were $5 if in the dirt, $10 if on the table at a swap meet. now they are "restoration" items and 4 times the price.
I think we need to start documenting and creating a database of parts in CAD and 3d models with engineering sheets. These parts are going to dry up and the last bastion of creating these parts is going to be having to 3d print it and re-make them from scratch.
agreed. I'm getting specialty tools that way. with estate sales you can walk thru the house and see how the prior owner actually treated their things. in days past, you could get broken Craftsman and LL Bean stuff for cheap and then trade it in for new replacements.
Nice haul! There's a lot of great stuff out there to be found, be it automotive stuff, gun collections, silver or gold... Just keep your eyes open and always be fair with people!
Tony the thing you need to remember is the range of what has any value keeps moving forward. You and I are about the same age so we both are interested in things that where popular when we were young adults, late 1960s to the early 1980s. To the majority of the guys younger than us these parts do not have much value to them.
Mine is 80-86 "bullnose" Ford trucks, they are ultra reliable especially with the old 300 6 and a 4 speed, and I have hoarded enough parts to rebuild my whole fleet twice if need be. And I have sold a bunch of parts for them, I'm not as versed as Tony, but on those trucks I can fix/source/repair almost anything on them.
As a long-time watcher of UTG, I recall about a year ago UT saying buy NOS or good used car parts because the current parts aren't as good. I found an independent parts store closing down and bought too much. The idea was to sell what I don't need and keep the rest. It'll be a year soon, I think I know what a hoarder is. Some things just take up space.
I know a guy who is getting up in his years. He has stuff that folks would not believe, including his hemi car he bought new. He will happily talk to about things and what he has but so help me god he will not let loose of anything.
A bit of a read below if you don't mind. Had found a #2806301 B-block 4 barrel manifold on top of a grenaded 383 in a 68' Plymouth roadrunner. Bought that manifold for 67 USD. Not bad considering all of the other manifolds I have found were upwards of 120 USD. Anywho, bought the manifold and the seller sent the wrong manifold, A 1971 only 440 #3512501 intake manifold, oops. Later on, seller sent the correct manifold and didn't want the 440 manifold back due to high shipping charges. Score for me I guess. The previously said #2806301 manifold is now happily in service sitting on top of a 361 big block Chrysler. I like to think I'm giving new life in parts that were destined to be taken to the scrap heap.
We used to have a few junk yards here around Darlington, SC. When I raced asphalt round track I’d take the cutting torch into the yards and whack away on parts cars. Had a huge stock pile, which was great because I had a long learning curve behind the wheel 🤣 I’m the same way with my ‘67 GMC truck nowadays.
when i was a young teen in the late 60s a neighbor asked me if i wanted to pull weeds and clean up an area in his backyard. i could use a few bucks so i did. he had a good size shop in back and said he had a complete spitfire in there completely disassembled and would i like to see it. i figured it was a triumph. no, it was the plane and sure looked complete.
All you say is very true, but it’s not just parts, there are entire cars bought as projects,, highly desirable cars, that were purchased many decades ago, your dream cars! There are people out there scanning the obituaries, looking for my name.
I have been doing this for years with carburettors and carburettor parts. I always look out for lots of parts being sold as I can use the parts, but most valuable of all is the new old stock stuff.
Remember when junk yards, oh excuse me recycling yards had Parts interchange books if you needed parts the guy would flip through the book and tell you what would fit it and you would just go scrounging with your toolbox until you find what you needed?
Rooted through my decaying shed today, found hundreds of dollars in car parts just sitting in the elements. Lots of trim & small bits & bobs that arent available just anywhere. Looking for decent lots on ebay now of NOS engine & electrical parts that can be used commonly on mainly Olds, Chev, Buick, Pontiac and FE/Cleve Ford. All good stuff, dad was stoked I cleaned shed. Everybody wins. Good swap meet barter bits if nothing more!
In the past year or so, I have bought parts from 3 different guys that were UT's age or older who were mopar guys and had buildings full of parts. All three have said some variation of the the same thing...."Give me a call again if you need anything, I probably have it". And this is Nowheresville, Iowa. These guys are out there but you likely aren't going to find them online.
not just mopar stuff. I got a guy now thats giving me a 77 C10, tried to give him money but he just wants it out of his yard. The trucks body is a rust bucket but ht has a lot of good parts on it. plus it has a 400sbc and a good th350 trans in it and a 12bolt rear end.
this also works for me in RC stuff ,i bought most my cars/ trucks/ buggies by buying the kids toys with a nice truck body for a buck or two and remove it sell the body for 10 to 75 dollars( rock crawler guys ) and then sell off the leftover chassis for 5-25 dollars ,it payed for all my real hobby grade stuff that i own plus bought my upgrades and my collection at 1 point was over 100 traxxas ,kyosho, associated, losi ,ecx ,vattera redcat arrma and more.. A example of this i just picked up a complete airplane in the box ready to fly for .89 cents sold it for 45 dollars next day so yes support your hobby by buying and selling works
I think I might be your English equivalent UT, I have collected and used only nos or used original parts on my 60s 70s Vauxhalls since 1990. I still can't help myself buying up related old crap and filling my ever expanding spares. It's a great feeling when you're helping a mate on his car and you find the exact correct bolt from a box you've has for 30 years!
I miss having a giant parts stash!! A half dozen extra big blocks and 727s, body panels, milk crates full of alternators, starters, and distributors. Easily a couple hundred pounds of Mopar fasteners... It was so nice to have, but it's all gone in a purge when financial doom got me out of classic Molars over a decade ago But, I'm back now and sure wish I hadn't given it all away for a song. Lately I saved a bunch of cherry barn find Ford parts from the recyclers - all for early/mid 60s Galaxies and pickups. I'm Mopar only but I figured it was worth saving for a Ford guy. Tried to sell it, then months later tried to give it away...nope. A pallet of transfer cases and transmissions, NOS door skins and glass in factory boxes, a 30gal drum full of trim, a bundle of factory p/s and trans hoses as big as my body.... Not a peep of interest. So after 7 months of it taking up my Mopar space- sold it by the pound for scrap. Except for the one random Mopar piece - a NOS window for a Chrysler/Maserati TC (remember those???) But that'll teach me to try and keep stuff that's not in my realm!!!
Not really a ford guy but I have some. When I go to the pull a part and see an early sbf I grab the timing cover alternator bracket all those wacky bolts and single groove pulleys. My friends make fun of me . Until they need something............. for a few dollars I have everything I need ..
look for the early 1980's electronic distributors, i think up to 1985 they didn't need the computers. and there's some late FT distributors for the FE guys. i know, they aren't points, but...
Funny you mentioned the boomer thing. A few months ago there was a guy handling the selling of the horde from a guy like your mentioning. Tons of blocks, pistons, frames, tools, lifts, etc. He was scheduling appointments there were so many people interested. This was in CALIFORNIA
Got a friend in San Francisco,age 61 who got road runner dash boards ,steering wheels ,a 69 hemi motor, 440 motors, maybe 10 bumpers, doors, boxes of parts every where!
@@crazycoffee I just checked out your channel, nice 68. Did you have to cut a hole in the hood to accomodate that high rise intake? FWD motors sit very high in the engine compartment.
@@jeffrobodine8579 Thanks. I am planning on finding a hood around me to clean up and chop. My other plan is making a cast to pour one. Mainly the second because I don't want to chop up parts.
The last 30 years I regularly hit Junk yards in my neck of the woods. looking only for Mopar parts/cars of the 60's-70's era. I was treasure hunting, and it was a blast!! Counter person always asked... "what are you looking for?" I would reply "anything Mopar" they said good luck. I found a 1969 charger grill complete with cage in the back of a ford van ! 300 bucks. got hoards of 1968-69 15 x 6 stamped steel wheels. Some complete sets dated within one day. 10-15 bucks a wheel. Always fun to find a 1970 B-5 Blue 15x7 steel wheel , pay 15 bucks for it and sell on E-bay for 1000.00
How many 15×7 mopar steel wheels you can sell for me at $1,000.00 a wheel? How about Original Magnum 500 rims? A,B,C,E, body rally rims? Cop car steel wheels?
Hoarders accumulate big junk.... people that work things hoard fasteners and useful bits. (Also you really have the space, even just to keep things out of scrap.)
I just got the power steering rebuild kit for my old car. It's a box of rings and seals. What are the "core parts" that would be essential to keep a car running long after the supply lines are dead? For example, rather than a water pump, is there a bushing in there? I have old shop manuals that have all kinds of details on how to replace bearings and bushing in pumps, rebuild distributors, etc.
Gotta know when to say when though.....early warning signs are if you can no longer get into or work in the garage and find yourself working outside in bad weather in the driveway, unable to find tools because that last $200 parts car was too good to pass up.....I must have at least 4 complete 75-76 firebirds disassembled in boxes and the body sheet metal cut in sections and shoved under shelves, behind cabinets.......its a blessing and a curse to not have to worry about having a part when it goes bad......its a kick in the ass when you cant find it or even worse cant get to it to use it without moving stuff out of the way for 2 days......if your going to go full mad max level hoarder at least invest in shelving and totes with lables, my old cardboard liquor store boxes full of parts start to look the same after awhile.😡🤪😖😔😵
Used factory parts are invaluable the days of going to the wreckers to get parts like this are gone if ya got ‘‘em hold on to them and if you can acquire them it’s a solid investment
i know when i used to hunt motorcycle parts you had to have a eye for take off parts that were too far gone so it wasn't a waste of $$.agree bulk collections are the best value
Great information Tony. My personal experience is coming at this from a different angle of someone whose dad passed away and trying to make sure my Mom doesn't get ripped off. You and Uncle Kathy know that my Dad passed suddenly in 2020. He was a drag racer, engine builder, and had a speed shop for over 3 decades. So he had tons of parts and a bunch of cars in various stages of completion (mainly SBC/BBC and some LS parts). Luckily I'm still into this stuff personally and professionally and know a lot about what he had. But still he did surprise me with some things I've found. So I did inventory like I used to when I worked at the speed shop as a kid. But this time it's all live in Google Drive (sheets). I'm building some of his cars and engines to either sell or keep and clearing out his shop and the money from what I sell is all going to my Mom and to finish the vehicles. I've also traded parts for labor or other parts as needed. There's still a lot left but I've already sold a lot of parts and it has been great money coming in. I'm enjoying doing this for Mom so she can move if she wants without this giant building of parts she can't deal with that an auction or estate sale would probably unload for pennies on the dollar. I'm trying to maximize value for Mom and as a positive I also feel closer to my Dad when I'm surrounded by and dealing with his legacy of stuff. But sometimes it is hard and I need to walk away for a day or two. I did a video tour (on my channel) of his speed shop earlier this year and it led to lots of sales and questions about his collection. I need to do an update. I've done Facebook Marketplace mostly and some eBay but I've found that all these specific niche car or engine groups on Facebook are good places to find homes for certain things. Plus my old Turbo Buick parts that are up there are going for good money and I can sell that to build my racecar. So I'm selling Dad's stuff, my stuff and working out my strategy and systems for listing, shipping, etc. But now that I'm doing it regularly, I'm also looking for a handful of things that I can easily find in bulk and sell repeatedly for regular income. Some of your other videos on shipping and selling parts have been very useful. So thanks and hope to see you guys again soon.
Got a friend in San Francisco,who has road runner dash boards, steering wheels, bumpers, doors a 69 hemi motor,440 motors 3, glass, chrome parts, boxes of parts every where,the guy is 61.thanks!
1) own your storage property. UT mentioned in prior videos how he had to junk decades of collection when his landlord gave him the 30 day deadline to GTFO. and when you rush to pack, it's hard to : 2) be organized. grab work trucks to get their big block drivetrains and their cabinets on the back for storing your stuff. We always joke my house has everything i ever need....plus a second set...because I couldn't find the first one. 3) know how to store. Rubber items are going to have a shelf life, better to learn how to make your own gaskets, seals (empty bullet cases make great punches for cutting out bolt holes), bushings (empty cat cans and a jug of polyurethane can help you make some of your own body mounts unless you want to go solid) and so on. Store crankshafts upright so they don't bend and need indexing. Decide how many cylinder heads are really worth saving--for example if you want to do a welded stroker engine, an aftermarket head with bigger ports might be worth it in the long run over trying to save some BB head that only flowed 200 cfm stock. 4) watch videos here from third world countries on how to blacksmith and fabricate at home. Even up to the 1950's some farms had their own "machine shop" doing basic stuff. What you really need to understand is metalurgy and strength--for example, you can save most fasteners with a soak in a 50/50 brine of salt and vinegar, but how stretched is it? You may be better off with studs depending on your application. 5) if you forget getting rich and instead focus on getting what you want, you sometimes get both. 6) leave with your stuff, a sheet of paper instructing the next of kin who to contact when you inevitably pass so that they can offer a lump sum, get all the parts and get them out to their own customers rather than pay to send your collection to scrap. as for cast iron manifolds, chop saw 'em from end to end, and port 'em like a cylinder head before welding back together. a few sleepers won street races with stuff like chevy ram horns or Pontiac cast iron manifolds treated this way. and as for the steel rims, its often cheaper to buy an entire car for its drivetrain and get all the widgets you need than to buy a cheaper shortblock sitting under a workbench...but how will you get it off four flat tires onto your trailer? Bring your steel rims you know hold air or stop off at the junkyard to pick up some tires and rims. otherwise you're left with "stopleak" and turning the rims on your new purchase into concrete donuts--and they may be something like Olds Rally rims that someone's looking to purchase.
Why are you keeping this......? What are your going to do with all that junk? How many time have i heard people say these things. I got a little bit of...everything new in original box from chrysler parts, ac delco, delco remy, autolite. Distributor Points, flashers, signal light relai. I even have a Carter block heater, like im going to use it? Holley racing spark plugs... prices still on the box at 1$ a piece from grocerie store! Lol I happened to go buy a Pontiac intake manifold from an old fellaw and his garage was like you run into a corner service station that had stoped 50 years in a time maze. The flat top door Pepsi cooler was gone tho! Super find you got there again Uncle Tony. God bless guys like you to open the close mind who only goes by "i only buy new tuff". Its gonna maybe raised there prices a bit but at least some while be spare from scrap! What are you going to do with all that junk anyway. Baaahahahahahahaha ! Old school rules! Again!
I do this stuff. Label it so in case you die, people know what it is. So it doesn't get thrown away for nothing. My wife or young kids might have no idea what my stuff is but they know what vehicles I collect parts for and hopefully they are smart enough to list properly. I have made significant spending money selling stuff I don't need for my specific application on ebay, so I can buy more stuff.
Up here in Maine they ask an arm and a leg for everything until it rusts to the ground. Then they still want your arm, I always envy watching people get deals on automotive stuff.
Fantastic Tony. It's great when parts from older hoarders wind up in the hands of modern day hoarders. You couldn't have said it better. Making your hobby pay for itself is as good as it gets.
@@benwinter2420 So true. I lived away from my home town for about twenty years and returned to find all of my GM square body stash had been taken from my grandfather's barn by relatives.
Buying large quantities of very small parts in bulk is KEY, because you can repair the large parts, but you can't repair a copper gasket or weak Cir-clips.
Greetings from Northern Ireland. I have been building up a stock of parts for a while now prompted by one event. A sealed beam failed on my mini and I thought no worries I'll pick one up in my local motor factors. I asked for a sealed beam and they said I was lucky as they only had a few left so I bought them all ! I've been picking things up like glass fuses ,flasher units,points and other run of the mill stuff. With the mini thankfully you can buy online but it takes a while to arrive and its left me in dry dock on occasion. One thing thats nearly impossible to find now are 10 inch tyres locally and I was fortunate to pick up a set which are now in the loft above the garage.
I just picked up a slue of Ford FE big block parts to keep my 72 F250 running for a long time. You would be proud of me Uncle Tony, In that deal I also saved something from the crusher. I saved a 83 Chevy El Camino. Cali car with The Buick V6 auto trans. SOLID AS A ROCK!!!!! I towed it to my house on Friday. I still keep going out and looking at. Im convinced there has to be a rotten spot on it. The only issue with the body is a branch fell on the passenger bed rail and caved it in an inch and a half. Dont care im turning it into a driver.
lots of potential there. Full perimeter frame and room for a big block, but surprisingly that V6 block is the same used on turbo 109 models, except they had a hole drilled for oiling the turbo. The block is good for 600 hp, the issue is the crank--Buick reground the fillets on their cranks for strength in the turbo models. It would be easy enough to make your Elky into a street sweeper, all it would take is money.
@@albertgaspar627 All the smog stuff is getting pulled and im going down the fuel efficient parts hauler route. I race Honda CX500s and Its not unusual for me to drop what Im doing and drive 100 miles to pick up an engine or a whole parts bike.
@@mikerobinson3672 I hear ya, any good deal within a 4 hr ride and i'm there (so videos like this are just affirmation of my lifestyle, nothing new to me either :) ). My last score in fact was a milk crate of Ford distributors, the non-point jobs pre computer, for $10. Doubt they'll fit your FE, they look Windsor. At that price i can experiment--i see Davis ignitions making HEI to fit most engines, and i have some GM HEIs when they were $10 a pop. so it sounds like you'll build your elky for torque and therefore MPG (i used to get an honest 30mpg out of my 1986 GT Mustang just from coasting to stopsigns with the T5 and 2.73 rear gears) not hi rpm hp like a Katana (I still have my 1971 CB350 2 holer and my 1973 four lunger, a Brit who saw a photo of it online mistook it for a Triton) and I'll guess that's a V8 for smoothness since the Buick Y6 (it is a deep skirt block after all) will only go 231 hp on 9:1 cr. But they are a bucket list car for me, since the 2 dr Malibus around here (i'm up in the rust belt) are no longer the "1969 Nova of the 1990's" you could just pick up when Grandma was no longer allowed to drive. Folks have figured out the potential and they're getting LS swapped. wouldn't be a problem to make your plan work, a simple TPI 305 with overdrive trans would go right into your car with 262 cid or 305 V8 mounts and a free flow exhaust and not break the bank if you shop wisely. I use variable duration flat tappets on my Olds 455, and get 15 mpg and 400 hp, so it's all possible.
I am honestly considering the buick 6 thats in it and then using an OD trans instead of the 3 speed. The 231 worked well for years when Willys Overland owned that engine and then when GM bought it back. Im not looking to break speed records with it. A 4.8l LS was a thought but I want something simple that I can fix with a multi tool 100 miles from home. The Buick Six with a Rochester two barrel a good HEI unit or points unit if I can find one that fits that cam shaft, a RV grind Cam, and a set of headers would fit the bill I believe. Had 94 Park Avenue with a 3800 with overdrive trans and that would het 25-30 on the highway. Dont see why I cant recreate that with this.
@@mikerobinson3672 from a cost perspective, if it were mine...I'd do exactly what you said. Some folks just "coulda had a V8" (if you're old enough to remember that ad), but that Y6 engine is already in there (in other words, it's free), you can do a shade tree "UTG" rebuild reusing the same pistons (or put in forged slugs from someone's turbo build if you think you may go that way someday, i think buick 350 pistons are a no go due to the offset to work on a bent six crankshaft) and just using gearing in the transmission in your favor. Plenty of old inline six trucks crawled up hills under full loads with the right gearing setup. If you aren't towing a trailer, just putting things in the bed of the truck, I'll bet your Y6 is going to make you happy. while the 3800 is a different design, it's the same displacement and after 1979 those Y6's had great flowing heads--Hot Rod magazine predicted on their front cover they would replace the chevy V8 after the gas crisis in the Reagan Era--so no need for a crazy cam pattern. and since the Grand National have been offered, there's plenty of ways to put an OD trans behind the Y6 without making some custom setup. there was a guy named Jim Ruggles who did articles on the Y6, its oiling issues and what to hot rod. If you can't locate that, this page might help: www.beforeblack.net/NAnotes.htm but yeah, you could get that engine to do what you want with almost junkyard OEM stuff (a little harder to find these days, but swap meets too) and get your mileage number. And just as you said, repair it on the side of the road with the average toolbox contents a widow keeps under her sink.
Now days, hoarding a bit of everything may be a good idea. I'm going to stack twice as much firewood as usual. Usable things may be the best financial investment. Good Luck, Rick
@@natevanlandingham1945 That's good. I only have room to store 2 years at most unless I leave it in the woods. My wood is standing dead so it dries in a month or two after splitting. Six years ago gypsy moth caterpillars came through and killed dozens of my large black oaks. I haven't even taken down 1/2 of them yet. Good Luck, Rick
There was a method used here in Oz early & elsewhere I dare say of ring barking a tree & leaving it standing to dry out , it was used to get cured timber although harder to cut then but I suppose they had their reasons for wanting hard logs
@@benwinter2420 I've heard of it by a different name. In my case the gypsy moth caterpillars come through about every decade and do a lot of damage. Good Luck, Rick
Even dead standing oak takes two to three years to dry. Well I should say dry enough vto burn correctly in a modern EPA stove like I run. You can cut into an oak log that's been dead and laying in the forest for 10 years and it will still be filled with water and need at least two years to dry out. Oak just holds water untill it's split fine enough to dry out. Of course if your burning in a fire place or an old smoke dragon you can easily get it to burn a tree that was dead standing with 6-12 months dry time on it after splitting. I still get some hiss out of my splits after 24-3- months drying in the shed.
I try to tag everything I take off and save so at least someone else will know what it is. It was so sad seeing all the stuff that was being scraped in 2008, and then cash for clunkers wiped out so much.
That was Gates of hell & co electric cars sinister hand grenades out of reach in price prison planet planned . . in extreme scheme prison planet . . cash to scrap planet CO2 saving well built clunkers . . CO2 from constant made in crust not fossil remains of forests bollocks . . hydrocarbons oil & gas & to slower extent coal , are slowly returning the Earth to a garden of Eden again . . you (not you Jason) know of this thing whereby plants take in CO2 & release oxygen basis of ENTIRE life cycle earth ENTIRE & greenhouse man made CO2 warming blatant proven prison planet farce . . the globalist's green new deal nuclear gangrene has murdered the entire planet already & why they all the non elite mafioso are going underground Fallout game style . . the game predictive programming
@@benwinter2420 not sure what you're talking about. My point is there a lot of people that just need a cheap car to just to buy. A lot of those car were crushed. I have fix a lot of $1000 cars for people that just needed to get to work.
@@jasonkaiser5150 I apologise . . I got ahead of myself again , point still stands that cash for clunkers schemes etc . . rob the planet of cheap actual green transport
Knowing what you are dealing with is absolutely key. I can't even begin to count how many times people have asked "does this fit my xxxxxxx" or "I have this and this, what do I need to make it work" and having the knowledge to know what was actually needed closed the sale and had them calling me first when they needed something else
For the last 10 years or so, I've been scavenging all the old cans of nails that I come across. Ever try to drive a new 16 penny thru an old growth 2x4? I thought my hammer was broke. Also started collecting GM HEIs years ago.
This video reminds me so much of myself back in the 90s when I was into the Mopar A bodies. I daily drove a few slant six cars but we did get around to putting 440s in a few of them. Thank God for the Schumacher kits back then.
I have a bunch of stuff I would give you Tony send me a young guy to clean out a 45' trailer and take all the Mopar stuff I'm in north GA. 1 hrs south of Chattanooga TN.
Great video I have seen alot of holders in my days I had a friend that opened a body shop in Louisiana named muscle cars now he's in Mississippi he had some of the best high dollar big and small block chevy parts him and his Lil brother had 23 gen 1 camaros all nice cars some z28s original 69 pace car convertible. He sold and made more money on parts then he did body and paint work we called the loft above the police the X section that's where all the good stuff was. Gm forged cranks rods and bow tie blocks 4 bolt. Great video your friend from Louisiana Rick 427
Yesterday i went to a local parts store for the plug that goes on a 1980 D200 ECM, guy off the street price was $250, jobber $125, WTH, now i'm looking for a used one, i would really like the entire under hood wiring, i'm in western Canada.
Yup.... Just pulled out a spare piston fpto give to a guy that had bought a short block from me a month ago. When he was reringing it, he dropped one and ruined it. No biggie to help someone when you have extra parts around...!!!
I thought I knew things, until I got Mandela Effected, twice regarding car stuff. I worked at a full service gas station in the 70's. We changed a LOT of tires, especially snow tires, on spare rims. GM 5 bolt 14 and 15 inch were interchangeable, except Cadillac, they were special. Disc brake clearances not being an issue on rear drive cars back then, Chevy fit Pontiac that fit Buick that fit Olds... I got wheels from a friend from his 66 El Camino to fit my 63 Belair, no problem. Except they didn't fit. He said there's always been 2 different 5 bolt patterns for GM! I looked it up, and now, he is correct. I just changed the oil on my 63 Belair. It has been, since forever, 4 and a half to 5 quarts with filter, on the old 250 6 cylinder. I've had this car since 2000, many oil changes. It took a full 6 quarts of oil. It is not overfilled. 6 qts brings it up to the line. My owner's manual still says 4 qts plus 1 for the filter. I'm waiting for that to change. I am baffled.
@@americanpatrol4603 That makes sense but, I poured from a 5qt jug from NAPA 10/30 and used the single qt that was supposed to go into my pick up. Now I gotta go to NAPA again. And, the amount drained from the crankcase filled an old 5qt jug with excess in the pan.
i found a ford hoard from a man who passed and his kids only want money, its a 100' x 100' building filled to the rafters. i picked out 4 first gen bronco's with enough parts to build 2 more. i flipped the roughest bronco and going back for some early 60's ranchero's.
I soak mine in a 50/50 mix of salt water and vinegar--the brine tends to get rid of the rust and grime. the real issue is their strength after being stretched.
It never fails, one can have something for years, throw it away and a week later you need it.
Build a series of shelves. Make it super organized/cataloged. You're no longer a hoarder. You're now a specialized parts distributor.
It starts out with that thought... Then your basement is filled with boxes and boxes of "stuff"
But you kinda wish you had gone down the organised hoarder road as you have forgotten where everything is & it is't worth half a days labour pulling every boxes contents out & you quietly shelve your plan for that part & look for beer
@@benwinter2420 over the years, at one point things were organized to a certain extent. I still pretty much know what is where for the important stuff. I've got boxes of pulleys for example, like shown in the vid, where I know where they are at and go grab you one now. But not sure what's left in that box or what else is in there. Just went thru things about 3 weeks ago when I sold a car I've had pretty much my whole life. Found some things. Sold some things. Life is going on.
I have a collection of pulleys & belts , can't go past them . . lived out in the sticks for a bit & know the value of a junk pile & tools & fitting & turning them to keep the show going . . it's a good feeling to solve problems by yourself in middle of nowhere
Selling used parts has kept my family going through hard times. You never know what someone else needs. Sometimes parts sit for months without even getting looked at. Other times a part will sell within minutes of being listed. Just be fair with your prices and how you treat your customers and you can do okay
Had a set of 340X heads I sold 10 years ago when I was going through a divorce. I got enough to get into an apartment which was better than sleeping in my vehicle which I had been for 6 weeks. They had been in my dad's garage for over 20 years. Old parts can definitely save you. It's money in the bank.
@@12yearssober well at least they tied you over until you got your private island
Was gonna buy a set of NOS Fireball heads and pair them with a Howard's mechanical flat tappet Duntov grind or similar. Haven't seen any good parts since they sold off
What's sad about all the parts collectors (hoarders) is that when they kick the bucket and the family sees all this "junk" they call the local scrap dealer and it all ends up at the recyclers 😞. All good stuff that is lost and some of it could be very valuable and useful to someone. Always enjoy your videos. Thanks & Best Regards - Mike
Yep, and most of the buildable cars are already so rotten they’re useless. I really respect that Tony organizes shit inside to preserve it
So true. That's why Tony is making the point to grab up all this stuff.
Hello Mike, yes! And that’s what I fear for my collection. I’ve been a GTO-Firebird collector for over 35 years, and have literally two garage’s full of Pontiac stuff I’ve accumulated. I bought a rolled over 73 Superduty trans-am in like 1986 for $500 if I recall that I just brought out of the garage about a year ago. Progress has been slow to say the least as I’m a mechanic, not a body guy! Point is all this seemingly useless Pontiac junk, is actually worth a considerable amount! My wife and kids have some clue about the cars, but not the parts! Stupid part like a deep groove water pump pulley compared to a standard. 69 gto wheel well moldings compared to a 68 gto. Look the same, but the 68 is one inch shorter! Mickey Thompson magnesium dual four cross ram. Looks like an aluminum offenhauser, so you would think the price would be the same ballpark. Let’s just say I’ve never seen another one of these intakes in person! Ya, maybe I need to start an inventory of parts and general prices. I’d be rolling in my grave if they gave it all away just to get rid of it!
That's going to happen to me, because young people don't even know what a spark plug is. They don't know anything.
Can confirm got a Edelbrock carb and Ford 8 in free from a lady whos dad passed pretty sure it woulda been thrown out
About 15 years ago I bought a 1964 42ft hatteras classic. Yacht as a livaboard.
And before I left the guy says I still have the original engins from when he had the boat repowered. He says your welcome to them they are still running and on pallets. So I say I'll take a look at them. So he shows me a pair of pallets covered in tarps. I pull the tarps off and there sits a pair of very nice complete Chrysler hemi motors that still have all the marine equipment on them. When I got them home I put gas in the carbs and connected power. And I couldn't believe within 20 min both of them came alive and idled like new. So every few months I fire them up just to hear them run. This has been my routine for the past 15 years.
People can't believe it when they see them sitting there . I think in another 10 to 15 years they should bring a good price for someone looking to restore an old Chris craft wood boat. Im thinking about making a youtube video of them running.
They are a great sounding motor .
My dad was a big air-cooled VW guy. After he passed, my brother, and, I found enough parts in his garage to build AT LEAST two full Beetles.
Hoarding has saved my ass many times
I used to love junk yarding for any speed parts I could find for my '68 trophy bracket car. The thrill of the search and man, if you found something neat even if it was for something else. Cha-ching.
That one fella is gonna come in here and blame the squirrels 🐿️
Preaching to the choir Uncle Tony!! Great Content!
I still have tons of stuff from the 80’s for my Mopars. All old used stuff, but a lot of times better than new stuff.
Same here, my case all L and G body parts good luck finding that stuff now, gets harder to find every year.
@@mongosragnarok It’s actually ‘68-‘70 parts I bought in the 80’s. But yeah, parts for 80’s cars are drying up.
All quality parts are drying up no matter the years they fit.
People always ask how we (me and dad) are able to do what we do with these builds, and you just nailed it UTG.
Buy, Sale, Trade..... it's the name of the game brother-man. I needed a clutch linkage for that 1958 Ford, I looked it up on Ebay, it started at $200. So I bought 3 Fords for $300 each with that Linkage and a plethora of other parts to sale for that 1 Linkage I needed. I already sold one of those straight 6's out of one of them for $150 and a fender topper for another $100. All 3 sets of front brake drums (6 total) are in good shape.... they retail out at $250 each. The list goes on of stuff that is no longer made for these things and fit a variety of years and makes.
Seriously. True story. In the 80s my friend and I used to go to salvage yards all over the place and just get bolts out of the cars. Label them 1968 Fairlane , 1966 Dart, or 1970 Chevrolet etc. Ziplock bags. Any good carb or good part number intake or exhaust manifolds were also taken. Heads etc.
The correct bolts are worth 💰💰
Yup.... I've gone to the yard many a time and collected nothing but fasteners!!! 😁
You are the type of person I look for when I sell something. Trust me it pays to be honest and polite with some people. Especially me
I'm in my 40's i have been in auto wreckers before I even has a license.
I love collecting parts
been going to be wrecking yard since 20 . wish i would have broight home all the gbody stuff and mustang stuff thats so expensive now
I have a box full of Qjet primary rods and jets, secondary rods and hangers, some other random internal/external parts.
i just have the carbs--i remember when they were $5 if in the dirt, $10 if on the table at a swap meet. now they are "restoration" items and 4 times the price.
I think we need to start documenting and creating a database of parts in CAD and 3d models with engineering sheets. These parts are going to dry up and the last bastion of creating these parts is going to be having to 3d print it and re-make them from scratch.
That’s a good idea. If somebody would at least take dimensions from them and put the drawings somewhere so somebody can reproduce them
3D scanners are becoming more reasonably priced. That plus metal 3D printers are becoming more mainstream as well.
Using something-anything "down the road" is a KEY to having what you someday will NEED, but cannot ever get decades later.
Estate sales, garage sales , swapmeets , flea markets ect you can find stuff even NOS parts
agreed. I'm getting specialty tools that way. with estate sales you can walk thru the house and see how the prior owner actually treated their things. in days past, you could get broken Craftsman and LL Bean stuff for cheap and then trade it in for new replacements.
I see Tony's shop transitioning into a shop full of shelves of Mopar parts, people from all around would go to him.
Nice haul! There's a lot of great stuff out there to be found, be it automotive stuff, gun collections, silver or gold... Just keep your eyes open and always be fair with people!
If you have friends like Peg, you just call them up and and he will find the part or just make it himself. Not all friends are like Ol' Peg though.
Tony the thing you need to remember is the range of what has any value keeps moving forward. You and I are about the same age so we both are interested in things that where popular when we were young adults, late 1960s to the early 1980s. To the majority of the guys younger than us these parts do not have much value to them.
Mine is 80-86 "bullnose" Ford trucks, they are ultra reliable especially with the old 300 6 and a 4 speed, and I have hoarded enough parts to rebuild my whole fleet twice if need be. And I have sold a bunch of parts for them, I'm not as versed as Tony, but on those trucks I can fix/source/repair almost anything on them.
Me as well
As well as the 73 to 79 ford trucks.
@@codydaniel3239 my favorite generation. Ford used to build some pretty tough rigs
As a long-time watcher of UTG, I recall about a year ago UT saying buy NOS or good used car parts because the current parts aren't as good. I found an independent parts store closing down and bought too much. The idea was to sell what I don't need and keep the rest. It'll be a year soon, I think I know what a hoarder is. Some things just take up space.
Well Tony, the person who comes into all your hoard when u age out is going to be one lucky person.😁😁
I know a guy who is getting up in his years. He has stuff that folks would not believe, including his hemi car he bought new. He will happily talk to about things and what he has but so help me god he will not let loose of anything.
A bit of a read below if you don't mind.
Had found a #2806301 B-block 4 barrel manifold on top of a grenaded 383 in a 68' Plymouth roadrunner.
Bought that manifold for 67 USD.
Not bad considering all of the other manifolds I have found were upwards of 120 USD.
Anywho, bought the manifold and the seller sent the wrong manifold,
A 1971 only 440 #3512501 intake manifold, oops.
Later on, seller sent the correct manifold and didn't want the 440 manifold back due to high shipping charges. Score for me I guess.
The previously said #2806301 manifold is now happily in service sitting on top of a 361 big block Chrysler.
I like to think I'm giving new life in parts that were destined to be taken to the scrap heap.
You. Make. A. Very. Good point. Here... you. Are. Saving. The. Cave men. And. The. Cave cars.....and. the. Cave. Women...this. kind. Of. Thing .....is. Vital. For. The. Restoration. Market...and. the. Hobby. Do. It. Yourself. Weekend. Cruizers..along. with. Having. Patterns. Available..... for. Quality...aftermarket..parts replication..... as. Well. As. Educating. The. Younger. Highschool. And. College. Kids who. Take. A. Liking. To. The. Older. Vehicles.... like. These....can. you. Imagine. The. Things. The. Younger. People. Will. Learn. With. Modern. Design.... modern. Parts...and. materials..... new. Machinine..techniques...and. learning. The. History.. of. Hot rodding....customizing..... and. The. Restoration..of. american..muscle. cars.. ford.....g...m.. and. chrysler. All. Included.... along. With .the Classics....... You. Show. Concern. Here.......For. an. American. Heritage... good. Job.... and. Long. Live. The. Cavemen. Of. Cast. Iron.... have. A. Nice. Day.....
In my experience it the guy that "is gonna do something with it, some day", or wants to sell it at top dollar and nothing less.
We used to have a few junk yards here around Darlington, SC. When I raced asphalt round track I’d take the cutting torch into the yards and whack away on parts cars. Had a huge stock pile, which was great because I had a long learning curve behind the wheel 🤣 I’m the same way with my ‘67 GMC truck nowadays.
Long learning curve = more experience.
@@paintnamer6403 True!
when i was a young teen in the late 60s a neighbor asked me if i wanted to pull weeds and clean up an area in his backyard. i could use a few bucks so i did. he had a good size shop in back and said he had a complete spitfire in there completely disassembled and would i like to see it. i figured it was a triumph. no, it was the plane and sure looked complete.
😯😯😯😯😯😳😳😳😳
Get what you need from the salvage yards now if the price of steel goes up all the old cars are done
All you say is very true, but it’s not just parts, there are entire cars bought as projects,, highly desirable cars, that were purchased many decades ago, your dream cars! There are people out there scanning the obituaries, looking for my name.
I have been doing this for years with carburettors and carburettor parts. I always look out for lots of parts being sold as I can use the parts, but most valuable of all is the new old stock stuff.
Remember when junk yards, oh excuse me recycling yards had Parts interchange books if you needed parts the guy would flip through the book and tell you what would fit it and you would just go scrounging with your toolbox until you find what you needed?
Some libraries used to carry them, too. Hollanders for example. But they threw them out.
Rooted through my decaying shed today, found hundreds of dollars in car parts just sitting in the elements. Lots of trim & small bits & bobs that arent available just anywhere. Looking for decent lots on ebay now of NOS engine & electrical parts that can be used commonly on mainly Olds, Chev, Buick, Pontiac and FE/Cleve Ford. All good stuff, dad was stoked I cleaned shed. Everybody wins. Good swap meet barter bits if nothing more!
I wish i had the money to stock pile parts it would make life so much easier.
What a find ! Parts for older cars are getting really scarce.Smart move stocking O.E parts…👍
I’m the oldest of gen x and were aging out too
In the past year or so, I have bought parts from 3 different guys that were UT's age or older who were mopar guys and had buildings full of parts. All three have said some variation of the the same thing...."Give me a call again if you need anything, I probably have it".
And this is Nowheresville, Iowa. These guys are out there but you likely aren't going to find them online.
I love buying used parts. 😁 I get projects and almost asap start buying parts for it, makes working on it so much easier
not just mopar stuff. I got a guy now thats giving me a 77 C10, tried to give him money but he just wants it out of his yard. The trucks body is a rust bucket but ht has a lot of good parts on it. plus it has a 400sbc and a good th350 trans in it and a 12bolt rear end.
this also works for me in RC stuff ,i bought most my cars/ trucks/ buggies by buying the kids toys with a nice truck body for a buck or two and remove it sell the body for 10 to 75 dollars( rock crawler guys ) and then sell off the leftover chassis for 5-25 dollars ,it payed for all my real hobby grade stuff that i own plus bought my upgrades and my collection at 1 point was over 100 traxxas ,kyosho, associated, losi ,ecx ,vattera redcat arrma and more.. A example of this i just picked up a complete airplane in the box ready to fly for .89 cents sold it for 45 dollars next day so yes support your hobby by buying and selling works
I think I might be your English equivalent UT, I have collected and used only nos or used original parts on my 60s 70s Vauxhalls since 1990. I still can't help myself buying up related old crap and filling my ever expanding spares. It's a great feeling when you're helping a mate on his car and you find the exact correct bolt from a box you've has for 30 years!
I miss having a giant parts stash!! A half dozen extra big blocks and 727s, body panels, milk crates full of alternators, starters, and distributors. Easily a couple hundred pounds of Mopar fasteners... It was so nice to have, but it's all gone in a purge when financial doom got me out of classic Molars over a decade ago But, I'm back now and sure wish I hadn't given it all away for a song. Lately I saved a bunch of cherry barn find Ford parts from the recyclers - all for early/mid 60s Galaxies and pickups. I'm Mopar only but I figured it was worth saving for a Ford guy. Tried to sell it, then months later tried to give it away...nope. A pallet of transfer cases and transmissions, NOS door skins and glass in factory boxes, a 30gal drum full of trim, a bundle of factory p/s and trans hoses as big as my body.... Not a peep of interest. So after 7 months of it taking up my Mopar space- sold it by the pound for scrap. Except for the one random Mopar piece - a NOS window for a Chrysler/Maserati TC (remember those???) But that'll teach me to try and keep stuff that's not in my realm!!!
Great haul U.T.!!!
Not really a ford guy but I have some. When I go to the pull a part and see an early sbf I grab the timing cover alternator bracket all those wacky bolts and single groove pulleys. My friends make fun of me . Until they need something............. for a few dollars I have everything I need ..
look for the early 1980's electronic distributors, i think up to 1985 they didn't need the computers. and there's some late FT distributors for the FE guys. i know, they aren't points, but...
Funny you mentioned the boomer thing. A few months ago there was a guy handling the selling of the horde from a guy like your mentioning. Tons of blocks, pistons, frames, tools, lifts, etc. He was scheduling appointments there were so many people interested. This was in CALIFORNIA
Got a friend in San Francisco,age 61 who got road runner dash boards ,steering wheels ,a 69 hemi motor, 440 motors, maybe 10 bumpers, doors, boxes of parts every where!
When I buy new stuff for my Oldsmobile, I usually keep the old parts…just in case!
How I'm going with my Toronado lol
@@crazycoffee What year? I recently sold a 1967 parts car.
@@crazycoffee I just checked out your channel, nice 68. Did you have to cut a hole in the hood to accomodate that high rise intake? FWD motors sit very high in the engine compartment.
@@jeffrobodine8579 Thanks. I am planning on finding a hood around me to clean up and chop. My other plan is making a cast to pour one. Mainly the second because I don't want to chop up parts.
@@crazycoffee The guy that bought my 1967 parts car needed a hood for his because it had a hole in the hood from an aftermarket intake.
Oh God, I'm going to be that guy with 80's and 90's ford truck parts I'm in my mid 30's and my shop is already full of odd parts lol
Love going to swap meets and scoring used parts for cheap. It makes my soul feel good
The last 30 years I regularly hit Junk yards in my neck of the woods. looking only for Mopar parts/cars of the 60's-70's era. I was treasure hunting, and it was a blast!! Counter person always asked... "what are you looking for?" I would reply "anything Mopar" they said good luck. I found a 1969 charger grill complete with cage in the back of a ford van ! 300 bucks. got hoards of 1968-69 15 x 6 stamped steel wheels. Some complete sets dated within one day. 10-15 bucks a wheel. Always fun to find a 1970 B-5 Blue 15x7 steel wheel , pay 15 bucks for it and sell on E-bay for 1000.00
How many 15×7 mopar steel wheels you can sell for me at $1,000.00 a wheel? How about Original Magnum 500 rims? A,B,C,E, body rally rims? Cop car steel wheels?
Hoarders accumulate big junk.... people that work things hoard fasteners and useful bits. (Also you really have the space, even just to keep things out of scrap.)
I just got the power steering rebuild kit for my old car. It's a box of rings and seals.
What are the "core parts" that would be essential to keep a car running long after the supply lines are dead?
For example, rather than a water pump, is there a bushing in there? I have old shop manuals that have all kinds of details on how to replace bearings and bushing in pumps, rebuild distributors, etc.
Gotta know when to say when though.....early warning signs are if you can no longer get into or work in the garage and find yourself working outside in bad weather in the driveway, unable to find tools because that last $200 parts car was too good to pass up.....I must have at least 4 complete 75-76 firebirds disassembled in boxes and the body sheet metal cut in sections and shoved under shelves, behind cabinets.......its a blessing and a curse to not have to worry about having a part when it goes bad......its a kick in the ass when you cant find it or even worse cant get to it to use it without moving stuff out of the way for 2 days......if your going to go full mad max level hoarder at least invest in shelving and totes with lables, my old cardboard liquor store boxes full of parts start to look the same after awhile.😡🤪😖😔😵
Used factory parts are invaluable the days of going to the wreckers to get parts like this are gone if ya got ‘‘em hold on to them and if you can acquire them it’s a solid investment
i know when i used to hunt motorcycle parts you had to have a eye for take off parts that were too far gone so it wasn't a waste of $$.agree bulk collections are the best value
I feel really sorry for whoever has to deal all my shit when I kick the bucket.
There will be a few willing buyers…..and a whole bunch of jealous buddies that wish they could have gotten their hands on your loot.
Great information Tony. My personal experience is coming at this from a different angle of someone whose dad passed away and trying to make sure my Mom doesn't get ripped off. You and Uncle Kathy know that my Dad passed suddenly in 2020. He was a drag racer, engine builder, and had a speed shop for over 3 decades. So he had tons of parts and a bunch of cars in various stages of completion (mainly SBC/BBC and some LS parts). Luckily I'm still into this stuff personally and professionally and know a lot about what he had. But still he did surprise me with some things I've found. So I did inventory like I used to when I worked at the speed shop as a kid. But this time it's all live in Google Drive (sheets). I'm building some of his cars and engines to either sell or keep and clearing out his shop and the money from what I sell is all going to my Mom and to finish the vehicles. I've also traded parts for labor or other parts as needed. There's still a lot left but I've already sold a lot of parts and it has been great money coming in. I'm enjoying doing this for Mom so she can move if she wants without this giant building of parts she can't deal with that an auction or estate sale would probably unload for pennies on the dollar. I'm trying to maximize value for Mom and as a positive I also feel closer to my Dad when I'm surrounded by and dealing with his legacy of stuff. But sometimes it is hard and I need to walk away for a day or two. I did a video tour (on my channel) of his speed shop earlier this year and it led to lots of sales and questions about his collection. I need to do an update. I've done Facebook Marketplace mostly and some eBay but I've found that all these specific niche car or engine groups on Facebook are good places to find homes for certain things. Plus my old Turbo Buick parts that are up there are going for good money and I can sell that to build my racecar. So I'm selling Dad's stuff, my stuff and working out my strategy and systems for listing, shipping, etc. But now that I'm doing it regularly, I'm also looking for a handful of things that I can easily find in bulk and sell repeatedly for regular income. Some of your other videos on shipping and selling parts have been very useful. So thanks and hope to see you guys again soon.
Got a friend in San Francisco,who has road runner dash boards, steering wheels, bumpers, doors a 69 hemi motor,440 motors 3, glass, chrome parts, boxes of parts every where,the guy is 61.thanks!
1) own your storage property. UT mentioned in prior videos how he had to junk decades of collection when his landlord gave him the 30 day deadline to GTFO. and when you rush to pack, it's hard to :
2) be organized. grab work trucks to get their big block drivetrains and their cabinets on the back for storing your stuff. We always joke my house has everything i ever need....plus a second set...because I couldn't find the first one.
3) know how to store. Rubber items are going to have a shelf life, better to learn how to make your own gaskets, seals (empty bullet cases make great punches for cutting out bolt holes), bushings (empty cat cans and a jug of polyurethane can help you make some of your own body mounts unless you want to go solid) and so on. Store crankshafts upright so they don't bend and need indexing. Decide how many cylinder heads are really worth saving--for example if you want to do a welded stroker engine, an aftermarket head with bigger ports might be worth it in the long run over trying to save some BB head that only flowed 200 cfm stock.
4) watch videos here from third world countries on how to blacksmith and fabricate at home. Even up to the 1950's some farms had their own "machine shop" doing basic stuff. What you really need to understand is metalurgy and strength--for example, you can save most fasteners with a soak in a 50/50 brine of salt and vinegar, but how stretched is it? You may be better off with studs depending on your application.
5) if you forget getting rich and instead focus on getting what you want, you sometimes get both.
6) leave with your stuff, a sheet of paper instructing the next of kin who to contact when you inevitably pass so that they can offer a lump sum, get all the parts and get them out to their own customers rather than pay to send your collection to scrap.
as for cast iron manifolds, chop saw 'em from end to end, and port 'em like a cylinder head before welding back together. a few sleepers won street races with stuff like chevy ram horns or Pontiac cast iron manifolds treated this way. and as for the steel rims, its often cheaper to buy an entire car for its drivetrain and get all the widgets you need than to buy a cheaper shortblock sitting under a workbench...but how will you get it off four flat tires onto your trailer? Bring your steel rims you know hold air or stop off at the junkyard to pick up some tires and rims. otherwise you're left with "stopleak" and turning the rims on your new purchase into concrete donuts--and they may be something like Olds Rally rims that someone's looking to purchase.
Yeah I have been hoarding parts for 70 model Chevy pu’s for several years
Why are you keeping this......?
What are your going to do with all that junk?
How many time have i heard people say these things.
I got a little bit of...everything new in original box from chrysler parts, ac delco, delco remy, autolite. Distributor Points, flashers, signal light relai. I even have a Carter block heater, like im going to use it?
Holley racing spark plugs... prices still on the box at 1$ a piece from grocerie store! Lol
I happened to go buy a Pontiac intake manifold from an old fellaw and his garage was like you run into a corner service station that had stoped 50 years in a time maze.
The flat top door Pepsi cooler was gone tho!
Super find you got there again Uncle Tony.
God bless guys like you to open the close mind who only goes by "i only buy new tuff". Its gonna maybe raised there prices a bit but at least some while be spare from scrap!
What are you going to do with all that junk anyway. Baaahahahahahahaha !
Old school rules! Again!
I do this stuff. Label it so in case you die, people know what it is. So it doesn't get thrown away for nothing. My wife or young kids might have no idea what my stuff is but they know what vehicles I collect parts for and hopefully they are smart enough to list properly. I have made significant spending money selling stuff I don't need for my specific application on ebay, so I can buy more stuff.
Up here in Maine they ask an arm and a leg for everything until it rusts to the ground. Then they still want your arm, I always envy watching people get deals on automotive stuff.
Fantastic Tony. It's great when parts from older hoarders wind up in the hands of modern day hoarders. You couldn't have said it better. Making your hobby pay for itself is as good as it gets.
As long as relatives don't send your horde to the scrap metal yard & it stay's in circulation it's all for the good
@@benwinter2420 So true. I lived away from my home town for about twenty years and returned to find all of my GM square body stash had been taken from my grandfather's barn by relatives.
Hey Tony, October '61 baby here; would that reveal us as the Baby Boomer Brats, going around "collecting" our elder siblings' toys? 🤔😏
Buying large quantities of very small parts in bulk is KEY, because you can repair the large parts, but you can't repair a copper gasket or weak Cir-clips.
Back in the day we'd say UT made a major haul.
Personally I blame squirrels
I blame Biden...
If you go to car complaints, you can see the problems of various makes and models by year. It's good info.
If our economy doesn't turn around soon we'll all be hot rodding can openers for pork & beans...
well bad news, economy is not going to turn around.... its going to get much much much worse.
Speaking of '68 Roadrunner. Let's see that car! I've been hanging around the channel since the Facebook days just to see that car.
Greetings from Northern Ireland. I have been building up a stock of parts for a while now prompted by one event. A sealed beam failed on my mini and I thought no worries I'll pick one up in my local motor factors. I asked for a sealed beam and they said I was lucky as they only had a few left so I bought them all ! I've been picking things up like glass fuses ,flasher units,points and other run of the mill stuff. With the mini thankfully you can buy online but it takes a while to arrive and its left me in dry dock on occasion. One thing thats nearly impossible to find now are 10 inch tyres locally and I was fortunate to pick up a set which are now in the loft above the garage.
I just picked up a slue of Ford FE big block parts to keep my 72 F250 running for a long time. You would be proud of me Uncle Tony, In that deal I also saved something from the crusher. I saved a 83 Chevy El Camino. Cali car with The Buick V6 auto trans. SOLID AS A ROCK!!!!! I towed it to my house on Friday. I still keep going out and looking at. Im convinced there has to be a rotten spot on it. The only issue with the body is a branch fell on the passenger bed rail and caved it in an inch and a half. Dont care im turning it into a driver.
lots of potential there. Full perimeter frame and room for a big block, but surprisingly that V6 block is the same used on turbo 109 models, except they had a hole drilled for oiling the turbo. The block is good for 600 hp, the issue is the crank--Buick reground the fillets on their cranks for strength in the turbo models. It would be easy enough to make your Elky into a street sweeper, all it would take is money.
@@albertgaspar627 All the smog stuff is getting pulled and im going down the fuel efficient parts hauler route. I race Honda CX500s and Its not unusual for me to drop what Im doing and drive 100 miles to pick up an engine or a whole parts bike.
@@mikerobinson3672 I hear ya, any good deal within a 4 hr ride and i'm there (so videos like this are just affirmation of my lifestyle, nothing new to me either :) ). My last score in fact was a milk crate of Ford distributors, the non-point jobs pre computer, for $10. Doubt they'll fit your FE, they look Windsor. At that price i can experiment--i see Davis ignitions making HEI to fit most engines, and i have some GM HEIs when they were $10 a pop.
so it sounds like you'll build your elky for torque and therefore MPG (i used to get an honest 30mpg out of my 1986 GT Mustang just from coasting to stopsigns with the T5 and 2.73 rear gears) not hi rpm hp like a Katana (I still have my 1971 CB350 2 holer and my 1973 four lunger, a Brit who saw a photo of it online mistook it for a Triton) and I'll guess that's a V8 for smoothness since the Buick Y6 (it is a deep skirt block after all) will only go 231 hp on 9:1 cr. But they are a bucket list car for me, since the 2 dr Malibus around here (i'm up in the rust belt) are no longer the "1969 Nova of the 1990's" you could just pick up when Grandma was no longer allowed to drive. Folks have figured out the potential and they're getting LS swapped.
wouldn't be a problem to make your plan work, a simple TPI 305 with overdrive trans would go right into your car with 262 cid or 305 V8 mounts and a free flow exhaust and not break the bank if you shop wisely. I use variable duration flat tappets on my Olds 455, and get 15 mpg and 400 hp, so it's all possible.
I am honestly considering the buick 6 thats in it and then using an OD trans instead of the 3 speed. The 231 worked well for years when Willys Overland owned that engine and then when GM bought it back. Im not looking to break speed records with it. A 4.8l LS was a thought but I want something simple that I can fix with a multi tool 100 miles from home. The Buick Six with a Rochester two barrel a good HEI unit or points unit if I can find one that fits that cam shaft, a RV grind Cam, and a set of headers would fit the bill I believe. Had 94 Park Avenue with a 3800 with overdrive trans and that would het 25-30 on the highway. Dont see why I cant recreate that with this.
@@mikerobinson3672 from a cost perspective, if it were mine...I'd do exactly what you said. Some folks just "coulda had a V8" (if you're old enough to remember that ad), but that Y6 engine is already in there (in other words, it's free), you can do a shade tree "UTG" rebuild reusing the same pistons (or put in forged slugs from someone's turbo build if you think you may go that way someday, i think buick 350 pistons are a no go due to the offset to work on a bent six crankshaft) and just using gearing in the transmission in your favor. Plenty of old inline six trucks crawled up hills under full loads with the right gearing setup. If you aren't towing a trailer, just putting things in the bed of the truck, I'll bet your Y6 is going to make you happy. while the 3800 is a different design, it's the same displacement and after 1979 those Y6's had great flowing heads--Hot Rod magazine predicted on their front cover they would replace the chevy V8 after the gas crisis in the Reagan Era--so no need for a crazy cam pattern. and since the Grand National have been offered, there's plenty of ways to put an OD trans behind the Y6 without making some custom setup.
there was a guy named Jim Ruggles who did articles on the Y6, its oiling issues and what to hot rod. If you can't locate that, this page might help:
www.beforeblack.net/NAnotes.htm
but yeah, you could get that engine to do what you want with almost junkyard OEM stuff (a little harder to find these days, but swap meets too) and get your mileage number. And just as you said, repair it on the side of the road with the average toolbox contents a widow keeps under her sink.
Now days, hoarding a bit of everything may be a good idea. I'm going to stack twice as much firewood as usual. Usable things may be the best financial investment. Good Luck, Rick
I try to keep three years on hand. Takes that long to dry it anyway.
@@natevanlandingham1945 That's good. I only have room to store 2 years at most unless I leave it in the woods. My wood is standing dead so it dries in a month or two after splitting. Six years ago gypsy moth caterpillars came through and killed dozens of my large black oaks. I haven't even taken down 1/2 of them yet. Good Luck, Rick
There was a method used here in Oz early & elsewhere I dare say of ring barking a tree & leaving it standing to dry out , it was used to get cured timber although harder to cut then but I suppose they had their reasons for wanting hard logs
@@benwinter2420 I've heard of it by a different name. In my case the gypsy moth caterpillars come through about every decade and do a lot of damage. Good Luck, Rick
Even dead standing oak takes two to three years to dry. Well I should say dry enough vto burn correctly in a modern EPA stove like I run. You can cut into an oak log that's been dead and laying in the forest for 10 years and it will still be filled with water and need at least two years to dry out. Oak just holds water untill it's split fine enough to dry out.
Of course if your burning in a fire place or an old smoke dragon you can easily get it to burn a tree that was dead standing with 6-12 months dry time on it after splitting. I still get some hiss out of my splits after 24-3- months drying in the shed.
I try to tag everything I take off and save so at least someone else will know what it is. It was so sad seeing all the stuff that was being scraped in 2008, and then cash for clunkers wiped out so much.
That was Gates of hell & co electric cars sinister hand grenades out of reach in price prison planet planned . . in extreme scheme prison planet . . cash to scrap planet CO2 saving well built clunkers . . CO2 from constant made in crust not fossil remains of forests bollocks . . hydrocarbons oil & gas & to slower extent coal , are slowly returning the Earth to a garden of Eden again . . you (not you Jason) know of this thing whereby plants take in CO2 & release oxygen basis of ENTIRE life cycle earth ENTIRE & greenhouse man made CO2 warming blatant proven prison planet farce . . the globalist's green new deal nuclear gangrene has murdered the entire planet already & why they all the non elite mafioso are going underground Fallout game style . . the game predictive programming
@@benwinter2420 not sure what you're talking about. My point is there a lot of people that just need a cheap car to just to buy. A lot of those car were crushed. I have fix a lot of $1000 cars for people that just needed to get to work.
@@jasonkaiser5150 I apologise . . I got ahead of myself again , point still stands that cash for clunkers schemes etc . . rob the planet of cheap actual green transport
Knowing what you are dealing with is absolutely key. I can't even begin to count how many times people have asked "does this fit my xxxxxxx" or "I have this and this, what do I need to make it work" and having the knowledge to know what was actually needed closed the sale and had them calling me first when they needed something else
Great haul!
Something we all need to consider.
For the last 10 years or so, I've been scavenging all the old cans of nails that I come across. Ever try to drive a new 16 penny thru an old growth 2x4? I thought my hammer was broke. Also started collecting GM HEIs years ago.
Preach it Tony
Looks just like my parts stash except mine is 80 % small block with some big block parts
I hoard 71-74 non Nova (omega ventura and apollo) X body front sheet metal and trim. No one repops it so I save it no matter how rough it is.
This video reminds me so much of myself back in the 90s when I was into the Mopar A bodies.
I daily drove a few slant six cars but we did get around to putting 440s in a few of them.
Thank God for the Schumacher kits back then.
Score! Great haul! You undersold it
I found an old man with 3 school buses full of nothing but big block mopar engines!
Sure bud
get 'em fired up and drive 'em home
@@albertgaspar627 they haven’t moved in 30 plus years, they are on the ground!
I have a bunch of stuff I would give you Tony send me a young guy to clean out a 45' trailer and take all the Mopar stuff I'm in north GA. 1 hrs south of Chattanooga TN.
wish i lived close to that
Pennsylvania junkyard are good 👍
Great video I have seen alot of holders in my days I had a friend that opened a body shop in Louisiana named muscle cars now he's in Mississippi he had some of the best high dollar big and small block chevy parts him and his Lil brother had 23 gen 1 camaros all nice cars some z28s original 69 pace car convertible. He sold and made more money on parts then he did body and paint work we called the loft above the police the X section that's where all the good stuff was. Gm forged cranks rods and bow tie blocks 4 bolt. Great video your friend from Louisiana Rick 427
Yesterday i went to a local parts store for the plug that goes on a 1980 D200 ECM, guy off the street price was $250, jobber $125, WTH, now i'm looking for a used one, i would really like the entire under hood wiring, i'm in western Canada.
Welcome to Venezuela baby!
As a life long Chevy guy, specifically a broke one things are getting scary for me.
Remember when you and Jim Bennett were helping that guy you needed 1 6 cylinder piston? Them 440 pistons could come in to use any day
Yup.... Just pulled out a spare piston fpto give to a guy that had bought a short block from me a month ago. When he was reringing it, he dropped one and ruined it. No biggie to help someone when you have extra parts around...!!!
I thought I knew things, until I got Mandela Effected, twice regarding car stuff.
I worked at a full service gas station in the 70's. We changed a LOT of tires, especially snow tires, on spare rims.
GM 5 bolt 14 and 15 inch were interchangeable, except Cadillac, they were special. Disc brake clearances not being an issue on rear drive cars back then, Chevy fit Pontiac that fit Buick that fit Olds...
I got wheels from a friend from his 66 El Camino to fit my 63 Belair, no problem. Except they didn't fit. He said there's always been 2 different 5 bolt patterns for GM! I looked it up, and now, he is correct.
I just changed the oil on my 63 Belair. It has been, since forever, 4 and a half to 5 quarts with filter, on the old 250 6 cylinder. I've had this car since 2000, many oil changes.
It took a full 6 quarts of oil. It is not overfilled. 6 qts brings it up to the line. My owner's manual still says 4 qts plus 1 for the filter. I'm waiting for that to change.
I am baffled.
Shrinkflation. There's only .8 qt. in each new bottle of oil.
@@americanpatrol4603 That makes sense but, I poured from a 5qt jug from NAPA 10/30 and used the single qt that was supposed to go into my pick up. Now I gotta go to NAPA again. And, the amount drained from the crankcase filled an old 5qt jug with excess in the pan.
i found a ford hoard from a man who passed and his kids only want money, its a 100' x 100' building filled to the rafters. i picked out 4 first gen bronco's with enough parts to build 2 more. i flipped the roughest bronco and going back for some early 60's ranchero's.
bring back your live stream Tony! I'm sure everyone would like to see you again!
The loss of Tony's livestreams, has left a hole in my soul.
@@WhiteTrashMotorsports I agree. The Wednesday and Sunday livestreams where the best and I always looked forward to them.
I have found NEW hydraulic lifters for my AMC360 . I ordered 3 sets !
What a great find Tony I'm gonna start doing the same thing
Fasteners are worth their weight in gold.
I soak mine in a 50/50 mix of salt water and vinegar--the brine tends to get rid of the rust and grime. the real issue is their strength after being stretched.