I agree. Over the years they have come to see things more our way on that front, and some have been sold in the interest of keeping and fixing the ones they really want. I more put the “NOTHING IS FOR SALE” warning at the beginning because I am not going to waste a thousand hours of my time on that. Exactly 0% of sale inquiries for parts or vehicles from my videos have resulted in a sale. It’s ridiculous.

greed arogance stupidity any more questions? when i see hoarders

mental illness

Maybe it’s a Mopar purgatory, prolonging the inevitable, rubbing it in the faces of all who would love to restore them…or just a hoarder that can’t part with his collection. 😢

@@acardiac5983 It's sort of a complicated third option, really. A bit of the first crossed with a bit of the second, until he hit 70 and realized it was time to start letting some things go and finishing some projects. Unfortunately it was too late for many of the cars 20 years ago when they got there. He's a very friendly and personable guy who loves the cars and has a lot of dreams. In between maintaining the ranch and the rest of life, he hasn't exactly had enough time to see them to fruition. It's a story a lot of us can sympathize with.

Yep… I started ten years ago. I need to get back at it.

Thank you!

It used to be so much more spread out too. In the main field by the road, there would be a dart here, a duster there… they finally started putting things together in lines over the last few years. I’m not sure if the county complained or if they just felt like it. Yeah… if I remember right, that Challenger came from the beach. It’s amazingly bad.

Ok I wouldn’t know to catch that one. Haha. There’s so much cool stuff there that isn’t Mopar even… there’s a WWII-era deck crane somewhere. It never ends.

@@DeadDodgeGarage wow! Yeah, I could spend a long time just wandering around there, lol!

Not sure! I have a ‘72 Timberline trailer I need to get to fixing again. The roof has been a constant problem thanks to the humongous add on rooftop AC - but I’m not willing to take it off. Haha.

I pulled a ‘68 Sport Satellite out of one of the fields there. It was so cool… but so, so bad. The frame was bad when they bought it twenty years ago. The sad reality is, these cars were mostly undesirable (with some exceptions) and getting bad when they ended up there. When I saw the place the first time, I found it very cool but very depressing. My view has changed a bit over the years.

Yep owned 69 Roadrunner till I found out it ate a quarter tank of gas in the winter to go 5 miles to work. 1975 those were special kinda years to.

I’ve been party to some pretty impressive off-roading in the red car. It drives pretty well too, despite the lift kit and truck tires. I probably need one of my own at some point.

I don’t know, but they were friggin big!

I know what a two door sedan is. I’m probably one of not so many people under 40 that do… I don’t see the problem with using the colloquially accepted term two door post.

@@DeadDodgeGarage 🤔 Maybe I'm just too much of a purest! Lol. Just keep those old Mopars coming. I see those Gems in the background of your videos.

Me too, very much. I guess if I hacked the weeds off and dragged it out for a revival there wouldn’t be much anyone could do about it. Haha.

I’ll have another some day - hopefully a decent one. Haha.

Exactly. I don’t think they started collecting intending to watch the cars rot into the ground. They grabbed them because they were cheap and it was fun. I got your emails! Good lesson on the NP445, I wasn’t familiar with that one.

@@DeadDodgeGarage Guy that does some old truck work claims they were a $50 or less option on all the manual transmission equipped trucks. Often on the heavy flatbeds desined for rural applications so the initial momentum in 1st doesn't get lost fighting to get into 2nd gear.

Opps-all I have seen were mid to late '70's build dates, on 1/2, 3/4, 2.5 ton 2wd & 4x4 trucks. Somebody that built'em or worked at a dealership/sales could know lots more.

🤣

Hence the disclaimer at the front… nothing is for sale *here.*

It sure was - from Beaverton, OR, I believe.

​@@DeadDodgeGarageCoool! Too bad it is gone. Did it have bigblock?

There’s just the one ‘68 there. He has a second ‘68 which my brother is currently piecing together with a pile of stuff from AMD. They’re sweet cars. Interesting that someone who is often in the comments offered a cross ram setup for hemi manifolds. Maybe he’s a friend of nick’s. Haha.

@@DeadDodgeGarage cool,wasn't sure if the one buried in weeds was a roadrunner. The triple black 68 is very cool.

@@MikeJBlues It's actually a super basic Belvedere sedan that isn't even his. It was parked there (with the wagon next to it and a Coronet sedan, which you can't even see anymore) by one of his friends years ago. Yes I hope to see that four speed Roadrunner out terrorizing the streets again one day.

@@DeadDodgeGarage big block ? Lol

Maybe I can help you understand. When the majority of these cars got there in the late 90s and early 2000s, they were essentially worthless. Most of them were already pretty rotten or stripped at that time. Barring a couple exceptions, there aren’t many rare or desirable models. Going to the ranch was a better fate than their other options. Now a lot of them are desirable, and people are mad about it. I have helped to sell some here and there and thin the herd. Viable projects come out of the bushes as possible and stuff starts happening. Unfortunately, many aren’t viable anymore - and haven’t been for years. We pulled a ‘68 Sport Satellite 383 car out of the field to start on. We found that the frame had rusted out decades ago, and someone had put in a 2x4 between the frame rail and axle housing to hold the body up on the driver side. There was hardly a usable piece of metal on the car. Yes, it was better when it got there - but not much. It was then sold to someone with dreams of replacing every panel on it. The owner of the property is in his 70s now, and has realized that it’s time to let some things go. The reason I said nothing is for sale is because I am not going to waste days of my life brokering purchases that never happen. Exactly 0% of the parts or project purchase offers that I’ve received through KZfaq have amounted to anything. It’s not worth the time. Hopefully this makes sense.

If a local person walked up with actual cash money, the story would be different on the less desirable cars. I’m not connecting wannabe internet buyers to the owners. It’s not worth it.

Kinda. But I’m not going to broker deals like that here. It never ends up being worth the time. Apologies.

Interesting. Many, many, many people have to disagree with you - just ask these guys complaining in the comments about these gems rotting into the earth on the ranch instead of in their driveways.

Me too actually. Where are they going? Lol. The plan for the truck is cab replacement and eventual Cummins swap.

This is America. That’s all I can say.

Sure.

That’s me! That’s also me playing every instrument in the intro track.

You’re probably right…

That’s basically what I did for a summer!

Not in this forum.

@@DeadDodgeGarage yeah I understand that 🤣

Well, I don’t have one, but you could try reaching out to Nick with Lambvinski’s Garage. He deals in the Sweptlines a lot.

Well, that would be two handfuls!

@@DeadDodgeGarage I forgot to divide by 2

So many reasons. Things get out of hand. Life happens. Before you know it you’re 70 and the cars are rotting into the earth.

Interesting. I almost never put big block stuff together for myself. I just love the little LA engines. Don’t know why. If I do a big block, it’ll be this 440 sitting here… If someone offered you a Hemi ‘Cuda, you’d better just go ahead and give them whatever they want… I would be sad to miss my shot at the wrecker, but dang.

@@DeadDodgeGarage I'll be at the ranch tomorrow. I'll let you know what kind of rigs are for sale. The cuda does have shaker hood , kinda rough and missing this n that.

Me too! I made a whole video about that called “all about barracudas.”

Me too…

Once shed that held another handful of good ones fell down and ruined a Challenger. There is no perfect answer.

Tons of stuff there is for sale 😅 but I’ll be damned if I’m going to waste another minute of my time on dreaming KZfaq commenters who never buy anything.

He never planned on restoring most of them. But he did plan to get to a few. Things are happening with some of them - slowly.

There used to be a lot more.

🤣 I said not to tell!!

There were four. I bought and then sold one, helped them sell another. Down to the horrible rusty pile ‘71 Challenger, and the late Barracuda.

As far as KZfaq needs to know, nothing is for sale. In real life… some things are. The herd has been thinned a lot over recent years.

A lot of them already were good for the crusher when they got there. I decided to try to be that guy 9-10 years ago and started reviving them and moving them to better spots. But it’s not my stuff, not my choice.

@@DeadDodgeGarage I understand. Please excuse me, I just find it hard to imagine something like that can exist. Because cars around here rust out so bad that places like that don't, and never have existed around here. So much so that nobody even works on any old cars, I'm pretty much the only one who does.

I’m expecting to hear this same comment many times over. All I will say is, things are better now than they were.

I don’t know, like, entertainment or some shit? Other people seem to enjoy it? Thanks for earning me ad revenue!

If I sounded excited about it…

Lol ok

@@DeadDodgeGarage only young once. Get it done now or he’s gonna be a old man with too many projects and nothing done.

@@mysterycomment1553 fish don't catch themselves. Marine repair and salvage companies don't run themselves. Students don't teach themselves. A welding machine requires an operator to do anything useful. The local fishing fleet requires frequent attention. There is a big difference between lazy and busy. Let's get that straight.

Back when he started collecting them, they were near worthless junk. His place or the crusher - which would you prefer? Unfortunately they are now all slowly returning to the earth. Some could be purchased locally. I am not going to try and help sell things through KZfaq. It doesn’t work. I just get BS inquiries and more of my time wasted.

I understand the thinking. But I’m a younger guy myself and I much prefer these cars as the factory built them. I wouldn’t take age as the only important factor here. Hell, it’s the older guys that want air conditioning and fancy modern transmissions shoved in these cars, and they have the money to make it happen…

@@DeadDodgeGarage Uhh no we don't

All of “you?” None of this is mine. Well, except for my poor truck. As much as I want to agree with you in spirit, this is America. I don’t think you’d like people in your house telling you what you had to do with your possessions. It’s the same thing. It makes me sad, but they aren’t mine. I have helped where I can. My whole goal in this endeavor - and really in my professional life - has been to help keep these cars on the road. Believe me when I say I don’t like this stuff.

I dunno, because people like seeing cool stuff and making videos literally pays me money? What the hell do you think I’m doing with all of the projects on my channel and all of the THOUSANDS of messages, emails and comment responses I have given in the course of running this thing? Helping Mopar lovers get their cars on the road, or keep them there. And for every ass hat like you that says I’m not funny, there are least a couple who disagree with you and hit the subscribe button. I’ve literally been told “you should do standup,” so really I think this says a lot more about you than me. Good luck with your life, dude - and I hope you never need my help.

@@DeadDodgeGarage Now your funny People like seeing cool stuff Really? What cool stuff Funny man Shit that’s rotting under Brush and vines ,Stuff that will never be seen by the Public as you stated You hurt my feelings that I,ll never get help from you,fact is I would never seek your help as you could never help me with my Mopars you know the ones I,m actually restoring,it’s people like you that don’t really contribute to the hobby instead helping to kill it,And I know way too many people that actually do help me and or Sell cars that they have no time for,most of all you know very little about Mopars Can’t wait for your HBO Stand up Special

@@mikeroberts5646 I literally work at a well regarded Mopar restoration shop. I build factory spec, visually correct Mopar big blocks. Often. I don’t know who the hell you think you’re talking to, but you clearly know nothing about me. And that’s fine. Good luck with your life dude.

@@DeadDodgeGarage Thanks

I mean, I feel the same, but I also am the same to some degree. If they weren’t in his yard, many of them would have been scrapped long ago. On my channel we don’t malign mental illness. We live with it.

@@DeadDodgeGarage your doing something with it… getting ppl into it… Getting them going. Maybe they are too but.. but how many have gone to shit? Waiting for the someday fix? Its like an orphanage, that wont let ppl adopt the children…. Then they just slowly die.

They’re not mine. The owner is in his 70s, so, yeah. And, most of them were junk when they got there.

You go ahead

I truly don’t understand this ridiculous point of view. You don’t like seeing cool shit? Ok. Tell that to everyone else on KZfaq who does private yard crawls. Seriously. What are you talking about?

Yes we are. My brother is restoring it for the owner - at least doing the metalwork. He will start on that as soon as soon as he is done with their Roadrunner.

It’s not exactly like that. It’s that I am not going to try to sell stuff on here. It’s a huge waste of time.

Cool! Thousands of other people disagree and just like seeing cool and slightly depressing stuff, so we’re good there. Meanwhile, I have surrendered HOURS of my life to emailing people who want to buy cars or parts through the channel, and it has amounted to zero sales. Literally ZERO. In any case, I already made money the moment you clicked on the video, and your comment helps to increase the video’s reach! So I really appreciate that. Thanks.