What are you bidding on?

I picked up a 96 Ford 4x4 1 ton pick-up truck at an auction in Chicago for 900.00 U.S. Just wanted the motor. 460 big block I brought a trailer, but before loaded it. I put a battery in it to see if I could drive it on the trailer. Turned the key on, and the odometer had less than 1500 miles on it. Around 2400 kilometers for you Aussie's. Did believe it, so I went found the guy that owned the lot. He said my truck was an old City of Chicago truck that they used for one season to plow snow. Then they parked in a garage for 12 years. I did not drive it on trailer. Didn't even try, and start it. When I got it home. I replaced the brake lines, gas lines, put some oil down cylinders and let it sit for day before I turned it over. Fired right up, and went down the road like a brand new truck, because it was. Ended up selling it two weeks later for $15,000

It’s always a sobering aspect of auctions when you realise how many people were living in these cars..

' Someone said 🍗KFC ' Such a quick witty one liner 🤣🤣

I bought my 351ci, single rail XD ex NSW police car from a police auction, paid $60] as it had been stolen, used in a police chase and dumped. All it needed to move was a battery, 3 tires and a jimmied steering lock. Later spent nearly 4 years restoring it with many NOS parts i came across from western NSW Ford dealers in the late 90's early 00's

Impressive the amount of engine names you know just by looking at the car Woody

Anyone else see an awesome $1000 challenge here for Woody and Al?

As a US truck lover , I always think the Aussie Ute's are just badass

First car I see(airbrushed Chrysler) used to be owned by someone that worked at greens biscuits,carole Park. Remember seeing it as I left work daily

I used to go to the salvage auctions with my dad in the '80s and by cars for our wreckers. Lots of memories here. Everything seems so new. Thanks Woodrigous

You still have these? In my country this was long ago stopped, because basically the flippers came in, all 'good' finds somehow lost their ECU fuse or fuel pump relay and they were picked up for cheap. Then they found cops intentionally taking _specific_ cars off the road and buying them for themselves (in the name of a family member ofc) :D

I love this. I used to work at an auction house. I loved just the variety of cars and bikes that came through.

The numbers in the top left corner tells what type of car it is, If it starts with H it's a police impound.

Good on you Woody…. I’m all in! Can’t wait to see future content from skid factory 2.0 👍🏻

I work for a tow yard in the states. It’s amazing some of the stuff we get in on impound.

We def need more of this content

Years ago I was stopped by the Police in a 98' wrx sti sportswagon, mate was driving, I was plastered. The copper grabbed the keys out the ignition and goes "Who's the owner of this car? it's coming back as stolen" Baffled and slurring I replied "Huh, Its mine, I bought it from you's" 🤣🤣🤦‍♂️ After what seemed like an eternity and damn near pissing myself they let us go saying "Sorry mate, bit of a mix up but shouldn't have anymore issue's"

Now you have got me interested in Police auctions. Gunna look up for the next one.

Any AU is a good AU… The pinnacle of Australian motoring.

Man, that would be an awesome day out for me, I'd love it. I'd also get myself into trouble with the misses so whatever I bought would have to be warm to sleep in..

Went to this auction 5 years ago. Picked up 1 ls statesman $1200 1 VT Ss iron lion 5 speed for $800 1 v6 triton $300 and a L series subie for $375 all delivered for an extra $300 just can’t get the deals anymore at this auction.

6:53 thats gotta be ex-Mexican Hoon Cartel whip for sure

Good one Woody, I was looking at going to this one but was in Bundy that weekend. Thanks for the walk around.

Here in Darwin we get all the backpackers going back home who just dump/abandon their vehicles at the airport and surrounding areas. Most of those end up at auction.

This is a really interesting video guys, the auctions are super fun to attend!

The ford at 8:54 that has been destroyed is a MK2 FPV GS with a SC.

Well that certainly was different.

I finally made it onto The Skid Factory... I was volunteering with the Scouts cooking up breakfast! I wish I'd realised you were there Woody & I would have come to say g'day!

This is like the yard for the Bruce Highway where they smash the car or leaves it down the side of the road highway And also Fraser Island recoveries jobs

"Somebody said KFC" 😭😅 Woody is hilarious sometimes. lmao

The car are a piece of art but the only problem it the little scratches on them

Only yesterday was I frothing over the thought of a cheap 5cyl Volvo. Those motors can be souped until they melt. Always wanted to wrench a 5cyl.

Low Standards? I know someone who could have that red Commodore built in only 4 weeks! Shout out to Jay!

Chev badge on the stato, thats another 1000hp ahahahahaha

That one Astra can be a fun little coupe just like 2sexy plus those engine's (at least here in Europe, mostly UK) are well know to take a beat and being swapped in a lot of random projects, also seen a few mini with one of those. I think project Binky also has used this same engine

you fellas should do something with an intech one day. big single type of thing

I find these yards quite sad , a good friend of mine had his shmick HQ Monaro impounded from outside his home in Prahran , melb due to drug addiction .

Should have filmed the auction, would be interesting to see what they sold for

They get impounded for reckless driving, hooning, speeding, running red lights, being a heap of junk, being unroadworthy, bring unregistered or other?

I kid you not I saw the falcon in the thumbnail on marketplace a couple of weeks ago ahahahha

V6 challenger a mighty fine vehicle? Ha ha yep if you own BP.

Nice gen1 paj at @0:35

Come to central coast nsw plenty of cars need taking away and sold at auction

I gather this is North coast? Your stomping ground. I reckon a lot of those vehicles came out of flooded paddocks after the big rains. I reckon a few have been for a swim...

dude those 5 cilinder volvo engines are pretty dope, you should do a T5 swap into something

Should give that Astra c20let a go,car looked engine swapped so about 300+bhp,if was in UK be a lot more interest

Also, buy that fairmont front swapped1 ute, skid factory needs to do an intech. where's Kevin

Challengers are a fav of backpackers 👍

Excellent video

That volvo looked mint as

When Woody said astra turbo I felt a bit sad... Until it turned out it was an astra G, those things were utter sheds.

I drove past when this was on and thought "who buys this shit" 🤣

Good show Woody.

That exact falcon in the thumbnail was on marketplace the other week

TJ says epicccccc

We had a 17 year old '05 Nissan X-trail at home, it's a complete write off now, but I used to drive it for back when i was practicing for my Ls and Ps and later on my sister used to daily drive until she ended up indirectly involved in a terrible car accident, luckily the airbags did deploy sucessfully, she survived, just barely with a few broken bones, fractures on her wrist and forearm, in serious pain, was immediately taken to hospital by paramedics, had to be admistered with morphine, it was that painful and had to have an operation, the good news is that she is alive, was not at fault, some absolute genius on the road decided to pull out and then stopped right infront of her, she tried to swerve away to avoid colliding with the driver, but it was too late the other driver as they stopped, clipped her side which upon impact sent her veering into the oncoming, crashed into an oncoming vehicle, although the traffic in the oncoming wasn't travelling at speed, was slowing down to stop for a redlight, investigation is still on going and the driver who pulled out is confirmed to be at fault, not only by admitting, however is still refusing to give correct details of the vehicles registration, my father looked up the plates and rego, nothing came up, so that guy involved at the time probably lied to authorities and to my father, as my dad tried to contact the other party involved to confirm details and finalise the claim. I am glad she and everyone else is okay, I'm also grateful that she is still with us, as for the car, we had a damn good run, but it's time to say good bye to the little troopper.

Cheap cars with dubious history and full of the last owner's belongings? Someone tell Moog, this is right up his alley

Man as an American seeing Aussie cars is such a culture shock. boss 290 he says it's such a massive engine, all I can think is man that's the tiniest V8 I ever seen

the Chrysler 300 in first part of video with scarface on passenger side n godfather on the driver's side, that paint job was insured for 30k

Backpacker cars? Dumped at the airport quite often.

"A lot of these cars will be rebirthed." Yep 😅 "Rebirthed" has a pretty specific and illicit meaning in the car world, if memory serves.

I love the car auctions they're gambling for car people...

You should check behind the back seats for bags lol

That 300c used to be in Ipswich many years ago haha funny it ended up there

Wasn't a FG XR8, was a FPV GS mk2 s/c v8 miami engine. They are worth a bit 👌

think i have been to that lot before, near maroochydore or smth

That Ute with the fairlane front is for sale on marketplace rn

Alot of people at those auctions

video concept tailor made for woody's laugh. perfect.

I'm flipping out at how many VEs I see in the background. Finding G8 parts in the US is pretty difficult.

5:45 ROFL why the diss on the Commodore Executive? "This thing says low standards all over."

You can bet that if someone who is in the little group and knows the right handshake owned one of those cars and "got caught hooning" their car wouldn't be stolen by those wonderful cops who were protecting the pavement from that dangerous rubber.

We need a follow up with some prices that the interesting things sold for

5:47 is a vp commodore not a vn. used to own one they go hard

I'm glad I could add to the scrap pile 😎

That Astra black top would of been a nice snag, Marty shoulda came picked that up for the Chevette

cheers 🍻 just negotiating on a project now 👍🏼

honestly i would probably bid on the multicolor ute

Haha, was positive you would buy something. One buck boat!

I used to own a challenger and a VN, but it was a badged one, Toyota Lexen VN, great video Woody, cool to see something different

looks like fun, thinking some of them probably stolen and people claimed insurance, or couldn't find the owners?

get that gen1 paj and put the lexus v8 in it pls or any motor really, gen1 paj is best paj

The 4m40 in my old 94 party paj loved 20psi boost all day with 600,000 on the clock I couldn't kill it

pretty interesting place, would be cool if you found something for a project at one of these auctions

Oman I would be spending a lot there with that VE Commodore just to get the front end. And the air bag!! Lol love to completely swap my G8 over.. plus I would be grabbing a bunch of the Holden badges

Never known the challenger was a thing there, over here in europe its called a pajero sport.

"someone said kfc" lol

that uzj100 would have been a good buy if you got it cheap. Just needed a clean, it had leather seats, and some new glass and you'd have an awesome daily for cheap as. I daily my UZJ100 it's the best vehicle ever made, and I've owned a shit load, including a 200 series turbo diesel which was an absolute dog

Very cool seeing what your tow guys auctions are like

What the hell happened to that XR8? Looks like it went through a crusher!

"I'm living in that. It just needs a wash." - Next Australian PM

I'm on completely the wrong side of the country, but I'd love that AU 5 speed ute with the Fairlane front end for a skid pig

GOOD FOR SPARE ONLY IF RUN

yeeeehaaaaaaa drag week car is going to be BORN

9:34 sorry Woody but as a BMW owner, you definitely don't want an n54 😅 mine makes around 340KW but since it's only working half the time it averages out to 150 or so

The Skid factory, needs a skid car.

Someone said kFC 😂love it

A lot of cars are from international travelers who can't sell before going home

Lot of flood cars I would say

I wish sweden had this kind of auction too...