A THOUSAND CLASSIC CARS!!! MASSIVE JUNK YARD!! Classic Car Salvage Yard! Junktown USA! Classic Cars.

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  • čas přidán 28. 09. 2023
  • Welcome to French lake Autoparts in Annandale Minnesota. This Massive Junkyard is home to over a Thousand Classic Cars just rusting away. This place is also known as Junk town USA. Classic Car salvage Yard, Classic Car Junk Yard. Classic Car Graveyard. I love coming here to snoop around this Junkyard. Spent a nice fall morning here. It's absolutely an Amazing Salvage Yard. Full of good parts for classic cars and some good possible Classic Car Project Cars. Welcome to Junk town USA. French Lake Auto Parts.
    They have rows and rows of Classic Vehicles. Vintage Vehicles. All sorted by make and year too! Makes it fun to walk the lot and take a nice full tour of all the classic cars. Also saw a lot of cool old wagons!
    If you have any questions about anything just give French Lake Autoparts a call or find them on the web.
    French Lake Autoparts
    www.frenchlakeautoparts.com/
    Classic Car Graveyard.
    Classic Car Junk Yard.
    Exploring a Junk Yard.
    Massive Junk Yard.
    Salvage Yard.
    Huge Salvage Yard.
    Junk Yard Exploring.
    Classic Cars,
    Classic Car Show.
    Junk Yard Car Show,
    Junk Town U.S.A.
    Oldsmobile,
    Ford Edsel,
    AMC Ramblers,
    Ford Truck Cabs,
    COE Vehicle,
    Lincoln,
    Cadillac,
    Plymouth Fury,
    Kaiser,
    Pontiac GTO,
    Ford
    Dodge
    Jeep
    Chevy
    Chevrolets
    Plymouth
    Dodge,
    Mopar,
    Barracudas,
    Packard
    Chrysler
    International,
    Buick
    Studebaker
    AMC
    GMC
    and many more...
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Komentáře • 172

  • @raymondcollyear4773
    @raymondcollyear4773 Před 8 měsíci +31

    It would be cool to go back to the day the new owners drove those cars off the dealers lot and to see how good they looked and how proud the new owners were.

  • @hectormacias8890
    @hectormacias8890 Před 8 měsíci +18

    This is not a junkyard. This is a museum. No shrubs nor trees growing through these beauties. These owners have done a great job preserving these beauties. This was a fantastic video. Thank you MattsRadShow.

  • @ngle
    @ngle Před 8 měsíci +14

    With this era, America lost its special character, which made it so exciting from a European perspective.
    The junkyards like this are memorial sites to a bygone nation. The autumn mood is perfect!

  • @garinaisgarinais1854
    @garinaisgarinais1854 Před 8 měsíci +6

    I like that you don't rush and show the cars. The viewer can watch and enjoy the calmly

  • @RhettyforHistory
    @RhettyforHistory Před 8 měsíci +11

    That's awesome they let you out there to film and explore. There isn't anything like that where I am.

  • @avail1.
    @avail1. Před 8 měsíci +11

    The yard of the dead cars. If this could have been shown to all these generations of buyer/owners...like a Time Machine. Most probably wouldn't have believed it. What do the Big 3 think of, when seeing a part of their legacy ? Matt this type of video is your specialty. The music fits with the depth of field shots of all the rows, it presents a surreal history *scope aura. It causes some of us over 63 years of age to remember all the cars we sat in when we *hitchhiked around the state. How many*beaters we drove at different ages. Seeing mentally the faces of the past and the jokes and dates, etc. Thank you sir !!🎉😊

  • @musicguy3725
    @musicguy3725 Před 8 měsíci +5

    When I was ten, my Dad took me to a "Junkyard" in New Mexico that was like this, and it was a pick-a-part kind of place. I "picked" two hood ornaments off a 1951 and a 1953 Pontiac (one all-chrome, the other the amber chief's head). Got them both for 50 cents, total. Still have them 50 years later.

  • @scotbownes5627
    @scotbownes5627 Před 8 měsíci +9

    Very cool love the old yards - I could spend hours looking around
    Thanks Matt 👍🙂

  • @89jacek
    @89jacek Před 8 měsíci +2

    lots of beautiful cars ;'( RIP

  • @T-41
    @T-41 Před 2 měsíci +1

    When autos were art on wheels. Thanks for doing this.

  • @diedonner299
    @diedonner299 Před 8 měsíci +5

    These were once loved by their original owners all of whom have probably passed away by now. Kind of sad to see them all left behind like this, abandoned and eroding away.

  • @pavelsanchez9606
    @pavelsanchez9606 Před měsícem +1

    Nice job. Thank you for sharing

  • @paulpodbroskisr3679
    @paulpodbroskisr3679 Před 2 měsíci +2

    MAN…. All the families stories, of owners of each vehicle, good ole times, best of times and even the hard n sad times if only the past could whisper stories of each vehicle’s journey of existence what it was like.
    That’s what goes through my mind when I see all these vehicles in this video, awesome video.
    I’m on the hunt for a affordable build 1969-70 Nova SS or not for my recently retired pastime hobby, hopefully I’ll find it. I stumbled on this video, again nice job on video.

  • @paulbookwood6410
    @paulbookwood6410 Před 8 měsíci +3

    That's a good way to spend a day. Fun and educational!

  • @user-zz1dy7uq2b
    @user-zz1dy7uq2b Před 3 měsíci +1

    I would not mind living there with all that treasure, beautiful better than disney land for sure

  • @1972scenic
    @1972scenic Před 8 měsíci +2

    My next holiday destination.

  • @lawrencethompson7672
    @lawrencethompson7672 Před měsícem +2

    Hope they get a new life. Let's put them back on the road 🛣️🛣️🛣️😀😀😀

  • @MrOpaulo
    @MrOpaulo Před 2 měsíci +1

    This is my second time watching this post
    its one of your best that brings my memories back
    Thanks Matt

  • @WizardOfWhoopee
    @WizardOfWhoopee Před 7 měsíci +1

    At 18:20 I dig the old truck with the 'elevated' headlights.

  • @catfishandcoleslaw
    @catfishandcoleslaw Před měsícem +1

    Thanks to you and this video I was able to get ahold of David at French Lake. @21:11 there are at least 10-12 Cutlasses with a rear quarter that I could use for my Rallye 350! I mentioned this well done video to him!

  • @alcosta2040
    @alcosta2040 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Hey love the show you should do an episode on the guy who found his father's car thru your show or give an update that would be good show to see !!!!!!

  • @deanriley1284
    @deanriley1284 Před 8 měsíci +3

    This is a great video. The background music is bang on! The way cars were made and styled back then compared to the 💩 we have today!

  • @mrford70
    @mrford70 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Great video
    Cool old cars 👍🏻
    Greatings from Sweden 😉

  • @timcoffey5927
    @timcoffey5927 Před 8 měsíci +1

    the music - equal parts unsettling, emotional and nostalgic !- amazing video

  • @CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525
    @CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Thanks walking yours and showing us all of these historical stories. So some interesting parts. If they hadn't any 1950 Oldsmobiles. Plus or minus a year. I'll have to call them.

  • @dennispetrovic8466
    @dennispetrovic8466 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I enjoyed watching that. Brings back memories..

  • @henryhill3778
    @henryhill3778 Před 8 měsíci +2

    That first Lincoln IS an amazing car. I bought one from a guy in Stillwater mn just for the 430 engine in it. It was sunk down to the axels and all rusted out as the body is unitbody. That car is one if not THE longest car that came out of Detroit.

  • @edwardallan197
    @edwardallan197 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Yards like this are historically important. IMPORTANT.

  • @tedbeav
    @tedbeav Před 3 měsíci +1

    I'm gonna have to visit here for sure, I looked it up and this place is like an hour away from my house

  • @andradefaixas6917
    @andradefaixas6917 Před 8 měsíci +3

    É muita história neste pátio, fico pensando como as pessoas usavam estes carros antigamente, deveria ser muito bom

  • @TravisBic41162
    @TravisBic41162 Před 8 měsíci +1

    This is making me cry 😭....,....i love every one of these cars and trucks😭😭😭......I LOVE THIS !😍😍😍♥️♥️♥️

  • @arneminderman3770
    @arneminderman3770 Před 3 měsíci

    Great! Thank you!

  • @ItsjustChris95
    @ItsjustChris95 Před 8 měsíci +4

    I love Junk yard videos ! I really enjoyed this one ! Thank you Matt

  • @larrybailey43
    @larrybailey43 Před 8 měsíci +2

    This is the nicest yard I’ve seen. Nicely organized

  • @ricksoldcargarage
    @ricksoldcargarage Před 2 měsíci +1

    I bought parts from one of those Edsel's. Easy people to deal with

  • @adamvalenzuela6626
    @adamvalenzuela6626 Před 10 dny +1

    Wish i ciuld go there. I sure could use sime parts!❤

  • @RogerWarren-ec2ql
    @RogerWarren-ec2ql Před 2 měsíci +1

    No.computers.back.then❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @ludovicleroux9190
    @ludovicleroux9190 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Stunning vedeo. One more subscriber !

  • @mrblobby8965
    @mrblobby8965 Před 8 měsíci +2

    as the owner of 2 mercury cougars 68/70 it was sad to the one in this yard rotting away !

  • @peterselten500
    @peterselten500 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Hi matt thanks for the tour my picks are the blue white fotds an some of the 50s 60s cars . Cheers mate🇦🇺

  • @MrOpaulo
    @MrOpaulo Před 8 měsíci +2

    Another great tour with Matt

  • @hughphillips67Mustang
    @hughphillips67Mustang Před 8 měsíci +2

    Absolutely LOVE the blue Ford car hauler in the begining of the video. I've been looking for one for a long time. To bad it's so far away.

  • @davemaki4888
    @davemaki4888 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I have a yellow Gremlin out there somewhere. 1979.

  • @judithmitchell4667
    @judithmitchell4667 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Wow!!!

  • @1971azm
    @1971azm Před 8 měsíci +2

    Парк юрского периода 👍

  • @firstevidentenigma
    @firstevidentenigma Před 8 měsíci +1

    Beautiful. If I hit the lottery, I'd just buy one of these places, hire a bunch of people, and get these on the road. lol

  • @RogerWarren-ec2ql
    @RogerWarren-ec2ql Před 2 měsíci +1

    If.only.they.could.talk.imagine.australia❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @robrobster9148
    @robrobster9148 Před měsícem +1

    Very well done. Wasn't there a Buick section? Thanks, Rob The Netherlands Europe

  • @drewcrews3967
    @drewcrews3967 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Good stuff.... a lot of people would think this is just a guy walking through a junkyard with a camera. However, I noticed the editing and neat closeups and the panoramas.... Also the narration is kind of soothing. Calm, quiet comments. Reminds me of when I used to watch Bob Ross painting happy little trees on PBS years ago...I could walk through a salvage yard like this for hours. Thanks for the tour.

    • @MattsRadShow
      @MattsRadShow  Před 3 měsíci

      Thanks for your kind words man. 🙏 appreciated.

  • @RivieraByBuick
    @RivieraByBuick Před 8 měsíci +1

    i like the ambient music

  • @larrybailey43
    @larrybailey43 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Very cool Yard !

  • @MrOpaulo
    @MrOpaulo Před 2 měsíci

    Can hardly wait for boating season with Matt

  • @mehrdadezzati3865
    @mehrdadezzati3865 Před 8 měsíci +1

    cool 😍

  • @Bobby-kp6ln
    @Bobby-kp6ln Před 8 měsíci +1

    That 62 imapla is really nice loooking. I tried to buy a polara like that one when i was 15

  • @terryeustice5399
    @terryeustice5399 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Matt, plenty of old Iron in this Junkyard. And plenty of parts, or possible restoration autos. Will of course be no titles. Enjoyed the visit. Thanks for sharing 💯👍

  • @pauldeschamps8965
    @pauldeschamps8965 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Can't believe that GTO is there?!

  • @fredwhite1341
    @fredwhite1341 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Would you look at that! would you look at that!

  • @davidburnette963
    @davidburnette963 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Good cars in thire😮

  • @jorgeb9715
    @jorgeb9715 Před 8 měsíci +2

    The bad part why most looked like they would have sold,,it's because they ask crazy high prices

  • @stevemastbaum
    @stevemastbaum Před 8 měsíci +1

    Great video! Rust never looked so good.

  • @keithhebert9334
    @keithhebert9334 Před 8 měsíci +1

    That's an amazing place pretty organized my favorite one is the 57 Ford at 10 125 looks pretty complete even if it's worse than it looks it was still look nice in my backyard nice video man

  • @ericmhinkle6003
    @ericmhinkle6003 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Yes the red primers car is a 1962 Ford thunderbird

  • @carlinshowalter1806
    @carlinshowalter1806 Před 8 měsíci

    I'd drive that ol Lincoln just the way it is.

  • @jeffl1460
    @jeffl1460 Před 8 měsíci +1

    And each one is saying: "Just a few more miles, please".

  • @THROTTLEPOWER
    @THROTTLEPOWER Před 8 měsíci +1

    👍👍👍👍

  • @alexzildjian
    @alexzildjian Před 8 měsíci +1

    Love a Lot This vídeo YOUR NEW SUSCRIBER 😃👋 Hi from Ensenada Baja California MÉXICO 🇲🇽 Saludos 👋

  • @bobcomment8589
    @bobcomment8589 Před 8 měsíci

    A lot of very nice cars. Without this cars the USA are finished

    • @jadegb5474
      @jadegb5474 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I agree, being from the UK these cars are the USA as I see it..........unfortunately today this era is over and the roads are full of boring plastic junk............luckily though these yards are still there full of classics.

  • @mikedaugharty5544
    @mikedaugharty5544 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Awesome video there man love them old cars I need no more projects though but just nice to know what's out there can't take care of the ones I got I got two of the gotta go together yet thanks for the video at least the wood ticks ain't out now!!!!

  • @gt1957
    @gt1957 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Great video. Some of those older rust buckets will be hard to bring back lol.

    • @31847448
      @31847448 Před 8 měsíci

      Or, near to impossible .

    • @Blackadder75
      @Blackadder75 Před 8 měsíci

      that's not their job, they have been used for parts for the past 30 years, missing a windscreen? maybe that is not sad because maybe some other car that was being restored is now still riding on the road with that very windscreen.

  • @iamacarnut
    @iamacarnut Před 8 měsíci +1

    Love your style of caputring the true style of times gone by.. new sub..love it..

  • @guadalahonky4002
    @guadalahonky4002 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I have fallen in love with old station wagons. That 1959 Ford Country Squire in Wedgewood Blue + Colonial White is in amazing condition for nearly 63 years of age. Stickler about original colors too.

  • @ronaldmiller2740
    @ronaldmiller2740 Před 8 měsíci +1

    WE FOUND SOME 1958 NEAR THE PLYMOUTHS ..

  • @jeffpeterson6959
    @jeffpeterson6959 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I've never seen a 2 door Continental before, and they have 2 of them! Also, somebody save that '42 Nash PLEASE! Super rare and looks nice.
    .

  • @melgoy2094
    @melgoy2094 Před 8 měsíci

    75 percent looks like 4 doors. That 62 impala was pretty clean. Good entry level car for a beginner

  • @scottpatterson4105
    @scottpatterson4105 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Classics are designated as such based on unique characteristics.
    These are vintage based solely on age. Collectable is another matter.

  • @ronaldgebo7233
    @ronaldgebo7233 Před 8 měsíci

    1936 Chevy came out with the suburban!!

  • @touhouer7647
    @touhouer7647 Před 8 měsíci +2

    This is why i usually really love vintage/classic/antique vehicles, They usually have the most beautiful & nicest designs that are made by the finest manufacturers out there, I serve to be a huge fan of classic automobiles when it comes to seeing old classics.
    The only things i don't like is seeing them rust & decay as well as the worst part of seeing them getting crush which is what i usually hate to see, It's a terrible thing if that happens and it makes me mad that such vintage relics/treasures get destroyed by the most cruelest & most stupidest people out there because in 2023, it's a year that brings such craziness that many people don't like.
    I may like modern cars but i rather really go after classic/vintage vehicles when it comes to them, Not that much beauties from the past are gonna be there and its gonna get harder to find such classics nowadays due to how rare and pretty much expensive these things when they get restored and go up for sale.
    I always had this one dream where i wanted to drive every classic vehicle i could think of especially the ones that are featured in this video as drivable vehicles in perfect condition in a driving game, a GTA like kind of game or whatever game i could think of as i wanted to think about becoming a game developer one day.
    If only i could imagine what kinds of cars that are seen right here in this video like having a list of what kinds of cars are they and timestamps of the video of where they are at, I could possibly do some research on such vehicles and someday, i could have the feeling of putting them in a game if that ever happens.
    Classic cars are so cool, beautiful and a work of art, and of course i feel like the modern times nowadays doesn't know how to follow the style and they just keep failing over and over.
    I believe that we should preserve every vintage/classic/antique vehicle for historical purposes no matter what condition they are in..

    • @Blackadder75
      @Blackadder75 Před 8 měsíci

      sorry, you are very naive, these cars were made by the millions, just like modern ordinary cars , a VW golf , a Toyota Corolla or a Ford Fiesta. It is and was impossible to preserve them all and the materials are valuable, so most of them got scrapped and recycled . some of of them ended up getting restored, this often costs more than a new car, that's why almost nobody does it, except hobby fans. and some of them end up in a junkyard like this, for parts.
      A dozen old junkers here of the same model look dreadful, but maybe somebody got 10 parts out of them he needed to restore his one car back home. these are now just relics from the past, rotting away , and maybe one day somebody can still find that little part inside them that hasn't been destroyed yet by time. That is their fate. It's sheer impossible to shelter all of them, for little to no gain, it would costs millions

  • @edsel6818
    @edsel6818 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Oh No 1958 EDSELS, JUS 1959'S DAMN. NEED PARTS FOR THE 58 LARGEST EDSEL SERIES.😁😉👍

    • @Blackadder75
      @Blackadder75 Před 8 měsíci

      would any of those still have anything useful in them for you if they were the correct model?

  • @user-zz1dy7uq2b
    @user-zz1dy7uq2b Před 3 měsíci

    I love 4 doors people do not like 4 doors for some reason but for me they are valuable as the 2 doors

  • @ericmhinkle6003
    @ericmhinkle6003 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Yes the blue Ford is a 1956 Ford f 500

  • @laerciosantos-ov7eg
    @laerciosantos-ov7eg Před 7 měsíci +1

    Bom birdifor😂

  • @johnny0628
    @johnny0628 Před 3 měsíci

    Great video. Never see stuff like this in Australia. Would love to see the Buick row. We're there any Caddy's there? Cheers.

  • @franciscojosepellegrino2553
    @franciscojosepellegrino2553 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Sir, why are there no 2nd generation Camaros to restore ? I live in Brazil and really like your videos

  • @wookychewbacca5184
    @wookychewbacca5184 Před 8 měsíci

    And I was SO hoping to see a 1954 (specific) Series 62 Cadillac Sedan, needing both front fenders off of one

  • @gispel7058
    @gispel7058 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Great stuff.
    Well seasoned, vintage, classic etc.
    Many words to describe the great cars there.
    Are you sure they are all OLD?

  • @tomasanderson6815
    @tomasanderson6815 Před 8 měsíci +1

    that white car is probbly bought and will be restored ,might end up in sweden as we love those cars , I run some myself

  • @chrissandquist3534
    @chrissandquist3534 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I've been wanting to get over there for years and have never been. I should just say heck it and and go before the snow comes.

    • @MattsRadShow
      @MattsRadShow  Před 8 měsíci

      Yeah. That's why I wanted to get out there now too. Snows a comin!

    • @Blackadder75
      @Blackadder75 Před 8 měsíci

      @@MattsRadShow snow, what is snow? (european here, we have like 2 days of snow a year..... )

  • @johntiquet4778
    @johntiquet4778 Před 8 měsíci +2

    When I was in Minnesota I saw a lot of cars on the road with rusred out frames and finders. So I hate to tink how bad some of these must be. 😩

  • @joeylucero
    @joeylucero Před 4 měsíci +1

    They made Edsel s from 58. To 63
    😊

  • @neildickson5394
    @neildickson5394 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Loved the Studebaker's, Packard's, and Kaiser's. Wonder why they stuck one of the last Willy's Aero's next to a Hudson Jet? Many thousands of these brands were built, and they used to be ubiquitous and you wonder where they all went, I guess the same place all the people from those days went. Everything gets replaced in time.

    • @Blackadder75
      @Blackadder75 Před 8 měsíci +1

      maybe some atoms in your current car came from recycled steel of a 50s car

  • @soundwavs1961c
    @soundwavs1961c Před 3 měsíci +2

    When cars had faces

  • @tonygoulart3693
    @tonygoulart3693 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Any 1965 Rambler American Convertibles out there?

  • @xhetoomni8134
    @xhetoomni8134 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Scary car graveyard! Engines might start revving up and horns start honking.

    • @touhouer7647
      @touhouer7647 Před 8 měsíci

      That's gonna be some Christine like vibes of course!

  • @user-lk8yh7bu5o
    @user-lk8yh7bu5o Před 3 měsíci

    AMERICAN GRAFFITI '55 WAS OWNED BY A FRIEND OF MINE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IN MARYLAND. ALSO WAS IN THE DON GARTLETS MUSSIUM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

  • @denniskindrick6078
    @denniskindrick6078 Před 8 měsíci +1

    54:30 1955 willys bermuda 4 door 2,215 units were built including 2 dr and 4 dr . looks like fairly complete . No Henry Js or that many old trucks i seen

  • @markdowns1
    @markdowns1 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Wax on.....wax off. Just this one. no, the whole junkyard.

  • @MintExpress-ei6vw
    @MintExpress-ei6vw Před 8 měsíci +1

    You should film coyote classics classic car dealership in Greene iowa

  • @hughphillips67Mustang
    @hughphillips67Mustang Před 8 měsíci +4

    Most salvage yards around me here in Ohio, they will NOT let anyone in the yard. Your only allowed to go in the office. And that's it.

    • @guadalahonky4002
      @guadalahonky4002 Před 8 měsíci +1

      I sign a waiver to go into my favorite junkyard in OakLeaf Auto, in Hatford, SD. Oak Leaf waives any claims of injury on their property.

    • @TwoDollarGararge
      @TwoDollarGararge Před 8 měsíci

      Because all it takes is one lawsuit in now people in the local jurisdiction that want the junkyard gone now have a rallying cry to get rid of it

    • @hughphillips67Mustang
      @hughphillips67Mustang Před 8 měsíci

      @@TwoDollarGararge absolutely. Not to mention people have sticky fingers.

  • @georgechambless2719
    @georgechambless2719 Před 8 měsíci +1

    The styling of the '59 Olds Dynamic 88 sedan sure lives up to the name. It's a flat-top, too 😀

  • @richardbooth4573
    @richardbooth4573 Před 5 měsíci

    these parts cars still there ? here in Md they would all have gone to the crusher. i would like to find a pair of matching mirrors like from an early Impalla