Rare glimpse inside Blake's Auto Salvage | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 57
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- While in St. George, Utah, Tom Cotter learns of a junkyard with hundreds of solid old cars, where the owner never sold anything and never allowed anyone inside. In classic Barn Find Hunter fashion, Tom makes a few phone calls and sweet-talks his way into Blake’s Auto Salvage. It is indeed a veritable fortress of forgotten cars. Many are only good for parts, but among them Tom finds an R-code Torino, a vintage White 706 tour bus from Yellowstone, and a low-mile Lincoln Continental Mk III.
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Thank you for this video! Red is my Grandpa and he just passed away in December. This is such a great memory of the legacy he made.
Many condolences , thank you for sharing his life's works .
My condolences about your Grandpa Red.
Sorry for your loss. Hope some is still running the place. Love to come out there and buy something.
Wow you must have some great memories as a kid in that yard, sorry about your gramps.
Condolences.
It was kind of him to allow Tom to go through the junkyard
Almost speechless..so many cars, so little time and money..
Thx Tom for the heart ache..🇧🇲🍻
They are currently crushing them all.... how's that for heart ache.
@@tayloraudioslc should be illegal
Thanks to Red and Jim for allowing us to view your awesome yard!
Last owner of the Lincoln Conty III had a sense of humor and knew what he had.
Utah tag LNDYAHT. Land Yacht. That is a beautiful car.
Mustah been from New England.
Best comment award! Good eyes brother! 👁️👁️👍🏼
Diminishing returns on the '58 Lincoln Land Yacht. It would be a fun driver if you built it for yourself, not to sell.
Jim was a great host! He seemed as into it as Tom
GETUP AND GO I thought he was going to be a jerk at first honestly, turned out to one of the best ones. Kinda makes or breaks the video’s for me on this channel. Not a huge fan of the main host. Not complaining either.
@@williswhatchutalkinbout4367 I like Tom as the host, but it's always neat to see how others can bring their own style to the roll
My kinda junkyard....22 minutes, way too short a video.
Of video*
Doesn't matter, you still would not have really seen anything anyway. The main charater is Tom Cotter and all you see is him bullshiting about a lot of bullshit and not really looking at the cars. I like the show and I like him, but not the content. You don't really get to see the cars and best ones there are the ones he doesn't really know anything about and won't be shown that much if he doesn't bullshit about it.
Red is right about certain people say they want their stuff but never come back for it. Just like storage units and stuff left behind. I work in the dealership parts world. When you order a part special order, it's pre-pay because if we didn't require pre-pay we'd be loaded-up with special order parts. The crazy thing is the amount of pre-paid parts people don't ever come back for. Expensive stuff too. People are weird.
I have a picture framing shop, same deal.
I clean foreclosed homes my true to send a box of baby pictures contacted the people never showed in the trash it went
Weird is an understatement!
People change their mind or can't stay focused on a project or idea. I have 3 projects. Just in one day while thinking and planning and working on one car plans changed. You start a project you find out how much it cost or it turns out it was not an easy fix so things change. Also sometimes you make a deal sleep on it and the next day you don't want it. The wife and I went car shopping and the first car we looked at I knew we would buy it but the wife had to look at other cars. She realized the first car was in excellent condition but it had been sitting in a garage for ten years I told her I will get it running. So all of us change our minds after thinking and something else better gets in the way or we are too dumb to make a decision.
I did maintenance and remodeling on commercial and residential properties for 24 yrs and have gone into apartments where they left everything.
That's one rare Nash. I'm an owner of a 1957 Nash Ambassador, there are only a handful of them that have survived. Nice to see that it's definitely restorable. It would have had an AMC 327 V8 originally. AMC's first V8 engine.
I have a 57 Nash ambassador too
OsbornTramain You are wrong AMC's first V8 engine was manufactured in 1956 and was a 250. American Motors' first V8 in-house engine, the 250, was used in AMC automobiles from 1956 through 1961 and made its debut in the Nash Ambassador and Hudson Hornet "Specials" of 1956.
Just thought I would help you keep the history going.
Tom
Another five episodes of this wonderful place would be very appreciated by all of us who look forward to your finds. This place was truly amazing.
Thanks for continuing to search out these hideaways....
Far out only in America awesome. And the mountains what a back drop. 👍
this video changed the course of my life as a car guy. in december 2019, i contacted this yard with the help of mr cotter and purchased the 1962 ambulance, and while it didnt really go well with that car i cant help but feel like i wouldnt be the same person right now if i hadnt watched this video. im so glad this video was made, not only for me, but because reds yard will live forever here no matter what happens in the coming years.
One of the best shows on CZcams, I love those old junkyards
"A car like this would be a really neat car...if it wasnt in the condition that its in"!!!...true words my man, true words..lol!!!!
If we had some ham we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.
Yeah, if only my wife was 30 again.
Always excited to see another episode of Barn Find Hunter :) If a 1937 BMW 328 racer can end up sitting in Iowa for decades, then anything’s possible when looking for old cars.
That Yellowstone should be brought back. I think there was only like 10 or 12 made. True Americana
Scott Haswell I went to Yellowstone when I was 8 I have picture infront of one of the restored buses
@@joelplacido418 Well how old are you now?
John Challeen 15
The Yellowstone bus left for restoration today 1/6/2020 It is bus number 359
@@jimmccune568 Thanks for the tour and for the update.
What an episode this has been. I'm glad the owner decided to sell, cause there is so much treasure in there that needs to be saved.
Also, i just noticed that this is episode 57(!). I've followed this series since the very first episode and i really can't comprehend how time went by! This is one of the very best car series in YT and TV. Thanks a lot Tom and Hagerty! Greetings from Greece!
DimZ The owner decided to sell. Red, the owner, might put a car outside the gate every 3 to 5 years just to find out what offers he will get. He has not sold a car in over 10 years and I don't think he will before he dies.
@@mmill6505 Ohh, i see. That's really sad... Let's hope Red changes his mind. It's not like we can take things on the other side and a lot of these cars could be saved.
Lots of salvageable cars there. Liked the gto and the Lincoln. That Ford Torino deserves a restoration. Thanks for the tour.
i wouldn't put a 428 in it... but a 427😁😁
A lot of them probably have no titles.
WOW! It boggles the mind that such a collection can still exist. Since I'm not Tom Cotter, Barn Find Hunter I'll never get to see it so thanks so much for finding and sharing.
Mr Tom... THE legend is back! Thanks for another great video!!!
Thank you red and Jim, it is greatly appreciated.
Finally,someone who actually called it an ENGINE,and not a motor.
Kudos to you sir.
Yes, I call them motors if they are electric and engines if they have explosions on the inside.
Would rather pick my first car out of here than a dealership
Totally agreed.
Go get yourself a Prius instead
57 drag chevy for a dad dream car
Snoopy Buzzkill over here
Dealer car 60k plus for trucks or SUV’s... 10-30k for 4 doors little cars so yeah... build and learn, Develop traits so yea be wise man
I can't tell you how many times I paused the video while the drone was inflight so I could ID tons of awesome cars and trucks! A Hot Rodder's dream!
Junkyard?!?! That's a gold mine!!
For sure
Only show on television I'll sit through.
Keep it up
Love these old auto salvage yard tours. I used to wander through them in my 20s and 30s, dreaming of the possibilities. I don't get why people invest so much time and money into acquiring these old cars, just to let them rot in the elements for decades. Humans are a strange species.
This video just made my day. It makes me think of my Grandfather when he was alive. He was also a World War II veteran who served our country. This was really positive that you could do this for him. Great Job!
Loved this episode; imagine my car being towed with all my stuff and I never went back, 40 years later someone came and had a look
THAT was good. I could watch that all day ! Thank you, Tom
Great job !
What an amazing experience to go threw the yard visually, I would LOVE to take the entire day going threw this yard. Thanks for the video, was very nostalgic.
First time seeing tom so quite because jim really knew his stuff .
I’m a freestyle kwad Pilot, what a surprise to see non dji drone footage. You guys rock!
Love the Turbo rims on the 68 GTO they where popular for a time
I believe that wheel is a Western Cyclone. American Racing had a similar wheel they called a Vector. They were pretty cool in the late 70’s and early 80’s.
B.A Baracus had then on his GMC Van on the show the A-Team.
Jim looks like Stuntman Mike from Death Proof,awesome!!!
So many lost and forgotten cars and trucks waiting to be made whole again, to be driven and loved, again.
I congratulate you on your persistence, Mr. Cotter! 30 years ago, I bought a '77 Cordoba - & people told me "Ahhh, you'll never get that running!" But in about 3 months time, those same people were asking for rides. Keep doing what you're doing - it works! If I had the money, time, & space, I'd buy 5-10 of those vehicles & somehow put them back on the road. Maybe they wouldn't be "Concours" but then again I wouldn't be building trailer queens.
Drone footage reached Full Beast Mode! Kudos to the controller! Zip~
Timestamp?
Till it hit the tree
I think he was more interested in showing off his flying skills than the yard.
@@cbro777 I agree - the drone could be a GREAT tool for this series but a nice smooth fly through not fancy do flips and fast turns etc. I am a drone pilot I would not have shot it this way ...
wow that was cool. Thanks for showing us around & thanks to the owner for letting you. It was really interesting.
The continental two door is a fine lookin' automobile for sure! . If Jim were to take a pic of each vehicle in the lot and set up a link page ,he might be able to shift them quicker as I'm guessing Red is not a young man and would appreciate a few less things sitting around . Many thanks to Red for helping preserve a little part of history.
Mercmad Red is the kind that sells none a year so they just sit there waiting for him to die.
@@mmill6505 How do you know?
@@jimmccune568 I was there 22 years ago and I see most of the cars in this video that I seen then.
I can sit for hours and watch these videos. Tom is a pretty good guy, he don't go around trying to buy stuff up for next to nothing. It's good that he offers to the owners of the yards, the availability to sell the cars that they have.
Another great episode, production wise this one was one of the best, Thanks Tom and crew
That's not Jim.That's ST Peter at the gates of heaven! Loved the red 69 gmc!
I spied with my little eye quite a few '78 Monte Carlos. What a collection!! Thanks Tom.
My goodness. What a privilege it would've been to see all these vehicles in person. I personally would have been in heaven seeing the old trucks. Great content!
That tropical yellow foxbody is rare too
That drone crash at 2:13 :D
I love looking at old cars like these --would never actually want to buy and/restore one of them (well, maybe the Lincoln Continental 2dr) but they're sure fun to look at. Great work. Tom
Another tremendous episode. Thanks Tom and crew.
I agree , I would take that Lincoln home
That not a junkyard, that's a classic's graveyard museum!
Very interesting!
Great collection . Thanks for saving these cars ! Barn Find Hunter is by far one of the the best car shows on CZcams. Appreciate the look. Outstanding time watching from my Lazy boy!
Really awesome ‘66! I had one back when I was a senior in high school and it drove like dream. Just like a boat floating down the road lol!
Best series on CZcams, by far
Nicely done show, obviously many of us wouldn't mind a longer tour or a part II & III. And be interesting to know if viewers here are able to make some deals.
Talk about an addiction! Not too mention the money factor. Thank you for sharing !
Back in the day they couldn't give these cars away no one really wanted them and people would be very surprised anybody would want an old car they saw them as obsolete junk.
Wow! In the beginning of this episode, that continental was the one I was looking at! Glad you came back and looked at it!
Best yard visit in some time. I'm even sharing the link with several friends..
Thanks for doing what you do. Always entertaining! Good stuff.
My most awaited series! Nice work Tom & the crew!
I love these kind of places! They're like untouched time-capsules.
A damn shame so many legends of automotive engineering will never have see the light of day...please tell me their is a part 2 to this yard!! The old ambo/coaches particularly intrigue me!!
Thanks for not walking by the Camaros. Great yard!
The guy that hosts the show will only bullshit about what he thinks he knows about and those are the only cars that he will bullshit about, or the camera person wil actually show for that matter. The drone flyby might show you something but don't blink when watching.
Your right Tom, that Lincoln makes the heart skip more than a beat or two!
Video aired 5 days ago ..... 760k subscribers ..... I bet the phone hasn't stopped ringin' yet !
Red thank you for letting everyone take a peek at your yard. because there never getting into mine.. LOL . Mabye Its time to Let some go brother. 👍
Yeah,let your cars sit until they rust into the ground.Then your heirs can sell them for scrap.
It's time to start selling cars. But the fact is they all cost more to fix than what they are worth. So they will sit and rot away. Even if you got a car for free it is still not worth it.
Noooo don’t you’ll regret it everyone I know whose sold one hates themselves for it
Ya, Red should have sold them.... and shawnbob was right his daughters are selling them for scrap right now.... super sad
I could of watched this episode for hrs. These cars tell our history. When I get my back fixed , I think I would love to make one of those scouts part of my future. Thanks for bringing us such great content.
Amazing Yard, amazing ars...i'm speechless...thanks Tom for this walkaround.There are so many good Shorts with the camera, you have to make a photobook from. well done. well done.greetings from Germany - love your Show.
The Utah license plate reads "LNDYAHT" at the 19:45 mark
LOL!! Good eye
@@79tazman 🤪👀 This is one of my most favorite channels. Great show!
Thank you for being a fan!
@@Hagerty It is an honor to actually receive a reply from you of all people. I cannot say enough good things. Been a long time subscriber and personally obsessed with old cars, just like you who knows way more info than I do. Hope you were able to buy that rare Lincoln. Best to you and keep up the great work!
That means someone from the modern internet era was driving it. Probably hasn't been in the yard very long.
Gotta admit never was this happy about some random guy calling another random guy to come and hang out in his junkyard...i need therapy probably in the junkyard as well😂
Did we just become best friends?
@@5thgen691 we always been buddy, just found out about each other now😀
I think we need to have junkyard anonymous meetings at Red's place every Tuesday at 3:30.
Haha
I'm in
Pick a car to cherish
Reminds me of place called Memory Lane in Cali , I used to go to in the 90s all old cars nothing new it was like a pick a part but for classics I used to love walking through there and would spend hours just looking at the cars.
The slant 4 in the Scout is all International. They came in two sizes, a 152 or a 196. The gaskets, distributor cap, points cam, camshaft, crankshaft, harmonic balancer, carb, and block and manifold castings are about the only 4 cylinder specific parts in the engine. Every thing else can be had by ordering parts for either a 304 or 392 International V8. That's how I rebuilt the 196 that was in my '71 Scout....
was the 304 an amc or did international have their own?
@@gregh7457 It was the entry level International V8. No relation to the AMC except for displacement....
I love the host’s attitude
Every car person eventually meets someone like Red....glad he found "spokesman" to handle things. Most old guys like that end up just sitting on this stuff until they die, and then it all gets scrapped.
When I was in high school,many junkyards were full of good stuff(1976).You could just explore and pull your own parts.They were cheap and plentiful,more wrecks with hot rods.I found a big ditch full of corvettes,c3, in Va.,pulled all the rotors,etc.Told one of my friends and they got a whole IRS rearend out of there. I end up stripping and crushing a 69 ram air IV GTO, still crying.
That used to be one of my favourite pastimes, walking thru old auto wrecking yards . Man , I miss that !
Who saw the ambulance on the drone footage and yelled "Ghostbuster's"?
Thanks , amazing cars. I saw several I was interested in. A few early Firebirds
Sorry for the loss of red. Hope they keep it open
Jim is a true enthusiast which is amazing to see
We had a couple of the tour buses back in the 80's. They had been restored and we were using them for tours through Rocky Mountain National Park out of Estes Park. I always thought they were 1934's. I imagine that one got down there same as those got up to Estes. Great memories.
Johnathan Ward would have a field day at this place!
I agree. He would have half them running in a week or two
What I wouldn't give to spend time walking that yard
I'd like to walk it with ya
My kinda girl!
My father owned an auto body shop when I was growing up, and we used to hit the junk yards on Saturday mornings. He'd say to me on Friday night, "if you want to go to the junk yard with me tomorrow, you better be up on time." Needless to say, I didn't sleep a wink. Some of my fondest memories are looking for, and removing, parts in the old junk yards. I can still picture the old offices full of dusty old parts and a mangy mutt sleeping in the corner. Great memories.
The scout engine is a 172-1/2 . It uses half the components from a 345 International V-8 Engine. The cylinder head will fit either side of the V-8 engine or vice-versa, pistons and rods can be swapped. the four can use a V-8 distributor cap. the valve cover will fit a eight or the eight can yield two valve covers for the 4. The concept was ahead of it's time.
Not quite. The engine in all Scout 80's of those years (61-65) was an IH 152, which was half of the IH 304 V8. IH never did field a slant 4 which was half of the 345, it did however make a 4-196 which was half of a V392. The 196 replaced the 152 as the standard engine soon after introduction of the Scout 800 in 1966, although the 152 lingered as an option for several more years.
I had no idea that Ray Liotta worked at a junkyard.
Deric Kettel Maybe the Chantix deal didn’t work out so well LOL 😂
I've been to that yard. I spent over 2 hours exploring and didn't see all of it!
Could you tell me where it is ?
Oh man these are my favourite type of videos! Most people see wasted cars but being a kiwi I don't often see classics like this, and so a junk yard usually has all the best stuff in one place! (Dont get me wrong I love covered collections to, junkyards just have the greatest character every single one is unique)
I was born in NZ and as a teen me and the mates would often go into the countryside looking for old tin. Being part Maori helped because I knew how to approach older folk and ask about the cars they had laying about. The biggest find we ever had was a Ngaruawahia , between the state highway and the rail line. The NZR had been taking sand from a huge hole there for years .In the bottom was a car wrecker ,the place was full of prewar fords . Dozens of them . Over a whole weekend we moved a few car loads of parts out of there. the hole is filled now but it was pretty well cleaned out .
Thanks to Jim for showing us around....
About 90% of those vehicles are restorable
However 90% aren't for sale. The classic old guy who won't sell as he is getting to it.
I never met or knew my sperm donor of a father,but man I'd love to find out 50+ years since my birth that he has a beautiful collection like this and it'd become my inheritance!!! Man I just love old yards like this!!! Thanks for the tour!!!!! Wow!!!!
Please save those Ford Econoline Vans ! There is a facebook page dedicated to 61-67 Ford Econoline vans , and they are always looking for parts, or restoration projects!
I liked those Cadillac ambulances in there.
I am in Krabi Thailand watching the show. I loved it! I own a 1963 Lincoln Continental. I would love to get one of those old trucks if I were still in America. Love the show. Keep it going. I absolutely must find a junk yard like that.
8:14 kool corvair pickup too restore.
16:41 That's rare 35 Ford Yellowstone Van
if you compare a yellow stone tour bus to the one on this episode they're are differences....The back is flat and not round..The amount of windows/front window, it seems like this a shorter version of the tour bus used at yellowstone.
@@JMB-gt6of The bus in the pictures was based on the White chassis.
saw a couple sweet square backs in there damn
I was looking at those as well.
There was a mk1 golf (rabbit) cabriolet as well.
I hope they sell a few cars from the airing of this show and get you back. I could watch raw uncut footage for hours of you guys just walking around talking about each car. Awesome
josh -
No junkyard this, HEAVEN for motorheads.
Jim couldn’t have been a better host
seeing all those cars in that shape hurts my soul
You'll get over it .
@@jimmccune568 yea probably
i can t believe haggerty didnt know a nash when he seen it. must be the heat ;) i love this show, i have to keep watching to remember what i forgot over the years.
Omg... I think am in heaven
Thanks for the flash back
That was a long two weeks