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- čas přidán 3. 05. 2021
- We headed over to Elm Creek, NE to check out the now closed auto museum, Chevyland USA. The cars are now being auctioned off online at www.bigiron.com April 29th to May 6th. The place was opened in the 1970's and its hey day was the 1980's to 1990's.The place has been closed for some time. There are a ton of old Chevy's, plus several other makes and models of cars.
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I stopped here some years ago and paid the fee to go through the museum. I and the owner were the only ones in the building. I had a fun conversation with him. I am surprised to see the place and the cars so cleaned up. When I was there the front office was jampacked with all kinds of nostalgic things and the museum and cars were dirty and run down. I felt bad because I could sense the love and pride the owner had for his collection, but his ability to keep the place up had obviously passed with age. This was one of those stops, though, that I was very glad to have made; I got in on the tail end of one man's dream that had become reality. I took some time to try and envision what opening day must have been like with everything new and shiny. For a brief moment I believe I saw a glimps of the past, and along with that glimps came respect and grattitude for an old man who had spent years passionatly accumulating the ingrediants that made my unexpected visit a joy!
Its your reply or story of him that makes a video good or bad. Now its better because of your insight and sharing. Anyone can walk around with a camera.
What a great comment. Thank you for sharing your visit with the owner.
There all works of 🎨 🖼 art
Wherenis this museum situated.As a owner of the vintage car i would like to know more of it..
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Narrator did a great job. For his knoledge. Not scripted off a "Q" cards. I mean this as a compliment!!
Omg i can't believe i stumbled across this ! In 1982 i drove to Colorado with my friend Joe. We saw this place and stopped . It was a nice sidetrip on a long drive . The video looks just like I remember it
very cool man...........
My heart goes out to people saving our history so well.
Years ago my wife and I stopped, we were given a private tour by Monte himself ... he didn't charge us because I'm a VETERAN
Thank you for your service.
It was truly my HONOR to have served.
@@scottvadon2095 , some people that I know served in Vietnam, but since I am autistic, and have a lot of other issues, plus was falsely charged with crimes by some crooked ass cops, and I am too old to enlist now, I cannot be a soldier for this country...not that it will last much longer, given its current trajectory, anyway.
God bless you for serving, Scott. I'm from Canada and we can not thank our veterans enough (and all who are serving now)...Awesome you got to see this museum with your wife...and that Monte was your private tour guide. : )
Wow. So great to see this. Stopped there at least 10 times in 6 yrs back and forth to Denver
Got to know Monte a little. Always a gentleman. Used to charge me 15 bucks to walk through. Except once in February the heat was off so told me 10 .I gladly paid
.tried to buy some model cars he had but couldn't. Much less a real one. The place was unforgettable. And so was he
Back in the 80`s whenever I needed a car I hunted down 60`s cars only as they where usually 2500 or less . I once nailed a 67 bonneville florida car no rust 200 dollars that needed a muffler only,,those where the days
Bought a 66 Impala super sport for 500.00 back in the 70's pretty good shape also. sure wish I had it now.
In 81 I bought a 67 Catalina Convertible for $500. Stopped at a light....turned green and I took off...an 18 wheeler came across my bow and the trailers dual wheels came up and over the dashboard. Totalled the car (needless to say) I walked away without a scratch. They truly don't make em' like that anymore! Blessings~
In 1970 I bought a '55 Bel-Air with a V-8 and 135,000 miles in California for $150 or maybe it was $250? Can't remember back more than 50 years ago. Drove it up and down the coast and then cross-country.
@@samsilberstein8758 Drunk teenager totaled my father's 56 BelAir ins paid $700 iirc. 1968 I think .
You know you're old when you've bought and daily-driven more cars for $500 or less than cost more than that. Started with a 61 Rambler and now in a 91 Ford van. Oldest was a 52 F-100, newest was a 94 Park Avenue. $100 for a 60 Bel Air that went 6 months as-is till the Powerglide died. Stopped by this place in 91, they were closed- my usual luck. Old Iron Forever!
I visited here in 2017 on a cross country trip. Loved it. It was obvious then that the original guy's love for the cars and museum were not carrying thru to the newer generation.. that's not a criticism... different people like different things. I figured it would be getting closed down and auctioned off. I was there for about 2 hours and was the only person in the place. It really had an interesting mix of cars and it's a shame it's going away.
I drove past this place for years driving a truck coast to coast. Thank you for taking us on a tour. Now I see why he named it Chevyland.
me as well, I think alot of old truckers know of this place, I wish now I would have seen it in person...
Me 3 since 96.
I must have driven by there a dozen times or more driving between MSP and DEN. Never stopped. Thanks for the video tour.
WOW! That Harley bagger with a Honda Goldwing motor is something I've never seen before, and probably never will see again!! That is a unique bike, and I'd love to hear the story behind that custom build! Someone didn't think much of the AMF era V-Twin motors I guess...
If only Goldwing engines were super cheap you'd probably see more of these conversions. I wonder how much engineering it took to fit that puppy in there. Is it chain or shaft driven??
A harley that don't leak
@@ianmangham4570
Or Shake... lol
On the 1962 Chevy II Nova convertible, has the optional bucket seats. They were close together available on Nova coupe and convertible. No console in 1962. In 1963 the bucket seats changed and were available on the new for 1963 Super Sport only. Convertible also has dealer installed white full floor mat. Nice.
First of the “new” thin wall six. 194 cubic inches like the first Chevy six. No PCV valve until next year, open draft tube. A four cylinder was standard (and should have been used in the Vega). A six cylinder sport coupe, while no rocket ship, is plenty peppy and will go exactly 105 MPH like a 56 Chevy Power Pack V8.
It’s almost like that was designed on purpose that way LOL.
There’s a convertible in the movie “Miracle Mile”. Unrelated but I do recommend it.
so many bikes also wow,and the quality of all 👍👍btw you know a lot about chevys 👍👍the covair station you should buy
Man that Mercury Zephyr Z7 looks perfect!!! Wow.
None of them left. And I think Ford used that body to produce the last Ranchero.
Wow. Really cool that places like this still exsist. Its like walking back in time. That farmer had to be one of the coolest ever. Thanks to people like him for perserving history.
The 28 coupe is exactly like my buddies dad's. He worked for an old lady after school on her lawn and around the property in 1957-59. He told her he wanted to buy it but she was still driving it. A few years later he got a job at a factory and didn't do her yard work any more but he kept in touch and one day she called and said she didn't feel safe driving anymore and for him to bring $90.00 and take it home (1962). He had it a year or so and she called and asked if he wanted to buy her sister's car. She said it was exactly like hers down to the paint colors but it had wood spoke wheels. That one cost him $100.00 as it was nicer than the first one. My buddy was born in 1964 and the hospital bill was $125.00 which he raised by selling the first coupe. He still has the wood spoke one.
Appreciate the story!
I have trucked by that place for 30 years without stopping, always admired that 58 Impala as it was in window towards interstate. And yes the fender skirts were on it as should be with the continental kit
That 66 Caprice also has factory cruise control as well.
Yeah, and he said the "digital temp control " it was the cruise control .
Yeah, that's probably the rarest bird in there.
The '58 impala is just beautiful.
what time stamp in the video?
I don't know only closeups , no full views, BAD FILMING !
Not all '58s were beautiful cars, lol. But Chevys that year were hot looking & some hot performing!
Back in the early 80s I had to drive my 70 Newport custom to Nebraska from Indiana to pick up my mom and dad when they're semi motor blew up so we stopped in there and spent the day going through that place!
Holy cow man! That is Insane! Thank you so much for sharing. I can't believe this!
Thanks for watching!
13:44 oh man, that is the car I had in high school back in the 90s. That was the original color, but when I bought it it had been painted over to a midnight blue.
SS, big block 396, turbohydromatic 400 transmission. Man I wish I still had it.
Too bad you had to let her go. In our late teens and early 20's hardly any of us were "made of money" and we have to let those babies go. Beautiful design on the 65 and would love to see on in midnight blue. My regret is having to let my 69 Grand Prix go in order to get a 4-door car for business.
WENT THRU THE CHEVYLAND IN 1983, MENT MONTZ AND GOT A TOUR AND I BOUGHT A TSHIRT AND STILL HAVE IT. NEAT MAN AND NEAT MUSEUM.
So much history, so many memories, and alot of money sitting right there!
WoW thanks for a fine video to remember the finer Chevys of the past. Awesome Vehicles they were !
I'm not a Chevy man but, I love to see these pieces of our history preserved.
Nice tuck and roll on the headliner!
LOL
He had nice and rare collection, could be some sleepers in there.
Closer to DEAD. Only car I woukl take would be the 69 Corvette.
@@jaysantos536 I have never liked corvettes or mustangs, I'm hung up on old ford's and old cars.
He'll break something if someone doesn't tie his hands, he's got just enough knowledge to be dangerous,
@@freddiebates5539 Swell. I've had two corvettes and didnt really like either one...but did manage to total BOTH of them. I've had a bunch of Camaros (68-82), the two Vettes (77 and 78) and a TransAm (76), but my favorite car by far was 69 Chevelle SS 396 4speed with Hugger Orange exterior and White interior. What a beauty and it could run a little too although I couldn"t outrun my buddy's 70 Roadrunner 426 HEMI. I could beat my other buddys 68 400hp GTO. We were all on the high school golf team and would race down the 1/4 mile straight road into the parking lot every day to play golf. The golf pro was cool and told us "Just dont wreck anybody, OK?" and we never did.
'66 Caprice Coupe is a boat!. My grandfather had one and it was a big block car, he redid the interior, exterior and chromed the engine to show quality. He actually called it "The Show Boat" lol. Not something you see every day and not really my style but still a nice car to say the least.. The guy who bought it has it parked in his garage and hasn't changed a thing which does my heart good.. Anyways thanks for sharing this amazing horde of classics with us and everyone who buys these should be happy.. Wish I had enough to buy a few of these honestly.
Thanks for posting and sharing. Nice collection.
thanks for watching it.
Has anyone noticed the misspelling on the Bank Robber’s 65 Impala? Love that year Impala. GM knocked it out the park with this Generation B-Bodies Chevys.
I remember watching Peter Fonda drive the blue '66 as the first getaway car in Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry.
Back in 1974, got a 65 Impala SS with a 396 it had the Holly headers Edelbrock intake manifold four barrel carburetor and the funny part about it is I only paid $200 for it I was only 18 at the time and I ended up cracking it up it had so much power by the way it had the four speed Muncie unreal back then.
@@carlbeaudry4142 I got my 65 SS for $50 in 76. Had 35000 miles and original oil. (Had never been changed) I could cover a battle fleet with the smoke.
During the 60s, my folks had 3 Chevys. One very rare model - only made for a couple years - was Mom's '61 Corvair Lakewood station-wagon. In the nearly 60 years since, I've only seen 4 or 5 of those!
Then in '65, Mom got a new Corvair Monza 4-door sedan, with a powerglide shift on the dash.
Finally, by '68, my folks went car-shopping for something bigger. I wanted them to get the brand-new yellow Impala convertible we saw in the showroom.
So, of course, they bought a leftover '67 Chevelle Malibu Concourse station-wagon. I'm sure it was cheaper than that new convertible! Along with a 327-4V with powerglide, the wagon had a most of the deluxe wagon options - electric tailgate window (but only manual side windows) woodgrain side panels, chrome roof-rack, and even factory AC. But I remember it had one rare option I've never seen in another '60s Chevelle - a factory Delco AM/FM radio!
Those were nice cars...
Nice Chevys! Thank you! Johnny, Montréal, Canada.
FYI: 1971 &72 Super Beetles had flat windshields. Great group of old Chevies.
yeah, they should have looked at the front end to make that call.
Thank you for taking the time and effort in making this video, I enjoyed it.
The first car, Silver Corvette, this may be a '68. Note at 3:52 the imprint on the side window behind the mirror stating "Astro Ventilation".
Second car, 1958 Impala, this engine is a surprise because it's a rare big block 283 referred to as a W-series engine. This is one of four in a series and is called the Super Turbo-Thrust featuring three two-barrel carburetors and 280 horsepower.
Third car, VW convertible, as I recall the first two years of the Super Beetle didn't have the curved windshield. This one appears to be a Super Beetle due to the trunk lid being larger at the front than would be on the regular Beetle.
The '65 Impala bank heist car is interesting because it happened when this car was brand new and the story has followed it over it's life of 55+ years to this point. And, wouldn't you just know that a rental car would come through with black wall tires and hub caps rather than wheel covers. I understand that hub caps were actually standard on Impala's though just about all of us think wheel covers would be standard.
I never understood the fascination with fender skirts or continental kits. The only fender skirts that look right to me are the ones that are built into the body such as with Cadillac's.
The 283 was never a big block. The engine is a 348 tri-power. Only the 348 and 409 had those distinctive valve covers.
@@rjkubr Check the history stats. The info is there. I used to think the same thing.
I know that the "W" codes were big blocks, but the blocks and heads were new designs for heavier cars and trucks. What is the connection to the 283? I had never heard that.
@@chuckragsdale2904 I referenced it as follows-
Use:
duckduckgo.com/
type in:
Chevrolet Engines 1958
It was early on in the listings but I don't recall the exact site.
That wasn't temperature control on the 67. That was the cruise control dial.
A neighbor's Chrysler Imperial had one like that, think it was a 63
Loved the tour! My favs here are 66 Caprice 65 Impala 62 Corvair Lakewood ❤❤❤
T hat Corvair's a 61. In 62 it was called "Station Wagon ." Chevy dropped the Lakewood name for 1962, which was its last year due to poor sales...
I liked the Monte Carlo
WOW. Lots of fantastic cars. I'm sure they will all find good homes. Watching from the Southern Tier of the Catskill Mountains in Upstate New York USA
Thanks for watching!
Cressida was flagship Toyota in ‘80’s. My in laws bought one new in 85. They gave it to my wife and she rolled it over on the PA turnpike around 93. She didn’t have a scratch but the car was obviously destroyed. Real nice car in them days, had a straight six like the Supra’s.
Toyota built rock solid straight 6s
@@billolsen4360 they did, my dad was a Toyota master tech from the early 70's to mid 80's. He used to bring home all the obsolete parts and we had buildings filled with them. In the days before eBay you couldn't give the stuff away. We scrapped it all in the late 90's. He had one part of a building filled with nos land cruiser parts, be worth a fortune today.
What a treasure trove ... some bidders are going get some well preserved beauty's
Reminds me of the LeMay Collection in Tacoma which took a different path and continues to be a family collection and separate museum.
Awesome, My family had a (3 generation) Chevrolet dealership from late 40's until 1985 in Mass.
We were there about 15 years ago, took the whole family. He was still working the fields then, and his wife was at the reception desk. Such a treasure to hold and maintain.
23:10 DO NOT push the shifter down! You will damage the cables!
Wow thank you so much for posting this video of these beautiful cars what class I want them all awesome colection you are a blessed man .
I Love this place , I toured it a couple years back and Quizzed Monte on a lot of stuff ..cool guy ,
I remember seeing rear wheel body work on a 60’s Pontiac that the guy used bondo and chicken wire. It had broken away and trapped gravel and crap
I visited the place, when we were driving along I 80 in Nebraska, great place.
Thanks for the mouth watering tour!
Very interesting. Thank you and I hope they get good homes
1958/59 factory tripower; 335hp.solid lifter cam. First ones bent pushrods, GM then issued special alloy pushrods.
300 hp in that tripower
@@guynese977 just garbage now!!!
68-69 vettes had round signal lights. The only visible difference was in the door handles. 68s had a button that contained the lock and you pushed to open the doors. On 69s, you just squeezed the handle. (The door lock was mounted flush) on the interior, 68s key was on the dash, 69 it was on the column. (Thats a good way to identify a BUNCH of 68s over 69s)
@Lyle Johnston true..but many were easily changed...the doors were a different matter....
In '69, the back-up lights were integrated into the tail lights where in '68 they were under the rear bumpers. As I recall, this '69 Vette had only 9,000 miles on it when I visited in the late '70s.
Bummer seeing it like that,I visited Chevy land in the 90s, very cool place.
Very cool defunct car museum. You know your Chevy stuff bro. There's private collections like this all throughout North America we never get to see. Thanks for sharing this one.
Thank you 🙏 for bringing us this stuff . I wrote to RTM production of POWER NATION TV 📺and hopefully 🙏 they can try to save some of those beauties 😉👍
All the cars were sold at auction. Most went into private hands to be enjoyed.
That Toyota Cressida looks like a perfect ride! GQ.....
And it sold for less than $1000
1965 Chevy Impalas are my favorite Impalas. First year for the 396 and last year for the famous 409 big block V8s
Magnificent vehicles, thanks for sharing this
I use to live in Eustis Nebraska and Dad was in Holdrege Nebraska south of Elm Creek. I was in this museum back in the day, a couple times. There used to be a classic car in there that was damaged in a tornado. The red 58 chevy used to sit in the front window and you could see it from the interstate.
Wow this is amazing. I love old cars. Great video thanks Three on the tree lol love it
Thanks for capturing this pard.
Great place and the owners were so polite. Been there three times!
The 1st Super Beetles had flat windshields until '72. The wide-nosed with the slotted front apron is the giveaway for spotting a Super Beetle.
I love the Riviera.... Classy ride
Decades ago there were more and larger bugs that splatted on the windshield so bug deflectors helped. Love the blue Chev with 396.
Loved every bit of the video except when you snubbed the beautiful AMC eagle wagon.
Yes, just seeing a quick glimpse of the front corner I knew it was an AMC. Don't know why he ignored it.
The red VW convertible is indeed a Super Beetle. A 1972. You can tell because the front end lookds pregnant. In 1971 and 1972 they had Beetles and Super Beetles with the flat windshield. From 1973 and forward they had the Beetle with the flat windshield and the Super Beetle with the curved windshield and different dash board.
easy way to tell is the front suspension, the super beatle had more of a a-arm set up while the beatle had the old familiar tube axle.
Actually, smog pumps were on cars in the mid 60's if they came from California.
You know your history!
i LOVED it a few to many Impalas and from reading the comments I understand the missing mid-50's Chevys, was surprised at the odd-ball non Chevrolets. Thanks for Posting and your reply comments
This being a privately owned museum, the owner just added cars he thought were unique or had some kind of historical significance. Obviously, he was a Chevy person, but he also had taste in other brands and vehicles. Thanks for watching.
Nice! That beetle was a super. 71-72 had the flat windshield. Only good supers out there! What an awesome collection!
I concur…..that is a 72 I believe due to the steering wheel.
I visited this same Museum a few years ago with my 1901 Oldsmobile Curved Dash carriage run about on my Cross Country American Fallen Warriors tour. From California to Kansas City, & Branson , Mo/ and back to St. Joseph and back to California.
That's one heck of a drive in a 1901 Olds.
A corvair wagon...!? It amazing to see a rear engine wagon.
First time I’ve seen one, I never knew they existed.
Quite few remaining ☠️
I remember this place very well. You could see a Cosworth Vega from the highway
With all these fender skirts I'm thinking this collection should be celebrated in February I think
Great collection!
I have been by this place and always wanted to go inside and look around so thanks for the tour
The term from back in the day was a 'touring car' or phaeton for a four door vehicle with a folding top. A sedan is a four door closed car with wind-up windows
I had a 71 Super Beetle- that did NOT have a curved windshield. In 71 you could get it either way- standard or super. The actual difference was the front suspension- MacPherson Struts. The struts required different front end sheet metal-
Really nice collection, definitely worth a lot of money.
super beetles had the small dashboard and Mcpherson strut front end.
That VW is a Super Beetle for sure! If the front apron rolls under vs. downward slant it's a Super Beetle, They had flat windshields in 71' and early 72'.
@Brandon Pepin I owned two 71's and a 72' back in the early 90's. I know those cars well, Another tell was the high and 4" longer nose(McPherson struts and clearance).
Nice Tour, I enjoyed it!!
All GMC autos were painted in lacquer paint up to the early eighties, Ford, Chrysler and AMC were done in baked enamels also up to the eighties, that's when they all went to base coat / clear coat urethanes
My heart goes out to my stomach as a complete lack of video stabilization destroys my ability to keep my lunch where it belongs.
Very remarkable collection. All this machines instead to go stacked at a garage or Museum Show Room, must to be recovered to hit the streets again. All them look very good, in inmaculate condition. The pack of '65-68 Chevys catched more my attention. Hope they find a very friendly home, to be kept in the best condition as possible.
Thanks for sharing this
Kind of sad when you think about it
This guy probably grew up dirt poor, then somehow amassed enough money(busting his ass) to slowly build his High School dream collection.
So many all original cars. Hopefully they all went to a good home.
Those early Chevrolet’s are super rare.
Love to know the back story on the owner.
I remember this place! In 2007 or so was on a trip out west to visit family in MT and decided to take the lower route from Philly. Driving my 1991 LeBaron cov't I'd restored, top down just cruising along I-80 and BAM! Look at that! So I got off next exit and drove back that stone road and visited for a couple of hours. Guy was the nicest guy I'd met in awhile, typical of most folks west of the Mississippi. Had alot of fun touring them premises. Reminded me of my teens to 20s where I'd owned 26 of the 55, 56 & 57 Chevs where I'd buy them for $50 or $100 in the 70s, fix them up a little and resell them f or $500 maybe and I thought I was a rich man. Those were the days for sure! Thanks for this tour, brought back some really great memories.
Hopefully some of them got to stay that way or close to original instead of getting butchered up for hydraulic lifted junk cars
The early missing radiator caps are called Motometers, Neat collection!
they are on wood blocks so the car springs do not sag from the weight of the car over time, FYI ;)
lifting weight off of the tires friend, just to be exactly clear :)
@@taylorewelch1517 Lifting weight off the springs will in turn take the weight off the tires and shocks.
Quite a mash up of different vehicles. Lots of fun cars I remember from when I was a teen in the early 80s. Shame it is shut down.
That thing is so you can see traffic lights without ducking. Ive used a knob on my wheel forever. Been stopped in Illinois they were worried about the trailer hitch. Live in KY, on our roads (paved wagon trails) makes driving full size trucks much easier. Especially amongst city folk
I know the history of this place because I grew up 20 miles away
You failed to mention the 1975-1976 Suzuki RE-5 rotary engine bike. Extremely rare. Just caught a glimpse of it.
Would SOMEBODY get this guy a headliner, please???
I thought his truck headliner was a custom button tuft but i now realize they just try to hold up his SAGGING HEADLINER,!!! LOL!!!
@@steelman86 I'm so glad someone else noticed it too. Its really screwing with my OCD. I may have to buy this guy a headliner so I can sleep at night.
Wish you would have got to every car & bike like the white ChevyII Convert and mid 70s Honda's
The VW Rabbit took me back to high school.. My buddy had one and we went everywhere in that car !!
Someone has been taking care of that place. It's too clean
It wasn't abandoned, when Monte died it went to his sons
Those steering knobs were outlawed in a lot of states (unless you were medically handicapped) due to injuries to the drivers hands. If you let go of the knob after making a turn. The strong steering wheel spin-back in older cars with the knob sticking up could injure or break your hand if you didn't lift your hand far enough away. Thus the possibility of causing a traffic accident.
Was cheap power steering
Check out the Cloud collection in Bard, Ca A far larger collection very few know about
Just one little correction, at 20:16, that's a Mercury Zephyr Z-7. Bought a new one similar to this one in '79 with a 302 & a C4 tranny. Very light car, about 2800 lbs and with the stock 302-2 bbl., it would fly
The "Brodie Knob", "suicide knob", "stunt knob" all different names for the steering wheel knob, was Designed by Joel R. Thorp of Wisconsin in 1936 to make steering faster for quick maneuvers, especially on tractors, big advantage backing up as you could do things with your other arm. Illegal on cars and trucks nearly everywhere. Come factory installed on some tractors yet today.