The Curious Case Of The Secret Super Stock Mopar
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- Опубліковано 21 бер 2020
- This 426 Max Wedge Dodge began life as a Street Racer, then became a Daily Driver, and finally ended up spending the last 35 years sitting in the woods, waiting for her turn at restoration.
Here's how she sits today, and a look at some of the details that make a Max Wedge car unique. - Авто та транспорт
I got a feeling that car will not see the inside of a shop. Old man don't have enough time to get it done now.
If he passes or has a life event where he absolutely has to sell, maybe.
If he owns a lot of land he has the money to fix it up...He doesn't have to do it himself. He can send it out
Don't worries why you don't own it you ain't worthy of it
I'll bet my entire savings , that car never moves an inch.
I'll take that bet. This time next year it will have sunk another inch into the dirt. Pay up!!!!!!!!
@@reno145 nice comeback 👍
Lol true....what really pisses me off is when they HAVE the money to fix it up and they dont.. And of course they got the STUPID excuse that they too busy ..meanwhile they just sit on thier porch all day and do nothing....idiots !!!
@Route 66 Texas lol. Squeal like a pig....run faster I hear banjos....lol
Old money types will let it sit just for the attention
Another dreamer who will never ever ever do anything with that car. In 18 months nothing will have changed. These are the same guys who complain that young people have no interest in old cars whilst hoarding loads of cool stuff till it’s too rotten to be saved.
Its gonna be scrapped by his kin when he dies like every other gem left to this fate
We can always count on your type to moan as well. If this ol boy hadn't hung on to it, it may of been crushed long ago...YOU don't know. Not to mention life happens, I have about 5 projects I haven't touched in years.
@@falconater68 and another dreamer pipes up, if you haven't touched them in years be real, you'll NEVER finish them. I say this as a 25 year old who grew up with 2 Kawasaki KZ1000's in my dining room, dad has been meaning to finish restoring them for 20+ years....they're still in pieces. dreamers everywhere!
As much as I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, he's had over 30 years to do something with that car...he ain't gonna start now. I couldn't agree with your statement more...it's pretty sad to see such a waste if you ask me.
I think you’re all wrong . This guy has all the parts , and obviously has an active shop , and all the tools to do it right . And if he wants to let it sit in the yard and rot , it’s a fucking shame , but so be it . It’s his car . It’s when people have had them sitting , and know they won’t do anything with it that is a problem . This gentleman has everything needed to do the job right
"Let's see the crown jewel of his collection"
**Walks into the woods**
I'm with WickedTornado Mr Hardy! I'm still laughing! Showed all my gearhead friends. Well done! My favorite quote is "I hope to get to it in the next 18 months"😂😂😂
When I mention my crown jewel to people and they wanna see it well I usually unzip whip it out and take a piss right there...
this is the "JEWEL OF DENIAL"
we all know that mystery friend will never start or finish anything with them cars, as an old man my self i know it wont happen.
Your exactly right rather see it rot into the ground than sell it to someone else who would do something with it a lot of people that way everything I got is for sale and my wife is free just take over the payments 😁😁😁😂
@Slim Pickins Hey you got sixty years to collect car parts get started.!!
@@burnychaplin4601 one paragraph and we see what kinda man you really are.
@@lskiller1903 explain that to me pal
I wanted to buy a 1980 Pinto panel wagon from a guy about 25 years ago. It was in nice shape even the paint was pretty good. All it needed to actually drive it was a transmission. It was a 4 speed manual or could easily be converted to an automatic. It was a cool little car orange/ wood sticker on the sides. Had a little round moon window in the upper rear corner. I offered the guy way more than it was worth at the time $1500.00. He wouldn't sell it because he said that it was his retirement project. Yep it's still sitting in the same spot it was 25 years ago. Now it's pretty much worthless and too far gone to do anything with.
“No I won’t sell it I’m gonna fix it up” never touches it for years and will never touch it as it rots till it’s gone
I watch Hagerty's 'Barn Find Hunter' all the time...
Infuriates me to no end when they encounter people who would rather watch a classic rot into the ground, than be saved by a passionate gearhead that's putting money into their pocket.
not everyone is like that,i've seen plenty of people on that show go ...oh yeah i'll let it go
@@alt7488 And then proceed to say I'll take 30k for it even though its rusted into the ground and beyond restoreable. It makes it almost impossible for the average person to buy and think about restoring it.
@@nates.2977 most that sell are not like that at all,a few yes but most are fair
@@alt7488 True
@@nates.2977 No , no...I have to say on Barn Find Hunter there have been several who surprised me with Great prices that were more than reasonable.
This old guy is delusional , this stuff has owned him for many years. It will be sold off at the Estate sale when he passes.
Yep and by the looks of his property they will just bring the crusher to the property and load them directly on to the truck and straight to the smelter
My uncle and cousin are exactly the same. Unfortunately, with my cousin being only four months older than me, it will likely stretch out the rest of my lifetime before their hoard becomes available to anybody who will make anything of any of it.
Tony should’ve made him an low cash offer on that car!
Ha..... utterly pointless. Money doesn’t motivate guys like that.
In the end, he will die and someone, often someone he wouldn’t have chosen to own it, will end up with it. It sounds funny, but that’s the opposite of why he sits on it.
Rotisserie? It would be good just to see it washed, removed from that hole, and with 4 tires that hold air.
😂😂 I was thinking the SAME THING!
It's probably been a decade since the last time he even looked at it!
@coffeefish yes yES YESSS. Exactly.
Exactly! I mean Cripe,at least make an effort!
I never understand why being people leave old cars sitting outside in the elements for decades to further deteriorate making even harder to fix later. How about building a garage? Or even a big slab of cement under a cover?
uncle tony...please get that car out of those woods...we are all begging you...do something...please!!!
Typical hoarder he will never touch thst dodge
At least get it indoors while it still has floors.
@silverbird58 At least she kept her super stock Dodge in a rickety old GARAGE!
Get the trailer
Car for sale? Nope, gonna restore it one day. Been saving up parts for 60 years. Then got senile and forgot where I put them.
Hey, he said 30 yrs. not 60! LOL
" I lost the block " ...Lost a damn Max Wedge block...pretty much sums up this guy.
Shaun Clifton sounds like he lost his mind too.
Goddamned funny shit Jeff!!!!
@7c8f No shit, especially a big block...Max Wedge no less.
This is the "Jewel of his collection?" How does he treat the cars that don't mean much to him?
Brian Cabral your funny as shit dude glad your saying it like it is now light a cigarette Lol
It's more like the turd of anyones collection but he's hoping someone offers him & Tony something big for a rusted busted old piece of garbage... Some of these cars are wedged in places here U can barely get em out of and a towing company will charge more than friggin things are even worth to get em out of their holes.. I think Tony shoulda stopped smoking that shit way back in the 70's like everyone else our age did...
@Brian Cabral Tony should do a whole lot less lip flappin and a whole lot more work before he gets any respect from me...
.....OH DUDE!!!!!! if this car went through MECUM I'm sure it's bring like $100k.... HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!
@@thekingsilverado9004 thats pretty tough coming from that username and a channel of weedeater powered bicycles lmao
None of this stuff is going back in a car by that guy.
"look at these extremely rare exhaust pipes that i've had sitting in my back yard for almost 60 years that have nearly turned into dust by my neglect, bet you wish you had these"
That car will never get on the road again so long as this guy owns it. Theres a thousand guys like this who think they'll get all their projects up and going. Cool to see though.
I know a few mopar guys that own a bunch junk cars that think they are worth so much money and that one day they will fix them.
@@Stevesbe I know some Chevy and Ford guys the same way there are those guys in all divisions and Brands not just Mopar smart mouth
@@Stevesbe I know a guy that has a 1969 Impala SS with the high HP 427 rotting into the ground the engine he has but it's in pieces and the car is sitting in the weeds. he has had serious car collectors offer him good money for it but he won't sell it it's a rare impala but refuses to sell it rather watch it rot away same as his 67 chevelle he has same thing
He bought the car knowing it was something special, but left it in the woods to deteriorate.
I have known a lot of individuals that was going to fix it up one day and they pass away and some family member sells it off for scrap.
While they were alive they would not sell you a lug nut off of the vehicle.
It's so cool to see and hear about these forgotten treasures. Sad to realize when this generation of gearheads is gone, so will be these parts and most of this knowledge. Keep hope alive Uncle Tony.
I don't think so, there are still brass era cars on the highways.
@@lskiller1903 I hope you are right.
That's why we need to go gain the knowledge oyrselves
This will be partly due to this kind of hoarding. "Keep it til it's worthless" mentality.
@@precesionnoreaster1507 Correct Sir. The Info Is Out There In Many Forms!
Don't tell him what it's worth if it's been magically restored ! Tell him it's worth as much as the mud it's sinking into !
Russell Gillick that’s the problem! They all think they’re sitting on a gold mine when by the time they finally keel over none of it is worth shit because they let it sit there and rot into the ground..
I would make him a offer. An leave my number. If he is interested he will come around.
@@stephenbachman132 He will want what it's worth when it's been un fucked.
Make an offer on everything he has because he is never going to do anything but collect parts.He' either gonna croak in front of theTV or sitting on a barstool.
@@williamgregory6684 Somebody will be making an offer at the deseased estate auction most likely.
Poor car...that guy is never gonna get to it.probley been saying hes gonna fix it for 30 years
Bruce Barnes if there wasn’t a tree growing right on the car I would disagree but it has a small tree growing by it that a small saw could easily take down. This guy won’t ever touch it time frame 18 months?
I'll send him a whisk broom and a dust pan for when he's ready to move it, he will never do anything with the car, it'll rust into the ground.
Exactly
It tells you Everything you need to know when this Genius says he drove it to that spot. DROVE this Wicked ride to this spot in the woods ( Instead of inside the shop ), parked it, and said F@#* it. Brains for breakfast...
SHIT 4 BRAINS HAS BEEN THEE NUMBER 1 KILLER OF CLASSIC CARS SINCE BEFORE CHRIST WAS PRESIDENT... SOMETHING LIKE THAT...
When I was a teenager (early 90s) , I stopped by this dude's house to ask about a car in his front yard. Amongst a bunch of other stuff, was a B-5 Blue, stripe delete 69 Super Bee. The last inspection sticker on it was 1980. He said he was going to fix it up for his wife. I drove by the place last week and in the middle of what must be 20 times more junk, I can just see the roof of that same Super Bee sitting in that same spot. Like Tony, I've learned to keep a straight face when listening to the delusional stories.
No shit he has part from 1967 he bought and never used. Thats as long as I have been alive . I have friends the same way , 6 projects that will never get done but won't sell.
Damn sickening seeing this video, I'm a big block dude and I'm a old nostalgia drag racing fan even if I'm not even 40 yet . It just bothers the piss out of me seeing this scenario over and over and over some old dude just can't let go and what happens is the car I'll sit there and rot until he's gone and by then the car will probably be gone as well
john woodworth there’s a bunch of guys like him that can’t take it with them. It’ll beyour turn to own some of it one day real soon.
Then his kids will send it to the scrap yard and it will be rushed to the crusher
Why is the assumption being made that somebody has offered to buy this car from him?
Mexican Spec personally I blame squirrels
@@douganderson7002 Are you the old fuck in the video ? lmao. You getting corona virus is that cars ticket out of there lol
Old man and a bunch of rusty parts that they are always getting ready to start putting back together. That car will end up crushed almost guaranteed, the parts will get used somewhere and nobody will ever use those rusty exhaust pipes 😆, he actually said when he gets it done they'll have to weld in another crossover 😆. This old coot lost his marbles!!!
Exactly right hoarding is why kids don't want muscle cars and old people get annoyed by imports with fart can mufflers...and rare domestics rot
KINGKS you’d think if it was so special it would have at least been kept inside so the condition doesn’t deteriorate. I just don’t understand these guys.
We wouldn't have seen this but for Tony's perserverence. So many stay hidden and rotting away, never to see use again. Would be great to hear it tearing the road a new hole again
@@basketcase6846 You Nailed it my friend. As much as car hoarders who let great, exciting rides rot annoy me, I really can't stand the younger generation with fart can exhaust , ghetto wheels, and even worse ghetto shit rap. Thank you Jesus for not letting me grow up with this douchebag wigger generation .
@@shaunclifton5281 LMFAO I see that
For the love of the Mopar Gods, restore that gem or sell it to someone that will!! Geez, its rotting away!!!
Nice find. Doubt it’ll be restored by him, gonna just sitting there getting worse and make restoration more difficult. It should be indoors until someone takes the restoration over
If you can't get it indoors at least get out of the wood and off the ground
The time to restore that car was 23 years before he parked it in that swamp..
@@rickdevault2535 and maybe throw a bit of gravel underneath
Not gonna mention that Austin Healy just rotting into the earth? Man that’s sad too see!
Yeah, my first car was a 1959? AH 100-6. Bought it at night so I didn't notice the rust hole in the trunk. It also wouldn't turn left without a lot of effort. I was so proud.
He could have sold that Austin decades ago and made enough money to restore the Dodge back when it was still worth restoring. Now, by the time he gets around to it, neither car will be worth anything to anyone.
To be fair British cars started rotting into dust while they were still on the dealers lots.
Was thinking the same, what about that Healy?
@@stefanoliessi8722 The Healy is nothing more than a big a pile of rusty potato chips just like the old Dodge... You put those cars in a heated shelter they will start to dissolve right before your very eyes just like wicked witch in milk or some shit like that..
A friend of mine had a 72 charger with a 440 max wedge. Didn't know much about the car, he wanted me to rewire the thing with a painless wiring harness, I wired it up, got it running, knew it was a bear of a motor, not much else, you have given me a whole new respect for the history behind these beasts.
“I’m jealous”
“I hope you are”
That’s the problem with these hoarders, they buy up all the stuff just for status. I know a guy whose got god all everything around here, and I’m talking a whole garage of OEM big blocks in 40 year old crates with no intention of use, not to mention a few legit Thunderbolts rotting away. Mans sick in the head.
I feel like your sick for thinking he owes you anything or that you deserve more than him.
@@matthemberry The fact that the guy will never use any of that or sell it to someone who will is the problem. He'll die and all his parts and cars will be scrapped because most people don't see any value in it.
Save it Uncle Tony! That one that needs to be saved..
Not for 70k
I wouldn't give the guy 5k. Likely the only thing salvageable is the VIN and maybe the glass. The car has sat in the mud for so many years the floor, sub frames rear quarters and rocker panels are probably beyond hope. Why do people do this to cars? How hard is it to put a car on blocks to get it away from the dirt and weeds and throw a tarp over it?
Yes yes!
@John Johnson Its not about collecting or an overabundance of projects, my beef is not taking the most basic steps to preserve what you have. Why let something rust away, making a project inordinately more difficult (expensive) when it can be easily avoided?
That adjustable timing cam gear is really cool. Trick piece!
Yeah I thought so too but I'll tell you something I learned about valve timing it's for a professional engine builder to fool with playing with crankshaft and cam timing can destroy an engine quick or make you scratch your head till your baldheaded if you don't understand it I thought someone had stole my rearend gear and changed it from a 567 to 650 and all I did was retard the cam needless to say I put the cam back where it was and presto it was an engine and race car again live and learn some of us got heads like concrete and have to learn the hard way 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬
In 18 months the only difference will be the amount of rust and the height of the detritus.
And another ring on that tree growing up by the left front fender.
JJ U got a point there...
Typical old mopar dude and will probably never do anything with what he has. I think these kinda people just like to own a bunch of old stuff just to talk about it
He would never sell, afraid someone will make money off him.
Clearly, all these fine folks who would strip the old guy of his sovereign rights to let it rot, or restore it at his will, are the reason Uncle Tony didn't reveal his identity. And if the guy reads these comments, he'll regret letting Uncle Kathy video his digs, because likely, some unscrupulous watcher, will know the houses seen from the window of Uncle Tony's van on the way to and from the Max Wedge's hidey hole,, and more than likely, heartache will come from letting this video get published out to the public. Sad, but likely true.
In an age where disrespectful teens lick toilet seats and rant about it being a good thing that the virus is killing old people.
I would gladly help the old guy out by standing watch on the property, and getting rid of the rubbish that comes to steal from him after dark.
Patrick Wayne Ain’t nobody stealing that stuff.
Another dumbass boomer who WaNtS wHaT hE PaiD FoR iT thirty years ago and left it in a field. I see this all the time, and it really pisses me off
@@patrickwayne3701 👍👍👍👍♥️
Tony, I stumbled upon your channel by accident one day and it has quickly become one of my favorites. Your knowledge and natural ability to explain thing has been very valuable. It is very reminiscent of 5he early days of Wheeler Dealer when they focused on fixing, not selling. It would be nice to see this one day on TV. If that happens, don’t change please. God Bless. John
He ain’t gonna fix anything. Old dudes just sit on stuff and let it rot.
Yup all talk lol
Chris n Myles yup
Just wait till it hits you...maybe i was wrong to give you a thumbs down but your comments hit hard...im only 50 but got hit with all kinda illness awhile back...ill say started in 2012. In 2017 it all started creeping up hard. Applied for disability last year 2019 and was approved first round. Since then i have not forgot my projects...yet for sure they gonna take alot longer now.
Peave bro didmt mean to go off on you in beginning of my post
William Stamper it’s all good bud. Just saying I’ve seen it a lot. I know people have things happen and hold up our lives.. just sad to see stuff rust away because some just want to be hoarders..
these are your "GONNA-GUYS"...… I'm GONNA do this... and I'm GONNA do that... but they're as useful as cheeze-whiz flavored bondo.
That max wedge stuff is so cool, and I'm a Chevy guy.
@moar pewpew Diiito, the intake ports on those heads are GINORMOUS!!
I appreciate you going out and shaking the older trees before they're gone! There is so much old school history in Mopar... It's great to see good ol boys sharing the experience with all of us on UA-cam... Thank you's
That was cool. Undisclosed cool.
3:51 a.m. in California.
I really lucked out with this episode of Uncle Tony's Garage.
Early morning or late night entertainment Uncle Tony's got you covered. Thanks
I’ve seen a restored Max Wedge car but never a random one sitting in a field, that’s pretty damn cool. 👍🏻
That's one of those, "I'm going to restore it someday cars", a.k.a, it might be for sell at my estate sale cars.
Yeah, his great granddaughter will be happy just to get $500 for "all those junk cars sitting in the woods".
Thanks for the history lesson. I remember seeing these in the magazines back in the day and I enjoyed finding out about the unique features of them like the hood and wiring. As far as if it will be restored,I hope he does but it's his to do what he wants with it. I appreciate that he shared with us.
It saddens me to say but we all know that unfortunately that car will never move from that spot😥
5am In NYC, Phone dings new video from UTG!.. Gotta get up!
He's just like so many old farts on Pickers. They all love to tell stories and always say they'll restore them someday! Jackasses.
How true. Restore the car or sell it,
Tony should’ve offered him $50 for it.
On pickers?
I rather be a do nothing JACKASSES with that car then a gentleman without that car.
Hard to believe stuff like this gets left in the woods.... I figured UT was going to somehow end up with it as a UA-cam project....
It'll be 100K to restore that car to the level a max wedge is restored to. It'll be a major player that buys / restores the car, IF the old guy sells it before the earth takes it.
I thought he was going to offer him something for it as well.
The guy thinks it's worth nothing, I would of jumped on that!
Better Uncle Tony, than anyone else!
One of my dad's high school friends had a brother who was a Chrysler engineer and he got him a set of the Max Wedge manifolds which he put on his 383. They used them one time to warm up some sandwiches when they went on a picnic.
Those old Max Wedge manifolds might have a good use if adapted to my wood stove in the shop...
He will never get it done!
How long has he had and hasn’t Touched it?
Just a dreamer!
I'm confused, if it's the jewel of his collection, why is it out back sitting in the dirt?
I keep my crown jewel right inside the bag and jock strap where it's safe shiny polished and warm... My girlfriends orders... She don't like playin with rusty corroded old crap...
Makes sense, jewels are found in the dirt. He's just storing it in it's natural habitat.
@@JunkCCCP If I stored my Jewels in the dirt my old lady would never put em in her mouth...
Because they are old fools
He lost the block that came with the car, it must be buried in the field somewhere. To bad this mystery guy will be dead and buried before all these projects get done.
Respect.
Always learning something new. That’s what I like about Tony’s channel. To be as knowledgeable as Tony and willing to share information this deep is rare. True Mopar guru stuff here, but interesting to all gearheads.
10:50 Ol' boy's prices are skyhigh. Walk away before the budget disappears, Uncle Tony.
"I know what I got"
Uncle Tony. you have created a really special thing here with these videos. the connection between the viewer and the creation is really strong. great work.
8pm sunday night in Australia. Lock down starts at midnight. Uncle Tony to the rescue.
It was a penal colony, Lock downs come naturally 👍
not locked down,we can still go to woolies ....
@@pangaute lol literally 2 seconds into the vid tony was disobeying directions,
good to see you yanks taking this shit seriously
@@alt7488 Civil disobedience is the only peaceful way out of this prison planet scenario. Tyrants are only tyrants when we allow them to be by participating in their nonsense. Uncle Tony is taking what matters to him seriously. Uncle Sam is too, but he's being a sociopath. We all need to be like Uncle Tony right now.
lol ..
.you have nfi what hellstorm is about to hit do you,
have you even researched this virus and why the restrictions are been put in place,freedom of speech...civil rights..tyrats ...blah blah blah ....please give me a break....
all these things you are yelling about will mean sfa when you are gasping for air and the ventilator next to you is been used
Thank you Tony, that was like a visit to King Tut's Tomb, a treasure trove with one amazing discovery after another. That car is exactly what I look for when I'm out exploring. Finds like this are few and far between so it is real thrill when you do run into the real thing.I appreciate that you shared this.
Sadly my dad is becoming like him. He has 67 Barracuda sitting in his Garage taken apart and has been sitting there for over 35 years And still uses the same excuse of why he hasn’t done anything
My dads jeep has been sitting for 20 years "I'll get to it"
I love that little peek into your inner monologue; "What the fuck is that? I'm the guru, I should know. It doesn't go with this car."
I almost pissed myself. 🤣😂🤣
OH MAN! What a treat. Thanks Uncle Tony for sharing that with us! That went well with my morning coffee. And just think, there's guys all over the country sitting on hidden gems like that. Awesome video. You never let me down!👌👍👍
That should have been indoors from the day he bought it, what a shame
Thanks Boss for Keeping History alive, Stories and tells of the Past, Mopar Everyday and Everywhere.. Oi oi oi Uncle Tony and Auntie Kathy.. talk at You later today..
In that poor car’s case, he can’t keep it alive, but he can interview it before it dies.
My grandfather was an engine guy who would actually get shit like this done. After he retired he decided to build an engine in his garage, bought and built everything within a few months and had it running before he passed. From scratch to finished in under a year, just to hear the sound of his old race engine again.
tonys face when the guy said he lost the max wedge... you could tell that hurt
It would be cool if you could help that guy get that car in his building .that car belongs with him.he earned it by scrounging all the parts for years.i think he would enjoy it more if he started working on it.... really cool car
Thank you Carl Lewis for the right tone. That guy has been scrounging parts for so long he deserves to hear that old beast fire up. He should be willing to accept help if it's offered on his terms. WITH RESPECT.
That's what's missing in the world today. Respect.
If that old guy had a respectful kid or Grandkid,,, it would probably be in the garage and sitting on jackstands instead of in the woods.
Make the offer Uncle Tony.
thanks uncle tony for sharing this with us and i hope to see more from the mystery friend. this was so cool and he had so much cool stuff and knowledge. please keep us updated you’re the best.
Well we are supposed to be distance learning during this virus thing. I JUST LEARNED A TON! Thanks UTG! The amount of things that were done by the factory during those times to be #1 at the track is fascinating! I can't even imagine what the cash value of the package of parts he has assembled is worth!
I had a set of Max wedge heads and intake, bought them from a dealership in Philly in the mid 60s. They were takeoffs from a new car they swapped to heads with a heat crossover and single 4 bbl. Swapped the heads for a Hemi and sold the intake. They'd be worth a lot more now.
In my home town, I remember being around 11/12 years old while me and my best friend(who's family is the reason im a mopar fan) were riding our bikes down a back alley
Low and behold, in a backyard sat a 1969 charger 383/4 speed triple black and a 71 charger.
We tried many many times over the years to buy the cars but the old man refused saying he'd restore them one day.
Im 45. They are still in the same spot today. The cars have sunk into the ground so bad that theyre sunk past the rockers.
There is absolutely nothing left of the undercarriage
Nothing.
They are imo passed saving.
I have a few old mopars i plan on restoring but i keep them in running and movable order.
Sad to see that 63 dying
Same here. I worked like hell and took out loans to offer a fat stack of cash in hand only to watch Many a rare Mopar rot .
Hal, as a matter of fact...have you still got that kick ass T top 300 ? I want THAT !
Damn near every classic car you ask about sitting in a yard has some senile old man saying he's gonna restore it. They'd be better off stolen and parted for swap meets lol
Great as always Uncle Tony. Thanks for keeping on with the video's in these dreaded times. It's what's needed for a sense of normality 😘
"I've been gathering parts since the '60s" 16:42. Unfortunately this will most likely never get restored. It's his car and he can do what he wants with it. But looking at all the other carcasses in his woods, this will become another lost piece of automotive history.
Well if he doesn't restore or get it road worthy it just proves these cars are still out there.
Is this a case of I'm going fix up one day?
That's the way it always is with guys like this.
Of course. It's always worth more than anyone can offer, but it's not worth putting in a damn shed. At least he let the world see it one last time before it rots away...
@@livewire2759 Agreed
@silverbird58 Not if he waits much longer. A few more years in the weather and it won't be worth fixing.
Uncle Tony, how did you ever manage to keep your voice and hands from shaking around all that ancient MoPar goodness?
old timer sure loves his yard art. I am surprised he didn't yell at him for sitting on it or removing the precious wet leafs on it.
I know how it is to have lots of big projects! Best of luck to this guy getting it fixed up and put back together!
Variable timing cam gears aren't that old, 'cause that would mean I'm old. Inconceivable. 🤣
I'd thought it was a fresh idea in my early teens ('70s) - centrifugal retard cam gear - an older friend told me 'Vari-Cam' had been around since the '50s.
If you were ever around dirt track racers...….Some old racers used to take a drill and oblong the holes on the cam gear and that was how they changed the valve timing. You put a locking shim on it when you get it where you want it, tighten it and bend the tabs over to lock it in place. Racing on the cheap.
@@tint661
That's still done to this day - and it wasn't just dirt track, that's how all us "old guys" lock them in after degreeing the cam in instead of paying more for adjustable timing sets. (I've been doing it for over 40yrs).
@@Motor-City-Mike Those custom old timing devices had been around a long time. My Dodge Demon had one in it when I went to put a Direct Connection cam in it circa 1980 I took the timing cover and gears off... I went running around Allentown Pa asking everyone what the hell that thing was and nobody even remotely knew... My dad and grandfather owned Speed City USA back then and I had to whimper at their boots to find out what the hell that thing was. Turns out my grandfather being a retired A&P mechanic worked with aircraft and those timing retard devices were quite common on inline aviation engines. So that is apparently where that idea started out at... As a kid growing up in a speed shop I didn't know half of what I thought I did back then... The old timers always knew more... Now that I'm old timer..... Someone finish that one me...
@@Motor-City-Mike That is correct... It started out on in line aviation engines had those built in factory...
Those cars had the best cast iron manifolds ever
That's sooo cool! Today I was actually driving my 1963 Dodge 330 when I saw this pop-up on my notifications. Pretty frikin awesome!
Other points of interest: The hole to the right of the park brake release knob was for the manual choke pull. The voltage regulator on the firewall is usually mounted where the two ground wires are, but had to be moved towards the center of the car to clear the air filter on the rear carb in a Max Wedge application. Dash cluster is completely wrong as well.
that car will be there until its a pile of dirt
Please save them or donate to a young bloke like me who will restore love and drive it and pass it on when the time is right haha awsome car Tony
Hey Ryan I have my fair grounds demolition derby car it still runs and it's in a lot better shape than that rusty old piece shit... You interested before the scrap yard comes 4 it???
@@thekingsilverado9004 mate that would be absolutely awsome but im in Australia if any other young bloke or girl is interested i hope they see this comment cheers mate your a good man.
"They season the blocks you know". You mean dump them on the ground outside until they are full of rust pits right? I`d say that car is pretty seasoned too. lol
My dad would be shitting his pants right now. This is the kind of cars he loved to build. He always wanted something different. Maybe that's why I want to build a 63 A body wagon with a 354 or 331 Hemi. No one on the block has one of those. I love your channel and wish my dad was still alive to see it. He was a dingsman at the Chrysler plant in Belvidere Illinois. He was a first hire when the plant opened in 65. He fixed what broke on the line. I still have some of the tools he made to fix the cars. I use his plastic hammer to cast bullets. Not what it was intended to be used for but I'm using it. Thanks for bringing back some great memories.
The bottom line is it’s his car and he’s free to do whatever he wants with it.
Well he’s a dumb ass for letting it sit
I agree but you still hate to see it set there and rot.
@@johnr.4853 having shit 4 brains that car will be sitting there next year at this same time
Having s--- for brains is how you respond to someone.
@@johnr.4853 John don't work 4 me okay you wouldn't want to. Being the overly sensitive type you are U yourself would deny the world volumes of laughs okay... If it wasn't for stupid overly sensitive types there would be no comedians and no humor in life... Now U asked 4 it and I let ya have it...
"It Ain't Fer Sale-I'ma-gonna-fixit!!"
love it! great info and makes me even more pumped to get my '63 done someday soon!
I was driving down the highway just cruising along looked over sitting in a yard under a big oak tree was a 65 Dodge Coronet. I couldn't get stopped fast enough so I turned around went back for a closer look. Looked from the road at it for a bit, around these parts way out in the country I've learned not to take it upon myself to get to close, some folks get really upset when you ask about their old cars. I built up my courage and knocked on the door. A teenager came to the door so I ask him, is that car for sale, he said yeah its my dads I said is he home? He said naw he won't be home for a while but it's for sale. I said do ya mind if I look at it. He said sure go ahead. It had flat slicks on the back of it. I pulled the pins and opened the hood, cross ram with two four barrels & 426 Super Stock on the valve covers. The kid said i think he wants $500 for it. I said ok I'll wait in my truck till he gets here. So I went to the truck waited for a while and my wife started bitching about she don't feel like waiting... nag, nag, nag. So I ended up taking her home and went straight back to that house. Someone else bought the car by the time I got back to that location. Now she's my exwife.
IIRC, Ed Hamburger, Bricktown NJ, comes to mind on that cam drive...I may have a catalog still....
I’d love to see something done with that car, but realistically I don’t see anything happening. You never know though 🤞
I can see the Harrys U Pull it yard truck rolling up for it soon...
Granddaddy had a 63 330. 318, 727, 8.75 posi. It was Aqua Blue...it had Manuel steering and brakes. It did get 20 mpg from home to Washington, DC. But, at 140k, it smoked like a freight train. So, it was parked in 1975. He passed in 1989, and, in 1990 I decided to take a look. When my feet found the ground underneath, it was junkyard bound.
Michael Cook and others who are so negative,,,, this hobby is replete with the old guys who love the history and provenance of cars like this because they were there at some point to witness it.
I was MOMENTARILY HORRIFIED that Uncle Tony had sniffed out the one I know about.... very similar situation, but different property. I have been respectfully asking about this one since 1995. I am close to finding common ground with the fellow, but when he hears mean ass punks talking like they do on here, he turns away, knowing they don't have the code of respect necessary to do the right thing in traffic, let alone with his rare old Max Wedge.
For those who think that car can't be saved, you need to either watch Mark Worman and the boys get after one of these, or Chris Birdsong doing sheet metal work on B bodies out in the desert.
Well worth getting up early to get spooked by Uncle Tony. SO glad it wasn't the one I know about!!
I will share with you Uncle Tony, when I get this one in captivity.
Keep the faith.
@@patrickwayne3701 Negative? WTF is wrong with you? I never said a word about the car Uncle Tony found...not one. Granddaddys car had been off the road a year before I started driving. It was way gone because it had sit with flat tires for 10 years before I was able to see if it could be saved. By the way, there was a 1966 Coronet, with 58k original miles...which was Grannys since new. Granddaddy drove it, 150 miles round trip, adding 30k to it. No rust, not a speck. I still do not understand your jackass attitude.
@@michaelcook768 'junkyard bound', THATS where my jackass attitude comes from. Even IF you lack the skillset to save that old car, many others out here in the world COULD save it. Junkyard is a longtime word in our lexicon, and JUST like other terms that have become unacceptable in our new age, I take exception to the use of it, same as I do the 'N' word and anti semitic rhetoric.
It's possible, Mr. Cook, that I broke out of my cage on the negative comments and included you in my rant because yours was the last comment I absorbed before my cup ran over,,, IF thats the case, I would offer a genuine apology, because from our spot on the Ohio river bank, to Mackinaw City Michigan, My family vacationed in a white '64 Polara two door hardtop that got 20 mpg, out of it's polyheaded 318 pushbutton automatic and it STILL does today.
My Dad didn't have the skillsets to repair its floorboards, but I did, after going to schools that exposed me to the training necessary to begin the learning.
It just hurt my heart to hear you so easily let the car that carried you and yours, go to a salvage yard rather than to sell it to someone who cared to save it.
I been hanging around in garages where guys like Don Garlits were firing up freshened up Hemis after getting home from the Gatornationals. In his Mom and Dads garage, off of Hwy 574 in Seffner.
I didn't get to watch that happen, by being a smartassed mouthed punk. I showed respect, and thus, didn't get shooed away.
All the know nothings who are bad mouthing the 'mystery guest' know nothing about his life, so their dumbass negativity would get them an ass full of buckshot on his property, or mine, in a proper world.
I kept my Dad's cars, AFTER going and finding them and buying them back. Its STILL a work in progress, but I keep working at it. AND I still have my Grandparents 66 Monaco that they bought when it was just 5 months old and traded back in on the new 67's.
I am not in the old guy's age group, but I honor him and others like him, for keeping the stuff around, instead of shoving it off to the junkyard.
Outstanding find. I learned alot from this one video. I walk old yards and now have a better idea how to spot a wedge car. Thank you
Ancient aliens theorists say yes. Hilarious 😂
Uncle Tony and Aunt Kathy: make him an offer. As Julia Child used to say “SAVE THE LIVER”!
Wow what a gem and full of history , thanks for sharing Uncle . That car deserves to be saved . Cheers
Now that is treasure worth saving. Real cool to see, thanks for the tour.
Uncle Tony, would you please find a guy like you on youtube for use GM guys!
Unfortunately the old guy is probably close to the end of his life and dreaming is all has .
The years was 1991 and I was walking through a small "local" car show in Horseheads New York, and as I came around the corner of a row of old Mopars it was then I noticed one of these same cars sitting there in the show!! I never knew what it was....hell I had never seen one until that day!! But the more I looked at it, the more fascinating I found the car to be!! Now years later I can't recall the guy who owned it or where he was from.....but seeing this brings back a lot of fond memories for me!!
What an awesome car thanks for sharing it. This is my favorite kind of content 🤘
_"Yeah, but I wanna restore it..."_
When? For crying out loud? When you're 90 years old? Unbelievable! Clean off the car and put it inside the damn garage at least, for crying out loud!
Guy seems like a nice guy but people like him *MAKE ME SICK!* Yeah, I know it's his car but so are children who belong to parents; there are laws on the books that punish parent(s) for child abuse, and make no mistake about it, this is the automotive equivalent of child abuse!
He ain't got no more room in that garage he got 6 more just like that sitting in there only he got so old he forgot where he put all the parts and the note books on how they go back together...
If he's been collecting parts for it since the 60's, he's probably in his 80's now.
B.S. if that car met so much to him he would of had it on block's covered up if not in a garage ..
This car must have the car Nobel prize! Let her run again! I had my first Mopar in 1974, it was a Dodge Dart -65 V8! Now im 65 my self and its time to have a Mopar again!
Very cool car, parts, history.... unfortunately I bet if one went back in a year it will sitting in the same place as it has been these last many years. Great video Uncle Tony!