Rad video dude. My dad married Julie, Rod's sister. My dad is actually the guy in the photo at the 7:00min mark. He was one of the main mechanics for Hilltop. Grandpa Jerry was seriously the greatest. I spent so much time working and playing on that property as I grew up. I'm sad to see it go. This video was an awesome little tribute!
I knew Jerry. He had Hilltop Classics in Escondido. He was a great guy. Loved Fords. I’ve dealt with Rod too. Great people. Jerry helped keep so many cars on the road. His legacy is huge. RIP Jerry
Such an impressive collection. And the story about taking his dad's car home to work on with his son hit all the feels. Thanks to everyone involved who worked together to ultimately show it to all of us. Outstanding.
Great video.. You can tell Rob really misses his dad and everything he did. I hope his grandchildren can appreciate what their grandfather did. And how many people he made happy!!
Thank you for honoring Jerry, he was one of my go to guys for anything Ford. When I bought my first Galaxie 30 years ago I went to him for parts. He sold me the parts I needed and even showed me how to fix it. He kindly shared his knowledge and was the best at locating NOS parts for several of my restorations. He even helped me one time at the Escondido car show when my car would not start. He has been missed since his passing. I have toured Jerrys compound and he showed me and my friend all his collections. I won't spoil your videos by saying what he had, it was amazing. I hope it was all still there when you saw it.
Mad respect to Craig 909 for showing the respect to this family and the car community. Mad respect for Rod for allowing you/us on his father's property to see his life's work. Finally Mad respect to Gerald for keeping all the parts to these cars, I hope every last pice gets used. R.I.P Gerald!!!!!
Rod inherited a truly amazing collection, with a much more amazing story behind each piece in it. What's equally amazing, is that he can walk through his father's collection, and be able to identify nearly every single piece, and he has some kind of emotional attachment to soooo very much of it too. Mad props to Rod for keeping as much of this collection together as possible!!! I wonder if he has plans in place to start selling off some of this collection to people who want to keep these old beauties on the road, or the parts to help people restore cars that they already have. I agree with him in wanting to give his father's 57 to his son to rebuild, that would really mean a lot to both Rod, and his son. I hope he was able to bring a very strong majority of this collection, back home with him. I'm pretty sure what Rod meant when he said "we bleed blue", thank you for your courage to bear that job title, I know from personal experience, that's it's anything but easy. I can't wait to see part 2, and beyond, of this series, and would LOVE to see more like this. BTW, Craig, your short haircut looks a lot better than the mullet IJS. 😎 Listening to Rod at the end of this video made me miss the TBL trucker cap you used to wear in your early videos, when you first bought the red Galaxy.
WOW!!!! Always love your videos of salvage/junk yards. But this is the best. This one comes from the heart. Thank you Craig, Thanks to the Family. Everything had a story, that means so much. Can't wait to see the next part.
What a collection of memories. Thank you to the family for allowing us to view this. And thanks to you for the respect you have shown to all of those classics.
now thats a ford man who knew what was special ,i miss my dads 63 1/2 R code galaxie made when horsepower was real and it took a real man to hold that clutch peddle down
I haven’t even watch the whole video, and this is the reason we love your content!!! This is amazing stuff that people don’t get to see but hope it gets to a good place!! We also love your builds and seeing them grow
Awesome! Once when I really needed cash Jerry bought a bunch of Ford FE 390 parts from me and Julie even came out to my lot and picked up a bunch of old Mercury sheet metal from my days of working on my 64 Comet.
As a newish owner of a California 66 Tbird in it’s 3rd year of restoration, I can relate. If only these automobiles could tell their stories. Thanks Craig, Rod, Jerry and family
Great video Craig! I can't imagine the logistics of dealing with such a massive collection. Not to mention the emotions involved. Hopefully everything that Rod didn't keep has found a home.
My first car was a 64 Galaxie 500 4 Door, 390 Auto. I also had a 68 Torino Coupe with a 302 auto. I swapped in a 351 Windsor with an Edelbrock 4 bbl intake and a 600 Holley. I ended up selling the car to pay off the speeding tickets so I could keep my license. Keep up the good work.
I met Jerry years ago, at a San Diego Cougar Club show, maybe 25 years ago. Toured and picked that property about 7 years ago. It was impressive how organized the parts were in that building behind the Thunderbird. Two levels of parts! RIP Jerry.
Man I love seeing all those old t-bird, fairlane's and Galaxie. You never see any of them around here in Nova Scotia; Canada were I live, any more. I remember my parents having a '67 Galaxie 500 xl 2 door with a hopped up 390; blue with a white top and under the street lights it looked purple which I though was cool. I seen my dad out run the cops and anything else that wanted to try and over take him. Would have love to get my hands on another '67 like that one.
I Love Your Video Content!!! I’ve been Fallowing Channel Since the “I Brought My F100 To High School” Video. Keep up with Great Work, and Content Craig!!!
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You had my interest when I read "Cobra Jet" on the title. Excellent content. I had a 1967 Ford Fairlane GTA with a 428cj that I built for it. Before I went in the service I had a 66 Mercury Cyclone GT, 427 four speed car that my parents sold for me when they retired and moved. Do I wish I still had that car. I traded a 1970 Torino Cobra for it. Awesome video.
Good Lord! Now I know why I can't find the cars I look for - they have them! The Cobra Jet title drew me in. I had a '69 Torino Cobra ("Q"), 4spd, formal roof. Possibly my favorite thing about the (FE) Cobra Jet was it's manners or lack thereof, all dependent on my right foot. In normal driving it was all but mundane, but the more aggressive you were with it the more aggressive it became, ultimately beastly if so desired. Mine was for all intensive purposes stock - I'd recurved the distributor, swapped in adjustable rockers, played with the 735 Holley a bit and installed a bed of snakes (headers). For as little attention as it was given it responded quite impressively!!!
I bleed blue too and this place is/was paradise. I hope those fastbacks get back out on the road some day. Back when I was was 14, my best friends dad bought one new, 428, shaker hood. We never had the stones to sneak it out cause he would have killed us. Rode in it though and it was the fastest car from that era I remember.
To me it's a very sad video because my daddy had Old Forge like it and he died it's really hurtful I had the 69 428 super cold yet in my family and still got the 428 Super Cobra Jet now and the motor and the transmission but I don't have the Cobra body and there's one sitting in the junkyard there I wish I had it love the video man keep up the good work
I want that! I need that! I want those! Then I remember, this was a couple of years ago, and it's all gone now. Alas, I know it all went to good use, and Jerry is smiling.
What I wouldn’t get is why if they were 428 cars they wouldn’t be stored better, I mean the value would be worth so much more if it was kept correctly ..sadly some just don’t get it..
Yo Craig pretty cool video I'd go crazy walking through a land full of old cars I'd love to do it iv never got to do something like that yeah I run out of air fast and my DA Sander sucks if I don't put wd40 in it it won't move
That "fastback Torino" was likely a Cobra (no Torino Cobra till '70). They were std with the Q code 428CJ & 4-speed, new list price $3106. The R code also appears to be a Cobra(no GT trim on dash), Ram Air was $133, automatic $38 over the std 4-speed. No 1969 Torino or Cobra had a shaker, Ram Air included functional bolt on hood scoop, same used Torino GT as non functional. The olive green fastback was a Fairlane 500, trim visible trim on front fender gives that away. Not avail on GT or Cobra. The '63/'64 Mercury used 390 as base engine, no 6cyl or small blocks. There is Cobra on left in this video @t 1:32. ua-cam.com/video/Alc5FQI76dM/v-deo.html
Let the family know we appreciate them letting you in and making these videos for us
Definitely do!
Rad video dude. My dad married Julie, Rod's sister. My dad is actually the guy in the photo at the 7:00min mark. He was one of the main mechanics for Hilltop. Grandpa Jerry was seriously the greatest. I spent so much time working and playing on that property as I grew up. I'm sad to see it go. This video was an awesome little tribute!
I knew Jerry. He had Hilltop Classics in Escondido. He was a great guy. Loved Fords. I’ve dealt with Rod too. Great people. Jerry helped keep so many cars on the road. His legacy is huge. RIP Jerry
Such an impressive collection. And the story about taking his dad's car home to work on with his son hit all the feels. Thanks to everyone involved who worked together to ultimately show it to all of us. Outstanding.
Great video.. You can tell Rob really misses his dad and everything he did. I hope his grandchildren can appreciate what their grandfather did. And how many people he made happy!!
Thank you for honoring Jerry, he was one of my go to guys for anything Ford. When I bought my first Galaxie 30 years ago I went to him for parts. He sold me the parts I needed and even showed me how to fix it. He kindly shared his knowledge and was the best at locating NOS parts for several of my restorations. He even helped me one time at the Escondido car show when my car would not start. He has been missed since his passing. I have toured Jerrys compound and he showed me and my friend all his collections. I won't spoil your videos by saying what he had, it was amazing. I hope it was all still there when you saw it.
Mad respect to Craig 909 for showing the respect to this family and the car community. Mad respect for Rod for allowing you/us on his father's property to see his life's work. Finally Mad respect to Gerald for keeping all the parts to these cars, I hope every last pice gets used. R.I.P Gerald!!!!!
Rod inherited a truly amazing collection, with a much more amazing story behind each piece in it. What's equally amazing, is that he can walk through his father's collection, and be able to identify nearly every single piece, and he has some kind of emotional attachment to soooo very much of it too. Mad props to Rod for keeping as much of this collection together as possible!!! I wonder if he has plans in place to start selling off some of this collection to people who want to keep these old beauties on the road, or the parts to help people restore cars that they already have. I agree with him in wanting to give his father's 57 to his son to rebuild, that would really mean a lot to both Rod, and his son. I hope he was able to bring a very strong majority of this collection, back home with him. I'm pretty sure what Rod meant when he said "we bleed blue", thank you for your courage to bear that job title, I know from personal experience, that's it's anything but easy. I can't wait to see part 2, and beyond, of this series, and would LOVE to see more like this. BTW, Craig, your short haircut looks a lot better than the mullet IJS. 😎 Listening to Rod at the end of this video made me miss the TBL trucker cap you used to wear in your early videos, when you first bought the red Galaxy.
Wow, historic collection. Thank you to him and his fam for sharing 🙏🏼
What a collection! If only we had the time to realize all our dreams. The emotions in this episode… Thanks for sharing.
WOW!!!! Always love your videos of salvage/junk yards. But this is the best. This one comes from the heart. Thank you Craig, Thanks to the Family. Everything had a story, that means so much. Can't wait to see the next part.
What a collection of memories. Thank you to the family for allowing us to view this. And thanks to you for the respect you have shown to all of those classics.
now thats a ford man who knew what was special ,i miss my dads 63 1/2 R code galaxie made when horsepower was real and it took a real man to hold that clutch peddle down
So many great and beautiful designs through 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Don’t think we’ll see anything like that again.
Sadly, probably not.
This probably the best video you’ve made this far god bless Jerry for being a Ford collector
I haven’t even watch the whole video, and this is the reason we love your content!!! This is amazing stuff that people don’t get to see but hope it gets to a good place!! We also love your builds and seeing them grow
Wow! Thank you so much for this video! And thanks to the family for sharing their Dad's legacy.
Love the long video love the passion for documentation of stuff like this hard to find places like this anymore just awesome stuff
Simply Awesone, Thank you for sharing it with us.
Thumbs to them for preserving some awesome Ford history
Awesome! Once when I really needed cash Jerry bought a bunch of Ford FE 390 parts from me and Julie even came out to my lot and picked up a bunch of old Mercury sheet metal from my days of working on my 64 Comet.
As a newish owner of a California 66 Tbird in it’s 3rd year of restoration, I can relate. If only these automobiles could tell their stories. Thanks Craig, Rod, Jerry and family
That's awesome!!! So much history there!!
very cool video! from one Ford guy to another, thank you Jerry!
Great video Craig! I can't imagine the logistics of dealing with such a massive collection. Not to mention the emotions involved. Hopefully everything that Rod didn't keep has found a home.
An awesome collection. Thanks for documenting it.
Hope you brought one of the 67s home. I remember when you posted some of this on ig. Nice to see the rest of your tour
More, more, more!!! Thanks for the tour through Ford heaven, keep 'em coming!
That was an awesome video! What a collection of original very hard to find parts.
Bet your glad I told you about that property lol
Fantastic video can't wait to see the next one, wow what a collection.
My first car was a 64 Galaxie 500 4 Door, 390 Auto. I also had a 68 Torino Coupe with a 302 auto. I swapped in a 351 Windsor with an Edelbrock 4 bbl intake and a 600 Holley. I ended up selling the car to pay off the speeding tickets so I could keep my license. Keep up the good work.
Been waiting on this one!! GREAT JOB BROTHER!!!!
Thank you Solomon!
Awesome, love hearing the stories behind these places.
I met Jerry years ago, at a San Diego Cougar Club show, maybe 25 years ago. Toured and picked that property about 7 years ago. It was impressive how organized the parts were in that building behind the Thunderbird. Two levels of parts! RIP Jerry.
Man I love seeing all those old t-bird, fairlane's and Galaxie. You never see any of them around here in Nova Scotia; Canada were I live, any more. I remember my parents having a '67 Galaxie 500 xl 2 door with a hopped up 390; blue with a white top and under the street lights it looked purple which I though was cool. I seen my dad out run the cops and anything else that wanted to try and over take him. Would have love to get my hands on another '67 like that one.
This a masterpiece! I'll be back to finish the last 20 min. Wow I hope there is more. This guy knows his inventory! Thanks man!
Great video! Can't wait till the next one!
This was amazing I’ve grown up with my grandpa and dad being die hard guys and it touched my heart. ❤
What a great guy Craig. Real nice to let you in and explain everything .you can tell he was close to his dad. Can't wait for next one
Definitely a cool video pretty amazing what you can collect throughout your life
Very good video, thanks for putting it out there
I Love Your Video Content!!! I’ve been Fallowing Channel Since the “I Brought My F100 To High School” Video. Keep up with Great Work, and Content Craig!!!
Thanks for the support!
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Awesome find. You can tell it's a four-speed car cause of the way that it is
Can't wait to see the next one that was cool asf
Hey Craig that was an excellent video!!! 🇺🇲 🏁 😎 🏁
Such an amazing collection. Very cool to see. That place is like this still exist. I love the video.
Wow. Gold mine. And great stories.
I’m buying the air tool Blaster right away. Thanks for the heads up on these products. Also loved this video.
Wow very cool thanks for sharing this collection
Thank you to all involved.
Thanks for the great video brother !!
You had my interest when I read "Cobra Jet" on the title. Excellent content. I had a 1967 Ford Fairlane GTA with a 428cj that I built for it. Before I went in the service I had a 66 Mercury Cyclone GT, 427 four speed car that my parents sold for me when they retired and moved. Do I wish I still had that car. I traded a 1970 Torino Cobra for it. Awesome video.
Good Lord!
Now I know why I can't find the cars I look for - they have them!
The Cobra Jet title drew me in. I had a '69 Torino Cobra ("Q"), 4spd, formal roof.
Possibly my favorite thing about the (FE) Cobra Jet was it's manners or lack thereof, all dependent on my right foot.
In normal driving it was all but mundane, but the more aggressive you were with it the more aggressive it became, ultimately beastly if so desired.
Mine was for all intensive purposes stock - I'd recurved the distributor, swapped in adjustable rockers, played with the 735 Holley a bit and installed a bed of snakes (headers).
For as little attention as it was given it responded quite impressively!!!
Amazing place I wish I knew about them I would have loved to get OEM doors and fenders for my 65 mustang
Awesome Vid, I hope that ol Ford Iron doesn't get crushed.
I bought parts from his dad for my 64 T-bird and many parts for our 66 Mustangs! Loved that old shop in Escondido!
Wow! What a collection!
Very cool place 😎👍!I was touched by the way he choked up about his dad's passing.i get it.i miss my dad too.👍
Joe dirt! Joe dirt! Joe dirt! Thanks for sharing! Great content nicely done! From an old bald head marine!
It's awesome they allowed you to film but dang all that gold turning to rust makes me sad.
Cool place guy had a good life
Grew up in my dads comet man I love those cars and we never see them on you tube I wish I could get a restored one
thanks mate . thanks Rod. so many dreams to fill
As a plymouth fury buff, its nice to see them on your channel :)
Amazing all the cars that must have been salvaged there
I think that 67 Q code is actually a 66. Awesome collection though.
I bleed blue too and this place is/was paradise. I hope those fastbacks get back out on the road some day. Back when I was was 14, my best friends dad bought one new, 428, shaker hood. We never had the stones to sneak it out cause he would have killed us. Rode in it though and it was the fastest car from that era I remember.
Yes Craig, that 428 needs to live with a fat cam in the F100.
Agreed FE powa is the best
@@Coronet_shop mo powa baby
That was a soft touching tribute to a mans life passion that held a spot in his family tree.snookie pa.💥👍💥
Goodness gracious I love this it's amazing
great stuff thanks
Any junk or salvage yard having classic cars. I thoroughly love not seeing them not cut/ hacked up
Nicely done
Absolutely amazing!!! Do you know what happened with everything once the owner kept what he wanted? I’d imagine a lot of stuff was sold or scrapped.
Tears at the end , wow . great video .
To me it's a very sad video because my daddy had Old Forge like it and he died it's really hurtful I had the 69 428 super cold yet in my family and still got the 428 Super Cobra Jet now and the motor and the transmission but I don't have the Cobra body and there's one sitting in the junkyard there I wish I had it love the video man keep up the good work
My uncle had a breezeway car. He was a WWII lifetime Submariner.mi remember riding in it with the rear window down. Am amazing car.
Its so cool u covered this. To bad u didnt go when i went. My dad and i bought so much stuff from the property and the shop. Let alone my torino.
Yea I saw some of the cars that left before I got there and it was crazy.
Oh shit. I was at hilltop classics for several days when they were closing down.
Would love to have the white n black 68 Torino my mom had one identical to it minus a/c. I thought I was so kewl driving it in high school! 💯👍🏾
Great memories seeing Jerry's property again.
I want that! I need that! I want those! Then I remember, this was a couple of years ago, and it's all gone now. Alas, I know it all went to good use, and Jerry is smiling.
Man I wish I had the money to buy a ton of those 58-60 Thunderbird parts!
I need a 4 speed for my 70 Mercury cyclone behinde a 429 if he has one to part with. I realize it may be just a build able core but I'm good with it.
Craig you should definitely go visit him today and make a vid at his house
What I wouldn’t get is why if they were 428 cars they wouldn’t be stored better, I mean the value would be worth so much more if it was kept correctly ..sadly some just don’t get it..
I got a 1966 Ford Fairlane GT I would trade it for that Cobra body love the video man keep up the good work
Craig that red car is calling your name you need a old-school hot rod car leave the galaxy for a show car
Yo Craig pretty cool video I'd go crazy walking through a land full of old cars I'd love to do it iv never got to do something like that yeah I run out of air fast and my DA Sander sucks if I don't put wd40 in it it won't move
Damn I wish I was out there that junkyard I went by a lot of stuff
Would really love to have one of the 428 cars!
Awesome cars
Literally a field of dreams
Hey, Do you have or do you know anyone that has a set of bucket seat brackets for a Ford f100?
......Never gonna give you up....
Thought it was a Rick roll...
That "fastback Torino" was likely a Cobra (no Torino Cobra till '70). They were std with the Q code 428CJ & 4-speed, new list price $3106. The R code also appears to be a Cobra(no GT trim on dash), Ram Air was $133, automatic $38 over the std 4-speed. No 1969 Torino or Cobra had a shaker, Ram Air included functional bolt on hood scoop, same used Torino GT as non functional. The olive green fastback was a Fairlane 500, trim visible trim on front fender gives that away. Not avail on GT or Cobra.
The '63/'64 Mercury used 390 as base engine, no 6cyl or small blocks.
There is Cobra on left in this video @t 1:32.
ua-cam.com/video/Alc5FQI76dM/v-deo.html
Awesome
I'll take one of each
What a cars parts wow