Hundreds of abandoned Classic Sports Cars at secret location deep in the woods!
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- Опубліковано 27 лют 2020
- Chris Stephens from the Discovery Channel explores a hidden gem location of abandoned classic cars rotting away deep in the woods. Everything from early Porsche 911s, 912, 356's to Jaguar E-types and some race cars. Feel free to ask questions or post comments below or on my Instagram page @officialchrisstephens
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why are all these cars always in secret locations rotting away, instead of being sold to those that would actually take care of them and drive them?
owner probably died no family left to claim them, or old auto park bankrupt banks just took the land never cared for cars... owner in prison for life ... owner disappeared ... etc... but most of them are just not secret, they probably in a private land that nobody goes there... since is private? and being non-attended looks like a forest area...especially if they sit there for like 30-50 years... nature will claim its rightful place
@@GeorgeZaharia You may be right but it’s hard to see all these gems going to waste :(
Depressing to see those cars in that condition.
Those 1970s Porsches just really make me sad how they are there like that.
Not many videos would make me cry, this one did shed a tear.
There's a fortune in just glass and trim.
That makes me sick. Seeing all those classics rotting away. I think I've been there before. But it has been many many years ago. Some of the older stuff looks familiar. I live here in Fredericksburg VA
I think I know this place too, I grew up in Richmond and I think I saw my friend’s high school ride from 1983!
When a tree falls on a vintage Porsche in the woods., everyone in Germany gets a strange sad feeling they cant explain!
Going out on a limb with that one ...
Well. Funny. Loved your reply. And the other reply! Excellent 🙌🏼
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A building in Stuttgart will suddenly catch fire
Probably the best collection of cars like this on YT.
Nice to see such a brilliant find by someone who knows actually about cars.
Absolutely sweet!! Lots of GOODYS!! They are deep in the woods. Great show
Heartbreaking to see this! A lot of my favorite cars rotting away!
Did you notice this guy leaves doors open?!!
i would put those Porsches in my bedroom so I could sleep next to them
And I'll be having the e-type.
Whatever the back story is, whoever amassed this collection had great taste in cars!
But ain't a carguy, carguys don't treat cars like this.
This guy hates cars.
You would need to know the circumstances I suppose. A lot of these cars hit the crusher before they came back into fashion. There was a time when 912s weren't desirable. But yes, the condition of the cars is saddening.
I couldn't help but agree! His taste in cars was AMAZING! His storage methods however........are lacking.
@@duncandonovan5270 I THINK HE WAS A CAR THIEF , USE TO BRING THE CARS HERE AND DUMP THEM
@@GhostRider-ms1ep Agreed!
I have to say this made me sadddd never so many cars I love in one spot
couldn't believe my eyes when i saw an old london black cab sat there!!
And now there’s fields full of black cabs 😂
Absolutely fantastic but very sad that these classics just rusting away. The Porsche's P1800s and many others need to be saved before their gone for good. 😀👍
The p1800 is a volvo
" Welcome back everyone, were here in the Porsche section of my forest. "
Saw the ‘54 or ‘55 International pickup. I learned to drive in one. Gotta be an interesting back story. Bit as has been said before - still a lot of value in glass, trim, parts. I live in Northern Virginia and will be watching for the auction notice.
reminds me of the car scrap yard in Kaufdorf Switzerland, which was cleared years ago. Most of it was rusted so far that it could no longer be saved. Very sad
Thanks for the share, what a shame the owner allows these to root. Apears many are just shells but I think too far gone to restore. Love to understand the history of this place.
Awesome finds 👍
This is literally my ideal paradise! SO many cars including packards, studebakers, chevys, fords, european stuff...ecc., too bad I live in Italy and cannot come and visit the place. The yellowish '53 Lincoln capri caught my eye, I'd really love to bring that one home.
What I would give to get across the pond and help you remove them i love it well done you boys for finding and saving (hopefully ) some of these beautiful cars oh and I know we all like shiney paint but embrace that rust those cars earn the those scars! And remember chicks dig scars!!!!!! Keep up the good work
The Jag E-type with a tree that fell on it. Wow. All those Porsche 356s! That's several hundred thousand bucks right there.
Was lowkey expecting to see a Z but it still hit hard when I saw it. The s30 is my dream car and it's just so sad to see one like this while the prices are skyrocketing.
Wow. What a lucky dude stomping round in all that automobile history .
The Porsches are my favorite 😍
Old junk yards in the woods and a pellet gun were like heaven to me as a kid in the 1960's in the midwest..
That opening shot of the oval window made my heart hurt! Why would anyone just let these beauties rust and rot away?!!
Just self them off to those who would enjoy them!
Beautiful collection, such a shame they’re rotting away like that, great video. Merry Christmas from a rainy uk 🇬🇧
Merry Christmas to you too, also rainy here on the east coast of USA
Seeing all those old classics, its just criminal, someone let them rot away uncared for.
MY GOD All Beautyful Nice Cars !!!
There's something for everyone there! I wasn't expecting to see any E-Types, 356 coupes, '55 Chevrolet Belair convertible, '59 Cadillac convertible, '59 and '60 Cadillac coupes! That '65-'67 (no side marker lights for '68/'69) Chevy Corvair coupe appears to be a 500 model. I love Corvairs! I have early models, late models, and forward controls! Some of these cars here look restoreable and others appear that sneezing would collapse them!
this is a damn shame!
some of these cars could be restored.... and it would be worth it....
Gosh unbelievable,what a treasure.
That 59 Caddy Convertible is a whole bunch of coin rotting away
I'd bring a chainsaw get my tilt bed back there and take my pick.
I am so sick right now looking at all the cars just rotting away! They should close all the new cars coming out and make people fix the old cars first!!!!!!
I knew a similar place like this years ago here in PA, the guy and his friends stole cars for years and they would stash them on a property in the woods. I used to go in the early '90's yet and there was some really cool cars in there.
Where in PA Northwest?
@@beawsome7722 Southeast
I’d love to know more about that AMX at the start of the video (next to the oval window bug). It looks like a fairly complete car. That’s a rare car.
A interesting but at the same time a sad place! I wish someone could save those cars!...5:58 the blue VW Beetle over there seems not in a too bad condition! 😯
I used to drive a '59 bug in college. I bought it (running) for $100. Later I converted it to a weekend Dune Buggy for desert fun! That Jag E type needs to be restored NOW! Makes me sick seeing these cars rotting away😪
Heartbreaking to see my dream car sat abandoned in that way. 🙁 (912)
just found you channel lads recommended by a good friend!, I to explore to find old classics, awesome content you have shame we didn't live closer, amazing finds dude just subbed man, Stay safe...
Hit me up if you ever come state side. My shop is full of British cars.. TVR Vixen, Triumph TR6, E-Types etc etc
Follow my IG @officialchrisstephens
@@etmracing I will try my best bro ive never been on a plane!!, i looked at your instagram already and thought shit dudes way out my league haha, Thanks for replying man! means the world!, Keep up with your channel mate i'm sure it will blow up having that you're a superstar in my eyes haha, Stay safe brother...
It’s depresses me..... “rust”....automotive Covid 19!
That’s the truth!
Oh lord , field of dreams , what a collection , old Porsches makes my heart bleed . Like that the guy doing the exploring knows his euro stuff and appreciates it as well as the tank metal , such a shame . Don’t see any hoards like this in the Uk .
Couple of early Alpines, those rounded hard tops are hard to find! Cool as a visual, but sad, so many of us out there just looking to spend our weekends bring things back, or hire it done. Net, net, sad..
The majority of those I'm guessing will be full of rot and unsalvageable
Christian B you would be surprised what they can bring back to life
that's something a pessimistic person would say
I dont think its pessimism. Its a damp forest..Look at the condition of the other cars as a Guide
@@sinistercharger oh ive seen people drag cars out of swamps and then restore them, and they nailed it
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this is a great example
It kind of looks like something from the movie The Wrong Turn
those P1800s dont just end up in the bush . Good tree canopy . A lot of unsolved cases there .
I liked the old max javelin at the beginning of the video
Incredible finds there and worth a fortune in salvage parts. Has to be hundreds of thousands worth
Not if they leave the doors OPEN.
It's a dam shame these are rotting away may be deceased estate. But a great video amazing classics.
Yeah it’s sad but still awesome to at least try and document them, I would love to bring my TV production side to this site for a better video but this will do for now
every car I ever thought I wanted, rusting away in the woods. And I don't even care anymore.
Just stuff. But pretty amazing.
I sure would love to know the location I would love to walk through that whole forest and check out everything really cool
The Porsche 356’s.. my father had a canary yellow ‘65 SC mint he bought new and sold in 2000.. and Porsche 912 and the 240z’s and E type are my picks I’d love to walk there
Amazing and sad all in the same sentence
You must hate cars to let them rot like this :/
You tuber Dennis Collins would have a field day here , he'd definitely pay top dollar to save some of these.
Lol
Zac -You think he pays top dollar? He never talks what he pays which usually means he has something to hide. If you pay fair price there is no reason to keep it a secret. It would be to his benefit to say if he was paying top dollar. Then more people would contact him with leads.
Wouldn't let him or Richard Rollins on the place.
If Dennis paid top dollar he wouldn’t be a millionaire
Dennis is a self righteous dork. He needs to just stick with his jeeps
Behind the story the owner barn find will be amazing...
Tom Cutter from Barn Find Hunter, Hagerty youtube channel, will really like this place, he shows places like this on his travels.
Good Restoration having connections in the industry and real friends about 20 grand parts and labor and good beer and food for each car
Some not worth it you can get some running cars in the 15-20 range
Basically parts cars
I know a similar place in Connecticut
Jag even as a slush box and 72 911s oval BEETLE perfect candidates
Nice video..... but sad .... Wish you can get them out of there ! Both for nature and car enthousiasts ! good luck !
Thanks for watching and the support, one day they will be saved. Either for parts or for restoration
The Jag has a sticker from Select Auto Imports - the dealer which is 3 minutes away form my house.
If your ready to go "advanced German car" check out Borgward & NSU. You walked past both.
Madness to leave such beautiful cars to Rot !!!
It’s sad really, hoarders..They spend their entire lives collecting cars that have been wrecked or neglected and stored on their properties just let them go. In the end, somebody else has the daunting task of having to go through the estate of said hoarder and make arrangements to have those cars discarded. I know too many people like this here in British Columbia, Canada
It would be a real struggle to get some of those care out of that location, especially if you wanted a particular vehicle. It is a shame to see them going to rack and ruin there.
Simply have an auction.
This Place valid Millions..Lovely Jobly
I work in Jessup Maryland, where he said he found the Porsche in the barn
You say they're abandoned meaning they do not have an owner, so why don't you rescue these? Its really a shame.
The 356 is a diamond as is for certain!!!
Who ever owns this cars had to have a towing company and that was his little stash of keepers that's why they are deep in the woods lol
Wish I'd never seen this video so many classics just slowly rotting away
The rarest car of all to find there at 23.30 a Black London Cab! How the hell did that get there ?...
Christian B - look at 27.46, there's a really old London cab
Someone from the woods must have phoned for a cab😊
Heavily wooded area next to the few homes out there.
When I talked with Tom, the owner, about the E Type, he said it was mostly rusted in the bottom and most of the chrome was gone now. I still want to save it though. And another car I would like to have is right behind the cameraman...A Saab 96, I think.
The E type simply has value for its vin. The owner Tom needs to have an auction and then the money to get help!
What state is this in? I would love to try and save a few of them
If you know the owner I would be interested in getting in touch with him and even dig a few out myself
@@steveott4579 He does Not let people onto the property at all. He was very adamant about that. He does all the extraction. He pulled a vintage mercedez out a few years ago for $10k... that's what he told me. So if you want something, you better have money !!
@Flyte Industries do you know if this Tom is still around and what county of VA?
looks like a junkyard in levittown pa. i played in when i was a kid
I wanted to buy a Porsche project, it seems there is a lot on that wood, unfortunately it is hard to find a cool Porsche project in Mexico
Looking at the way some of those cars were stacked and placed they must had been brought in by all terrain Telehanders or a modified Loader with forks I believe John Deere had a articulating forklift that was hinged in the middle and had all 4 tires steering capability to get around tight turns often owned by Farmers to haul Hay and other materials around
ide love to restore that Cadillac Green 59 convertible.
Old Jags, Porsches, VW Beatle late 50s model, Alfa Romeos, Mercedes, BMW 2002s. The only problem is if you were to attempt to tow one out of those woods, it would most likely fall apart on you. Floors and sills on probably all of them are so rotted out, they probably aren't salvagable.
This is true, they were rough even when parked! The 356’s are totally gone but yet still Black Forest Germany would be interested in rebuilding. A lot of people just don’t understand how difficult it would be to remove the cars that are this deep in the woods, only if you owned the property and applied for titles… and then had 100,000 sqft lots to store them
I'm guessing that when the cars where acquired it was the field or the crusher? These cars had little to no value. It's still very sad.
Part pickers would have a field day there. Still some hard to find parts there.
So do these people sale any of the cars. I would love to see how much they want for that oval
Surprised the lads did not mention or surprised to see an old ''Black London Taxi'' there in the woods deep in the woods somewhere in North America !! As this would be a VERY RARE taxi which would of been imported from the UK ... Say there is only about 10 other imported London Taxi cabs in the U.S. now ? That's my guess !!
That's just heartbreaking
How does one accumulate that type of unorganized mess and then let it rot??
ONLY A CAR JACKER CAN DO THAT
There are some really nice cars in there
P.S. I am not a detective but I have noticed a couple of times a dealership tag from the state of Virginia on some cars. I take it that you are roaming the woods somewhere in that state. Also around 10 min. before the end of your great video it appears that there are some houses and sheds that can be seen in a clearing just outside the forest. May I ask you this question? If the cars are abandoned why don`t you try to find out who the new owner is & purchase the lot?? I could help out on the purchase if needed.
Lol been trying to find the plot as is rn gathering info if u have anything let me know but unlikely 😅.
Merci de nous faire découvrir cette triste situation
Breaks my heart to see this i have work on every model there just to see them rotting is criminal some rare ones there .
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Amazing find! Would love to come across a collection like that with my film camera in hand 📷
I know you were sort of concentrating on euro stuff, but that '59 Skyliner was probably one of the rarer cars there. Fewer than 13000 made. It saddens me to see one rotting
I plan on shooting individual videos for some of the cars there, I’ll put that one on the list
Good to know. I have one that's been in the family since '78.
An awesome video, but what a shame. Late January, no show, mild temps, a southern state?
Such a shame to see these cars melt into the ground. When my dad passed he left 42 cars melting in the ground he has a six-car garage but not one car in it. He said they were not livestock where you had to feed them? We salvaged seven that had value.
Can recondition lots if the interior parts from any of these cars...just the old emblems and batches alone are worth restoring....wonder who the owner is tho???
I'll be waiting for the inevitable estate sale to pop up. Somebody has to own that land.
This "collection" seems to be in PA somewhere..... I have to seriously wonder what condition they were in when they were parked there.
Grab the 356! & Oval VW!