American Time Capsule: Abandoned Dealership Collier Motors AMC Has 200+ Classic Cars! (FULL TOUR)
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- We went out to Collier Motors AMC in Pikeville North Carolina to meet up with Robbie Collier. Robbie is tasked with managing his fathers estate which includes the last surviving American Motors dealership in the world. This place has over 200 classic American cars from the 1940's up until the 2000's hidden among the brush around the original dealership building. Javelins AMX Ambassadors Gremlins Pacers Ramblers EVERYTHING is here. Even Barry Goldwater's former personal AMC AMX with all kinds of custom stuff. Robbie is selling EVERYTHING on the lot so check out his Facebook page!
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Robbie is selling everything here. Even parts. If you need anything check out his Facebook page!
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I love treasure huntin.
I'm headed ther soon for a bunch of parts i need that i just saw :)
That dodge crew cab hauler is sick!
Ty for this awesome content brother ive owned a few of these AMC in my life time it's such a terrible waste that them car have set and rusted down it hurt my heart. Much love and respect to y'all ty again for everything
Hell yeah brother great vid and I didn't see parts for my car there but it's cool no big I enjoyed the vid
Guys like him are slowly fading away and every chance I have to listen to their stories is a real treasure.
Absolutely!
wow true
100%fact
Exactly
Like the cars there. I always think its a shame they don't put matting under them. Or make sure the doors are shut. Imagine if all these cars were in roughly the same condition now as the day they were parked up. They'd be worth at least 5 times as much.
You can tell he thoroughly enjoys walking around reliving his childhood. You can also tell this man highly respected his father. Time flies that is for sure.
Absolutely
@@Stapleton42 i did watch full out. and i'll get my wife to add your instagram. as a kid growing up my unkles both had eagles. grams a jeep, cherokee and then cherokee sport. (learned to drive on it got my first licence). any way one amc eagle is still with us and looks the same as some of these.. i am from canada btw. and would mean the world to me if we could arrange time for a quick conversation it would mean the world to me. and maybe the biggest surprise ever for my wife.. if i am any more honnest.. im gonna start crying.
Mike Celland AKA MadAddVent
He sure didn't respect those cars..what a Shame!
If he cared that much he would have stored the rare ones or sold them off why they were still sellable next time I
Want to throw money away I will call this guy wtf lmao
@@lonniemiller757 I had an uncle that ran a sawmill did the exact same thing with Cadillacs you must have been 12 of them parked in a row with trees growing through them wouldn't sell them for anything when he died they were worthless and got crushed
Bless Robbie. To hear him say, "it still runs..." He is THE used car salesman of all time!
I caught that🤣. He’s certainly nostalgic
Would be interesting to hear how much money he wants for each of the cars. I am guessing he is still asking far too much, when you listen to his sales pitch about each vehicle as if it were brand new. He mentions a few times that he has someone interested in a vehicle, my bet is that he is asking far more than the condition of each warrants. Perhaps this is why they are all still sitting there, either asking too much or really does not want to sell them due to nostalgic reasons of his own.
LMAO!
I thought that too “OH it still RUNS!”…. Yeah- ok.
I have met him he is a great guy and told me quite a few stories on some of the cars there
Extremely nice gentleman , it's just a shame these cars weren't properly stored . Hopefully enough get saved before they are scrapped.
I agree. As the owner of several cars myself. It's hard to keep them all under roof. cars outside under trees I wish weren't.
@@crazyfoot490 I have a 1998 S10 that is outside as I rebuild 1982 K10. Will probably sell S10 after I get the K10 up and going. Been down a month with broken ankle.
@@crazyfoot490 I myself have owned at one time seven road worthy cars (in my qualified opinion), one sweet li'l '67 C10 p/up and one hobby stocker. Spend some of that hard earned money on CAR COVERS (w/some mouse traps, roach motels, etc.). And if you store a car for some time, drain gas tank, cooling system and brakes, including MASTER CYLINDER. I learned there is a hard way and an easy way to 'collect' automobiles. The easy way is much more fun, and much less work.
If these cars had been properly stored this would be a gold mine.
He cannot afford to store these inside somewhere. And have them be dry rotted.
Not really. A bunch of cool stuff though.
yeah they are basically left to rott. In dirt covering every bit of the bottom of that cars.
Too bad, he had money to buy all that stuff and had nothing left to store them properly…
It’s like I would store my les Pauls in my backyard under full sun, rain & snow..!!!
Super stupid in my eyes
@@jessace64 Yeah its not even parked on pavement lol. Just left to rott in the middle of a field
A fascinating field of history but sad how all these cars ended up in such awful condition. I'm sure many could have been still running on the road today but were just needlessly left to rot.
My thoughts exactly
And will continue to rot cuz the dude thinks every one is worth its weight in gold.
Why does one dude need 30 or 40 cars on his property sitting there doing nothing? There are people out there, young and old, who want these vehicles, and will fix them and use them. They're all going to waste because of one selfish, greedy man who will never do anything with them. As they sit there, they are becoming more far gone by the day.
He should just get photo's of them for nostalgic purposes, then just sell them on. He DOESN'T need them!
@@noelgibson5956 I have a family member that's like this. It's sad because he has a 1990 Cummins decial 2500 just sitting in his backyard rotting away it's sad
@@noelgibson5956 They're all for sale, stupid!
Oh, this makes me want to weep, seeing them all in this condition. It’s just a needless waste, all of these cars could have been saved, but now they’re just SHOT.
At Brave finger.. Toyota Jan's stuff.. New 2023 model years.
Exactly..these 'owners' are shameful ffs!
Yeah, people keep showing videos of these people who "saved" vehicles by gathering 100 to rot vs leaving them in the wild where they stood better chances of survival
They were car dealers at one time. Then they just became hoarders. Its a mental illness. Be it old telephone books, or junk mail. Once something in their brain clicks, they become hoarders. Whatever they have, they'd rather watch it turn to dust than sell it. The father was the main hoarder. Now the son is in charge and willing to part with things. But you can still see the "hoarder" side that he inherited from his dad. He talks as if you can just get in and start 'em up.... It's a sad situation for both the cars and the son..
I mean it really is just a waste ya know
Think how much money is sitting there.
Even back then.. right! I mean look at all the cars, he said 200?
How much money did it take to make each one?
It makes no sense at all , there’s no reasoning to it no matter what anybody says , there’s just no reasoning to let that happen .
None!!!
I bought the guy said still have their cars one has a 4421 has a 69 Camaro another one has a satellite dish in perfect condition. They were kept in the freaking garage during the winter and you take care of them. And people on here don’t know it’s so expensive he could’ve done something to cover those vehicles are freaking tarp over them you know what I mean I mean my husband’s got a blue tarp that we use for certain things a tarp would’ve kept them from getting damaged it’s ridiculous
This guy is a walking encyclopedia of AMC knowledge. I would have loved to have been there in 1980/83 with 50 grande.. It's a shame that those cars stayed out so long.
man, with 50 grand back than, you'd probably walk out with 10-15 cars!
WHY they Aren't Worth anythang then or Now1
@@tonyfriend7413 Because they are rusted to crap. All those outdoor cars are totally un-fixable unless you want to spend 4x what they''ll be worth afterwards. Call the wrecker and send them to the scrap yard.
@@tonyfriend7413 you show how little you know about the history of the American automobile. Knowing the 'worth' of any 'thang' is slightly more than cutting donuts in a downtown intersection at 3am...give yourself a break. Back yourself up with a little knowledge about the subject before taking it at it's intrinsic value.
I would have got about a thousand tarps rolled up the windows covered them up the best I could and got some strong nylon rope tied them all up.. but first I would have moved them all the way from the trees even if I had to Bunch them up the trees probably did most of the damage..Plus every time a tree starts to rot a huge limb would fall down and do major damage to that car..Dame shame they will probably just sit there forever..😫
This is amazing, but I always ask myself "why does everyone wait until all the cars are rotted out and then decide to sell them ?" LOL
Robbie didn't really give a damn about any of those cars. He was money hungry and didn't have the foresight to store any thing.
im sure there like alot of people that dont sell nothing,there going to get to them some day.most of the stuff is estate sale bound!!!i watch a few videos of him and the old man when he was alive and they didnt do nothing with them then when they could.
I was thinking the same thing. What a waste. It's interesting to get all the knowledge passed down but the history would be better served if not just sitting there rotting away.
You find a barn car and try and buy it off the old man he's a hundred years old he won't let it go because he's still going to restore it
@@yeahright302 rule and point number one is simply it's their stuff if they don't want to do anything with their stuff then they don't have to.
Basically I can already tell you that this Robbie guy and his dad are literally a couple of pack rats.
I used to live near a guy that had 12 acres and he must have had literally a hundred cars on that damn property cars of all kinds he had regular crap cars he had sports cars pickup trucks fuck at one point he had a bus this guy wouldn't even give you a piece of sheet metal you could offer him $10 look even back when my dad was growing up in the seventies yeah the very same guy you could offer him like 5 or 10 bucks for a piece of metal and he would talk about how nope I might need that someday, when I was a kid he would say the same thing.
The only time I was able to work out a deal with that guy was I had a mower for sale he loves to buy mowers he offered up it was either a Vespa or some sort of moped that he wanted trade even price a hundred bucks I decided to take the hundred bucks kind of wish now I would have taken the moped and or Vespa.
but yeah based on Robbie's characteristics he can tell you every story behind the car he can tell you roughly when it was there if not even give you exact times and dates the damn thing showed up he can tell you how and why they never bothered to sell it.
And for the most part it was they had enough money and they were good old boys and they didn't really care he's just not really going to come out and actually say that.
I know these types they have some of the most interesting properties ever and yet a lot of what's ruining places like this isn't really a matter of the car is rotting it's a matter of assholes snobby pricks showing up in the area trying to get the code department and everything else or the city or county on these people about their property looking like crap whatever blah blah if you don't like it don't fucking move in the area!!
I think it's high time to start kicking people's ass and re-educating them on what private property actually means!
Yes definitely buy the four-wheel drive eagle and restore it!!!
Buy a good clean running used one for $5k instead, and save a whole lot of time, trouble, and MONEY.
Mr. Collier is knowledgeable and seems to be fine gentleman. I know he gave explanation about how he has sold many cars but to let these cars totally deteriorate is very sad. I know car owners like him and just wish they would act sooner.
The problem is finding people to buy them. A lot of these cars have no real value and thus aren't worth collecting or restoring..
@@sirmonkey1985 that's subjective. A lot of the cars had value before they became defacto parts cars because they were left to rot.
@@sirmonkey1985 You are correct. They have no value because they have been allowed to deteriorate.
The internet is full of people like this. Guys that have countless "projects" that all need something or another. But now they're in their sixties and don't have any money to finish a single one. Even if they realize they could dump about half their collections and THAT would fund a few really nice drivable cars. They're hoarders.
@@jamesphilip6737 But here's the thing James - at the time when they were still in decent condition, they DIDN'T have any value - who in 1992 wanted to drive around a 15-20 year old AMC? Very few people. So you couldn't even give them away. I live about 20 miles away from what used to be an all-AMC junkyard - they sold the land and crushed every single car in the yard. People weren't looking for a Pacer or a Gremlin or whatever back then. When I used to junkyard hunt in the 1980s, I saw dozens and dozens of the grandma-special 1960s Rambler American sedans in nearly perfect condition and you couldn't give those away at the time either. I would have loved to save one for a sleeper car, but didn't have any place to store such a thing (any more than Mr. Collier did). Timing is everything, and it's easy to look at things differently in hindsight.
Ran when parked. No lowballers. I know what I got.
I just love how Logan is comfortable with getting another project car
Well it is how we make a living. If something makes sense to do we do it!
Thanks Mitchell
Greatly appreciate your trips thru history
He couldn't have found a better life partner, so happy for them both.
Thank you guys. It means a lot to us that you’re here
something tells me Logan is getting a car she works on herself
Just disgusting and sad so many cool cars have just rotted away! Looks like quite a few could be saved still. Would LOVE to have the Eagle SX/4 there but can't afford it and am on the opposite end of the country. : (
I had a 1986 Eagle SX/4 and it was fun. Way ahead of its time. I would buy this one as well to restore.
All these pieces of automotive history just rotting away, it's 😢 shame.
Thats what happens when people have unrealistic expectations of what their JUNK is worth. He still talks about them like they are all still running and good... Nope these are cool no doubt but not one of them doesnt need a huge amount of work.
I recently tried to buy something second hand and the amount of idiots out there saying oh its a $3000 unit and they want $2000 for it 20 years later (im talking electronics) You cant get thru to people like that. Greed gets hold of people and they cant see everyday the value gets less and less.
On the opposite end of that spectrum I had a SX4 for a while, was going to repair it for a trail vehicle and ended up putting it up for sale for $500 and it was sold about 20 times over in a couple hours. Guy came 5 hours to pick it up. I guess I undersold it
@@DL30Creations We have one in our collection. I mention it in our tour of collection U Tube Video.
My Dad was President of AMC in Canada in the 80's( He started out there as a summer job and worked his way up). I was forced to live and breathe AMC my whole life.I know everything Robbie Collier is talking about! Talk about a blast from the past! Great Video!!
Man that’s wild! Glad to have you here man
My own Dad sold new AMCs during the 70s at Pippin Motors in Smithfield NC...only about 45 min. drive West of this location in Pikeville NC. My very first ride in a "Muscle Car" was in a brand new circa '72 or maybe '73, AMX Javelin that was his 'demo' car. I will never forget that ride...Dad pinning me back in the seat with all that get up & go under the hood! He was so happy and proud! AMC was our bread & butter when I was a young boy! I STILL love AMCs! :-)
Maybe you can tell me why so many people thought AMC was so great but the ones I owned were junk!
@@hubriswonk troll
@@American-Motors-CorporationI'm glad you told that Joe Biden loving gun banning clown off
It's a shame how they let all those vehicles rot away. Some years ago I saw an episode of American Pickers with this same dealership on it. I love this stuff. I learned to drive in a rambler and I owned a hornet hatchback once upon a time.
@Mike Abner>>> It just shows ya what goes on in peoples lives like here. The township & the state R probably on this guys ass religiously to clean that up in that neighborhood... I have personally encountered these lazy spoiled senior citizen rich kids many years ago when the shit was still worth something. they should have been selling it... They wanted to get rich fast & wanted ultra fantastic money for basic junk cars & trucks back in the late 1990s when resto mods became king stuff.. Now they have to just about give it away. In saying that U have to buy 2 -3-4 of them vehicles to put one back together semi right. Keep in mind not all door panels match and that this particular huckster is video is an assholes & that is his down fall is how far he let these cars go with windows missing or part way or all the way down... The cars are nearly worthless and it's not like they R total vintage stuff either some R some R not. Right now these cars outside of a few R just NOTALGIA pieces... They coulda been worth something if this boob had not been so lazy as to let windows down let em deteriorate thus far & he coulda housed a few of those real Javelin gems... Just shows ya what people stoop to in their old age especially when they get an alligator on their ass... I bet the state and the township R all over this guys ass or he has that LOT SOLD where these cars R at... Nobody with clear conscience woulda let that stuff to rot like that without selling it when it was still worth more than scrap money. There were collectors and restoration ppl for the last 40 years looking 4 stuff like those vehicles in decent condition... It's like selling a house and letting it slip to condemned condition and U know.... IN RETRO SPEC THE NEW COMMUNIST & HILLARY FOLKS R IN A BIG HURRY TO DO AWAY WITH GAS POWERED CARS AND MAKE YA BUY ONE THEN CHINESE WEED WHACKER CORDLESS DRILL TYPE OF CARS. So there are other elements that play another unheard tune on the old AM radio here... Do not sell a single vehicle made before 2003 U will be sorry if ya do... Joe Biden means to create mayhem... Just look what is going on with auto parts..
@@thekingsilverado8419 I've read a lot of rambling comments but wow lol
@@Kremithefrog1 Simple minds like really short simple stories & explanations... Now look at Joe Biden in the white house & tell me I am wrong...
@@thekingsilverado8419 Let's go Brandon!
@@ctg6734 I could say something equally ugly but I won't ....
This guy's like a walking encyclopedia for cars.
What an amazing story, the knowledge this guy has of the history of each car is incredibly
This dealership is 10 minutes from my house. I got depressed every time I drove by it because they wouldn't budge on selling anything. glad to see they are finally selling and not letting history rot away and let people like us preserving and showing a iconic past
I live about that far too! I learned about it when I moved here 3 years ago. Sad to see but glad to see the cars are moving out slowly
History has rotted away bud..
I live probably the same distance. My understanding is old man Collier would sell but wanted a lot for stuff that was allowed to sit and rot away.
Yea but what kind of prices? People who let things rot like this instead of selling don't typically have sane prices. They'll try to charge you $500 for the car and another $4000 for their emotional attachment.
Yeah, this is my gripe with all Steve Magnante's videos of cars rotting in the woods. He never says that they were overpriced for the last 40 years and , in fact are still over priced. But now they are in horrible condition. Those scalpers would rather go bankrupt than sell for reasonable prices. And now with the internet people have a lot more choices.
He just knows everything about every one of them 😮👍👍
Pity they were not stored better
I had to watch it to the end it was just so interesting listening to him talk about his family history
How many people can remember that far back
I think if my dad had been a car dealer instead of a carpenter I would have ended being an Aussie version of this guy
AMC made some really unique stuff. They did have everything they could to keep up with the market with a much smaller budget than the Big 3
Yeah the smaller budget concept I do greatly question that, sure their budget was smaller than GM and Ford.
Though even in the early 70's they raked in 2.8 billion dollars a year!
2.8 billion dollars a year and they still couldn't get their shit together?
It mostly sounds like bad management to me!
Once the demand for the Pacer was satiated, the AMC firm had little to offer in terms of newness. Perhaps the 1980 Eagle AWD was a bit of reprieve. Shame these cars were left to seed..
These cars should have been sold 40 years ago when they were still worth something.
Back then they were worth a fraction of what they are today due to their antique collectible status now. They were losing value rusting away, but at the same time appreciating in value due to their age and increasing collectability status.
All things hit a re-appreciation curve after bottoming out on depreciation; it's only a matter of time. For things like cars that become much less common after enough decades compared to other collectables, the re-appreciation curve rises sharply
@@drott150 Most of those cars aren't collectible, and surely not worth the cost of fixing all the massive rust they have. They would have to be highly desirable muscle cars to be worth what it would take to fix them up. You can buy an AMX in excellent driveable shape in the 30-40K price range. The rustbucket one here would cost far more than that, basically the entire car needs replaced.
Yeah his father was in his own world as if he was a dealer still
@@townhall05446 actually almost all of these cars have a greater value due to the decrease of these cars and most of the people who collect cars like them in this condition because fixing is more enjoyable then buy a 30k car that is fully redone
Man moving out to the east coast was such a smart move for you guys. Im loving the content. Keep kickin ass.
Thanks man we are glad you’re here for it
Was it a dealership or a junk yard? It looks more like someone didn't keep it up and instead of treating each car as an asset, it was treated like junk. Why would anyone leave the windows open? Or permit someone to strip off some parts and leave the car? Optimally, nature could take its course, but these cars needed to have been covered, treated as though they were worth something, and not permitted to turn into scrap. Most weren't even cleaned out? This is a junk yard now. Very sad.
It was a dealership.
Man what a walk through time seeing all the different generations and brands of cars. He really did love getting to show you around the property and that the younger generations are still interested
Thanks for the hour of entertainment...you both are killing it. Keep doing what you want, we wanna see it!!!
Man your living your best life truly happy for you you wake up everyday and do what you love and you got a badass chick that ain't scared to get out in the woods mud or grime keep doing what your doing love the content and I'm glad you got this man on film he is dying breed and needs to be immortalized and glad you did this in film.
Watched the whole video and it really brought back the memories. Got back from Vietnam in 1970 I was 22 and bought a. 69 AMX dark blue two white stripes over the top, 343 engine, the best and most fun to drive vehicle I ever owned. After 8 years I needed a family car and sold it to a guy who had already restored one and wanted another. I am happy to know that it was well taken care of.
Thanks man. Welcome to the channel!
So, not parked in a field for 30 years?
I had a 1970... 390 and a 4 speed... Dark green with a flat black shaker hood..
Too bad they only lasted three years. Anything after that was not an AMX. I never cared for the Javelin, especially when they changed the body around and called it the AMX Package. They were just ugly. But the original AMX was amazing. An absolute blast to drive. Could never afford one now, but the memories are priceless.
Thank you for your service.
Take care and God Bless.
The guy is loaded with information. If he would just clear the trees out of that lot and clean up the debris, he could put all of those cars on display and sell a whole lot more.
That would cost $2500 dollars. He's not going to spend any of his gold. He knows there are still suckers (Mainers) out here that will hand over their money from working in the woods.
Gosh! Sure brought back memorirs, as along with other makes, my family had a few Ramblers growing up. I also had a 73 AMC Ambasitor wagon in the 80's. I was in a eco home weatherization course and a lady in attendance couldn't get her car to go into drive or reverse and thought she blew her tramny. That car was the 73 Ambasitor wagon and I ovrrheard her saying she was going to part out the car there on the spot. I heard her willingness to take $20.00 for the battery, so I said, heck with parting it out, and that I"d give her $35.00 for the whole car. She agreed and now I had a broken car om my hands. A friend and I came back later in the day to see what we were in for, when we noticed a broken carter key and the spindle turnimg on the back rim the proper direction when it was put into either forward or reverse. In disbelief that it was that simple of a fix, I power breaked it tight and drove it home. The next week, a buddy and I loaded it up with camping gear and headed to Yosemite Valley for a week, and the car didn't give us any trouble.
I don't know if I am missing something but I just cannot understand how someone can let this many cars fall into disrepair. From what I am understanding, many of the vehicles were drivable, little to no rust, good vehicles, at least sell them? I guess life gets in the way but letting them rot away just kind of kills my soul a little bit 😅
There's many old boys that ha e just one or two old cars that life got in the way and kept them from ever finishing there dream cars and they've just sat in a garage or barn and rusted away and rodents chewed everything inside up.
So imagine having a whole dealership and surrounding land full of old vehicles .
Your like where do I even start. Then there's the memories of your dad and family of the whole dealership and the stories and you just gwt lost in it and time and raising your own family and working and living life and before ya know it 30 yrs pass and that's what you have left.
His dealership lot is one of thousands around the country that's fell into disrepair and and over grown with growth of trees and brush and you are at a loss of what to even do with it.
And I read another post on here that said it was caught up in a legal battle between siblings and no one could touch it for yrs so unforseen things happen that we dk t see and understand that brought it to the conclusion he has today. Atleast he's salvaging some of it by parting it out and some cars are bought so not a total waste .
The reason any car doesn't sell is because the seller wants too much for it.
A dealership with too many of those cars will fail and the vehicles will rot.
Neat part of American automotive history!
That was a walk down memory lane for me, my brother had a 72 Javalin 390 4 speed. I loved that car, it was goofy fast and handled like a go cart! He let me drive it on my first date with my high school girlfriend and I got a ticket for doing a burnout! We lost him in 1984 and my parents sold his car to his best friend who still has it to this day!
There’s a reason these cars have stayed where they are. Won’t let them go unless it’s a big dollar price.
EXACTLY greed.
Nostalgia can raise prices, and this guy is both knowledgeable and very nostalgic. Also still sounds like a car salesman.
Yeah, unfortunately he talks about these cars like they run and drive. Whatever options they had, rotted out before the trees grew through the drive-train.
His kids are going to be reminded of him as a hoarder when they have to clean it up
All the cars are being sold if I remember correctly.
Thanks for this. I watched the whole thing. Pretty fascinating, yet heartbreaking. I want to get about 20 guys with chainsaws, and brush equipment and at least try to save what is there before nature swallows it all up.
What a cool place!! If those tree's could talk, freakin cool to see an old muscle car dealership. Thanks for sharing Mitch and Logan, you guys rock!
Good vid . Really interesting. The old guy knows his cars. Just a shame he hasnt taken ANY care of them even metioning early on in the vid that his father cleaned and polished a car he brought and sold twice and had it running great.LOOK at the state of it and all the rest. Some caretaker he is.
That’s really not a fair statement. One could argue they should all be garage kept, but you would need a 300,000 square foot garage and 25 employees and that isn’t free or cheap. Majority of these cars are interesting, not collectible or valuable.
@@wkymole3 Yep This is true. I jumped the gun a bit I admit.
The "sickness" of hoarding is that guys like him will never let that stuff go for any price and would rather let
it all rust to nothing....
Yup ,he talks like these cars were running a few years ago lol.they clearly been rotten away for decades.great upload and great comment
I was just about to type WHY !(does someone do this ) I think you hit the nail on the head. I actually have an old lady that abandoned her house(easily a $350k house) on my mail route. She was a horder. The daughter and son in law are finally starting to clean it out
Spot on
So true. Think of the guys who would love to keep the legacies of these historical cars going.
There was a episode of American Pickers filmed there.
Yes sir
I'm not fond of the American Pickers. .They bargain too hard and I would feel disrespected as a seller
@@64maxpower As an antiques dealer myself, in the northeast where everything is as high priced as it gets; American Pickers actually pays faaaarrr too much for most things.. Like double, triple what things are worth.. They actually screwed up the market, because these crazy asking prices you see, literally nobody pays in reality… Example, look at air cooled Porsches rn. Massively overpriced, there’s millions of them, and they aren’t rare enough to demand the asking prices.. The cars for sale literally sit at asking price for years, because asking price is unrealistic.. Indicative of a bubble that’s about to burst, not reality.
I'm a hell yes to the Resto of the awd eagle. A new lil turbo 4 cylinder in that + AWD she'd boot down the drag strip.
Id hate to have to negotiate with this guy. He seems to think everything to valuable! Most of these cars will need a complete rebuild.
AMC efforts in trans am racing series is interesting . in the time they were racing you could go to the dealership and get the same racing parts used for the track for your javelin .. adjustable coilovers , track/panhard bars, big brake kits, intake n carb setups , full k members, everything else was available to make your street car into a race car .. trans am series required AMC to have production parts available to public .
That was the case with numerous types of racing. The Plymouth Superbird and Dodge Daytona were born from the need that a car in NASCAR had to be a model that had sold at least X number to the public. Stock car racing used to MEAN 'stock'. Now you can't recognize them, they all look like melted plastic. The mechanicals bear no resemblance to anything you can buy. About the closest you can come - in a very remote way - is to get the 3.5 EcoBoost engine in a Ford F150, because it's got 70% of the same parts used in the Ford GT.
Every single time I see an evocative American story like this I can't help but to feel very nostalgic and even a bit angry... What the f*** happened to us? What happened to the US?
What happened is what has always happened ! Sure ,people change,and life is full of changes,but evil ,when left unchecked, meta morphosis's itself.It metastases itself and being sorrow and regret.
GreedAndAselloutFromTheCabal.
The fake gas shortage in the early 70's killed the USa auto industry and America began to decline. We are a nation in decline. Im 70 and was lucky to be a teen in the best of times.
ZOG
@@thecollectoronthecorner7061 me also 61 a week ago today, and born and raised in a different time and generation..
watched the whole video...plus I first learned about Collier Motors from the American Pickers show in 2014? My dad had a 1975 AMC Gremlin and have always been fascinated by the stories. People used to steal the Gremlin emblem gas cap alot. I think after buying several, he gave up and got some generic gas cap. If Collier motors still had new old stock in their parts department when they closed,?they would be rich! think of all the AMO club members restoring cars. It would be awesome! a
Seems like a super nice guy. Agree with the other comments; it is a shame he and his family were not able to keep the lot in better shape to help preserve these cars. Understand that not all can be under cover, but to let everything grow up, around, and on it will dramatically speed up the rot unfortunately. Some very interesting vehicles in there.
The amount of money sitting on that property is insane. Such a shame they were left to rot like that.
Exactly! ☹️
The guy is a major loser. Sorry to be so blunt, but it's a fact.
Really most of the value now is in scrap iron pricing. I don't understand why the guy thought so many of those were worth buying in the first place as they're not very collectible.
@@townhall05446 AGREED!
@@townhall05446 Well, some are valuable for the parts that aren't rusted. He was write about the 69 Sport Satellite grill being the same on that goes on a GTX. And the one looked perfect on that station wagon. That would have crumbled from sun exposure if it had been kept outside in any place beside a forest.
Awesome, this guy remembers all these cars since they have been parked here, AMX and Javelins are hard to restore because all the parts are gone for them, now I know where there all at. Great stories.
I hope some of these cars get restored before they inevitable rot away.
If us guys could find a women like Logan we would all be great!!!!!
I'd love to see this place in person and listen to a few stories. One thing that got me is how he would seek something out to buy , or just buy it on a whim only to let it set and rot. "oh I just brought it here" is what he says after talking about buying the yellow Jeep that was broke down. Why buy it and then let it just set and deteriorate for years until the state wants it cleaned up? He figured out the selling game on the internet and decided to start selling parts. Before that he probably couldn't sell a thing because his price is too high and the people from his area knew to not waste the time asking. My dad owned a car crushing business when I was a kid and we crushed so many classics for junkyard owners who were being forced to clean up. Right after this the classic car market exploded and dad would constantly talk about all the money he dropped the big slab onto. If those guys would have seperated the classics from the junk , they would be millionairs now.
Hi there I'm from Sydney Australia and I enjoyed the walk around the collier motors with Robbie and yourself and ur partner very nostalgic and interesting thanks .
Been thinking about this place for years. My first new car was a 73 Gremlin X; and my 2nd a 78 Pacer wagon V8. Both great cars.
Mr. Collier is an excellent tour guide with wonderful stories.
I mean I get the elements do a number on these cars but I wonder why he couldn't keep the interiors buttoned up (the windows and doors are left open) to at least preserve something. Plus he could have kept a nice open area clear and moved the cars once in a while to prevent them sinking into the ground (heck some cheap blacktop would have been a good investment). That one red car the guy tried to close to door to protect the interior and the man literally told him "don't worry about it"". You need to close the doors and windows of cars when they are outside!
So much potential, shame to see them wasting away . Glad to see them going to new homes , give them a second life and preserve auto history.also I watched the entire thing , including the ending
Thanks man you’re a real g
Yes, they look like they are wasting but in reality, they are waiting! Me and my dad have about 150 vehicles and have a couple places that look like this.
I'm a real g as well, guy.
Awesome video. I saw an episode of American pickers when they went there. He had cars still in the show room. His was sitting at a desk with moss all around. Great job. I enjoyed the video.
My first car was an AMC javelin when I was 16....chocolate brown.
It was so fast ....I miss it
Great to see all of these cars; a friend in college had a Javelin with the 390 engine and he got us up to 135 MPH on a straight as an arrow country road in the Spring of 1977.
yickes i would not have ever gone that fast. sober or even doped up. then or ever.
That's pretty neat. Did you know that every Lexus ever made, at least for the first 20 years or so and maybe since, can do 142? That was an absolute rule for every Lexus model so they would outdo Mercedes Benz.
Yeah buddy I had a good friend that ran AMXs and they'd fly.
Look at the cars someone could revive and restore. Thanks Stapleton for another video
You’re welcome sir
The AMC Detroit headquarters on Plymouth Rd stood until about a year ago until it was demolished
Thanks for doing this. I'm old enough to be your dad and have seen many stories and magazine articles on this place. But...never had the pleasure of getting a personal tour by the son, who literally grew up there. Despite the condition of most of these, so glad he is letting other people take ownership of them and give them the love they deserve.
You need to buy that 4x4 car and restore it.
I owned one like it back in the day. I loved that car. Reliable as hell and always brought us out of the bush. I had the eagle sx4 man what a unstopable car. I did crush the rear leafs when we did some dukes of hazard work with it.....haha👍
These kind of adventures, with history, cars, and mystery, are my absolute fav things to do. Thank you for sharing!! Logan, wear your seatbelt!! We all want you safe.
Thanks for the tour. Amazing to hear all those personal stories behind the cars. Not surprising they've had difficulty parting with them.
Great job guys 💚
I respect that he has woke up to the fact that he needs to get rid of the cars. Too many cases of hoarders aren't willing to admit that they need to start getting rid of what can be salvaged, so they during a time span of decades create a lot of drama in the family over the old cars.
So when the husband finally dies the wife sends it all to the crusher because she's emotionally defeated and that's what the legacy of the hoarder ends up being, all the wife cares about is basically abandoning the property so she can move onto somewhere quiet to basically wait until she dies as well.
If she can get something out of the sale of the property & house she's more than happy. The wife is like Jenny who's childhood house gets bulldozed by Forest Gump who wants to help bury that traumatic past of her's.
That is where these are going anyhow, the crusher.
Or it's a case of she doesn't have time to deal with dreamers and tire kickers who may not even show up, vs. the scrap man who WILL show up, and she will get paid, maybe not as much as if she held out for potential buyers, but some money is better than none
@@dw8840 The counties should have pressured the Husbands to start off loading the cars years ago. Too many cars have to be crushed because that's all they're worth, scrap metal.
For sure they would be heading off to a scrap metal drive during ww2.
I can't remember where I put my keys, and this guy can remember the history of like 200 cars at his age....amazing!
My exact same thoughts!!! 💯
Was going post that until I read your comment. 😉
You left without a car? That 4x4 concord you asked if you should do sonething with . Yes
Wow …
This Guy is amazing. He was born a ramblin man
But full of knowledge, car knowledge. That was Great.
Yep, you're young not having ever seen a 4wd Eagle before. That guy lost 20 lbs spitting out all of that stored-up info.
What an interesting man Mr. Collier honestly knows his AMC inventory. Also a very genuine man. Took the time to compliment his wife!!!
Really enjoyed your video.
THANKS!!!!!
come 60 years in the future you will be showing a young interested person around your fantastic collection and hear the memories you create!
Its mostly junk now. Price to restore those things and lack of parts guarantee it.
It's amazing that this place still exists. Just amazing that the gentleman remembers all about this place and the cars there. But it's a big shame that they let the place go to ruins. Most of the cars are in such poor shape that it would take a fortune to restore. Such a shame. What surprises me is that the town or the state doesn't go after him to clean the property up as it has most likely turned into a EPA hazard. Good video of the place though, thank you for the tour.
He is facing pressure. That’s why everything is being sold
@@Stapleton42 The Biden and HEELS Up Hairass crowd.
@@Stapleton42 well and I will say that, that seems to be a common occurrence everywhere anymore.
Jerk's snobs moving into areas complaining about the way someone else's land looks I mean this is it I think it's high time to start kicking people right in the ass and actually teaching them what private property means, it's not yours and that automatically means mind your own damn business!
The other thing is is cities counties and townships running around trying to tell people what to do with their land it needs to stop.
Yeah it's like recently everybody wants to geek out about the concept maybe you've heard it...
"That we'll own nothing and like it"
Well I got news for everyone we already live under such an oppressive system, I mean you don't really own the land you have to pay property tax which is a ransom paid to your local government if you fail to pay this Ransom then somehow they can take what is supposed to be yours.
If they don't particularly care for what you're doing on what is supposed to be yours then apparently they can show up and pull a bunch of garbage there too...
We only have the illusion of freedom!
And yet there are still people who ask why does our nation seem like a joke today?
Fascinating. I've seen many a Facebook post showing a shot from the road and a few blurbs about what they could see from the road, but to get inside the fence and see what's there is something else. Hopefully whatever can be saved/used gets to go to a good home - lots of valuable old iron sitting there still.
My grandpa had an AMC Eagle SX4 almost identical to the one at the beginning in pretty good shape that someone had V8 swapped. We sold it and an Eagle Wagon to a friend of mine about a month ago. This place is a goldmine
I would love to see y'all get that AMC all wheel drive "The one with clean interior" with a proper AMC401 put in it, or one of the Javelins that is in decent condition, restored,,😁👍 thumbs up ×10 if I could.
For $35-45K youi can buy a very nice clean original AMX and that would be a whole lot cheaper.
I want to see Collier's about 4 years ago. Sad to see so many of these vehicles languishing outside instead of going to people that would love to have them.
He is definitely a used car salesman,got the gift of gab.
I daily drive an Eagle 4x4, they are good little cars if you are good to them. They are worth restoring. Good little all- around car. ‘82 and up came with selectable 4wd.
I had an eagle wagon, incredible car with 4x4.
I believe it had the straight 6.
The gas milage was insanely good. I think I was getting almost 30 mpg.
Love stuff like this. Even here in the UK, I'd heard of Collier's, but had never really seen such a detailed walkaround. Amazing. Cheers!
That’s what we’re here for! Thanks man
I have yet to see much of any modified vehicles in any videos or news or anything I’ve watched from Europe. I don’t even recall seeing anything with rust!….I actually feel like Kevin Talbot is committing felonies with his Land Rover that has a 3” lift and 33’s.
Why don’t people take care of these cars? These Javelins are very sought after, keep them cleaned off and start or move them out of the weeds IDK seems a waste.
He seems to want too much money for everything
It looked like the repair shop had a lot of parts stored there. I also saw some heavy duty jack stands that looked in great condition, also a Heavy Duty shop press next to the wall near the AMX that he was talking about. The old saying "They Don`t Build em Like They Used Too" is very true. America no longer manufactures built in the USA shop equipment. Now we get made in China made junk from Harbor Freight. So, if you can ever find a vintage shop like this very old AMC dealership that`s been out of business for decades, you may be able to purchase some very stout USA made shop tools / equipment for a good price that will out last you. Yes I am a proud American for sure.
Very cool video, thank you & Logan for finding this place and getting the full story on it! As always, am with you guys in all this.
Some good friends of mine had a '69 AMX factory Super Stock car, I believe one of 52 made/sold by AMC, theirs had a 401 CI(slight overbore from 390 CI) crossram 2 x 4bbl carb setup with tube headers and a 4-speed T-10 trans & 4.44:1 rear end. It was sold for megabucks quite a few years ago as it was all original, saw the car and heard it run/drove in it myself, pretty fast rig. It had the red nose, white stripe in the middle and blue back end, pretty striking car.
Love hearing the history on stuff like this, keep up the great work! :)
The tour with Robbie Collier was very interesting. I live in Kenosha Wi., where AMC cars were built and am a 3rd generation retiree. His facts brought back many memories. BMW258
Hard to believe how many windows on these classics were left down.
He they didn't care, or they'd went around and rolled up every last window. or replaced the glass.
I suppose by now between leaks and humidity, the interiors would be nothing but mold anyhow, though possibly the floors wouldn't have sat full of water after storms.
Any reason these cars are in such poor condition? It’s an insult to the people who are car collectors, and take good care of the ones they own. Preserving the cars for the nostalgia, and being able to actually drive them. This is just an expensive junkyard.
This man has not much more knowledge of AMC than myself.
I had a 71 javelin sst 360 ci purple.
Awesome car.
My dad had a Javelin..it was to be mine..he got Tboned by an old lady in a Lincoln...ugh...oh how I wish he could have kept it!! Always wanted a Gremlin and Pacer too!!
The man actually had my dad's Javelin in the show..rare one that's was that olive green...
Dennis collins will buy some of those bad ass cars. Thanks for risking life and ticks to show us that place. I have a 1971 amx javelin. 401 rebuilt it 3 years ago.
I loved the AMX's and Javelins. Thanks for the walk down memory lane!
You’re welcome Larry!
The javelin is my favorite car, I wish I could get even a rolling shell of the curvy jav. Such a wonderful design
I live within a hour of this place , you should have seen it 20 years ago when most of the cars were road worthy, we would ride buy and like you say was like looking back in time , great job 👍👍👍👍
Just amazing!!
Mr Collier the Ultimate sales man to the end ,
( It Runs Good )
I love his knowledge, buzzed me right out!
I had a 1970 AMC Rebel Machine in 1990 with a manual & 3.91 gears a 390 polished & blueprinted was a bit to powerful for the car, it twisted the front of the chassis where it split the front window post and box frame connection,
I still remember that rumbling sound!
Also a AMC Javelin 6 Cyl I restored in 1978 for my best friend that needed a car,
And also drove for a summer in 1979 a AMC Javelin with a 401.
You are doing what I used to do when I was your age , but we did it first on out bicycles checking out the lane ways and looking down driveway on a Saturday or Sunday morning to see what was piled under the old lawn chairs and lumber people had in there garages when they went to do there gardening on the weekends,
Later I would drive around with my best friend looking in the rear of factory’s , because a lot of the time it was the guys who had the money running a business who had the place to put several old cars in there yards back then but no time to enjoy them!
Obviously we did not have the internet or video cells or access to a lot of funds like UA-camrs do,
It was a hobby on a weekend we had that turned into enjoying 85 personal vehicles I owed all different kinds from a Model T to a 70 Coupe Deville to a 91 Heritage softail
to a 88 911 Porsche Carrera
Them days are almost long gone,
But as your video shows there is still a few of us old dogs that aren’t old mean pricks still alive around that hold a few nice vehicles around.
And to the some other comments with regards to old people letting there cars rot or just sit,
Sometimes there is more to the story that is personal that meets some peoples imaginations,
A lot of people that have a vehicle sitting around is because of many reasons,
Most is a loss of interest, not even money motivates some to sell because some have gone through life with many different stresses and don’t give a dang about that old car, and are fed up with greed hate trickery lies and couldn’t be bothered with that vehicle taking valuable space up or could give them extra money in there pockets,
Because money won’t bring back the youthful minded person they once were, or change much of anything,
Or not caring because of health issues,
Or taking care of a sick family member
Or just plane giving up on life because whatever that old shit box might bring them in cash will not bring back the personal connection they once had with that vehicle,
Or how they feel by parting with it makes them feel less of value to themselves in life,
Holding onto A specific vehicle a person may have many have legitimate reasons behind there thinking,
Then there is the estate bickering
The suing of family members that only showed up at funerals to see what they think is owed to them,
Or the property being held up in a court battle that may take years and years to settle
Leaving these old cars to rot in a old field!
I particularly respect and admire You and your wonderful best friend Lady for doing a respectful editing process in your videos,
This means the world to us older and younger crowd in like, not revealing any heartache these people most certainly are going through,
A lot of people that hold onto there old rides are because we think one day when things all work out and the mortgage is paid and if they have kids they are financially set on there own or when unfortunately our old parents pass away and we not in the position of being a 24 hour or part time care giver,
Many think that they will just pop a battery in that old car ant give it a tune up fix a couple of rust spots and push in a old cassette tape fire it up and be travelling back in time in something that had meaning to them,
Until they start to realize it will cost hundreds of dollars in many cases to just get it out of a garage into a shop to look at, and then thousands more afterwards,
And so they close the door again on what once was and think maybe another day I will get to it and then it sits to fade away for more years.
Sad but this is true!
I have seen and spoke with many people about the reasons and have a few similar to myself here,
But the most best way to approach ANYONE that has something of interest to you is to be Kind and not fake, respect there feelings because MANY of these people have gone through shit and experienced unbelievable things that hopefully you and all in the search for a adrenaline fix of a dream come true will never experience, as many have lived lives of betrayal,
So when it comes to a barn find or garage find or field find Respect is number #1
If someone sees you are being honest
(And in this life that’s a rare)
You may find yourself buying something you dreamed of owning too!
Everything takes Money and that’s the one thing all these neglected vehicles suffer from
The personal time , money, to properly store and run and take care of them or that one that is sitting in some old garage somewhere!
No one truly gives up on there dreams in life it’s just that sometimes dreams or ambitions last on forever with some never awaking to the realize that there will come a day of total darkness!
Or life’s priorities take over, lack of energy, interest, even hope!
Good luck in keeping the dream alive and the thrill of adventure in finding something of historical sound feel texture and mechanical electrical and artistic design!
And always be Kind to your better half ALWAYS compromise, as it is truly the key to ANY long relationship!
Being kind also works well with any vehicle but I find they don’t like to be compromised very much!
Cheers!
Ont. Ca.
☮️🇺🇸🇨🇦☮️
If I had the extra cash I would definitely buy some of his cars out of the 40s and 50s and yes if you want to know anything about AMC or Rambler this gentleman is definitely the person to talk to, what an amazing place!
Man, he'll tell you the WHOLE story won't he? Lol. Mr Collier seems like a nice guy, very knowledgeable and lucky to be the caretaker of such cool stuff. Great video.
Brother walk of a life time . I would be lost for days walking around there . Love that stuff....
Absolutely revive that amx awd. Those are way up in value also.
I'm from around this area! Asked my brother about this particular storage of cars, but my brother said to me , you would be lucky if you got in there! This was a couple of years ago! I recognized this place from UA-cam picture, thanks for sharing! Watched to the end! Awesome 👌
Thanks man!!
I appreciate your time and effort in bringing us what may be the biggest stash of AMC and other vehicles. My Dad had a 68 Javelin , 343 four speed. Lots of memories here.
Thanks.
That was fun. To hear that he has one of the most infamous cars during the Watergate and nicksons presidential days was crazy, sad he sold it. Just to see all the old cars just chilling waiting to be restored to a good home (priceless). This is refreshing to watch. Great find on the Goodwrench canister. Oh and I could have swore I saw you get slightly emotional for the first time at the end of the video, your the OG brother we as fans and family support everything you do 💯%.
Thanks man
Never heard a guy who loved to hear himself talk 99 percent useless information. Glad he sat on these cars for 30 years letting them rot so he could tell his stories to please himself.
That’s the whole point.
When I was working as a autotransporter in the late 90's and into the next century, before they put in I-795 I would take Hwy 117 out of Wilson to get to Goldsboro. I always wonder who owned that closed down AMC dealer. It's sad to see all those car wasting away when most of them can be fixed and back on the road.
Sadly, other than the ones stored indoors, the outdoors ones cannot possibly be fixed up. They've been sitting on damp earth (and it's always damp), some sinking down to the frame rails.