Ep30 WRECKING YARD FULL OF ABANDONED AUSSIE CLASSIC CARS , HEAPS OF REVIVALS AND RESCUES TO COME ? 

Thanks for the video. Made me sad, how much have we lost in Australia. This country made some great cars and when they were new we never thought it'd go away. Love the channel 👌

Some of those cars definitely deserve to be saved especially those E series XR8s Great content as always Mick!

You mentioned at the start the footage of the walk was raw. As an ex TV cameraman of 15 years I can say your camerawork was superb given the terrain. Thanks for posting.

You are not alone with your excitement over an AU Falcon

What a gold mine Mick so many possibilities.. be great to see a few of those back on the road - this was truly a walk down memory lane 👍

My favourite FORD FALCON AU 👍

Mick, there ain't no shame in promoting your channel. It's top class mate.

The country is full of classics sitting in sheds and fields everywhere. I just rode my motorcycle with mates from Sydney to Phillip Island and back for motogp via country roads and one old house had roughly 20 old commodores lined up from vb-vs. Another had a decent looking Morris mini deluxe, another a ford Anglia 105 next to xc falcons and it went on. Loved it

I 100% agree the iroc would be a great addition to the Chanel, they are such underrated cars and I are a rarity in Australia. My brother has one and I love it for sure

The Chaser ran a 1J VVTI 2.5l single turbo inline 6. Awesome engines and now stock worth about $6 to $7k just for the engine alone. So many cool cars. I also worked at a Ford dealer in Melbourne when the XE first came out. Loved seeing the police interceptors 5.8l come in for servicing. Thanks for another awesome vid Mick 😃🤟

The red “fairlane” is an FD LTD. Most likely an EFI 6 (the Bosch system). The white SS was a VR SS auto (824 on the tag confirms it). He had some rather rare later Fords in there too. Nice finds, and hopefully some can be saved.

Thanks, man, we like going on yard walks . In my mind, I'm putting pieces and parts together. Central California watching

I'm a Holden man all day long ,but that AU falcon that you couldn't see the left hand rear looked good.

I went to the launch too when the BA model was released, this brings back awesome memories for me.

Well Mick that was eye watering content.I would have walked a mile over broken glass to view those vehicles.I have owned several of the vehicles discovered and recently sold my AU XR8 which I now regret.Those Aussie cars have served NZ well for many years with size and reliability and are rising in value.Cant wait to see if any come home with you.

When you get stung by sting nettle you can use the dock leave that is growing there to sooth the sting. The dock is the big green leave on the weed there.

Whipped me old AU XR8 220 up to 180 kmh today, just to keep it healthy, and was easy peasy ! Cost me about $7500 Aussie back in 2021. The Hand Built with Pride engine's still running hard at 320,000 clic's ! Keep getting exited over roaches....would love to see those ones all re-commisioned !!

Am I the only woman enjoying this - thank you!

Wow, alot of memories. Loved the Fairlane angle center steering wheel and the awesome Ford Falcon panel van. Great to throw a mattress in the back with the barn doors and head out for a road trip. Who doesn't LOVE a yard full of old cars and alot of these were pretty complete. Please can we have more of these videos...lol. oh surprised didn't see 2850 Torana or Valiant Charger considering walked past the old Mitsubishi Galant.

The red Ford Fairlane/LTD at 5:49 with 134km's is pretty cool!

Got to love all those red back webs everywhere. Whoever pulls out these old cars will have some surprises.

My goodness, what a Gold mine, i would love to get my hands on the first xh v8 s-spac. Great Video, keep em' coming.

Hi Mick i bought a gen 3 berlinetta in 1996 only sold it this year i put a 4 bolt main 350 crate motor in it had 27 yrs of fun great car Mick from Toowoomba

Mick, you probably know. But they do make a mounting kit to swap a small block Chevy into those RX7's. Makes one hell of a drag machine!

Used to drive one of those Skyline auto's would do @1000k's a week, no where near as good as the VL with the same engine. Then work gave me an EA falcon but again only a 3.3 litre. Would love one of those XH 5.0 litre utes, cheers.

I would be interested in the IROC, the white SS, and two of the best XR8's to build one good one.

Hey Mick I know that wrecking yard… I’ve bought heaps from them over the years !!! Sad to hear they’re closing! Some great cars there that need saving

That is a gold mine of cars, someone could make a good living just getting these cleaned up and restoring/selling them to loving new owners.

Iroc and the XH ute are my pick bro bloody awesome.

I think every one of those Ford models have been owned by a member of my family. Makes me miss my old man. Thanks for the walk down memory lane ❤

Field of dreams. Makes me feel old knowing I owned/drove quite a number of the cars you saw as wrecks. Particularly the XD,E,F series. First car was a 4.9 (302) 1979 XD Falcon. The yard was obviously not in Queensland as you would have had a brown snake latched on to a calf muscle walking through the long grass like that. Great video though.

Enjoyed that Mick, thanks mate. I'd be interested in a Skyline Silhouette for sure. Cool looking car these days.

Some amazing stuff in there, pretty rare too, i hope if it was all sold that the savable things were saved.

12:56 iroc camaro is cool 15:28 21:25 skyline is cool too With all those 300z it's probably still fairly affordable to get one and get parts for it. Aussies really like their v8 big sedans it seems I wonder which engine is the most popular ones for engine swaps there. Cool video man thanks for filming this.

I enjoy watching your videos and these videos of going through scrap yards. Out of all the cars the Camaro,The square Skyline’s,1920’s looking car are my personal picks.

Those V8 XHs are rare. If I was taking my pick, one of the EF XR8s would be the ticket. Probably enough of them to make a good one out of all of them.

I would have a field day in there with all those AU tickfords( yes I know stop laughing ). I have owned my 98 series 1 au tickford XR8 for 12yrs and she has never let me down , yes including the 2 rear wings lol. As usual great Aussie content mate.

Hey, mate. Being that I'm a Yooper Yank, I love that red Ford Taurus Ute with the flatbed at 26:08. We cannot get such production vehicles in America, unless they are fullsized single or quad cab trucks. Chevrolet and Ford just stopped producing the El Caminos and the Rancheros around 1984. Now, most folks who want one, have to modify a sedan or saloon.

The red R31 skyline silo would be 89/90 as its got the S3 fount, the white silo would probably be 87/88 and the Ti would probably be 86 to mid 88 from what I can see on the video anyway. love watching ya videos mate keep up the good work😊

Holden man myself but like fords too especially the XR’s that XH ute at the beginning was a beauty as was the Fairlane. Love this content mate, like that 64 in your shed too. We have a 63 Special that has been in our family since new!

I could save that, that, that, that and that…. So many decent 90’s and 00’s classics there with good options. Love the early AU with the biplane rear wing and factory bodykit. Really worth saving. Especially with the 5 speed.

The Toyota is a MKlll Supra. This is my car find heaven. EF’s taillights had the clear indicator covers and the EL’s had the amber covers. Also the EF’s XR6’s and XR8’s have rounded twin round headlights and the EL’s were Squared. Just like VR Commodores have Square side indicators and the VS has Oval ones. I think that a few very early versions of the VS got left over square indicators but for the most part it’s a pretty easy way to tell them apart from a distance.

The white AU seemed like it would be the pick of the bunch for a quick do-er upper to me. Not my favourite car but it sure looked pretty mint. One thing is for sure, he has a lot of desirable cars in there with cool drivelines, not too many shitters.

What a gold mine of cars I'm sitting here broke but straight away my mind started hitting overdrive with so many possibilities in that yard with some know how there's definitely money 💰 to be made flipping and plenty of keepers there too.

I think i found my new favourite channel, it’s amazing how you found so many treasures in one spot. I hope you get your hands on the irok 👍

They are all a quickly depleting resource that are in high demand.Who ever snagged the lot cars has acquired a body/parts gold mine.

Wow, some incredible finds in there, and a lot of it good enough to put back on the road if you wanted to. The Toyota is a JZX100 Chaser, used to be a pretty cheap import back in the day, now quite sought after. Same engine family as the 2JZ, but the 1JZ is 2.5L instead of 3 litre.

Thanks for the heads up I ended up buying that white ma70 supra for 4 times the price that it was worth off the scrappy he had me by the balls it was pay the ransom and he wouldn't sell just the parts I needed supra parts are rare and expensive! Ill have the parts now to finish my ma70 supra turbo yes the scrappy bought everything I was lucky I chased it up yesterday Saturday if id left it another day she be gone crushed up on a truck to return as a toaster! There was a incredible amount of rare options cars utes etc blew me away there is another 3 yards full of cars I had a tear seeing what the excavator was crushing up and loading on the truck keep the videos coming cheers cs kurri kurri nsw

This place looks great fun soo many projects

Hi, I also was working for Ford Dealership at time of BA launch & also flew to Vic for the day. I remember someone almost pranged one of them on the day. We got our first demo it was Acid Rush & looked shocking with hubcaps.

The Chaser Tourer V is the top spec, and what everybody wants, so even in that condition, I'd say it's quite valuable and worth rescuing. I'd drag that home given half a chance! I'd be quite tempted by that low km falcon at 5.40 too. And are those speakers behind the rear headrests?

Those little Kei Trucks are sooo cool! Starting to see loads of them here in America now.

Like a kid in a candy store, I know how you feel, Mr. Mick! Being a Chevy fan I’d go with the ‘Maro IROC-Z. The IROC-Z was available from 1985-1989. If the 8th character in the VIN is “F” it should be the 305 (5.0) tuned port injection engine. If the 8th character is “8” it should be the 350 (5.7) tuned port injection engine. An easy way to tell on the outside is there should be a “5.7 Tuned Port Injection” badge on the left side of the rear bumper cover underneath the driver side taillight; because we drive on the proper side up here.😅

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Hey Mick another interesting vid. Such a graveyard of cars any one of which is worth saving. I think I would be going for the SS Commy. The gen 3 Camaros are a underrated 80's car. I have had one for many years and it is a joy to drive.

I got a yard like that next to me all Commodore, though, 😂 and he says he has more elsewhere 😊 some nice condition rigs,thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

5:32 Nissan quad cam V8

I'd go the old Fairlane for sure.

Great video. Such a shame for these cars to end up like this.

I bought the VT SS as well as Turbo RX7. The RX7 has been on sold and is in Liverpool

Hey mick that red fairlane would be awesome to do nice interior hope you manage to pick something up!

That Windsor small block s xh Ute is still mint worth some cash now 😮love it

Great vid, thanks for braving the walk through all that long grass. I often wondered where so many of the mid 90s V8 Holdens and Fords went, I think you have found the answer. Any of these for sale or all gone now? Cheers

Few good classics there l would definitely take a au xr home

God I'd love to have all these in my back yard 🙂

I will take the white XR6 AU that was fairly good thanks Mick.

That VS SS would give great running gear for a future project...Perfect for LC/LJ.

If I could have one car... A Holden V8 Ute, without a doubt. Or any V8 Commodore. Here in Europe we had them as Opels or Vauxhalls, usually with a four cilinder, occasionally a six.

Its amazing how much we just dont care about stuff these days what a waste of cars & such a shame to see them like this But cheers thanks for the walk around

Classic Cars.Old Falcons and Old Holdens. Even a Classic AU Falcon. Wow. 😅😂😂😂😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂😂😂

Hopefully no snakes in that long grass Mick

Toyota supra for me. I love walking around wreckers. So many cool cars! I hope you got one atleast out of it. Get the Camaro out through the fence and put the fence back up again. Great content!

How on earth did you survive walking around those cars without being bitten by a reptile or a rat or a rampant dog, standing on stinging nettles, attracting some form of mutated disease or catching tetanus from rusty metal? You make some brave intrepid bushman look like whips. By the way, I enjoyed the video.....

I BOUGHT THAT WHITE SILHOUETTE ABOUT A MONTH AGO! It’s sitting out the front right now

Sorry man the interior in those cars is to nice for you. Just kidding.

Ya killing me Mick. I am fixing up an XF ute and every time you point out one my heart drops. Nothing like that yard here in Tas

Wow...what a goldmine..I would take that white series 2 XR6 Mick..loving the content your putting out mate

That blue 98 xh v8 Ute looks very nice. Or the silver one. Plenty of Utes to chose from. Balls of steel walking around in that shit.

The old girl at 19:40 looks like a mid 20s Morris Bullnose, looks like someone's half completed restoration project!

I was at Ford to, from 1978 to 1992, first 4 years in a dealership and the remainder at Broadmeadows HO, It was a great time for me there. It is sad to see so many cars going to waist, Cars that were new when I was at Ford.

What a find Mick I bet you enjoyed every minute of looking around these cars wish I was with you.

I grew up with all these cars. Appreciated them all. Sad to see them all in these states except for the iroc and the Audi.

It looks like you lucked out there , all the yards I've explored have just been full of dead Lasers, Telstars and poverty spec 6 cylinder Falcons.. You hardly ever see V8s in commercials, because people just want a ute as a cheap as possible work transport - looks like they all landed in this joint! I would have gone for the first V8 ute you looked at, would make a great parts chaser for the channel, or even just a catch/ fix and release

Great video, wish I could save all those AUs, the Ghia especially

Thats not a wrecking yard thats a gold field mate 👍but the older cars like in the 50s till 80s is what we all want and cherry

On the way into Rutherglen, Vic, there's a property with many many old Aussie cars, just sitting in the elements. HRs, EHs, you name it.

That Turbo RX7 is now in my backyard. Same as video except someone took the gaurds

Would love that white Toyota Supra that you initially thought was a Mazda. The Toyota Chaser had a 1JZ engine in it, (probably why it was still there) if it was the more desirable 2JZ it would have been a 3 Litre and someone would have most likely taken it. Reasonably sure that the chaser never had the 2JZ as an option anyway.

All great cars here i remember when i was living down under 20 years ago. Don’t understand why they are washed like this..

80s falcon with a busted door handle. Who would have thought. Lol. When I was working at a Ford dealer back in the day. I reckon I replaced one every day. That was a little treasure trove mate. I hope the company who bought the lot, know what theyve got and dont crush them.

That Toyota at 37:00 is something called a Chaser, 2JZ engine. There was some trim inside the car with the name. Great video, hope for big things in that lot.

Lol, 13:20, opening the drivers door of the IROC-Z. "It stinks". Maybe the dead mouse in the drivers seat had something to do with it. 😂

That xh ute is a rare beast, you should have grab that one.

Lots of money sitting there in engines etc , those r31 skylines are a needle in a haystack they just dont make them like they used to the new fords and Holdens are nothing on the older ones for styling great video mick took me back a few years

The Ford panel van - it actually looked in reasonable condition.👍

This was a great video, I saw cars there that I would of never scene. There was only one ride I knew that was the Camero, surprising to me the steering wheel was in the right place, lol. Pretty great opportunity to wander and look. At one time we had u pull it yards were the thing here, not so much any more... Still thanks for the different video....

interesting amount of cars be good to get my hands on one of the v8 Falcon

Bloody hell Mick what a find. Plenty of good projects in there looking forward to what you drag back into the BACKSHED.

so this is where you are getting all of your barn finds from! (where ever it is) if the price is right for any of those Falcon V8's or 300ZX's id be there tomorrow! that 'Ambo converted wagon' I'm pretty sure is actually a wheelchair accessible wagon used by Hospitals to take wheelchair patients too and from appointments, pretty sure it'll have a platform hoist in the back that'll extend out and then down allowing a wheelchair to be wheeled on then they lift them up and in. btw that Toyota Chaser is basically a 4 door Supra! pretty cool i've always wanted one, the Chasers are very popular in the JDM drift scene, it's Japans version of the AU Falcon, easy to drift, easy to mod and tough AF.

Geez Mick - was terrified waiting for a big brown Joan Blake and the kids to latch onto ya leg. Some great stuff in there. Uncle down Lake Mac was a used car dealer, had access to a RHD IROC Z from the yard, bought it to a family show ~1990. My Dad took it for a spin said it wouldn't pull the skin off a rice custard. If there was a decent XD sedan in there, that would be me.