This 1970 Chevelle SS396 has been parked in the Florida swamp since 1980. The owner claims he rebuilt the engine just before he parked the car. The reason it was never driven again is really unknown.
Remember, back in 1980, cars from the 70's and older weren't even close to that age where they were collectable. Thus, people didn't give two shits what happened to them or what they did to them. And that goes for any vehicle brand then... just think why a 68 charger is rare cause if that TV show... I'm assuming you know what I'm referring to lol
@@5luggin how awesome would it be to unload this thing in your driveway and give it the respect she deserves.... My 70 SS was actually worse for wear.. but this one didn't deserve it
I just dont understand how you own a muscle car and park it in the weeds for 40 years and let it rot away.. No less with I believe I seen keys in the ignition.SMH!
back in the day the cars were like cars today not many thought about this car was going to be sought after it was just a old car junk it get a new one. My Father had nice cars growing up and he would drive them and sell them or junk them he said if he knew those cars were going to be worth anything he would of kept them but at the time it like having a 10 year old car today when it breaks just buy a new one. I was not until the 90's people started to realize these things are worth something.
In 20 years, they will be parking Porsche GT-3's and Lamborghini's in the weedy swamps, and the prodigy of Patrick Glenn Nichols will find them and report back to us.
@@79tazman the movie Christine kinda relates to that because the movie was made in 1982 and everyone hated that 58 fury that the kid was driving because it wasn't sought after yet until today.
It blows my mind that these cars are left like this. I remember friends having cars just like this in high school in the late 70's early 80's and they even knew at that time how important these cars where then.
Yeah . But I remember a time when this car would be 1300$ -running . And worked at a wrecking yard and we paid "up to" 100$ and go pick these up and part them out and crush the left overs .WHAT were we thinking ? !
Anyone who would own a classic like this and not take 3 seconds of their time to even close the hood doesn't deserve it period! But im sure like most of these cars that are found the conversation with the owner would go something like .... Looker: Hey, you interested in getting rid of this car? Owner: Nope, gonna fixer up. Rinse/repeat conversation over the years until the car literally rots to the ground. I can show you at least 3 cases of this happening around my area where one of them actually has a small tree growing inside of it. Owner has been "gonna fixer up" for 30 years now. For whatever reason these people have no real intention of fixing up anything, but they can't stand the thought of someone else actually doing something with it.
The dogs scare me more then the rust! Also Florida weather is the worst weather by far on a car that sets outside. The rain is like pouring rust from the sky. Probably was a sharp car in 1980. Cool video as always Patrick👍
This is what makes me mad ,when there's nothing wrong with it ,and you just put a new motor in it ,and just park it outside ,with the hood up mind ya for no obvious reason whatsoever ,it's 1 thing for a mom ,dad ,or wife to park a deceased owners car but when the owner does it ,that's just sad
I like the ole dog watching you. It’s ok at day light but don’t come back at night!! Yelp he has teeth and bites !! Thanks for sharing another barns find . !! Love how you share documentation of how see was built!!!!
I will never understand how somebody could just leave something like this just rotting away. Really frustrating to see . Thanks Patrick for pissing me off. SMH.
Great videos, I retired after 30 years at the Doraville Georgia GM assemble plant., I know your viewers probably know where Atlanta is located but the Atlanta GM plant to me was always the Lakewood Plant. Sadly they are both closed today and the buildings demolished.
Chris Daniel well yes, because as you know people are now turning their attention to modern muscle cars, I mean, come on, 770 hp from the dodge heck-cat?
Would be a good parts car, but he is going to fix it soon. He is going to keep it because he got his first piece of tail in it. Well some kind of story like that. Keep up the hunting, love your coverage of these great cars!!!
So sad!!!! My 1st car was a 70 Chevelle I bought for 500 bucks in 79’ but it wasn’t a SS, I would love to have it now. Awesome job finding these gems love your channel.
Thank you for making these videos...i know it takes time and effort on your part and i love seeing 70 chevelles in any condition, i wish i could afford to fix cars like this one ,its sad to see a legendary car just wasting away.
Sad to see, sometimes these videos really hurt to watch, dont get me wrong I love what you Patrick it just hurts to see what an owner can and will do to a car. If that hood was that bad I doubt much of the rest of the body was much better and you know the floors are long gone. Ouch!
Because there are some people that would rather just watch it "rot to the ground" than ever part with it....just so they can say that they own a '70 Chevelle SS396..... Just stupid.
Mustang gang 5.0 well at least my mom left her 69’ Volkswagen in her garage for 40 years. The engine froze, not even the wheels turn. But at least it was protected from the elements.
Patrick Glen, just wanted to say thank you for doing an excellent job on your videos - always thorough, accurate, and greatly respectable to the owners of the vehicles. Thank you for always being on your A-game. Keep up the good work bud
Very sad I love cars I love these kind of videos keep up the good work it's always fun to see things like this you don't get a chance thanks for the good cry
What a DAMN WASTE!!!!! People or Individuals who do this should be horse whipped and the dragged thru the streets!!!!!! I tried to buy a 1967 GTO in 1981 while I was living in Pensacola, Fla. It was in a fenced in yard....weeds growing around it....it was sinking into the ground....I talked to the owners Dad....The Dad wouldn't sell it...since his son was killed in Vietnam! I understand the sentiment....but I promised him I would bring it by after I got it running.....he still wouldn't sell it....As far as I know....all these years later....it was might have been finally sold... although it was probably a basket case or it was sold for Scrap.....What a WASTE!!!!!!
Now their to lazy to close the hood , they could have rolled up the windows ,these are the best Chevelles and they didn't want to restore them won't be long till someone sets it on fire
The dude parked it because it was old & outdated for 1980. Plus where would you find aftermarket parts for it in 1990s. That missing back glass would be an instant ticket in Florida.
Why would someone spend the time and money to put a brand new engine in a car then only drive it a couple hundred miles, pull it into the back yard and then let it sit there to rot away with a window down, hood open, air cleaner off and choke flap open in the carb? Makes no sense at all to me!
While watching, I prefer to hear Patrick's dialogue to his videos as if its Matthew McConaughey narrating, and that in all of these videos he arrived in that very same 70 SS from Dazed and Confused....(kidding you Patrick, you do a great job narrating, you are VERY entertaining)....alright alright alright. Love your videos Patrick. I subbed you brother. Maybe someday i could trouble you to help me document my 69 SS396 car, i've owned it since 79 and i am the 3rd owner, behind the original owner and a guy who bought it to flip it and only owned it for a few months. Take care brother Chevelle enthusiast.
Crazy! If only cars could talk! I have a few cars that I know of in GA I have been wanting to learn more about and would be right up your alley. I know of two Chevelle’s and an impala on the same lot. Have been there quite some time without moving. Owner of the property died and I’m still investigating who is in charge currently. Have been wanting to write a letter and drop it off to see what the deal is with the vehicles in the yard
What a shame a brand new 396 he put it in and tossed out to rot the hood is open with nothing covering the carb so the engine is full of water from all the rain and the window down so there is no floor left and frame is most likely toast there ain't much left of that car what a damn shame
My dad was the second owner of this car. His first cousin was thhe origional owner. My dad sold it to the current owner in 79 or 80 for $600. Dad offered to buy it back when i was in high school a few times but the owner refuses to sell.
Please keep us updated on this car, the other one you showed us,the red one, someone was able to buy it after you showed it to us on here. I hope that happens with this one too
What a shame. I know it's his car, & he can do what he wants with it. Why take something of value & let it turn into something with little to no value?
Even though I'm a die-hard Ford man, seeing stuff like this is SOOO frustrating but at the same time I realize that to most people it was never anything more than a more powerful mode of transportation....
I'm here in Ontario Canada and ran across a couple 70 Chevelles the other day one looks to be a SS and the other was a Chevelle but the first thing I thought of was you I did not get a video of them but I know where they are and I'm going to go back up and get a video of them when I can
It's got to be a sickness. Procrastination or something, but to just leave a car out in the weather, with a new engine and leave the hood up without the air cleaner even protecting the internals so it turns into a rusty fish tank, along with leaving the windows down too,just screams a mentally imbalanced sickness. I can't fathom any better way to destroy a vintage vehicle other than pouring gas all over it and lighting it on fire or pushing it off of a cliff. It's really just wanton destruction, sad,but true. I just don't get it. ▪☆☆☆▪
It’s amazing any of these old musclecar survived through the 70s with the gas prices and emissions and insurance rates you couldn’t give away these cars back then
Such a shame that people leave these to rot. Savable if you have a nice wad of cash and a couple of years to wait for it. Way to much metal to replace.
Disgusting that anyone would do this to any classic vehicle from any era. New fresh motor, no air cleaner, hood up for how long? Rains a bit in Florida? Shred it
Out and out shame .....I love all your videos brother .. you must be able to smell out these classics ... Just hate to see all these beauties wasting away...
Truly a shame, car was only 10 yrs old when parked, 8 track in the dash was after market Audiovox, such a sad thing not to protect it, I have GTO in my neighborhood, sitting in a woman's driveway Day 2 car, lady that owns the house won't sell it, looks like a 66, word is it belonged to someone in her family that didn't come back from Vietnam, it's been sitting over 40 yrs turned to junk
Back in the 80s as a kid i did landscaping. One of our customers, a very nice older lady had a 73 S-3 light green Chevelle in her garage with under a thousand miles on the clock,her son bought it new in 72,drove it until he went to Vietnam and was killed there,such a sad but unfortunately common story. My family ironically bought the house that backed hers many years later while I was away in the service doing my hitch,i never discovered what became of it though. ▪☆☆☆▪
