Nelson Nevada, A Ghost Town Full Of Old Cars And History 

This stuff was old when I was young, and I’m 72.

I’m watching this from the United Kingdom and I find it equally amazing that no one has stolen any of that stuff as antiques and tried to fix them up to sell or keep for themselves

I lived in Nelson and went to elementary school there a long, long time ago; 1 of a total of 5 students. The Twin Gables Bar (and small grocery store) had the only TV and telephone in town, so as a young child I spent a lot of time at the local bar. There were quite a few characters who lived in Nelson at that time; it was a great and unique experience.

Thank you for taking the time that you did. I'm 79 and I used to see this stuff on the roads, and even owned some very similar pieces ( family did ).

The aircraft is a T-28B which was a trainer aircraft. I maintained five of these during my time with VA-122 ,at NAS Lemoore, CA. Back in the early 70's. It's a 2 seater fore and aft cockpit. Big radial engine and a two stage blower. Loved flying in those! Still quite a few around.

I am right around that generation time, that blew my mind, the days when things were built to last. I'm glad someone has preserved some of it.

Thank you for the tour Remote Trooper. Also for being so respectful of each and every treasure!

As an european ,i am looking with an envy at this gorgeous pice of museum cars .Great content .Thank you !

Seeing all of those cars makes me cry a little. I'd love to go down there and bring one home. That VW van, pulling the converted VW van with a bug top was amazing.

I grew up in Vegas in the '60's-'70's and with a group of other art students we used to go to interesting places to paint. Nelson at that time wasn't much just an old mining camp with a few rusty cars a few buildings and assorted mining relics. Amazing to see all the cars and busses that that guy has collected. thanks for the tour.

19:41 - Passaic High School is in Passaic New Jersey. The first PHS was constructed in 1886-87 at the corner of Lafayette Avenue and Bloomfield Avenue (now Broadway). The district's second high school was built in 1910 across the street from the original building on Lafayette Avenue. The present high school on Paulison Avenue was completed in May 1957. Passaic High School's first graduating class was in 1873 and had only eight students!

This is the coolest thing I think I've ever seen. I cant believe this place exists with all these cool vehicles. So many of them would be awesome to own.

I was doing the tourist thing about 15 years ago. They had tours of the Mine across the road from the house. Returning from the mine a little girl picked up a shinny piece of metal on the parking lot. It was a Gold Nugget about the size of a half dollar. One of the owners, I think his name is Dave, let the little girl keep the gold nugget. Later Dave said it was probably 1 or two ounces.

That Old Navy Supply Company pickup was one of many used as props in Old Navy stores until 2007 or so. They sold them off cheap, no engines or transmissions, and many very haphazardly held together but they flooded the market and they were getting snatched up by the dozens for $1,000 apiece. No titles either. I get the impression most people who bought one hoping to make it a runner ended up disappointed.

Oh, thank you so much for Showing Us ALL of those Awesome "OLDIES".... They are a real treat to see and what wonderful conditions they are still in. In Our Country you wouldn't find anything like that.... it would be stolen for Scrap. Thank You for the walk around, it was really wonderful seeing some of those "REAL" Oldies.. I recognise some of the Make's and shapes, but what Blew me was the tires looked so New. My Dad loved the "REAL STEEL" those you could take a hammer too and it wouldnt even have a ding. He Had a 1930 Reserve Bank of SA Truck (without the Armoured Back that was removed because of All the Codes, Stamp's Identity, that part wasnt to be sold - crazy), which he bought a ARMY Truck Back Section and He lovingly worked on it until He passed in 1989. We sold it to some interested folks, they wanted to bring a tow truck to remove it from the back of Our House, I told the buyer's that all they needed, was a 6 Volt Battery and Regular Gasoline. Naturally they didn't believe me "What does a Woman know about Vehicles"... convinced them after a lot of Oh ALRIGHT... they put the Gas and Battery In.. turned the key..... and they couldn't hear anything.... Reaction was - SEE WE TOLD YOU!!!!! I had such a Giggle at their Expense... Because the Truck was actually Running, so quietly, they couldn't believe their Ears...... GUESS WHO SAT WITH THE RED FACES..... I don't know if the Truck is still around, but if they would have looked after it the way My Awesome Dad Did.... it would still be Running and worth a Fortune...... It would be around 92 years Old now. THANK YOU FOR THE AWESOME WALKABOUT SHOWING ALL THE "OLDIES" FROM COKE COLA MACHINES TO THE OLDEST VEHICLE..... MAGICAL!!!! P.S. I have been to America Twice and Travelled through Nevada.... We drove through the Decomissioned Aeroplanes - A Lady driving a Black&White stopped behind Us and I thought forsure we were in trouble... She showed Us Where to Enter to see "The Aeroplane Grave Yard" in the Mojave Desert...... Tonnes of Love and Gratitude, and a BLESSED CHRISTMAS SEASON FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY 18 DECEMBER 2022 - PRAYING FOR A SMOOTH JOURNEY INTO 2023... MARLENE FERREIRA - SOUTH AFRICA..... ❤❤

This is something else! This ticks so many boxes/genres Vintage, Antique, Classic, Retro the list goes on. Nelson Nevada is definitely one for the bucket list! Petrolhead heaven🤪😍

Wow , that little snow plow that was hand-steered was so beautiful !

That orange and white navy jet is a T 28 trainer used to train rookie prop and jet pilots and for desk jockeys stationed at the pentagon to fly in order to maintain their flight hours. We maintained a number of these radial engined birds at the Quantico Marine Air Station in the 1972-1973 for that purpose.

At 72 years young, I remember when most of these vehicles and items were being used. My Uncle owned the same IH for over 60 years. I really enjoyed the walk down memory lane. Thanks!

The thing I like about Nelson is the fact that nothing has been vandalized like so many other places.

That high school the bus was from (Passaic Township) has been around since the 1870s and the first graduating class only had 8 people. I miss exploring Mojave.

What a cool place. I love the old vehicles. My favorites were the bus/campers. If you could afford to buy gas for it, the big one would make a great home away from home. Thanks for showing us Nelson.

What a gem of a place. Good to see so much undamaged history exposed to the elements. Thanks for the tour.

I've been in Nevada's desert; it's both amazing & scary. Sometimes you'd see run away from prison criminals, homeless drifters & Mexican drug cartels. But lots of lonely campers. Ghosts towns are always emotional scenes. I can even hear the clamour of the people who used live in those ghost towns in my imagination. It's spooky yet depressing.

I visited Nelson ghost town a couple of weeks ago. Quite an experience. It's a really amazing ghost town. Lots and lots of old vehicles - pretty much impossible to walk around and snap a photo of all of them. So much hisotry, it's totally worth visiting it.

My wife and I visited Nelson in 09 there is a lot more vintage vehicles since we were there. This place was great the barn was full of old boat motors and the museum store was amazing! Thanks for the tour.

Very cool. The buses (with sinks, etc.) were probably used as housing in these remote mining communities. Hard to imagine how the Metropolitans made it out this far! Thanks for the tour. Loved the school buses.

Simply amazing. How have many of these not been bought up. So many in such incredible shape. Thanks for posting

Almost none of the vehicles or buildings that have accumulated out at Nelson are original to the towns history. Rather, the property owner has been buying this stuff and bringing it out there in very recent time. The collection has nothing to do with Nelson's history or even Southern Nevada. But the collector does have some good taste in rusty relics.

I used to live in Las Vegas and have been there a couple times, our car club (Old School Hot Rods )used to go there for cruise outings. Neat place , so much eye candy. 👍

Thank you for sharing your walkabout. Very nice seeing all of the history.

What a fabulous collection. Thanks for taking us with you.

This place is so cool! Love imagining what it would be like to ride around in those busses.

The truck at 9:30 is an old well drillers truck. The truck would set up at a spot, raise the boom so it was verticle, then the motor on the bed would operate the digging and/or drilling boom. What moves me is that initially somewhere there was a factory where people spent their lives stamping out parts and assembling these vehicles. Also, that machines had to be designed to stamp out and/or form the parts for all of these differently designed vehicles. BHE

Absolutely amazing! Tx for sharing!

This was one of the coolest treasure hunts I’ve ever seen. My cousin and I would have a field day exploring this place. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks dude for the antique auto collection video this is freaking amazing so many rare cars and in such good shape for their age. Thank you very much for showing all of the place really appreciate all the different cars etc etc and no rattlesnakes.

How cool was that? All that history in one place.Would be worth the trip. My favorite was the old church and the pianos. I love checking out abounded churches. Thanks so much for sharing.

Great video. Am a new Nevada resident and find its history fascinating. What I also find fascinating is how in the 1700's people were showing up on boats and then building steam engines, rail ways, two and sometimes three story buildings out of stone and brick. The Regrading of Seattle is incredibly interesting too. I think not just Nevada, but the entire US during the 1700's and even prior, was a really bizarre place to be and experience. One question I keep asking myself is, How were people getting water in the middle of the desert in such times?

I really enjoyed this outdoor desert museum. I was here once, but they didn’t have so many vehicles , mostly yard, porch and store stuff. But certainly from another era... made in America, steel, even a little chrome

Very cool! That airplane is a T-28 Trojan, the "T" stands for trainer so it never saw combat but I suspect it trained a lot of pilots who did.

Aside from LV itself, this is perhaps my second favorite spot to visit when I'm in the area. Seems like they're periodically adding new things (last time I was there was about 4 years ago so I need to go back, as I heard they added an open-air chapel as well, among other things). Definitely a place worth returning to no and then to see how it's changed. Great place if you're into photography and/or if you just like old "Americana" stuff.

Those two trucks were Willys overland truck’s about 1953 or so. Cool place to visit. I must go there someday. I love to see old stuff preserved in this manner. The natural patina is so beautiful.

Awesome video. I am fascinated with "old stuff" (especially old aircraft) and I find it very cool that people are taking care of the place. If I may offer: Insofar as the Navy Trainer, it is a North American T-28B "Trojan" VT-27 is a Primary Training Squadron of the United States Navy. Training Squadron 27 was initially established on 11 July, 1951 as Advanced Training Unit-B at Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi. The command moved to Naval Air Station, Kingsville in 1952 and again to Naval Air Station, New Iberia, Louisiana in 1960. It was there the squadron was redesignated VT-27. In July 1964, the "Boomers" were returned to Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi where they continue to be an important member of the community. In 1973, the squadron began a transition to the role of a Primary Training Squadron with the arrival on 1 August of the first T-28 Trojan. By 1 October 1973, the last Grumman TS-2A Tracker, had departed, signifying the end of the Advanced training role and the completion of the transition to Primary training. In August 1983, the squadron took delivery of the first T-34C Mentor aircraft. Since March 1984, when the last T-28 ever used for naval flight training departed, the T-34C has been the mainstay of the Navy and Marine Corps Primary flight training program. The "Boomers" average well over 11,000 training missions a year, and more than 70 sorties per training day. If one wishes you can find the entire aircrafts history. www.cnatra.navy.mil/tw4/vt27/ Cheers and thanks for the tour

I so loved this. It takes me back long ago to my road tripping days of Van life going wherever you felt like going. Out way in the middle of nowhere. Seeing that wonderful desert patina of old rusted machinery and fading echoes of history is such a beautiful thing. Glad to see it all cared for and allowed to just sleep peacefully, dreaming of active times. 🌾🍁🌞🍁🌾

What a fantastic video, amazing to see how well reserved everything is. Thank you for sharing with us.

Ale fajne miejsce. Zatrzymane w czasie. Warto odwiedzic i poczuc atmosfere minionego czasu.

Amazing! Love this video. Now we're planning a pilgrimage to Nevada just to go to Nelson and see all this in person. It's a holy place.

The airplane is a T28 trainer. Most likely not in combat but it is considered a hell of a great plane

Those two trucks you weren't sure about are Willy's jeeps.looks like late 40s ,the air plane motor you found is a radial engine that drove a propeller fiber those that read this and didn't know,the radial engine is a modern engineering marvel in it's self.

Old memories! Thank you! 🙃

Amazing amazing video. Took me back some hundred years. Thank you

That was very cool. Thanks for taking us along on your tour.

COOL Video man . Thanks for the Tour . And Thanks for Saving me all that leg work . SO much History you showed us. Glad it was all there and not graffitied out, glass broken and tires flat. Nice Museum. I liked the Green COE Tow truck. 👍👍🇺🇸

....WOW...... ! thank you.

What a special place. Owner worked hard to get a hold of all those rusty relics and put them in place. Thanks for taking your time to give us a good look at all that’s there. 👍👍up

So much in one spot, amazing. The stories that place could tell if stuff could talk. Thanks!

This place has to be one of the coolest places i have ever seen either on RU-vid or in real life. Thanks very much for sharing this awesome video.

thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing your work and time with me and my family. The old radial engine is probably the first thing I bet was snagged from the Navy fighter.

Thanks so much for this. Just amazing what they have on that property. So many of those vehicles are in great shape for restoration. Really enjoy what you do. Keep 'em coming.

Thank you for the tour. I won't ever forget it ..

The American Pickers would just love that town, nothing for sale though, what a historical smorgasbord there!! Wow, good work dude!!

Most car guys know this, but that lowered part in the top of the Metropolitan doors is just what it looks like: It was specifically put there by the designers so you could ride with your arm resting on the door. People outside of NV may not know that license plates are assigned to the owner, not the car, so when you sell a vehicle you take the plates off & put them on your new vehicle. You'll see late model stuff driving around with old blue & white plates stamped in the '60s.

That whole place is a gold mine alot of rare old buses and vehicles so awesome.

Thank you for sharing this place. My favorites were the VW bus camper, the old roto Tiller and the old snow plow.

Wow, I'm from NY and you'd never see these in this condition! Out west there are still golds mines! Thanks for the awesome video!

Why would people want to leave history behind this videos are so amazing

Thanks for the most excellent tour! 😀

One of the coolest videos on RU-vid 💙

That has to be the coolest museum pieces! The mine closed in '45, but I still see lots of ""gold" there in those antiques. Those 'Jeep looking vehicles' are probably Willys'. And since you have been to Good Springs, Boulder City and Nelson, stop by Novac on one of your trips. (Those who know, know). 😉

Wowza! This is like a dream / hallucination, blown away by all the old vehicles. I was a few miles from here 5 years ago and I didn't know about it, kicking myself now

This place is amazing the history there. The old saying if these walls could talk comes to mind as you were walking around .If this place and all that it has there could talk It would be the never ending movie right up to the food truck I am sure . Thanks for showing us around this amazing place I really enjoyed it .

Thankyou showing me all this beautiful old cars!,! I am a 1950 model myself!!!

Amazing work, what an experience!

a friend took us there, its amazing. we went into the "store" our friend being very familiar with the place, walked to an upright fridge / freezer, opened the freezer door and there was a bout a dozen rattle snakes frozen in clear bags. not sure if someone was going to eat them or if they were just another display.

It’s amazing how some of those vehicles are still in good shape. And people didn’t shoot them up.

Mate, that was a terriffic video, really enjoyed it. Nothing like that here in the jolly old UK. Good work chaps 🤙🏽

9:39 an old Cable Tool Well Drilling Rig! I learned to drill wells on a old cable tool rig, then after 5 years I ran a top of the line 4 axle rig! I drilled for 45+ years! I now at 75 years old build Big custom Gates in Northern California

It's amazing to have a place that not graffiti covered and vandalized. Great video 👍

What a cool selection of stuff I could give a day walking around looking at it all there is Notting like that over here in Ireland 🇮🇪 great video 👍

Thanks for the tour. It is amazing to see. Thanks

Unbelievable content , and great narration for this time capsule , of a town ….well done friend

Greetings from the UK fascinating video great to see so much history thanks ♥️

T-28 Trojan, the primary trainer used during the Cold War. Eventually, it was replaced by the T-34 Mentor. I had a radio controlled model of the T-28 in those exact colors. Lots of history in one video! Great work!

Wish I had known about this place a few years ago, while I was travelling. Some things Pare a joy to behold, as someone once said. Perf3ct climate for such a museum. Thank u for sharing. Gone are the days when cars and trucks and such like, had interesting shapes.

Man, I almost felt the smell of rust, sand and old wood. Awesome thing!

Hey! Thanks for the tour. Yesterday Sin City Outdoors put up a video of this place. It's great seeing so much from two channels. Hope the food truck was good.

Restoration poeple and collectors will get severe heart beat and blood pressure watching this ..superb vid ..tx tx

Amazing find…I can’t believe it is still intact. It’s ripe for pilfering and being trashed…how has it survived this long?…incredible history…time warp..good old nostalgia..thanks

Such a fascinating place to explore! So many stories behind each vehicle. Those Volkswagens are fabulous. The beetle is my all time favorite car. My Mom had one and I was lucky enough for her to let me use it a lot. I would have one today if I could have one rebuilt to be like new. Thank you for such great content. I appreciate being able to see these things I probably wouldn’t without you and your channel. I appreciate you. 💝🌎💝

AMAZING!!!! Thanks for sharing.

Just a excellent video on what you could find out in the desert.👍

This is like a Amusement park for History geeks. What a Superb living Museum this owner/owners have cultivated. You just cant find many examples like this anymore. Wonderful video.

Kinda freaky to remember some of those rustbuckets as new shiny vehicles, parked at the curb. There was an International Harvester dealership in my hometown back east. Bottle cokes were 10 cents in the machine.

Loved the tour, so very cool indeed, have a blessed week my friend.

Thank you so much dear brother sharing this beautiful cars & place 👍

Buildings like the general store and the church were bought someplace else, torn down, then moved there and reassembled . They are constantly buying stuff and adding to their collection. It is worth visiting every 6 months to see the changes.

The first airplane was a North American T-28 built in the '50s and many were used in Viet Nam before being replaced with more heavily armed types. The second one I can't make out from the parts. That radial engine is probably worth everything else except the horsedrawn vehicles. Very neat vid. Glad you made it!

This is so awesome and nostalgic!!! Thank you for posting this!!! Will definitely be keeping up with you!!!