Old Minnesota farm now home to hundreds of classic cars 

THANK YOU!!! For keeping classics alive. ❤

When I was in my 20's this was my favorite pastime - roaming junkyards

It’s people like these individuals, Which makes life worth living!

Looks like a little slice of heaven if you ask me

That level of organization of the really old stuff is fairly recent. Been going there for many years, and they did a huge reorganization of the south side a few years ago. Love the place. I have bought many, many parts from them to keep my old beaters going.

Gorgeous cars. Restore em & keep em on the roads

Watching from the State of Rhode Island-as a car enthusiast-much applause to the Reinerts for appreciating and helping to maintain the car hobby-a fun, interesting pursuit-that can also-drive you around-Peace all!

Well done it’s nice to see people holding on to these relics of the best automotive era! Thanks.

Thanks because cars they're one of our family. True for a lot of folks who collect play with them on them or just look at them fondly. The people I really appreciate are those who looking at these old cars and saying I could fix it and maybe they will. At least some people are still planning to do this

Fantastic I’m so glad for them. I only wish I could travel there to walk down memory lane and buy a few trinkets to bring home.

YES! Thank you thank you thank you! It so breaks my heart to see cool old cars just get crushed.... I think that one day they're going to be worth money just as collectable yard art. Now wouldn't that be a cool thing...

I think I bought a set of door glass for my Barracuda from them years back... Good people!!! .... Also I need parts for a '60 Ford Fairlane. 😁

Ive been going there since I was a kid. Lots of great finds out there.

I’ve bought parts from them, great people!

You're providing a great service helping what still exists or will be restored still available to be enjoyed by owners and those viewing.

I love the classics, regardless of make. I get that modern stuff is a mostly easy answer to getting from A to Z. But all the sensors and technology they are cramming in to cars nowadays is what will guarantee that cars are disposable not fixable. Tracing faults in electronics is time consuming and expensive. When my 68 Fairmont starts to run a little ratty, I pop the dizzy cap off, drag the points file through the points a little and it runs perfect for another thousand miles. I don't need big horsepower to go fast, or Bluetooth or curtain air bags and electronic gizmo's, I smile every mile with some music and a great exhaust note. LOVE the 60s classics.

Now that’s news I can watch with out getting my blood pressure up lol that’s great happy to see a place like that 👍

Good memories as a kid wandering around that place with my grandfather years ago.

I really liked going there when I was young!

I never wanted to go to Minnesota but now i do

I was there about 30 years ago, and the guy in front of me in line was getting ready to pay. The old man behind the counter was like that will be $30.00 and the guy was like you said it was $20.00, then the old man said now it's $40.00 the guy said well you can keep it and stormed off. I get up there with a wonder bar radio and the guy is like that's $50.00 even though he said on the phone $40.00, I said ok $50.00 it is, and I walked out with $100.00 radio.....true story!!! That guys is probably long dead......lets not forget about Windy Hills either!!!! French lake always had the good stuff, but always knew what it was worth.....Windy Hills was pretty well picked through at that was 33 years ago!!!!

In the east the junk yards here stacked the cars sometimes 5 high . In those days ( late 1900's) if you wanted a part you would have to climb up to the car and wrench the part off yourself .

I bought many cars and parts from Floyd and Skip through the past 40 or 50 years those were the days

Taken many trips to that yard, greatest place ever!

God bless these wonderful❤souls respect ,

That's frickin awesome thank you❤❤

Thats some great glorious organisation... and cleanliness.

What an amazing place,,could spend hours picking parts in a place like this,,,,,,These people are helping keep the past alive,,

That is a memory only a few can still share. Saturday morning with Dad looking for that handle or body part while exploring other vehicles. We played and dreamed of one time owning one of these junkers.

That's totally awesome keep up with the great work guys 😎👍

Thanks for keeping the old cars around I've personally have 8 now .The last purchase was a 42 Buick Special straight 8 with 2 barrel carbs .But the rear carb was ruined by some type of critter that used it for it's home so I need a carb .If you have one please let me know. Thanks again

Awesome guys I need to get there

At 2:26 that yellow and white 1954 Chevy Coupe looks to still be a winner...those were the days all right.

Wow,, Love To Check It Out 👀🍺🍺🍺🤠🇨🇦

Outstanding Vido 👍

good video, thanks

Thank you for saving these classics.

Thank you for not crushing them there are a few folks that cube junkyard classics here on youtube ,so please save em!

That's awesome 😎

Truly a great setup. Wish more businesses that had junkyards had this mentality. I've been to some really bad junkyards in Pennsylvania and Maryland that had people working for them that were just plain ignorant and hateful not to mention that they didn't care about what they scrapped. Wish we had a junkyard like this in our area.

French lake auto A great place to

They should restore some of those cars.

Just great

Great !!!!! Thanks! The netherlands.

That place is heaven! I got to meet John at the 2024 MS Writers conference he’s a pretty cool guy!

I have been there a few times. I will say, it is very organized and after they pull the info in their computer, you can literally walk right to the car.

Awesome

To all the gearheads "ROOOIAAAADDDDTRRRRIIIIIPPPPP"

I live in the twin cities and I'd love to visit this sometime, it's a shame they're only open during my working hours so I can never really make time to go

How do they keep the weeds and trees from growing up around thousands of car?

Awesome salvage yard. Yes please don't turn any of these cars into scrap metal. Glad I caught this on my feed. I now have another yard to search for the parts I need. Hope this yard stays in business for years to come.

Minnesota weather is not friendly to outdoor storage of anything not just because of the rust it’s just a matter of time until a tornado lands on that land

Saw the thumbnail, and was thinking, that looks like FLAP. Sweet.

Cool

Well, I always thought restoration was a word used to describe what these guys are talking about until I started restoring a Ford Excursion....

Oh heck. Thats just the @vicegripsgarage storage yard. 😂

Cash For Clunkers took a predicted toll on second hand car parts. I needed a wiper motor for an 88 Toyota, and was told there were only two left in the country. A friend had to abandon using his high mileage mercury simply for the inability to locate a computer module. These people are helping the environment by operating this yard

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We used to have a junkyard like this in my town. Not as many cars, and not as organized, but the owner knew everything that was there and would walk you out to the car(s) that might have your parts. He got old and finally retired, and the person who bought the junkyard promptly shut the place down for "liability reasons" and crushed _everything_ for scrap. There were a lot of unhappy classic car owners in the area...

Antiques and hard to find parts go hand in hand

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How do they keep the weeds down? Every junk yard I go to has a jungle growing around the car and is full of wasp nests and spiders. Nice layout wish I lived closer.

these were the cars that got people to work every day , now cars are just something you drive around aimlessly since hardly anyone works anymore

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Been there

Wow

That’s a beautiful site!

Car guy thumbs up 👍

It surprises me that Derek from VGG moved from Minnesota to Tennessee with this being in his former back yard. Also have and 90's Dodge Rams?

W❤W!😍

I saw the front end of a 1964 Ford Galaxie in the salvage yard.

WTF???!!! 30 years ago damn near every city and town in America had junk yards like this!! Some smaller, some as big as this!!!

Next year I'll be there layed out on my 48 fleetline

Any way to get dteve magnante out there???

Dad did a big tour of the mid-west in the early eighties, as all the old car dumps were closing down, the iron going for rebar (either Portland or overseas). It was the end of an era, and ALSO the end of huge inventories of old iron. Environmental regulations coming in, iron prices good, and guys my dad's age retiring!!! End of an Era. You used to be able to drive for miles on some highways and see miles and miles of junk cars. Not any more.

Is derek from vice grip garage aware of this?

Man seeing all those tri fives lined up. Kind of makes me weep because I want a 57 so bad and I just see all of those just wasting away.😢

Would they have any parts for a Ruxton?

If I coulda, I would sent my '96 Fleetwood THERE!!! Although my insurance totaled it, the front end wasn't damaged, only rear left side. Ins. said parts were hard to find thus..but engine still purred..only 148k..lotta good parts, but some lucky guy (or GAL!) got a Great 5.7...😢😥😭😭😭

Why are they standing 25 feet apart???

Odd to have such a large scrap yard in the middle of the rust belt.

2:15 What model it that?

Very cool. But why are y’all talking so far away 2:22

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Driven by there many times

I wonder how many cars they got from Mike hall when he sold his 500 cars

Any classic Prius's

Any 1960 impala

Thank you for not putting any of the classics through the ringer.

I'm surprised the county hasn't told them to get rid of them or put a fence around them yet.....that's what most of them do, God forbid you got junk sitting out for people to see

at 2:14, isn't that a Willys?

SAVE

42 and just bought an 88 k car

We need to be saving 1980s cars like the Maxima, Cressida, Accord etc from the crusher.

Support your local auto recycle yard!

Better than corn rows

I'll take 'em and get 'em back on the road

Is the public welcome to enter, walk and browse along “memory lane”?

That is how junk yards should be

considering i see no chops in the bodywork and a lot of normally sold stuff still there, i bet they charge a pretty penny and don't allow you to cut off panels. so a lot of cars just sit there, unloved. wreckers lately have been turning the screws on us pickers, i often just go to ebay because it's not worth my time to go scavenge a yard only to pay the same price for a part that i know i can find online.