RARE FINDS: Rescuing Abandoned Classics From Car Auction | RESTORED 

I'm a splicing technician working for The Company Formerly Known As Bell of Pennsylvania, as well as a gearhead and telco history nerd, so I love to see any old Bell truck out and about.

You know what, you are really lucky your dad is always with you. Keep on bro.

Being an old truck driver like myself, these trucks are way before my time but wow!! Those are some of the coolest trucks I’ve ever seen, thank you for the great content. God bless you and your family.

That logging truck is the panicle of aerodynamics 😂

Found some info about the periscope on the roof:Telephone trucks had this periscope in the cab roof so that the driver could operate the winch controls and watch what was happening in the back of the truck.

That "Log" truck would make a superb camper van with blendable (roller shades) plexi glas insert in the roof for that sky-view experience.

On the rear of the logging truck there was a winch installed, with a drum of electric cable. This was used to run a series od electric/electronic tool downhole in oil and gas wells. This is to log and record a number of physical parameters of the rocks. This technology was invented around the 20's in Alsace, and is still in use today

The old truck and trailer for sure...it's a piece of American History that needs to be saved!

I like the old truck and trailer. I’ve always liked those snub nose cabovers.

Interesting to see that old tractor-trailer setup. I used to drive trucks for a living and I can only imagine what it must of been like to drive that set up over the road or regionally, hauling freight. They were some tough drivers. It wasn't uncommon back then for those types of trucks to be used for that and the driver had no sleeper. He would throw a board over the seats and sleep on it, sleep in the trailer, or whatever he could make resourceful. We sure have come a long way in trucking. BTW, the old White truck you loaded, the back was not storage, it is the sleeper there was a mattress for the driver back there.

Note: If y'all drag something heavy, Duck down, If the cable snaps..... It'll take ya head clean off in a blink of a eye!

Man that cabover is a work of art. Please please please more content like this!

I'm pretty sure the trailer is a 1940's Allied Van Lines trailer based on what color is left and that black band around it. Low slung with barn doors on rear and curbside only. I'm thinking the first cab you pulled up may have possibly the mate to it. The Bell COE which doesn't go with that trailer possibly had the roof mirror for low bridges but I think it may have been also for pole or aerial phone line installation. Looks like an old gearbox and mount for some kind of lift arm. Also the possible reason for customized, over sized rear window. I live in Canada but worked for Allied when I was young and Bell Canada. Brought back some memories. Cheers!

Would love to see "will it runs" on all of these! Love the dodge and the cabover!

At the age of 63, I was fortunate enough to take the trip of a lifetime driving through England, Wales and Scotland on a pilgrimage to find my family roots. In the 11th century, my ancestors accompanied William the Conquerer on his ‘trip’ to England. They settled in the Wye River Valley and one of them became the Warden of the Forest Dean. The headquarters was in a castle in the town of St. Briavels which commands the high ground overlooking the valley. Driving our nondescript Vauxhall up to the castle on the winding one lane road, when I saw an amazing sight coming down towards me. A beautiful BRG Jaguar E type piloted by a very white haired, scarfed, flat capped gentleman! Could not have been more perfect for me!😊

The old White semi is my favorite but also love the other semi and the trailer

1:17 that truck & trailer combo would be perfect for my business! Incredible!

I have one of those Ford cabovers. Have had it since the 1980s and got mine from New Mexico. Mine was an AT&T telephone truck originally and had a huge service body on it. Mine has the same mirror attachment on the top and was used for seeing clearance for poles or whatever. You stated in the video, this cabover truck was also a telephone truck. I don't have any pictures of mine showing the service bed body on the back. Mine doesn't have the rear window cut out like that but does have a sliding window fabricated there..

That first vehicle would make an awesome conversion to a RV/travel rig

The logging truck is an old oil field wireline logging truck. Used to be a big drum with cable on it. They run tools down in wells and record the data. Companies like Schlumberger and Haliburton still have versions of it today.

That log-ing truck would be the coolest RV build on the road ever!!!!! Close it in and design it and have some travel fun in it.

It’s awesome seeing you guys out gathering up these old vehicles, God bless and take care

Thats what i like in this channel, they choose really rare oddballs.

Wow I can’t believe you’re loading the whole rig and trailer. 👍

I KNOW that logging truck: Driven by a guy name "Roger" for an oilfield data logging company called, " Buckeye Well Surveys" owned by Chuck Withey in Louisville, Ohio in 1983. It was my first job fresh out of engineering school. We would drop custom made data logging tools down freshly drilled wells then a radioactive nugget placed inside the tool would enable the sensors to ping-back a signal enabling the geologist to determine variables such as salinity, shale etc. All of the trucks shared that unique color combination and angled graphic layout. I STILL have an un-opened box of coffee mugs from the company Christmas party from 1983.

I'm believe that trailer is a moving and storage trailer used for transporting household goods. It is essentially a drop frame trailer and with the side doors and rear doors opening like they are it would be the unit that would show up when you are having your household furniture and such to be moved. Of course that is an art deco design and it of course is to present a modern clean operation which is to show the customer that the company will handle their belongings with care. The parking brakes on those old trailers are of the air applied when the unit is parked (not spring brakes as in modern trailers). Experienced truck drivers of the time knew to chock the trailer tires as the air bleeds off on that type or parking brake and when you go to get under that trailer it can roll away from you. I do not go back that far but I have had a couple of units that had that style of parking brakes. Pretty cool deal. Set it up to be coupled with that White tractor. That White would represent a period sleeper for the times. Some one who restores those older tractor trailers would really go to town on that rig. Sadly the White has a lot of the drivetrain missing but you can't have everything. That Dodge is really cool (that's a pilot house cab) and the International Metro is really cool and could have been a delivery truck for packages such as UPS although it is a little big for that. Cool stuff you got there.

Telephone guys usually started out somewhere as a "Lineman", which are the guys who go out and just string up miles of cable, from pole to pole. After being a lineman for a while he has the opportunity to refine his skills and go into another sector of the Bell System as a local installer/technician. This is what my father was. He started out as a lineman around 1952 after Korea and swiftly moved up to become the "Telephone Man" in our small town of 2500 people. I have pictures of my dad working with trucks just like this, which is an old line truck. These trucks carried the tools they needed to string the cables and connect them pole to pole. This was a dedicated truck, owned by the Bell System. The Bell System is the one who put those logo's on it. You can tell the general "era" of the equipment by the logo which changed occasionally plus it would help to trace the VIN for the year and model etc. These are GREAT finds and should be in a museum somewhere.

That truck and trailer and the snubby nosed camper looking thing...the metro might is exra special too. The periscope is to let the driver look at the load while operating the winch, possibly unloading telephone poles or heavy cable equipment rolls by himself.

great trucks guys - I like the one that had the wood in back - can't wait to see how they turn out - hope you stay blessed

Very nice pieces of equipment you have their American history I could be wrong the trailer might be a moving trailer for household goods thanks for the video guys stay safe out there

That logging truck is usually used for the oil fields. The operator would sit at the desk and watch a reel of wire feed from the back of the truck down into a well bore. There would be a sensor at the end of the wire that would “log” where different formations and fluids would be in the hole on a computer screen in a modern day logging truck. The big hole in the floor in the back compartment is where the reel of wire would be. The levers and pedals at the operator station facing the back control the reel speed and direction, in or out of the hole. We have one at the oil company I work for.

This is the time when you wish you had a huge forklift available to load those vehicles. Those winches deserve a huge round of applause!

I like the old White/International Harvester truck! Like you said, it would make a really cool hauler when it is restored.

Gern wäre ich Live dabei, doch in Deutschland ist es mitten in der Nacht.Deshalb nehme ich alles auf.Vielen Dank für die erstaunlichen Auffinden dieser Raritäten aus Deutschland.Viele Grüße an das Team❤.

WOW Those old trucks are killer...Your lucky you have so much vintage tin over there !

Wyatt and Lance , you got some serious projects in this old Iron. Should keep y’all busy for quite awhile. Just you Men Trying to recovering these is job. Always love your videos. It was a Full days work just on the recovery.I like the cab over and the old Dodge.

These are all some of the neatest vehicles I have seen. Would be awsum to see them all going again. Keep up the good work!

I love the Dodge and the Metro, but that old semi is super cool! You RARELY ever see those old pre-1950's trailers!

If I don't miss my guess, That big hole in that trailer on the Bell COE is for a Pintle hitch for when they would pull tandem trailers. The Pintle would be connected to a drawbar/axle assembly with a king plate on it and the second trailer hitched to it.

Well logging consists of running a mile or two of steel cable down the hole with the instruments needed to tell the surfface operator where the gas ano oil layers are.

I can't pick a favourite I'm just gonna watch em all. Take care and God bless you all

That old Dodge has a reefer box on the back. Probably owned by a dairy. The front part is the freezer, the back part is a chill areaa

Wow, quite the adventure boys.....that truck with the long trailer was an awesome find......

the cabover was a poll setting truck. it would of had a big body on the back with a huge winch and a long boom so as to set up telephone polls and the periscope let the driver see where its at.

Awesome finds, guys! Looking forward to 'Will it run' videos.... 😁

The logging truck was for the oil and gas industry the trucks followed oilfield service rigs and that log truck had a spool in the back with all the tools

I absolutely love that Wyatt has been so humble toward, and supportive of Lance. Lance, you have a special relationship with your father. You were very lucky to have your Uncle Frankie in your your younger life too. My father was a miserably self centered only child! So he became less flexible as he aged!! What a miserable existence.😐

It's fun to watch you non truckers trying to figure out what's what... lol The White is a classic, you really need to get an original hood, grille and fenders for it though. That "extended cab is the sleeper. The trailer is an old furniture moving van. The "logging truck" was used for data logging in the oil patch. The big hole in the back is where they would lower a line down the bore hole. Obviously, the reel for the line is long gone. Knowing you two, these old rusty trucks are going to get the full treatment. The Metro says KB-5, so it's sitting on an International chassis. As for the Dodge, just cool. Needs an Edison Motors conversion kit! Diesel electric, on e-axles for a really cool 4x4... 😎

My fave's gotta be that International. Next would be that COE/trailer.

I think it’s been a logging truck used in drilling Oil wells, it would have had a wireline winch in the back hence the controls at the rear of the cabin , just my thoughts anyway

back in the late 70s i worked for AMF TUBASCOPE we used a truck that was just like the second one you showed. we x-rayed drill pipe used out in the oil field. the controls you found in the back were for controlling the x-ray set up. nice find.

Those are all cool old trucks. The cab and trailer is neat. That would be one of my favorites. It would be cool to see it running again.

The old Ford COE I believe is a 1940 or 1941 , The van looks to be a moving van like the Mayflower Company used, AND what you call a box truck looks to be a milk delivery truck as with The Borden Company.

RV Conversion for the logging truck

I like the semi the best. It just looks so cool. Great to find it with a trailer attached.

Excited to see these fixed up with good paint jobs, running, looking good on the road. So many channels just get things running and stop. Looking forward to this. Something different for a change.

New drinking game. Every time dad says “right” drink

WOW! Waiting with great anticipation. What an amazing machine.

A 1947 Cabover and a early Streamline Trailer. You need to find the missing Sleepercabin.

The IH/White truck's extended cab is actually a sleeper! 😁 What I would do is put a modern drivetrain under it and build that trailer into an RV! 🤔

GOD Bless you and your dad and your whole family !!!

Every one of those units are cool but, the truck and trailer tandem are my favorite ....the styling of that trailer has a kind of an art deco vibe to it. Curious as to what year the combo is. If restored right (which there is no doubt you'll do) it will be a head turner where ever it goes. Excited to see how they turn out.

That logging truck and the truck and trailer are the bees knees to me! I'd turn them into rolling mobile homes or campers.

You guys are really blessed finding cool old Vehicles. God bless. Love you guys.

That "logging" truck is a really old wireline truck used in the oil and gas industry. The hole in the back of the truck had a huge spool with cable on it. They call them loggers because you would attach different tools to the end of the cable and lower those tools down into the gas or oil well and that tool would take different readings about the well depending on what kind of tool that was attached.

Lance, Wyatt long time between drinks, but man!!! what a gr8 vid. You found some interesting trucks. the big jumbo horse float( looks like a horse float) it's huge. Could turn it into a mobile home with a lot of work and imagination??? A gr8 ep, look forward to the next one. Cheers

Outstanding and awesome as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along

If these old trucks could talk, oh the stories they would tell.

Can't wait to see what you do with these old rigs.

WOW! These guys are good at what they do and humble too! Great job!

Thats some haul of vintage trucks. Just beautiful guys. Good luck with the restoration.

That first truck is an old A frame telephone company line truck. Those trucks had a crew cab behind the main cab for a usually 5 man crew. The foreman and truck operator sat up front while the crew sat behind when traveling. The reason for not having a rear window in the cab was for the crew to talk to each other. The mirror in the cab roof was for the operator to see behind the truck while setting poles and operating the A frame boom. The rear of the truck was a covered box for supplies and tools. The newer trucks were converted to hydraulics. That was my job as a "grunt" 70+ years ago.

Thanks for blessing us with another great video

I can't wait to see what you guys do with these really unusual vehicles!

That logging truck is a prize! I can see all kinds of possibilities .....

The Tractor & Trailer would make a neat RV/Motorhome, some great finds 👍

That Logging truck would make a nice travel RV.

The round nose trailer is a furniture/mover trailer, a drop frame with side door access and rope tie offs give it away, The round nose was "aerodynamic' but a pain to load.

That international truck, best one. Do that one up please

It's very good that you guys, found and rescued these are old relics from the past, but I work on vehicles and that's what I want to see, I don't want to just see the finds!

If that was your idea, Christian, for the rimshot on Lance's "joke" it was GENIUS! 😂😅🤣😅 KUDOS TO WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT! ❤

I can see I'm going to pray for you fells a lot more, some of those were just hanging on. Guys great catch.

love this gentleman do,also love them d truck

I like the White /IH truck and if I could afford it I'd have you guys make me a car-hauler for my Model A! I'm eighty=two in the fall and it's hard for me to drive the A to the meets every summer as I'm extremely arthritic! Great find guy!

Always great stuff. you guys know that.

Love them all.old rusty trucks all up my alley.

That cabover is awesome!

Man you guys found some really cool and unique trucks! Great find and great job getting these out of their graveyards! Thank you!

They are awesome I do like the cab over tractor trailer the best

THAT BIG,TALL, AND LONG TRAILER AND CAB! LOOKS LIKE IT COULD CARRY , ABOUT SIX HORSES WITH NO PROBLEM 😁😁

Way cool. I think the one with the open back end would make an excellent T-Shirt launcher.

Just another awesome video love the old iron! Appreciate the time and effort put forth.

Well myself I like the Cab Over second place is the Metro Looking Van. The other ones I would have dropped in the ocean where it’s 6 miles deep never to be seen again. Hence boat anchors. I’m a retired Telephone Pioneer before cell phones I kept communications going for Kansas City on the Kansas side. Cable repair technician. When wires got cut or crossed I put them back together. Cell phones cut out wires. ATT placed copper wires up and down EVERY STREET IN THE NATION SINCE 1903. Except the Dodge Truck you left behind it’s cool too.. Nuff said

Great collection guy’s, looking forward to the next steps with these units!!

Lots of good treasures

Great video I like the white truck and trailer

Definitely the old truck and trailer. My favourite for sure.👍

Employee of the Month: TRAILER MOUNTED WINCHES!

Cool stuff! Lots of work loading👍

I drooling over that tractor-trailer rig you got!!!