Always loved just roaming around old junk yards. Even as a kid.. Just thinking about the life and work some of those old cars and trucks had.. And how it must have been so much simpler back then. (Not easier, Just a different simpler time)
As my Grandfather used to say that you would have to use what you could get or find, get what you could get, and make it work for the job, during the Great Depression. They eventually got both and the the tines look like they're for ice but could be used for hay. He always said that you were happy to be fed, have clothes, heat and roof. After doing the chores and feeding the animals.
Sunbeam also made the tiger, which which looks just like the Alpine but it comes from the factory with a small block Ford.. and you can put a pretty nasty small block ford under the hood of one of those, and still keep it hidden.
My favorite thing about you're adventures are that you point out the cool old station wagons, hope I can get one of my own some day. Great video, as usual!
My dad loved the suburbans ... We had a few growing up... He bought a 77 brand new with all the bells & whistles , including the big block... Then bitched about the mpg til the day he sold it... He had the heads shaved & a 321 rear dif (I think) installed but he never got more than 14 mpg... I bought my first suburban in 95 & it got about 14 mpg .. But it was a 4x4 .. Since then I've had a half dozen or more .. I still like the look...
Mortski bro! Yesss!!! I grew up in my grandpa's "Junk Yard" with ALL of those things lol so many different things scattered EVERYWHERE! I remember we had a 76 LTD,a Ford Edsle,3 70s wagons I used to pretend they were tanks and I was in battle lol my favorite episode so far man!
Dent Side heaven could use couple Rust free fenders, for my bronco... Hint hint. oh BTW thanks for the walk thu, really mis the days of junk yard huntin with the old man.. back in 80;s some treasured memories
I'll be damned. I was born and raised a Ford guy by a master mechanic/horse trader (my dad) and I never knew they made a manual Fairmont? Learn something new everyday. guess I never really thought enough of them to look for one though. As an adult and a bit of a horse trader myself, I'm a Ford AND a Chevy guy and thought I'd already bought and traded for all Ford and Chevys oddities. Thanks for the walk around man. I love touring old junkyards I find all across the country as a trucker.
@@dwebs262 yeah, after I commented that, I was reminded of a manual Zephyr that my uncle bought for a parts car to pull the engine, transmission, etc for his daughter's Merury Capri when she put a hole in the oil pan and locked it up. I was kid back then so it slipped my mind. At 44 years old now, I don't think I have seen another one though.
@@therealdavis2788Had a friend who’s dad was a car salesman at Ford, he had a blue 1982 fairmont wagon demo with the V8 and a 4 speed manual, I remember him doing burnouts with that car all the time, with me in it. My dad had a VW’s, they didn’t do burnouts, my mind was blown, probably influenced my bad driving habits as a new driver..😅.
@@dwebs262 my dad had a 72 (I think?) Maverick Grabber, 302 4 speed when I was kid. We couldn’t pull out of the driveway without him feeling the need to do a big Smokey burn out. I credit him and that car for every one of my stupid stunts to this day. Lol.
The Sunbeam would be great as a hotrod..that looked like a 63 or so..I had a 66 Sunbeam Tiger that was hotroded with a Ford 289 and automatic..fun car..
I used these tongs to hook center line balance for my piling to make parking places for Boats in the intercoastal water ways in Southern NJ, they work great...
Thanks for the tour. Im still amazed how quickly you can identify and rattle off all the info. Could you do a update on the museum? How they have made progress and were able to restore some of those gems that were damaged. Have a great week
I learned to drive on an early 60's Dodge truck like that blue one! 318 wide block 4spd creeper, couple buddies and I would take off and drive it to the local lake that summer while parents was at work. We were about 12 and somehow, we never got pulled over, truck only had a farm plate on it lol. Someone needs to get that Alpine out there for sure!! Great video buddy!
Thank you Mr M for a short but very sweet walk about in a Nebraska Junkyard . There were some Jems laying around in the weeds that were not too bad . Its nice to get out in the fresh air and see something completely different . Do take care , stay well refreshed , and rear high boots just in case . Stuart in Canada ..
.....yes , picked over - but the dry climate in central and western Nebraska , and the mostly sandy terrain , keeps under body rust at a minimum . It looks to be a good place to pick floor and body panels , but still a lot of work to go in and cut or drag out the stuff you want .
It is one of those that you can always keep in the back of your mind . Then get two or three others with trailers and go pick a half dozen or so for parts or projects .
My Dads older brother had a yard when I was growing up. Out in the country We played in the cars and picked blackberries every summer. That was always a great day
That first ford van you showed with that cool color would be worth picking up it looked really clean And that first for countrysquire wagon was pretty cool too
Cool old 64 Galaxie wagon. I'm sure it's been pointed out to you that it was a 64 not the 62 you identified it as. No worries either way. You do have a lot of knowledge about many that I was just guessing about. I'd love to have the tailgate window switch off that Galaxie. I couldn't believe it was still there.
At 3;51 that Franklin stove is probably 50yrs old, I have the same one and that transition piece on top is unobtainium, took me hours to hand fabricate that 13 inch oval to round pipe.
That '69-'71 sweptside is STRAIGHT, what a cupcake. Would love to see a will it run on that one, just hope it doesn't have 3 pedals or there's a good chance I'd be driving it 1000 miles home from Mortske HQ...
That single spine frame go kart was actually commercially produced, probably early sixties. Dubs actually had one! Yeah him and the (other old) guy in Kansas or wherever! Love, DuBs,,
This place is awesome. It's nice how they have stuff spread out a little so it's easier to see things and you don't have to do as much digging. When you showed the two-tone green square body, that brought back some memories. I had a 76 3/4 ton 4x4 that was the same colors. I got it from the original owner. It was the Cheyenne package. It had a sb 400 and turbo 400 with 4.10 posi in the rear... You don't see very many of them in that color combination, at least where I live. It would be a big project but I'd love to have the 57 panel. That thing could be really cool. It looks like the station wagons that were still in the crate (wood paneling) were popular in that area. That light blue Dodge swept line that was missing the glass looked like it was really straight. My dad had a really nice one that had the slant 6 and 4 speed. Back when I was 18 (1979) he used it to tow my 70 SS Chevelle home late one night after I banged second gear real hard and took out the input shaft in the transmission. I was a little hard on things when I was younger...
That Sunbeam was cool. The Tiger model used small block Ford power plants. I never rode in any, but I bet they were screamers. I was hoping you would find an 8N with a flat head V8. Maybe someday. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
A couple of those dent sides were truly living up to their name, it was a cool yard surprised the only thing coming home is a couple of hubcaps though. Or is that in the next video where you go back with the trailer
90 and 91 454SS trucks use highbacks that look virtually identical to an S10 Blazer seat. 92 and 93 used the same high back buckets every other 92 to 94 truck or fullsize suv had. No low backs..I like those seats though either way haha
Good Boneyard Mortske. Don't see many like that anymore. In 63 my dad brought home a 61 Mercury Ambulance (like that wagon you passed). Red Bubble Light, Chrome Fender Siren, Gurney, whole shebang. He traded it in on a 64 Galaxies 500. Salesman must have been scratching his head on that. 🤭👍
Sweet old engine stand these are worth some money or just practical. Thanks for recording all the awesome junk and some none junk items. Places like these are disappearing fast. Nebraska sun can be harsh so a proper head wear was a good call.
