Classic Cars of South Carolina

all right we are in fountain in fountain in south carolina we're going to speak to ron ayers he's the owner of this place carolina classic cars i believe it's amazing this place is just amazing we're going to walk through right quick and just this is the backyard this is mostly parts parts cars but you wouldn't believe what we've seen on the front yeah your teeth will fall out yeah he's got some great stuff up there plus he's got some he's got parts cars he's got project cars and he has turnkey cars and we'll interview ron here in just a little bit we're going to make a quick buzz through the back here which is mostly just parts but man i'm seeing 66 ctos i'm seeing chevelle 65 savelles yeah so put in your poly grip and follow us all right let's see what we got and here's coronet right here was that 66 664 on that part start right here see you could take that door and that piece there and make your four-door make it four-door two-door all right we're down in the lower row this again is parts cars and parts 66 el camino uh still has an engine in it i bet you has a posi rear who knows the interior is still in it it's rough but it's got some great parts man there's parks cars everywhere there's a little there's a chevy truck body right there 60 66 check this out chevy truck body right there not only they got boats too burn found the boat all right man say hey guys i'm going fishing come on get your poles and coolers [Music] vern's got a vote boat addiction oh man hey look over here this man this is the magic name right here super b look at that andrew uh-huh it's not a wannabe it's a super bee uh man you still got good parts on it oh look behind it look behind it i see something behind it what's that yep the 55 55 two-door post body back here look at here russ queen 55 post look at that two-door post make it a two from a four right a four front of two engines transmissions everywhere transmissions underneath also on the other side it just stacked up in here there's a ford fmx mx cast iron cruisematic right there why block forward got a wild block forward what is that i have no idea i have no idea there's modern stuff i don't have transmission this is a truck i want sorry chicken soul but it's sold it says happy goat trading company it's sold all right beetle right here i don't know what this is next to it it's cool this one right here this is a uh i don't know i know what this is this is a 1930 may start may start it may start about that one that's pretty cool that's cool 56 mercury yeah this is this is mine y'all can't again look at that now this is an awesome car here all right 56 we got to move fast this is nice this car here is good that turquoise looking type interior is awesome smells i'm about half tempted to snatch up on this myself oh it's good six ford was my favorite one of my favorite forwards of all time crazy battle mercury that's 56 workers that's cool it's a stick shift too probably on the floor yeah three three three on the three three three yeah probably a v8 car oh come on down here rest queen shake a leg second leg we got a corvette here look it's got the ghost flame painted on it that's pretty cool i've done one of these before the ghost flames you put pearl on that sucker look nice but look 10 grand you can have yourself a nice corvette that's awesome it's got a great interior it's got side pipes this is something you just get in there and have some fun with but the best is behind tina we're going to show you that one in a minute look at that i mean just imagine getting in there i know all right look at this car over here that's a 38 chevy coupe yeah i like this now jerry knows what the engine is there'll be a w engine it's probably a 348. all the hard work's been done they already got a v8 put in it man i like this did you get a shot on the inside no not yet it's got a good interior yes i mean this is this is a good restorable car here the hard part's done oh man you got that shifter on the floor that's cool yeah this is something you can just get and have some fun too it's a decent price it was 13.5 for it i like it man it's sorry to get the front end work done too and then everything pop that in your garage i wish i could i wish i could you can i can't oh hey that's a good thing look got no got no cash don't don't don't worry about cause he finances here hey realistically really i heard ron speak to a customer earlier and he said to the man and said do you see something you want the guy said yeah he said well that's what we're here for if you see something you want you want to take it home we'll make it happen ron does financing it'll sit here on the lot until it's paid for he'll finance it for you and when it's paid for come pick it up it's called cash on the spot at the finances done and get the car off the lot hey dave for following some project for your fathers out there you want to get these millennial kids out of the computers give them one of these classic cars there you go beat it and we're all gonna finance it until you pick it up till you get it paid for and it's yours man i like that 38 chevy that's mine that's you did you get the 57 ford i love 57.4 it's two-door post this is a v8 y-block three on the tree looks like it's complete it is complete this has got some rust that's the project car there we go three on the tree look here i'll be a y buck y block v8 probably a 292 i'm guessing i love these old forwards where the the hood raises it up backwards that was my first car 57. that was it yeah 57 mine was a two-door hard top with a 312 four-barrel oh man this place is awesome awesome awesome all right let's keep on moving we got a lot more to see mopar two-door richard peggy top on it 60 crap i don't know 65 plymouth that's for sale 2500. 57 chevy two little wagons all right here we have about a 66 chevy chevy truck looks like a short bed probably a six cylinder it is three on the tree take a look at this i had a 65 chevy pickup that was one of my favorite trucks this was not too bad of shape here fleet side that's the best thing yeah fleet side short bed i like hey that's the rust rust truck hey there you go i'd like to take that home he says he says i'll see that you can take it home i may take that well we can put a trailer behind it and i'll take that 56 forward mercury all right i want that mercury baby all right yeah that's that's a doable truck there that's the doable truck all right let's see what uh we're like kids in there's a 67 it's corn five hundred no i don't think for five hundred dollars i wish it did look at it it's i got a little bit damaged i think he wants like 3 500 for this one what year model is this 67 and from what i read online he has the seats in the console for it too and like i said you can look online and he has pictures and info as well as the financial information look you want to finance one of these classics he has it does a little damage right there the grill ain't bad it's got a little dent in the grill it can be fixed defender i just replaced that you can make this a driver like a moonshine car yeah put the black primer on there and let her eat it says soul i don't know if it's sold around well i hope it is because tina likes the muggy truck oh one time yeah yeah that big ugly truck that stuff you got god's power wagon on our mind we got to change our mind all right that's cool here's the early ford econoline they had the the engine pump sitting right next to you in the front seat let me see if i can get the door somewhere oh you can sit through the window right here the front end was squared off and that big hump and the set in the center here we go come around this way that's the engine and that's where you service the engine see this would make a good uh rush range truck there you go right there that's where the engine sits the engine sits between hands between the cat passenger and the driver that'll have to be hot that's such a cool truck i mean these things are cool this one needs a little bit of work but man somebody wants an early econoline van might want to take a look at it oh burns found a packard over there let's check out his packer look at that man you could cook some hot dogs on that grill right there now there you go all right i'm with ron ayers ron is the owner of this place ron's been in business forever i bought cars from ron back maybe maybe 70s early 70s you were on uh in simpsonville he's been in business forever i've only been doing this since about night well my family started collecting antique cars in 1958 we bought a 34 ford then in the early 60s we got real heavy into it and i've been doing it full time since about 1972. wow he also has the layaway plan you want to mention that yeah i have a 90-day layaway plan you just break the cost of the vehicle down into four equal payments 30 days apart and if it's a more expensive vehicle we can lead you in the direction of financing there's several companies out there that do uh finance collector cars all right ron has we've already shown you some of the parks cars we've shown you some of the project cars and we only gave you a glimpse of what's here this place is just mind-boggling what all he has now we have some a lot of turnkey cars and ron's going to give us a quick tour of some of the turnkey cars and man this one catches my eye right here what do we got here we have a 1954 and f1 uh rat rod it's got a 302 v8 an automatic transmission and it's sitting on the s10 chevrolet chassis just a really really neat rat rod uh vehicle and you can own it for only twelve thousand dollars that's a sweet looking truck yeah all the hard work's done i want it i want i want everything here we have a 1949 dodge uh wayfarer three window business coupe we just added the the original red wire wheels last week uh this is a really super solid car uh i bought this car several years ago from one of my good customers and i sold it and then recently traded for it back just a really really solid on three window coupe you're looking at a 1957 buick roadmaster riviera four-door hard top it's had a pretty well cosmetic restoration done to it runs very well we did a brake job to it still needs a little bit of attention to it [Applause] here we have a 1955 chevrolet bel air two-door sedan this had a ground-up restoration frame off disc brakes new chevrolet 350 crate engine automatic transmission still just about finished with it needs a little bit to finish it up [Music] we've got a 1956 cadillac coupe de ville uh fresh uh cosmetic restoration new interior uh rebuilt engine transmissions got two four-barrel carburetors on it we just added the wire wheels we're still doing just a little bit of detail into it this is a 1929 dodge four-door sedan with a modern drive 318 uh we have a drivetrain in it very solid car needs a front seat redone in it runs and drives very well this is a 1946 chevrolet pickup truck i bought it out of a barn down near augusta georgia where i've been parked for about 10 or 12 years it has a late model v8 engine in it and i just had a 350 turbo hydramatic transmission uh rebuilt and installed in it beautiful beautiful old truck just a driver quality i love that chrome grill in it so nice i love that it's very handsome this is a 1946 lincoln convertible it's sold it's going to austria really this was before the war they called this the zephyr series but after the war they just called this a model h they also had the lincoln continental that had the continental kit on the back of it this is a 1969 camaro just had a new paint job on it we put black and white houndstooth seats in it runs and drives very well i think it's got the original 350 in it automatic transmission this is a 1967 camaro this is the first year of the camaro it's got a 383 stroker engine and a factory four-speed transmission just a really nice solid driver car this is a 1930 model a ford uh pickup truck that restoration has been started on it but it still needs a lot of work we've had it running the gentleman that i got it from had started putting a new wood kit in it we have the rest of it to finish it up it's just a good project truck the nice thing about model a's is they make all the parts to fix them with you could just about build this car from scratch from uh new parts that they manufacture today this is a 1932 plymouth chassis with a 54 dodge 270 cubic inch truck hemi engine in it it does run as it is it's a neat start on a rat rod this is a 1966 ford f-100 custom cab a pickup truck just had a 30 thousand restoration done on it i sold it to a customer several years ago he restored it thinking his wife was gonna love it and she's not wild about it so he asked me to find it a happy home that's a nice dish all right ron hey we really do appreciate the tour what days of week you open we're open nine to five during i'm sorry nine to six during the week and until about three on saturday we'd like to invite you to come out we call this our field of dreams and we have a special program going on right now if you find anything at all here that you like better than your money and you sell the right words in the right order before you leave we'll let you take it home with you i like i like that all right vern appreciate your help today russ queen hey appreciate your help with the video ron you've got an awesome place here we're just really excited and we'll get that video up as soon as we can and uh what station uh-oh the russ queen's seen something else she wants so let's head that way it's been fun being here you know like uh sitting around with your house you on the internet look at his site he's a lot of cool stuff here see anything that's right i forgot he's got a site what is your site www.classiccarssouthcarolina.com all right the information is on there and his inventory changes every time we were in here about a month ago maybe two months ago and the inventory is just constantly changing and new stuff coming in almost every day it looks like all right look at the little kitty he got his head hung into we worked on about three hours getting it out well he sure is a friendly little kitty painful we got three of them all right catch you guys next time thanks for watching we appreciate it you

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Length: 24min 32sec (1472 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 29 2020