Hoard of Chevrolet Impalas and El Caminos rescued after 40 years trapped in Ohio warehouse
- A hoard of Chevrolet cars was extracted from an Ohio warehouse
- The cars included the El Camino and the Impala
- Some of the cars had been in the warehouse for over 40 years
Published on May 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM (UTC+4)
by Henry Kelsall
Last updated on May 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
A hoard of Chevrolet Impala and El Camino muscle cars has been rescued after being trapped in an Ohio warehouse for 40 years.
The YouTuber behind Auto Archaeology has visited many sites over the years containing some rare automotive treasures.
This particular location in Ohio might be the best yet, featuring a wide variety of cars such as the Impalas, El Caminos, and even some Nomads and Buick Rivieras.
The YouTuber said this was his largest warehouse find to date, and it shows with just how many cars he was able to rescue.
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This hoard of cars was in Cleveland, Ohio, and it was somewhere the YouTuber had known about for a while.
He first met the owner of the warehouse 20 years ago.
The problem was that there was so much stuff inside the warehouse that you could not walk inside to look.
A team from an auto shop came to help the YouTuber unearth the massive collection of cars.
This involved literally dragging out rubble and spare parts, and then pulling the cars out from where they had stood idle for decades
It proved a challenge, with one of the Chevrolets determined not to come out of the warehouse.
Such was the force it took to remove this car that it virtually sheared itself in half.
One of the Chevrolet El Caminos was buried under all sorts of junk, including parts of the warehouse roof!
Thankfully, this classic car seemed to have survived quite well, despite all the junk on top of it.
The team extracting the cars also lined them all up outside the warehouse, and it made for quite a sight.
A row of cars, like these in Idaho, quickly began to form.
All of these were piled high with rubbish from the warehouse.
Given these had been inside for over 40 years, buried under rubble, it’s remarkable any had survived.
The warehouse they had been in was very unassuming in its appearance.
You would easily have driven past it without ever realizing what was inside.
Incredibly, all of the cars the YouTuber showed were extracted from the warehouse.
However, all of them need an awful lot of work, if they can be saved at all.
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Henry is a content writer with nearly ten years experience, having written for various publications since 2017. Qualifying with a Sports Journalism degree from Staffordshire University, Henry loves all things automotive but has a particular soft spot for classic Japanese cars and anything Lancia. He also has a curious passion for steam locomotives.
