HIDDEN TREASURE: Race Cars & Relics at a Historic Drag Strip in Georgia
HIDDEN TREASURE: Race Cars & Relics at a Historic Drag Strip in Georgia
We go exploring in the woods and find hidden treasure at an old race track in Georgia. The Paradise Drag Strip property contains the remains of retired race cars and other old cars in the woods nearby. The track was built in 1961 by Otto Timms and continues on today with a great following of weekly racers. It’s an awesome place with TONS of history, and it just happens to be loaded with automotive treasures.
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In this video, you’ll see a few abandoned race cars, a Pro Street Firebird that’s now pretty famous, and a CRAZY Corvette funny car tractor puller. As we hike into the woods, we find even more hidden treasure…dozens of cars packed away with trees growing through them and all around them. Some of the highlights include a 1957 Ford Ranch Wagon with old “Paradise Drag Strip” lettering on it, a neglected Nova drag car, several Tri-Five Chevys and more!
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I just came across this video, and love it. Like a trip back in history. I live in GA and hope that Paradise drag strip stays open for a good long time.
You know what there’s a lot of places like this down in Memphis Tennessee I’m talking every kind of car you could think of hot rods cool trucks panel fan nomads everything else
Wow
I wish I could find a buildable 64 fairlane , My daddy had one . That squarebody stepside truck looks like it could be put back on the road . I may have to visit this dragstrip since the NHRA sold the Atlanta dragway in Commerce
at least the car get to hear the races as they sit.
Pretty cool
could never understand why people let cars rot in woods,farms,waste of classic iron,or keep off ground
How did they all get there.
Really cool
Is there a sign out front that says Paradise junkyard
DDs speed shop would build those tri fives
Thanks for your time making all these videos its very much appreaciated
Is that white gto for sale
Ford Torino the blue
That is a shame to see all of those cars setting there in the bushes. Wish they were here in New Mexico, there would be way less bush and rust. Like my momma used to say, wish in one hand and spit in the other and see which one fills up first.
Salvage the good parts and sell them at your swap meet and donate the money back to the track.
I’ve seen this before but had to come back for more memories. 😉
65 GTO is my favorite of all time. 😎🎉😎
Sad to see it like that. 😕😔😕
70 ford torino/ fairlane
Imagine if you could have shown these pictures to the people who bought these cars new, or built them up for the strip, and been able to say ‘this is where your car is going to end up.’
Do you know if they would SELL any of the car’s in the woods or if you could send me there Info please jdchevelle70@gmail.com THNX
Omg!! I have the same photo album that has race cars in it. I’m from Brewton Alabama and I always went to Atmore Dragway in Atmore Alabama. Went to Baker Drag-strip but it has been closed for years. Are you from Georgia? Have you ever heard of the 1957 Chevy Revenuer III?
70,71 Torino.
Awesome vid, but it’s always sad to see history rotting away
Grabthat gto grill…..hurry
The little pink rear end chopped in half car is a Triumph Herald rear end. Wow to see one of those in the middle of no where is quite extrodanary . They are an English car designed by Italian stylist Michelotti. Cool little cars
The vette reminds me budwiser sponsered pulling events back in the 80s and they had a truck that pull as well
The sad thing is that most of those cars would have been easily fixable when they were parked & left to rot.
They just sold my local dragstrip to build some damn apartments….R.I.P. Atlanta dragway
damn theres about 10 cars or more there i want!!!
Hearing the cars in the back round is awsome
How is that a hidden treasure they are all junk
Torino
It’s amazing back then cars body styles changed every 1 or 2 tears and someone can tell the years by the style, now cars have the same body for 10 or more years ,GOOD VIDEO!!
Next to the chevy at 7.26 is the pink front end of the Herald. These cars had flip front ends. really cool for 60s designed cars.
They should let people come save those cars from rotting away to nothing even sell them I just hate seeing old rigs return to the earth some look salvageable
Who would put the car at 0:02 in the woods. Easily finished and would be a nice little bracket car. Square tube chassis and roll cage and back half
Dang, send me the glass out of that 57, they’ll fit my Ranchero project…lol. 😎
Man I’d love to have that old T-Bird! I live about 2 hours from the track. I need to go check the place out.
All those cars just left in time. Looks like someone had a bad day in that lower GTO, that’s a shame.
And as for the drag cars racing in the background, I think it just adds to the experience. The sounds that some of these cars may have experienced in their day
Take the camaro’s body and put it on the race car chassis
Will they sell any of the cars in the woods
I need that 69 chevelle and roof off that 74 Malibu I got a Laguna I picked up from south carolina roofs bad must have been near the ocean with the salty air underneaths immaculate
Love the videos, the drag racing in the background was magical!
Man theres alot of good parts left on those cars…i see alot of useable trim i really like the colonade style malibu,i had a 76 in the mid 80s…alot of good glass ect: at that place
Most people under 30 will know this drag strip purely from lil uzi’s music video for money longer
so i was watching this video and at 8:28 i saw my dads 69 he used to race it at middlepoint dragway in ohio which is now abandoned it was green with a 396 it looked like crap but he was going for performance so it didnt look nice at all but it was fast and he couldnt afford slicks it was also his daily driver and ive been searching for it and everytime i found it it kept getting sold and now i found it
Wow, what a gold mine.
Torino
LMFAO Two GTO buddies,best friends forever that was the best!!!