1970 General Lee Rots Away in a Mysterious Forest Packed With Classics, You Can't Save Any

According to some viewers, the treasure could be stashed on a property somewhere in southern Missouri (Branson is the approximated point of reference). The collection is nearly impossible to find by chance since it is entirely buried in the woods, and the owners don’t plan to open it up to the public.

Still, even if they did, it would be extremely costly to dig out a car since the trees have grown around, over, above, and through the abandoned vehicles over the decades, rendering any attempt at ground operations useless. The alternative would be to get an aircrane to lift out a derelict piece of the collection, but that would still require chopping down the treetops and tfive decades' worth of undergrowth - soemof the cars in there were dragged here in the early seventies.

The cars are locked in place, and the only way they get out is either piece by piece or if someone cuts down the trees. I can’t put together the expenses necessary to undertake such an operation. Still, it is anything but cheap, and at this point, the question of feasibility arises. Are those old cars worth the effort?

Well, it depends on whom we ask. Some piston addicts would argue in favor of the case, and they’ll probably even assemble an army of motor-maniacs to launch the deforestation/wrenching-apart mission. Given the geography and layout, getting any of the cars out in one piece is next to impossible. The YouTubers don’t reveal anything about the place or its history - most probably the owner doesn't want any further exposure. Apparently, whoever put together this massive junkyard didn’t plan on cashing out - either that, or something happened and the whole thing was left to the mercy of the elements.

Most cars there are complete, unlike a classic salvage yard where car nuts come, take what they need, and leave. Who would have gone through the trouble of dragging all those cars there with no apparent system behind the hoarding impulse? There are European exotics, like a communist-era Yugo (a Fiat-licensed automobile built in what used to be Yugoslavia) or a Bertone-bodied Fiat X1/9 sportscar.

One hundred six acres (some 43 hectares) of absolute dreamland - nightmares are dreams, too –is the final resting place for all sorts of makes and models from Detroit. From vans, trucks, and luxo-barges to muscle cars and legends, all are trapped in that unrevealed piston forest. The video is too short to show all the cars galore, and some of them are hard to reach, surrounded by dozens and dozens of rows of other scrapyard candidates.

However, a few are within reach of the camera – like the 1970 Dodge Charger, with its Confederate Battle Flag roof crushed to hood level. That’s right, a General Lee is living its last days there – and yes, the proper Dukes of Hazzard cars were all 1969s officially. Still, the film crew retrofitted 68s and 70s to look like 69s on camera.

A haunted forest full of classics – not just American but also imports, like the Toyota pickup or the Opel Kadett C from the early 70s. Not for sale, as the YouTubers reveal, so don’t get your hopes high. I have one question: how could those cars be rescued from their botanical prison?