I just found this. (I know, I say that often). I missed out on a bunch of stuff until I discovered this channel a 4 or so years ago. Fun to watch! Great songs on the trip, too! Rotten shame about that leaky roof! I have a Zenith portable like at 14:44. Been sitting since the 80's. Doubt it works now. Has a very dull CRT.
I really enjoy watching all of you guys individually and as a trio you are very knowledgable and really explain things very well and I have to say that I learn something each time I watch your videos I noticed a few speakers on your dash and are they for service calls or your car radio thank you all for posting and sharing
Oh boy, it sure is! I have gone from just collecting vintage televisions to all things old and electronic. That includes radios, clock radios, valve equipment, valves, light bulbs, multimeters, and basically anything vintage and electronic!
One amazing video and so good to see the various sets all in one place ,sad about the rainwater getting in and ruining so much good stuff.great humour and good enjoyment to watch
I really enjoy your videos and adventures. I like your troubleshooting skills, following thru with schematic. I love the vintage test gear you demonstrate, and the methods you use without test equipment. I especially enjoy you commentary and humerus sarcasm. Keep the videos coming!
+Carl Rudd A local gin mill used to buy small tvs to watch sports on. in the 70's. Come Sunday they would raffle off a brick to the drinkers and when Howard Cosell came on the tv the winner got to throw the brick at his stupid face on the screen.
I now own the set that is shown at 12:02, wrongly identified as a GE, it is a Packard Bell, it's in a little bit worse shape now, but the CRT came back after letting it bake for a while.
I sure would love to have been there with you guys. I knew that one was a Heath as soon as you said it was wood over metal. Like a GR225 or something. A reworked RCA design. The wood cabinets were optional so the metal was made to look good.
What an adventure this was. I've never seen so many TVs in one place, too bad so many of the vintage TVs are ruined. Better get some tarps for the rest of the TVs that are still salvageable or some rolled roofing and tar it down over the leaks for a temporary fix. Flat roofs are problems, and when they start to go they go fast. I just saw a vacant building yesterday that looked fine on the outside, but half of the flat roof had caved in. Better salvage that RCA stereo before it's gone.
I know this is an old video but this reminds me of a story of somebody scrapping out the wires out of an old tv for insulated copper wire which scrap yards will buy but when asked about a description of the tv they said it had a round looking screen with color written in big letters on the mask standing tall in a wood cabinet. Sounds like a ctc7 which would have bought a lot more than the box of Mac and cheese the wires would have bought if the scrapped the yoke, I don’t know where this was it’s just a story that was passed along not even knowing if it’s true.
@@Drpepper7916 back in the day before Real to Reel you could cut your own records in your home I've had a couple of machines and they've always got to tone arms one to cut and one to play back and they come with nice microphones
Yes looks like it might be near my neck of the woods on the east coast/southeast/Appalachian mountain chain with the longleaf pines, Loves truck stops, and road tunnel through the mountain.
The bus towing the explorer is headed to mexico. I used to live near I-10 in Louisiana and we used to see them go through constantly. They buy the buses cheap at auction when municipalities sell them off because of mileage. In Mexico they are in high demand. The Explorer will more than likely become a taxi.
It's truly vintage stuff!... Unfortunately many of that is damaged by moisture and water! But, a good electronic enthousiast can rebuild most of them when having doubles! So, I had also seen in these videos a truly convoited GE refrigerator with the compressor on top in the background... This fridge comes from 1940's or more!!!! Very addicting passion the vintage electronics! :)
Fantastic video, my only concern is the roof and door of the building with the sets in, the roof needs to stop the rain getting in and the door needs to stop the valve thieves getting in.
It's too bad that so many of those TVs suffered dry rot from the leaking roof. Was CRT failure a common problem, or did TV repair shops have a tendency to get stuck with defective CRT sets due to customers freaking out when they received a high estimate for the repairs?
Where were you 20 years ago? I had at my place around 180 vintage television sets of all genres. Among them were at least 30 color roundies of numerous makes. Several dozen rectangular color consoles as well as tabletop and portables. No Predictas, unfortunately. I disposed of all of them, as I could see no market at the time for them. I have a few vintage B&Ws from no later than 1950. And some Trinitrons, and that's about it.
bones007able True, those pair usually hurt for treasures at places like that & they sure get around too. I often watch American Pickers, love Danielle too on the show.
Wow some great stuff, shame most of its dead. I think the green one may have been for hospitals. Cola freezer worth money to collector. It they have a good cabinet for a Philco 'town and Country' Bob Anderson is looking for one.
I have a question about my (possibly 1978) Zenith System 3 TV with electronic tuning. Why can't I get rid of these diagonal interferences? I tried adjusting the tuner and cleaning the contacts and still it's there. The interference is really bad if I have my converter pass through my 1979 Sony SL-5400 Betamax. I don't know what to do.
When I see a wringer washing machine in the back of a warehouse, it really makes me wonder whats all hiding back in the dark corners....😀 And holee crap who turned on the hose, I thought you were in oregon..
is this a free warehouse that you can just get what you like for nothing if so this is a goldmine from the past you all are very lucky to have found this stuff
I love this channel for so much of the vintage technology I recall from the days of my youth. Particularly interested in any details about the phonograph that appears around 30 minutes in and again at 35 minutes in this video. I had one very much like it, but cannot recall the name. The video mentioned Magnavox dual 6AQ5, but wasn't able to find it. I recall I had storage for LPs and 45s on the left and turntable under a sliding cover on the right, 3 large audio control knobs to the left of the turntable, a holder for the 45 spindle in the corner and a tiny power indicator red light on the front. Was this ever restored on video? Thanks!
Great video, awesome light show on those faulty tubes. That filament at 2 Volts, you should have popped it. Are you never worried about snakes ? That tube at 24 min was awesome.
American lightning storms are the best. Like the TV smash at 39 min. Nice prepacked travel food. Dual tonearm TT never seen that before, used to flick over the stylus for 16/33/45 red to 78 green. Nice Coca Cola fridge unit. What was the last place with the messy office ? Nice old calculators. Nice music at 55:50 Great video. Thanks
the tv with a metal cabnet on the inside is a curtis mathis with a rca tv on the inside i remember my dad teaching me how to work on them when i was a kid. i have not seen one in 33 years.
That Zenith TV is amazing, only one faulty tube ? and it works without antenna. How did you find that place, ex large TV repairshop gone bust ? Revisit that other place from a while back too, sweet. Shango, your TV video's beat any TV programme. I love every second of your video's.
Also the Betamax itself seems to have a faulty tuner as the sound dies after a minute or two and then the picture loses it's hold. Does something need adjusted or do I need a new tuner in it?
I also found out that my granddad fixed old roundies back in the 50's/60's in the shed outside my Grandmothers house so when the weather clears here I'm gonna see if I can find any parts.
Yawn..... What a long video ! Just kidding. I've been following your vintage tv/stereo trip for about the last week thru various video's that you guys have posted. I wonder how many places are around that are frozen in time like this place. Very interesting, I would have been like a kid in a candy store, until I got back home and my wife seen what I had LOL ! Thank you for sharing, and keep up the awesome work !
