Exploring Detroit's Abandoned Car Factories

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#abandoned

[@TrulyTails]

"We don't wanna run into the wrong people" Goose: "You dare enter my domain"

[@OZombieJesus]

*PEACE WAS NEVER AN OPTION*

[@EphemeralProductions]

They get annoyed and attackish very easily. It's actually quite amusing. :)

[@gregorykayne6054]

Rocket Scientists: The goose was female and protecting her nest full of eggs. They do get nasty and can injure you. I have fought a goose off.

[@EphemeralProductions]

Gregory Kayne: indeed! She was funny though! It is amusing when they get squawky and hissy! 😁

[@jaymesnin]

Yeah you prolly just dont want to be there when the sun goes down. Think of it as Dying Light

[@ncc74656m]

Fireman's tip: When walking up questionable stairs stay towards the inside - it's where the stairs will be strongest as the stringer is typically attached to the wall.

[@ramdog75]

I also learned this at the academy. Good shit

[@mrgsp1608]

yeah when coming across QUESTIONABLE stairs give the advice to climb them u fucking fool,plus the stringer itself could be compromised.Moron

[@randomchannel5386]

MrGsp160 questionable men’s if your not sure not completely falling apart

[@dilligafdude9434]

@@mrgsp1608 How else are you supposed to run a line into a building where the fire is in an internal room on the upper floor?

[@JB-fm4tb]

Shut up bitch what do u no u just a gurl

[@lousassle2327]

I'm a union ironworker from miami Florida. During the pandemic I was working at the GM plant in Hamtramck Detroit. The Cadillac plant. We fixed and rebuilt and built more buildings to it. The car industry is coming back baby! And I'm proud to be a part of it. Detroit holds a special spot in my heart and I only lived there 7 months. I hope that city makes a come back

[@colin5296]

Bless you Pal .😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@FarikoPacer]

Union is the problem.

[@lousassle2327]

@@FarikoPacer 😆 said by a 🐀

[@colin5296]

Amen to that Brother ,and thats from England .

[@loganstroganoff1284]

​@@lousassle2327he's not wrong. Unions were great early on but became greedy corporations in and of themselves. They stifled innovation to protect redundant jobs and demanded higher wages constantly to fill their coffers and enrich the management more than to protect workers. They basically became rackets.

[@shoominati23]

I don't care about the buildings anymore, just WHO strips a damn Pontiac Aztec in the first place??

[@pr0sthetics506]

To recycle the metal for their drug habits maybe? I live in TJ and people steal metal street signs and metal sitting benches to scrap metal for meth

[@shoominati23]

Dude, I knew all of that .. Perhaps my sarcasm doesn't come over that well on the internet??

[@MrRaptur3]

@@shoominati23 you sir are correct!

[@mattkaustickomments]

Probably Aztek owners. Want no trace of their shame to exist.

[@jeffrey7454]

Breaking Bad

[@jeffberry3816]

So here's the deal with the Cadillac plant. After GM closed the building, the company I work for bought it. When we bought it, it was still full of the original presses. We actually sold all of them to a company in Japan. Basically for the price we purchased the building. We built screw machines there and also ran them there for years. All of those hockey and baseball cards were a gentleman that went by Hump. When he closed his card and comic store, he stored them in our building. When he passed away they just stayed there. As far as the building goes. We sold it to an asshole, who said he was gonna build pefabbed walls for houses and buildings. We didn't find out till much later that his true plan was to scrap the entire building. So it wasnt several scrappers , it was one guys company. Its amazing the disarray of the building now. Those blocks were the floor and they use to shine from the several coats of polyurethane. Just amazing.

[@TheBrainfishes]

Thank you for the history, really interesting to know what happened to the plant.

[@pleaseuseOdysee]

So your company buying the building to wholesale its contents to the Japanese was okay but scrappers aren't, got it

[@jeffberry3816]

Ya absolutely. We sold what we weren't using. Such as machinery and presses. We used the building for 30 yrs after GM. Then sold it to the asshole who destroyed it and left it in such disarray. Si ya.... you sounded real dumb with your comment

[@miklemikemuster]

What brand screw machine you build and run there? I ran Davenports for years.

[@jeffberry3816]

We ran mostly acme, we also ran some new britans. But we built them all. One half of the building was to run them. The other half we built em and we built them all. Including the little sewing machines known as Davenport's. Lol

[@jasonmorgan6555]

You should research and find old photos of the places you explore. We can see the before and after. I think this would add a powerful visual for the viewer.

[@DavidMcCoul]

Jason Morgan Was going to comment the same thing! HUGE missed opportunity. It would have also been good to interview some former workers.

[@MikeWeiner]

Oooh, I would LOVE that! That would take this video to a whole new level!

[@leevang7349]

Jason agreed 👍

[@koffiepot82]

I was thinking the exact same :)

[@sweetcgardner]

J-BOOM

[@gtwrmw1978]

I actually know that goose. He's cool, he was just making sure you weren't taggers.

[@Popcornrat]

Good goose

[@chuckaudio3191]

"How much damage can a goose do?" "Why don't you find out?" 🤣🤣🤣

[@Thelegendl23]

Steve the goose has has always been cool going way back

[@trailblazer5273]

It's called Geese, not goose.

[@Thelegendl23]

@@trailblazer5273 Well, you know what, Steve the goose thinks you're a b****

[@OKFrax-ys2op]

I worked at Fisher Body in Cleveland, it was built in the early 1920’s. G.M. closed it in the early 80’s. The only thing to remain of it is the water tower. Still was my favorite place to work!

[@justinmccowan2543]

Who knew there would be an angry goose on the job working as security?

[@D-LLY]

Wait, which part?

[@williambabin7350]

sunny pop 27:00

[@picax8398]

Suprised you didnt have respirators ya know? 1920's and all?

[@plaguex1]

Detroit is low on money. A goose is cheap.

[@urban_fox_cub_urbex]

they walked near the nest so he flew down to attack

[@kirbyyasha]

As a historian, thank you, you got so much important detail in there, and documenting a lot of the leftovers I always love as always. That is what makes this channel different than other Urban Explorers, there is an interest in the historical context of an environment.

[@surrealkitten9670]

kirbyyasha Exactly! I used to watch Josh but he doesn't touch much on the history. His lack of knowledge about the machines he sees and other building features makes his videos much less interesting than my dudes The Proper People

[@cfothough]

@@surrealkitten9670 The problem with Josh is he let the fame get to his head, he's kinda clickbaity

[@JMunny]

aww man you're a cat AND a historian? cool man

[@davidepperson2376]

Except he left out the impact the unions had on the cost of American cars, the resulting crappy products compared with the Japanese, and conveniently blamed it all on freeways (cars!) and racism. Those that fail to get to the truth on these things keep a system or an industry or a city or people from ever making progress.

[@mercurialmagictrees]

David Epperson hmm ok that's important as well.

[@leesuschrist]

Detroit is like a whole other world. I've been there a few times and it was one of the most surreal experiences of my life.

[@simonmadi1177]

It looks like New York City in the early 80's. Looks like a bomb went off,and all the survivors just left.

[@garyrentschler1023]

I spent the first 52 years of my life in the Det burbs. Great hard working people who love their sports teams. Detroit gets a bad rap:((

[@leesuschrist]

@@garyrentschler1023 i wholeheartedly agree. I visited twice to see the Red wings play and it was a damn good time. Saw them at the Joe and the little caesars arena. It's a city with a lot of history and that kind of stuff is right up my alley.

[@garyrentschler1023]

@@leesuschrist If you're ever there again, Greenfield village and Henry Ford museum in Dearborn are a must see!! They're next to each other. The village you'll want to do in the summer:) HISTORY GALORE!!!

[@entertainme7523]

didn't ask

[@313Valentine]

Met my daughter's mother in the Packard plant. At a rave. My daughter turns 21 next week.

[@richierich7139]

my best friend his mom's mom her parents is parents started the plant

[@bluepill-suppository3240]

your stepdaughter?

[@flopnessmonster5114]

That's sick dude

[@jakedonovan1536]

I grew up in the sub across the street from the packard plant.

[@mx4menot4u]

Compared to other exploring channels, I really appreciate the atmosphere you give each one. Panning the areas/rooms, explaining things, and not holding the camera in your face. Thank you. Subscribed.

[@SMac-bq8sk]

Agreed! Their editing work is top-shelf. I appreciate the way these guys will actually let the camera linger on a particularly interesting subject, giving the viewer a chance to fully soak their eyes on it. And they only allow just a bit of genuine humor, enough to keep it real; unlike other Urbex channels that try using lame comedy to compensate for their lack of talent.

[@MikeWeiner]

LIkewise... TOP NOTCH, guys!

[@christiansellnow229]

Dead ass

[@stevengill1736]

The sheer size of those buildings is phenomenal. Another great place for a giant indoor skateboarding scene....heck, you could stage bicycle races in there! ;*[}

[@klosnoski]

One crisp dollar says. There isnt ONE ounce of copper wire left there

[@richardtrudeau7363]

Or pipe.

[@thetreblerebel]

Oh no. It's gone for sure

[@Complex_youtube]

you owe me a dollar

[@Valspartame_Maelstrom]

I got a crisp dollar for you if you beat My ass, in a walmart parking lot of your choosing.

[@kylemorgan4959]

@@Valspartame_Maelstrom I'll be there in 10.. bring your dollar! Lol!

[@TheDankShrimp]

Whe needs security guards when you have a freaking killing machine goose patrolling the building.

[@debrapaulsonphotography-da4857]

That goose is probably the only reason the pristine white water tower wasn't tagged, that's prime real estate just begging to be tagged. No one messes with that goose!

[@BigDaddyDanny]

Oh god your profile picture it scares me

[@naftalianderson146]

It is amazing that still operating firms are allowed to leave and not clean up the mess they left behind.

[@gregtodakonzie6168]

Goose: peace was never an option

[@Rainbow__cookie]

Hjönk

[@EphemeralProductions]

so funneh!. :)

[@EphemeralProductions]

@@Rainbow__cookie hahaha!

[@AmstradExin]

He could have just fed the goose...

[@EphemeralProductions]

AmstradExin even if he'd fed him, I'm willing to bet he still would have hissed anyway. Lol. They can be quite moody and cantankerous

[@ChristineCAlb1]

Lol. Kids didn’t recognize the Oldsmobile logo (man I’m getting old).

[@grabasandwich]

Same! 😆😒😭

[@bloodbathory4055]

im 25 and i know what that was. My father is olds man.

[@twokool4skool129]

My first car I got as a kid. What a piece of crap car. I'm surprised the company lasted as long as it did.

[@jaymesnin]

I felt the same way lol. It hasnt been that long tho. Thatd be no different then saying you dont recognize the Pontiac Logo or dont recognize Hummer or Mercury because they all went down with Oldsmobile at that time.

[@billsgarage6453]

I'm 17 and owned 2

[@GetDougDimmadomed]

7:27 Fun fact: Those doors were for forklifts to move cargo and such. You could use the truck to send parts, supplies or even office furniture to the higher floors. Or sacrifice the annoying coworker to the metal gods.

[@TheCarnivalguy]

You guys were walking through buildings designed by the foremost industrial architect of the time, Albert Khan. Although it’s hard to envision, those factories were once state of the Art. Khan’s design of those large windows found on both sides of his buildings allowed huge amounts of natural light in, and created a trend in industrial architecture. Many of the southern textile owners adopted the Khan-inspired design for their factory buildings. He also designed various buildings in downtown Detroit, as well as private residences. Thanks for your video. It was very interesting.

[@royjohnson8122]

Some advice on walking on flat roofs. They are made with flywood, with sealed roll roofing over top. The stone on top of that keeps the UV from breaking down the asphalt in the roofing so fast. Any leak will rot out the plywood and basically create a "trap door" that you won't see until you fall through. You should not just be walking around on a flat roof that has not been maintained for 35 years (which is well past its lifetime).

[@squirlboy250]

Smaller buildings yea but those places have concrete and steal ceilings

[@brianjacobsen5762]

You take a 20' fall don't know what underneath. Pipe sticking out cemented into the slab. Ouch.!

[@packingten]

@@squirlboy250 Yeah you punks know more than us old guys that built this stuff don't you!!??.

[@squirlboy250]

@@packingten LMAO A real Tuff guy on the ol interwebs Hu? Being That this is kinda what I do to make some of those green backs, yeah I might know a thing or two. Have a great day hope you can find some peace in your soul for what ever has you all up tight.

[@bobbii]

Plus the ballast is heavy af and with the deterioration that we can see in the rest of the building, should def be careful bc whether it's plywood sheathing underneath or something stronger that won't matter if the building decides it can't hold it up anymore.

[@killercat250]

Due to the city of Detroit' s lack of money, it seems that they have started hiring Canada Geese as security guards.

[@TheGarrison89]

Quite effective I might add.

[@axolotter4703]

I think you mean “evil duck”

[@Alientraveler003]

Yea it looks like crimes for five bucks out there . the humans really outdid them self's on this one . as bad and worse than the gold rush but for cheaper .

[@lysol6995]

Yo I'm actually crying bro that shits too funny

[@7t2z28]

I hear they work for peanuts.

[@didwest1249]

I'm in London my dad sadly passed a few months back he collected dinky toys he was obsessed with Oldsmobile Cadilacs Buicks etc I'm stuck with hundreds now bless him

[@CycolacFan]

Sorry to hear that. They’re very collectible now, you might be sitting on a small fortune.

[@JJohnston4Life]

A horror movie about teenagers that climb into an abandoned factory and are attacked by a single goose, picking them off one by one. Someone make this! 😂😂😂

[@ScantSquad]

I live near whiskey distilleries and they still use geese to guard the surrounding area of the factories, they are really good at alerting guards and attacking people.

[@girlscanbedrummers5449]

That's hilarious. 😂😂😂

[@julosx]

Nothing new here, the Romans used gooses to defend their Capitol back in antiquity.

[@gavinrice8046]

Im from detroit, ive been in just about every abandoned building there, cool to see you guys there!

[@gavinrice8046]

@@collectorenthusiastic427 indeed

[@alexlu9564]

is it legal to explore abandoned buildings? and even if it is illegal, do police care: like how speeding is illegal.

[@gavinrice8046]

@@alexlu9564 well its not legal really, but the detroit police are undermanned and have better things to do than sit outside old buildings

[@koilamaoh4238]

@@collectorenthusiastic427 More like give the man some drugs, he'll eat the brick...

[@fatmike01]

@@collectorenthusiastic427 destroy it?? Probably smoke it you mean

[@heikkiaho6605]

You should've seen the goose coming guys, that was clearly a boss fight area.

[@adameagle29]

That last card, Jason Allison, turned out to be a pretty good NHL player

[@districtline]

I remember there was a "Body By Fisher" plate on the rocker panel of every car Granddaddy ever owned.

[@StreuB1]

Same!!!!

[@KK-ex5zu]

Yeah those were quite common on GM cars and trucks up until the mid 80's.

[@districtline]

@@KK-ex5zu I remember asking Granddaddy " who is Fisher"? Lots of folks are asking the same thing now.

[@markdemo6814]

They used to make horse-drawn wagon bodys & they made the the switch to autos

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

Julie Huggins I remember those on Buick wagons up til the mid 1980’s.

[@seshpenguin]

As a Canadian: Don't mess with geese. They are some next level birds and they hate all of us.

[@brandondingman1434]

Hahahaha one came at me like a boss and I showed it I bitch slapped that muther so hard he flew the other way

[@blackmacgyver9965]

@@brandondingman1434 lmao🤣🤣🤣

[@jayt4697]

they'll break your arm you know eh

[@joeford860]

They are evil creatures.

[@joeford860]

@@brianhume4743 yes I agree with you.

[@jamessawyer8889]

It’s so sad to watch a video like this & just picture in your mind the glory days of Detroit & watching the assembly lines producing the best cars in the world. When all of this is torn down it’s going to be just empty real estate with no real future only a historic past of mighty memories

[@frag0638]

Best cars in the world? Nice joke.

[@uglywomancan5594]

My Grandfather was a sheet metal worker for Cadillac in the 40's. He made his own tools and my Brother has them now. He also helped design/make the casing for the Atomic Bomb. The Packard Plant looks worse than Chernobyl. My Dad was management at Fisher Body in Livonia. Jack Roush has put money into the Livonia plant building for Roush Industries. I helped with the facilities drawings. Those bldgs are full of asbestos, lead and other contaminants. You should be wearing a mask, hard hat and steel toe boots for construction while you walk thru them.

[@sailingaeolus]

Hi friend, my first car was a 1976 Buick Century. Was it made in that Fischer plant 21?

[@xcr0nx]

That drone footage above of the Packard plant is crazy!

[@urban_fox_cub_urbex]

are they not demolishing it>

[@RhizometricReality]

These guys have amazing footage, wonderful use of parallax

[@mvanluven78]

The owner of the plant, rather buildings and property has begun to take down and make headway

[@pjriverdale8461]

As of last year(2019), portions of the Packard site were already or will soon be made habitable again for art space/ small businesses. It was also reported that tours would be available of limited parts of the facility deemed safe to enter. Elsewhere on YT, there is footage of some of the plant interior. I seem to remember upholstered seats still strewn about. The last Detroit built Packard rolled out of there in 1956. Unlike GM facilities, I believe Packards were made from the ground up totally in that complex as opposed to the sub assembly/support locations assembly methods of the GM system. Much of the dramatic overhead shot of the Packard facility illustrates the ravages of vandalism and effects of six plus decades of vacancy at the complex. There is no possible way the entire plant will ever be occupied again because of the extreme levels of ruin and destruction there. Much like the rest of abandoned auto factories littering Detroit and elsewhere, modern production is no longer dependent on facilities that are dinosaur behemoths left over from one hundred or more years ago. Unfortunately, more so than other factory towns, Detroit is ill equipped to absorb and revitalize the massive amounts of properties left behind by the auto industry. While the 1950's were boom times for the industry, the bottom would fall out by 1958 resulting in the disappearance of Packard, De Soto and Edsel by 1960. Hudson was already done by 1954 or 1956, depending on what one considers a "true" Hudson to be. The first wave of import vehicle encroachment was well underway, with Detroit's initial responses not coming until 1960. Meanwhile, Packard was absorbed by Studebaker, who kept the name going until 1958 on rebadged upline Hawk models built in South Bend IN. Studebaker, never flush with capital to modernize product, much less absorb costs of a second location essentially bought Packard in name only and literally walked away from everything else connected to production in Detroit. When Studebaker closed their South Bend operation c.1964, it is said that the factory operation was halted in mid production resulting in the discovery years later of vehicles in various stages of assembly still sitting on the line with the supporting parts inventory still in place.

[@subterror2274]

Proper People: *fearlessly explore countless dangerous areas with the possibility of muggers* Goose: *exists* Proper People: *scared girl giggles*

[@TheWheresgeorger4a]

Bro I'm from Detroit and I'd pick up hitchhikers. This isn't Chicago.

[@Cash4Fruit]

correction : Goose from Detroit and they on his block!!

[@mentallyilldarkjeroid5378]

I wonder how one duels Yugioh style with baseball cards where the players are like monsters. But the players can see each others' hands because the info is on both sides of the card.

[@mentallyilldarkjeroid5378]

I wonder how one duels Yugioh style with baseball cards where the players are like monsters. But the players can see each others' hands because the info is on both sides of the card.

[@richmooremi]

That goose will fuck you up.

[@stevenquinn4641]

These massive factories were cities within themselves, with every vice available on the streets of Detroit was available there, That's why some workers warned the public not to purchase cars made on certain days, as they would often be lemons 🍋 The sheer size and culture in the plants would be almost impossible to fathom today The city has lost over 1 million people over the years The outcome is otherworldly and incomprensible

[@ia4687]

I heard this on another podcast. The stuff that went on these factories was crazy

[@jostrander71]

Plants are even bigger today.

[@benonihiggins8204]

The “wood blocks” are flooring. It is easier to repair when broken or damaged than a concrete floor. It is held down by tar on the bottom. A lot of factors use this system for flooring

[@maxbyron379]

Pcb's

[@keithfletcher7435]

25:22: “It’s just a goose” Goose: *I’m about to end this whole mans career*

[@KubotaManDan]

Screaming & running like lil' girls...LMFAO

[@captainfreedom3649]

@@KubotaManDan yeah... it wasn't even funny.

[@Nyx773]

The Gander was protecting it's Goose and Goslings.

[@dtaylorstephens9067]

Deb from Idaho~~~~~~ I was born in 1956, a late life baby to a man who was 47. He would fly to Detroit, buy a new car, and drive it home to Boise, Idaho. Saved money he said. RIP to my father Francis Taylor Stephens, a genious. Love you daddy.

[@_Mr420man]

The old Chrysler factory in downtown Detroit was massive like a small city unto its self, my step-father worked there for 35 years from the mid 70s to 2009

[@mattkaustickomments]

6:53. Employees spelled “Employes”. “Ayup, there’s your problem right there.”

[@abeninan4017]

The problem was the Democratic party supporting the unions.

[@waylonmccrae3546]

Very Good Eye !! 😏👍

[@milojanis4901]

@@abeninan4017 No, the problem was neither party supported the unions. Is the middle class, or what's left of it, better off now than 40 years ago? I think not!!!

[@ttvictor]

Omg!!! I’m randomly watching this video and the hockey player Tony Iob mentioned at 12:30 was my neighbor growing up in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. I’ve just sent this link to his sister!

[@robertkovac4598]

Tyler Victor id love to get my hands on some of those cards. OHL mint condition cards!

[@DWBubinga]

Hey Tyler! Candice says hi.

[@c.okafor8642]

@@robertkovac4598 their worthless

[@mt4lennox138]

Gary v could make a flip off thos

[@alanharper4910]

Ohl is junk buddy

[@Plymouthmusicschool]

Climbs through dangerous hazardous material, Up-and-down Rickety ladders and through glass, no issues at all. No fear. Runs into a goose and the fear of God sets in. LOL

[@ursa1990]

Jeff Davis omg that was the best summary of the video lol.

[@MorgueMaid]

Exactly! If there were a wasp or hornet nest I could understand but a silly goose!

[@jessicalynn5474]

🤣🤣😂

[@nicwilson89]

@@MorgueMaid Geese will fuck you up something rotten. They're bad tempered and have no qualms with ruining your day

[@ieanferdinand323]

Never mess with a goose, man.

[@packetguy42]

What a wonderful style you have, with brilliant production values. Steady camera shots, with none of the amateurish "found footage" jerkiness so common to juvenile urban invaders. Your angles are thoughtful, held with pleasant duration, and dolly shots with slow pans are very engaging. I like that you focus on identifiable artifacts, like the Ingersoll-Rand generator. It's amazing that these places are just slowly decaying away. You've collected some valuable history.

[@danialmccarrell1123]

...except when being chased by a goose!

[@kspeed419]

"Florida men experience the wrath of a Canadian goose for the first time" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm sorry this is hilarious.

[@tinaamariee832]

Awesome! My mom is from Detroit & her father (my grandfather) was apart of the first black engineers hired by Ford Motors. I spent most of my thanksgiving breaks in Detroit. Thank you for highlighting the beauty of detroit❤️

[@robertlund5694]

Apart or a part ? 😈

[@digitalchaos1980]

I'm sure you know what she meant 🙄

[@tinaamariee832]

@caniborrow20dollars I actually still spend time there. & yes the city could use some work. But there tons of opportunities for ownership. Maybe stop complaining in comment sections & invest in some businesses like my family has. That’s one way to turn your city around since you care so much.

[@donniematonnie9378]

​@@digitalchaos1980 ...the guy making this video reminds me of the Devil. He's a LIAR. Only showing the blight and not the nicer parts of Detroit. His racist parents got ran otta Detroit...lol

[@donniematonnie9378]

​@@tinaamariee832 ....the guy making this video reminds me of the Devil. He's a LIAR. Only showing the blight and not the nicer parts of Detroit. His racist parents got ran otta Detroit...lol

[@Anthony-df4bs]

This is so sad. So many Americans lost their jobs here. And you guys are doing a great job. You're so easy to watch. No annoying clickbait titles, you don't scream or act like a douche, and you always give backstory.

[@OttyYolf]

Yeah. That's why I enjoy this channels content. I did hate when they collaborated with Exploring With Josh but that's because he matches the criteria of what you just explained.

[@ytTaz480]

They don't scream? They do, like little girls, when a goose shows up!!! HaHa!

[@Anthony-df4bs]

@@OttyYolf I cannot stand that Josh kid. Everything is "haunted" or has "ghosts". Also, his grammar is awful lol.

[@sebbekartellen6493]

It would have been so much funnier if they always trashed the places when they’re done exploring.

[@Anthony-df4bs]

@@sebbekartellen6493 I really don't think they could've trashed that place lol

[@packetguy42]

Beware of walking on rooftops. Those are the fist to decay, and it's easy to fall through. In California, an urban explorer fell through the roof of an old WWII aircraft factory in LA sub city Van Nuys. The floor looked solid, but was paper thin in places.

[@robertfarrell6722]

I'm really impressed by all of the effort you put into the editing, history, and even the music in your videos. I could not stop watching this one. You've definitely earned another subscriber!

[@DaxtonAnderson]

18:50 you know you're in the REAL ghetto when even the shopping carts wheels have been stolen LOL

[@robertlund5694]

You think it's funny for the people that live there ?

[@SergeantExtreme]

@Heinrich Himmler They could also stop voting Democrat: the political regime responsible for their perpetual state of poverty.

[@robertlund5694]

@Heinrich Himmler you know nothing of the frustration s of being a person of standards being surrounded by people who don't care by the sounds of it. You must be far to privaledged.

[@pissoff234]

Of course someone makes a joke and some millenial hair bun wearing hipster has to get political. The joke was funny now shut the fuck up

[@robertlund5694]

@@pissoff234 You found that funny? You sad wanker.

[@moparmadman2544]

Welcome to Motown. Hope you enjoyed your stay, sorry about the goose.

[@TheWheresgeorger4a]

Are you from Detroit?

[@shredder_mang3211]

Roy Ashley he lives with the goose

[@Seb318]

I'm from Detroit

[@redlegs7426]

I can imagine the hurt and feelings of failure of the plant management when they had to tell the thousands of employees were sorry your government sold u out and shipped your jobs overseas so sad

[@shawnkelly1241]

Happens all over my friend. The greed of large corportions adds to it because many countries offer cheaper labor. Soon wont be any jobs left

[@albertawheat6832]

@@shawnkelly1241 You are correct.

[@xxjr8axx]

How did the government sell out its workers? The American people have shown decades of willingness to let factory jobs go if it means they save a few bucks at Walmart. Why would a company go through the risk of committing millions of dollars into a factory, setting up the machines, hiring/training the workers and setting up the logistics only to be met with: struggling to sell to Americans who cant/wont buy your goods. Americans have shown that the only thing they hate more than losing manufacturing jobs is actually buying American manufactured goods.

[@wadevermeersch5401]

@@xxjr8axx trade deals are a huge part of it ! NAFTA is one that shut down a lot of car factories, lower taxes and cheap wages $ 2 hr in Mexico ! A lot of this decline came from Clinton’s trade deals , with China and Mexico

[@xxjr8axx]

@@wadevermeersch5401 The true heart of the problem is that the average person doesn’t care about something if it doesn’t affect them. If a friend looses their job its a shame but your still fine, when you lose your job all of a sudden America is going in the wrong direction. Everyone supports American manufacturing until they go to the store, when it comes time to put their money where their mouth is the vast majority fail. Sure trade deals like NAFTA TPP devastate American manufacturing but their only speeding up what was already going on for decades.

[@artisinourfuture]

Nobody: Goose: “YOU PICKED THE WRONG HOUSE FOOL!”

[@Lighting_Desk]

You guys are by far my favourite urbex channel. Please never stop what you're doing.

[@TheWheresgeorger4a]

They're racist.

[@joshuasutherland6692]

@@TheWheresgeorger4a You're a fuckin' idiot.

[@cfothough]

@@TheWheresgeorger4a There's literally no evidence of that, you're just a clown

[@rkryukov996]

Roy Ashley Your racist for sayin dat

[@GoTrespassing]

I’ll try not to take it personally

[@alpine1600s]

The sports cards 90, 91 years was the peak of over saturation in card production. I have that very Tops Bluejays rookie card, so many, so worth nothing. Works the same way with money, but don't tell the FED that.🤫

[@MrLuckytrucker21]

Remember proset football cards, they just dumped loads of cards onto the market!

[@dbluehorsedeboe5567]

Foreign cars coming in to the US also had a large impact on factories closing

[@johnberry2877]

Far superior in Quality and construction !

[@GetDougDimmadomed]

I remember a story where urban explorers found a couple packards still in the plant a few years back. No miles on them. There was apparently a vintage dump truck in there too.

[@entertainme7523]

Seems legit

[@SEEYAIAYE]

Amazing that you're exploring decrepit abandoned buildings in Detroit and your biggest threat was a Goose.

[@flyoverkid55]

That's only because it was still daylight.

[@lsswappedcessna]

Don't underestimate geese, they're probably more dangerous than the entire hood.

[@FranciscoPerez74]

That goose looked pretty fierce though.

[@MorgueMaid]

Seriously! Those rickety floors, ropes, ladders and stairs could have given way annd left you with broke bones and a cracked skull and your afraid of a silly goose? They will leave a few welts that will be gone within a week.

[@SEEYAIAYE]

@@lsswappedcessna I'd have been more worried about homeless junkies stabbing me than a stupid bird I can kick in the face, also what MorgueMaid said.

[@Kyle_Nelson]

@8:58 "Whats the logo in the middle?" Every grandparent: Oldsmobile!

[@danielbeavers8701]

Shoot oldsmobile has made some machines.

[@frankiethearms5509]

@spam lite right!!!! what i was thinking!!

[@MForrester]

......we know old you are...."What the heck is that in the middle" LMAO!

[@67NewEngland]

Anyone over 40 said Oldsmobile.

[@freema22]

The Buick Oldsmobile Cadillac (BOC) Group was a division within GM. Shame on them for not recognizing a brand that was over 100 years old.

[@yambo59]

This plant echoes of closed plants of all kinds all over the United States, no telling what number of GM cars were stamped here, ive owned and ridden in countless GM cars either mine of my families who knows how many of them started out here. If the walls could talk.

[@simonmadi1177]

There's still a GM plant in Windsor, Ontario, my sister had a Buick Regal that was made in Windsor. This was in the early 90s. She lives in California.

[@johndaly9843]

I was in Plant 21 circa 1990. It was used then as a die tryout facility to spot and set new stamping dies. It was closing soon and the GM plant I worked in got a coordinate measuring machine from there. It was a sad and forlorn place even then.

[@ethanroy1522]

“Do people even care about hockey cards” That one really hurt :( Those cards were from a u20 league which is why they all looked like kids

[@ethanroy1522]

TheBostonscammyd1983 no need to be a dick about it man

[@carmac1652]

Yes people do care about hockey cards 1970s card's

[@243wayne1]

The inside door panels of my 1991 Full size Chevrolet Blazer have a sticker that says- "Body by Fisher." Also stamped on the sill plate.

[@Gravydog316]

my dads Cadillac had tiny 'Body By Fisher" stitched in the seatbelts, but you had to look close. they just looked like stripes. very cool

[@williamcox4910]

ALL CARS WITH "BODY BY FISHER" WE'RE ONLY GENERAL MOTORS CARS, FISHER BODY HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE EARLY 1900s

[@scopex2749]

GREAT VIDEO!! We got into the abandoned Jet engine research establishment in the UK where they tested CONCORDES engines! The place was finally demolished a few years back for houses. There were even a few engines left there!!

[@chaseburrtv]

Yo I love how you put the voice over to answer your and everyone else’s questions. For example with the olds logo, you helped me remember and taught everyone else with keeping it interesting and not having to click off and look it up. Bravo bro 🤙🏼

[@lausd3562]

I remember cars having a plate riveted on them that said: "Body by Fischer"

[@erdricksword3684]

Fisher body plant was in Ontario Ohio near Mansfield. Just about 20 min from me. The tool and die plant.

[@VandalDecaProductions]

My '79 Trans Am T-top has those "Body by Fisher" plates on the door sills. Hatch roof bodies for the old F-bodies were made by either Fisher or Hurst until mid-1978, then exclusively Fisher thereafter. Mine came from the Norwood plant in Ohio.

[@willschultz5452]

Fisher

[@liamtitan5598]

LA USD My 78 el Camino says that on each side under the doors.

[@lsswappedcessna]

Yeah, my '66 Oldsmobile has a "Body by Fischer" kick plate.

[@fiercedeity5734]

This episode was great! But the goose made it even better.

[@SquidFiction]

And the noises they made while running away from the goose, I was rollin

[@pistolpete5095]

Cleveland is taking a lot of their abandoned building and turning them into living spaces and art galleries. Detroit needs to get hip

[@milojanis4901]

Right. A 3 million square foot art gallery. Try heating and cooling THAT for even 1 month!!!! ROFLMAO😆😆😆😆😆

[@Snakeman1985]

I actually own 2 Oldsmobiles it's kinda crazy how either people remember them fondly or don't know what they are at all

[@VulpesHilarianus]

It's amazing how much of the equipment in Connor is from the 1940s. The Ingersoll-Rand flywheel system is based on a design from the 1910s, and probably leftover equipment from when Hudson left the building in 1954. The Bailey monitor bank is pure post-war industrial design, all metal, but with a badge flourish that would hint at modernist aesthetics to come in just five or six years. GM basically stole that place out from under Nash-Kelvinator, what with all the major equipment required to run a plant they left behind. Fisher 21 is where they used to build the specialty GM vehicles back in the day. Cars with complex shapes like the Buick and Cadillac ambulances and limos were made there, and later parts for the GM New Look buses. Immediately post World War II the plant was totally idle, and they saw an opportunity with it. When Fisher made a bid for Hudson in 1945 that plant was supposed to be where the new Hudsons would've been built. Abe Barit pretty much told the Fishers he'd die before selling to them, and so the Fishers said "alright" and asked GM to bring Cadillac Series 75 production there. And they did.

[@eileensommerville9425]

VulpesHilarianus has

[@royjohnson8122]

I worked at the Ford Cleveland Casting Plant, there was a lot of stuff there that was likely from when they opened the place in '52. They don't replace things that they don't have to.

[@chrisluckhardt]

10:46 - “Do people even care about hockey cards?” ← LOL, this is how we know you guys aren’t from Canada.

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

Hmm, now the canada goose makes sense..

[@WinDogeFromYouTube]

The goose was only used to protect the hockey cards. Not the factory. So I'm gonna tell you why Minnesota is a dope place

[@WinDogeFromYouTube]

We got lakes. We got more shoreline than California's own coast

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

@@WinDogeFromKZbin I've heard that state is amazing to check out almost any time of the year. i live in the high desert of Nevada myself, a very different climate!

[@baronratfish3865]

@@Oldbmwr100rs I was in Southwest Nevada last year. Yeah! It's a whole lot of different! Both impressive in different ways.

[@FriendlyKat]

These guys have to be so brave. Going to spooky abandoned places and risking their lives (potentially) and risking getting arrested at some places. I would be so scared I'd run into a random dude I didn't spot or the building would collapse. Kudos to you both.

[@_Highvalue_]

you're a woman.

[@FriendlyKat]

@@_Highvalue_ ...wHat?

[@theHAL9000]

Terrific video. Am addicted to this type of exploration myself. One can sense the energy in those plants. So much occurred: products made, friendships developed, people got killed or injured, people developed their lives, happiness/sadness, success/failure, jobs created families, love affairs, the human experience and drama ... the ghosts and spirits remain. Plus a goose or two.

[@its_kiix]

Government: hey it's illegal to go here! Proper people: *you sure about that*

[@Cash4Fruit]

If the government wants to prevent trespassers they should release a bunch of geese! Problem solved!

[@idkwhattoputhere4695]

Wait... that’s illegal

[@BigOlSmellyFlashlight]

glad there aren't any fbi agents watching this channel haha right? ...right?

[@lsswappedcessna]

*breaking and entering intensifies* At least this trespassing is educational though, they aren't destroying anything, well, anything that wasn't already completely screwed in the first place.

[@whodatyo]

Attended some crazy raves at that Packard plant in the late 90's early 2000's

[@tylercouture216]

How appropriate for the late 90s and 2000s goodness i miss those eras

[@kennethbossio2489]

Lol

[@richardtrudeau7363]

@Jimmy Neal Boom.You hit the Nail on the Head.

[@alanharper4910]

Fuck! political fanatics you people are the worst

[@toxicwhitestraightmalebigo6091]

@@alanharper4910 No fanatics, just cold hard facts.

[@miketibbetts2175]

Someone needs to show this video to our politicians.

[@BigHatsince98]

They not only already know but are responsible.

[@ttgk8506]

They did it

[@BigHatsince98]

@@ttgk8506 When businesses can't afford tax hikes and unions keep pushing for more while starving citizens of other nations are willing to do the work for pennies on the dollar in a country with little or no taxes, this is the result. Yet, supposedly, we vote for this to happen over and over again. If anyone wants to argue with me spare me, please...

[@rustbeltrobclassic2512]

They don't care, as long as they can line there pockets with cash they will destroy or ruin anything and anyone..

[@S.-.V]

Why?

[@nicholasmaher9175]

I've been inside Fisher Body #2, around 2000. It was more of a sub-assembly building, more than actual whole car production I believe. The concrete structure of that building is incredible, a Nuclear strike would have a hard time bringing it down. As a whole, it was in decent shape considering, you could get to the second floor easily and take the stairs to the top. Up top near where the water tank is (behind the goose) we found a locked room. It was quite small (more like a big compartment really) that clearly had running computers in it from the sound it made. There were new heavy duty metal boxes (like you would see in a server rack that needed serious protection) scattered around unused, I appropriated one as a memento.They filmed scenes for Transformers 4 on the East side of the building in 2013.

[@LakeNipissing]

16:00 . . . That is a beautiful meter!! 26:56 . . . The goose is the sentry.

[@jeremymead1308]

The body for my 55 Chevy was made there

[@gwynjustice2575]

I'm from Michigan, this hits close to home. 💔

[@daniellek1191]

As someone who works in auto manufacturing I found this episode really interesting thank you

[@jgripen969]

One of the graffitis said: ”SK8 KINGZ”. That’s one of the most 90’s sentences i’ve ever read in my entire life.

[@jacobpoucher]

thats not a sentence you idiot.

[@ianmcdonald8137]

Lol remember sk8 t.v.

[@TheGhjgjgjgjgjg]

This made me snicker,classic

[@Mcfc2Rich]

@@jacobpoucher you must be fun at parties

[@jgripen969]

Jacob Poucher How is ”skate kingz” not a sentence? I guess i’m an idiot then lol

[@torythefanman]

Iv been waiting for years for people to explore Detriot's ruins. Thank you Proper People!

[@TheWheresgeorger4a]

What about what Detroit rebuilt?

[@LakeNipissing]

To tide you over until the rest of the Proper People's Detroit series, take a look at Urbex Dane's channel. He has done videos of several abandoned buildings (schools, businesses, homes, churches) in both Detroit and Cleveland. Recognize your name from comments on Spats Bear's electronics channel.

[@Cash4Fruit]

YAS! More vids in Detroit! Just be safe boys!

[@mentallyilldarkjeroid5378]

All of these businesses are Masonic. Regular people could never get through all the red tape and financial hurdles to create an automobile factory otherwise I'd start one tomorrow and be a billionaire. The top Jews in charge all walked away rich and unaffected to other ventures when the factories closed down. Henry Ford portrayed himself as anti-Jew for subterfuge so people wouldn't suspect Judeo Masonry is actually their government and Big Business combined. It would be droll if the explorers got robbed and killed by the blacks like in Colin Flaherty videos while exploring Detroit. Being white, that's all the reason those blacks would need to attack them.

[@mentallyilldarkjeroid5378]

All of these businesses are Masonic. Regular people could never get through all the red tape and financial hurdles to create an automobile factory otherwise I'd start one tomorrow and be a billionaire. The top Jews in charge all walked away rich and unaffected to other ventures when the factories closed down. Henry Ford portrayed himself as anti-Jew for subterfuge so people wouldn't suspect Judeo Masonry is actually their government and Big Business combined. It would be droll if the explorers got robbed and killed by the blacks like in Colin Flaherty videos while exploring Detroit. Being white, that's all the reason those blacks would need to attack them.

[@hittheboof1084]

Pretty crazy that one of the most comprehensive and succinct explanations I've heard of why Detroit has fallen so far is from a KZbin video. Being from Michigan, I know why it failed, but have never been able to draw a throughline from the first assembly plant to red-lining as concisely as they did in the intro.

[@donniematonnie9378]

....Detroit failed?? Fallen so far?? how, where and when? Where did it fall?

[@hollymclees1824]

I used to live near the Packard and there were geese that often hissed at me when I'd walk past. I never screamed and ran. You fellas being threatened by the Fischer goose further proves my theory that the geese are placed by these buildings as added security.

[@cameronchristmann7266]

My 1955 Buick's body was made there. Thanks for the vid!

[@Apocalypz]

4:25 I'm reminded of the old Windows screen saver

[@RobertMartinezPhoto]

hahah true!

[@cfothough]

I'll never forget about 3D Pipes

[@jaygee6738]

Damn.... that shot at 0:39 looks like a bombed out building in Stalingrad.

[@emanuelgoncalvessantos4499]

Everybody is gangsta' till' the goose flies!

[@MrChipitout]

27:35 "Dude I was getting ready to throw a punch" (while screaming like a little girl and running for cover)😂😂

[@ShutTheMuckUp]

As he was screaming, I thought to myself, "who brought a little kid along?"....then I realized it was a man screaming like a little girl. LOL.

[@carlospushesp9268]

Mike Keller You would have done the same thing don’t lie 😂

[@lpattenaude1716]

You can see that city was once a beautiful place architecturally.

[@tchombre1992]

Downtown Detroit is actually gorgeous... But one mile outside of the downtown area and everything is condemned. I live in Toledo currently, and have lived all over the US.... With that being said, people from Detroit take so much pride in that city. It's actually really fucking admirable. It's a city unlike any other.

[@Shiesty999]

@@tchombre1992 We have the spirit to make a comeback, even though I'm sure im not the only one thinking "White people living in the D? Wtf" (no offense) I lived there for a while though and moved just past 8 mile like 7 years ago but still call it my city pridefully so you're not wrong

[@sallydankha4134]

I love how they always tell us the history of the place they're exploring 💙

[@jenb7756]

I love all the history and background that you share.

[@BSDShoes]

I lol'd when you didn't recognize the Oldsmobile logo, you gotta check out those 70's Oldsmobile 442, what a beast

[@Eeveethegamer26]

They were only kids. So it's not that surprising they didn't know it

[@jessicah3450]

Pichudies.mp4 It's called doing research. Pre-Zoomers know history from when they were kids and before they were born. Most things happened before we were born. I've noticed in their videos how lazy they are with facts, would be better if they just didn't do commentary.

[@teresahardy9962]

I had 442 sleek car. I had a Cutlass. The love of my life. Saw a friend after 20 years and first thing he mentioned was how much he loved my Cutlass.

[@LynxStarAuto]

With the red fender liners. Remeber that?

[@notchjohnson4713]

@@jessicah3450 huh? They didn't know the logo, I didn't know the logo and I'll bet a years salary I've forgotten more history than you'll ever know.

[@thepenguin11]

Who needs security, when you can just get a goose. Works better too.

[@stevewagner2282]

It's fun to imagine the place in full glory with cars and workers everywhere hustling and bustling 🙂

[@KillaIn556]

Hudson didn't go out of business they merged with Nash-Kelvinator to make AMC

[@chaejones3969]

I lived on a street called Gladwin in Detroit where chrysler bought out the street. It was where the Viper was started before it moved on conner. Now they are adding on to the Chrysler building thats there now. My grandpa mom and uncle's worked at that plant when I was a child.

[@Cameraman148]

LOL You Guys got Goosed in Detroit !!A Canuk Goose at that !!

[@robinranney1171]

I pass by those old auto plants when I go down to the D and wonder what they looked like in the hey days..Thanks for sharing..

[@trusterracing6185]

Great video guys, I can't get enough of your channel!!!! If your ever doing an abandoned episode in the Toronto area I would love to go. Thanks for the great content!!!