Vintage TV and Radio Hunt in Abandoned Houses

Saving old radios and televisions from e waste disposal

[@jacobmcarthur2192]

Had I been you, I would have taken those 8-tracks.

[@skuula]

The Wolkswagen book. I'd have taken that.

[@cmans79tr7]

At 1:16 75 yards of Romex.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

@@skuulaI like my vintage text books.

[@tomlangley8852]

Big beautiful B Model MACK! My Dad hauled steel and way back in the 60s he drove one just like this, It was red and We found pictures of my young Mother posing in a Bikini on the bumper-LOL

[@byrnejr]

That old B model Mack was one hell of a truck .

[@MsCori76]

Wow, talk about going back in time! The old bottles & cans & the box of 8 tracks, so cool. Can't wait to watch part 2 & thanks, I enjoyed part 1. 👍🏻😀😘

[@emolgatheelectricsquirrel6734]

21:59 THERE WAS A NINTENDO 64 BOX

[@ciinoxgaming]

In the corner of the room where he found the 1982 TV !

[@WomblingFreely]

Atari something on top of the TV he found just before.

[@HDXFH]

Speed queen washer is definitely worth saving, those kick ass

[@craignehring]

S Q are still made in Ripon Wisconsin no less

[@TheEPROM9]

Good to see people saving these old electronics. Wonder if the computer was in that box. I collect and restore vintage computers. =-) I can very much relate to your love of old TV's as a hoarder of old electronics myself.

[@RODALCO2007]

Another very good and interesting video. Some interesting finds there. Nice old Mac truck with the dog on the hood. Look forward to part 2.

[@teacfan1080]

I know RadioTVPhono Nut could get that first record player going. Just a little grease to free up the platter, new cartridge, needle, ready to spin! Love the dog hood ornament. Rearing up and facing into the wind. A very nice exploring video!

[@GrandsonofKong]

First "What the hell that is?" @ 1:45 pretty sure it's a Battery Load Tester. Best way to find out your battery is okay

[@walterbatman7949]

Thanks shango for taking your time to explore for these old finds looking forward to future video’s

[@vonzigle]

Dibs on the feces soaked teddy bear! 🐻

[@MisterTalkingMachine]

Looking good, will watch the rest tomorrow, getting late. Those little 12V sets were nice because you can run them on car batteries, of course.

[@scottjohnston804]

If you got that old mac diesel running, you could have some more room to haul those fines. May just need a new battery

[@henrys3629]

Tubes

[@fuzzwack1]

Cant wait to see the sears on the bench..I just picked a 1976 coulor sears out of the trash,to be my first T.V project!!

[@rfburns5601]

I look forward to the resurrections! Especially the transistor radios, and hopefully, the 12" Truetone.

[@bobgershey5584]

Hey Shango. It's probably too late, but I think I saw a vacuum coffee maker in that first shack. Two round pyrex glass bulbs with a stem between them. They are great! Any kitchen scene in 40's movies (or I love Lucy episodes) usually have one sitting on the stove...

[@iworkout6912]

My parents had one and used it all the time. You can buy one on Amazon 80.00, I bet my parents never payed anything like that. I wonder what ever happened to the one we had, probably got broken.

[@Halterung01]

Oh man, I cannot thank you enough for using 60Hz, it is so darn nice looking.

[@1959Berre]

Thanks for mentioning Donna Fargo. I did not know her, so I found one of her songs on KZbin. Good voice.

[@pcno2832]

5:20 I think that stuff came out around 1976, if it's the stuff I remember with a twist of lemon, to ease the nasty sodium-saccharine aftertaste. Saccharine has been on the market for about 130 years, but when they switched from sodium saccharine to calcium saccharine (today's SweetN'Low)in the '80s the taste improved massively. There was a cancer scare in the '70s, but it was due to a interaction with some chemical that only rats produce. The sugar industry also allegedly engineered the banning of Cyclamate (which is still legal in some countries) in 1969 on dubious grounds. Rumsfeld helped grease the skids for the approval of Aspartame, though nearly every other country in the developed world allows it. It's fine as long as you keep it cold, but it turns to methanol when heated; you can tolerate a little methanol (it's in ripe fruit), but too much will make you blind. The most dangerous sweetener I can imagine is sugar, especially of the liver-rotting high-fructose variety that's forced on Americans by the likes of Archer Daniels Midland.

[@pcno2832]

6:13 Monsanto

[@jquest43]

aspartame is not fine even cold.once in body it metabilizeds into neuro tocins,hot or colf. your research sucks dr betty martini phd aspartame

[@wadehicks9270]

Like that old ringer washing machine. I have an old Maytag ringer washing machine built in 1965 and it still works love my old school goodies.

[@timmygilbert1371]

Another very cool video shango . Amazing what a dry climate make on stuff not just basically melting into nothing . Like that mack truck . Just amazing .

[@stormlight4184]

Enjoyed the adventure. Looks like you'll have plenty to keep you busy. Thanks for sharing

[@TranscendentalAirwaves]

Can't believe he doesn't even look twice at that boxed N64... Also makes a practicability joke about a PC monitor while hauling out busted up 60's and 70's black and white televisions. lol Bit ironic. XD

[@senorverde09]

radiotvphononut special. Man did I laugh. Great little Concert Hall changer at the end.

[@skuula]

Wow I'd love the quiet out there.. Where I live, there is a constant back drape of traffic and idiot noise.

[@davidcarver8159]

look at that an old chili dog its gotta be from the early 70's. Ill take that home and clean it up and get this edible again.

[@aaronlockhart9491]

Did you ever watch any of Retrochad's channel? When you went "and here we have" it took me back about ten years and completely reminded me of old Chris... I loved his videos too, just found you on here but you're keeping me entertained!

[@jimlocke9320]

At 13:10 we are shown a 100 watt incandescent light bulb in a socket. These bulbs are currently banned from retail stores, but you may continue to use installed bulbs and those on hand. However, for those who are out of 100 watt bulbs, there is a loophole. It is still legal for stores to sell a 3 way 50-100-150 watt incandescent light bulb. If you screw it into a 3 way socket and switch to the middle position, you have your 100 watt incandescent bulb. However, if you screw it into a 1 way socket, the 100 watt filament will illuminate in the "on" position, giving you your 100 watt incandescent light bulb! For some people, especially many of the elderly, the absence of the higher wattage replacement incandescent bulbs has created a hardship. You can use this loophole to help them out. Before you try the 3 way in a 1 way socket, examine the inside of the socket. There is an extra metal ring in the base of a 3 way bulb and it may short against metal parts in the bottom of the 1 way socket. If there is risk of causing a short circuit, replace the socket with one that is safe, or find another remedy. Dollar Tree stocked 3 way 50-100-150 incandescent bulbs at one time, but I have not seen them there for a long time. Target has a 2 pack for $5.29, but it is not available in all stores. I also find them at Batteries Plus and they should be in other light bulb specialty stores. Update: On further research, I find that California has imposed tighter restrictions on light bulb efficiency than those imposed at the Federal level. Incandescent 3 way 50-100-150 watt bulbs are effectively banned. That must be why I can't find them at local Target stores. They are still listed on the Dollar Tree website ($1.25 each, minimum order 20) but I feel certain that they won't ship the bulbs to California addresses. (In Dollar Tree stores, they should be sold individually.)

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

9:50 That "Organic Farming" book is what I'd consider a gem!

[@fourfortyroadrunner6701]

LOL, I cannot believe how excited you get about a bunch of TVs built in the worst possible era. Plastic cases, some still tubes but with PC boards.

[@FPSNecromancerBob]

21:59 Nintendo 64 box?

[@ps2jak2]

Unless the person who lived here was a box hoarder that would indicate someone lived in that building in the mid 90s but then probably not much longer post n64.

[@Rainbow__cookie]

Omg you can sell that on eBay 😂

[@fourfortyroadrunner6701]

No, my Great Grandson, that kitchen range is either wood or coal, certainly not "gas." You used to be able to get oil fired conversion burners for some of them. I doubt gas conversion.

[@user-cy5kh3ic7k]

I like very much old American TVs. It has a charm and untypical design. I know we've had the same era in Russia when in early 90s our domestic TVs became incompetetive to Japanese and Korean TVs which were usually sold with VCRs.

[@philr9407]

NEXT TIME ON "AMERICAN PICKERS "....dude ....

[@pontiac-cn6nd]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@radiotvphononut]

That Magnavox is just like the set that was in the house during my growing up years.

[@AudioMobil]

That Silvertone radio looks nice and I like that Concert Hall record player you found at the end of the video. I somehow like this old 8-track stuff, probably it was not common over here and is hard to find in Germany. I do have two old japanese made 8-tracks players but only a few tapes. Would be cool to check if those weathered tapes you found would still play...and that MACK truck is awesome! *THAT* would make a cool resurrection video for sure!

[@thomasconnatser2478]

Radio was built by Arvin for Sears 1968-1970 and sold for $34.95.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

They'll probably snap and create a mess in the player. The glue holding the splice and metal foil together likes to fail and separate.

[@DasMrOSi]

shango says "Vacuum Bulb" so many times, that I'm starting to think it's the right word for it xD

[@MisterTalkingMachine]

Careful, last time there was a guy around here that might tag you as uncultured and homosexual for referring to them like that.

[@Rainbow__cookie]

50% comments about a n64 box 🤣

[@davidjames666]

Funny you mentioned tics. My friend woke up today with one burrowing into his sac. He extracted it himself and now feels queezy.

[@abandonedsc4261]

Here we have..... a 1978 Carpenter school bus......

[@seana806]

I would have taken that Maytag wringer washer! There is a HUGE collectors market for those old Maytags!

[@rysaj1]

what a fun place . those old round washing machines are great to clean up and use as an ice bucket

[@skyrocketautomotive]

I'm glad you didn't reveal the location of this place but god I'd love to know the story behind it!

[@hitachi42inchtvsarepowerco79]

It’s criminal that you didn’t take those old bottles

[@frankbergmanII]

And here we are at the last known residence of the Manson family

[@VectraQS]

13:48 I just picked up a similar Montgomery Ward 8-track/AM-FM radio for $25 today, in mint condition except for one little scratch on the top. The one I got has a blue tuning dial, horizontal sliders instead of knobs, and push buttons to select the inputs/bands.

[@davidcorriveau3664]

YOU HAVE SOME COOL THINGS IN THE HOUSE.

[@weishengzhang8571]

I love 8 tracks and records

[@tough213]

great video as always thank you for sharing your adventures with us all

[@connormason7907]

That old XGA monitor was still in the box! Would have taken that thing home.. Oh well

[@PrankNetwork]

27:45 $30,000 was that just to see if we are paying attention? lol

[@chrissytaylor5690]

Damn I really want that early fifties tappan stove!!!!🥰

[@wdavem]

Two of those tv's I remember well. My grandmother had the Magnavox, with the photo sensor, Great Aunt had the RCA ColorTrak... and oh god... I do recall the teddy bear as well, no kidding creapy-weird! Great video!

[@Bobbythefanman]

I saw a few fans in this video the pedestal one was a Holmes air 12" pedestal and the other one was a windmere 12" oscillating desk fan

[@travis4798]

Haha wow, start that Mack up and drive it out of there. The thing looks untouched from scrappers.

[@FlatBroke612]

Clearly not parts from that truck.

[@ChrisMX9]

WOOOOW at 21:59 a boxed ( looks mint ) Nintendo 64 !! You should have got that these sell for a lot of money when you have the box for it

[@jackallen6261]

At 1:44 that I do believe is a battery charger. Love the diet Seven Up bottle. OH MAN!! Bringing back memories for me. My Dad drove a truck cross country when I was a kid in the early seventies and we had a 12" black and white tv we carried along, I remember asking him to stop at a truck stop so I could finish watching Scooby Doo or whatever as we were leaving the broadcast region of some station, lol maybe 73" or 74" The B-61 Mack was also a jolt for me since I remember my Dad having one when I was very young, For those that have never been around a B-61 Mack truck the cab was about the size of a small pickup today, lol. By the time I was 10 or so he had a bubble nose 55' Kenworth, That's crazy. Thanks for the flashback!! I just last week picked up a 1980 Curtis Mathis 25" color console tv on the side of the road...I came home with it and plugged it in and lo and behold it fired right up and worked just fine...I have no use for it but I can't bring myself to trash it, lol. The back says it was made in February 1980...for rental only, not for sale.

[@justsumguy2u]

That Truetone set is awesome, looking forward to the rejuvenation of that.

[@bobroberts2371]

17:48 lower right. These are brake rotors, rear suspension arms , axles from a 1970- 1976 Porsche 914

[@douro20]

I'd like to see those washing machines go to a good home... Are they going to try and restore that B-61 Mack?

[@afloyd4976]

That one B&W RCA set with those 2 flat protrusion knobs on the front was the same exact model we had for years in the 1970s.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

13:23 That light socket is terrifying.

[@hakemon]

wow the Sears at 24 minutes, I used to have one just like it.

[@ronalddaub5049]

That cook stove is wood or coal it isn't gas had one just like it the Firebox is to the far left. And it weighs a whole lot two big men can barely lift it

[@cmans79tr7]

22:10 procter silex toaster. When i was a kid we had the same one in black plastic with the chrome sides. Very powerful, made excellent toast.

[@skyrocketautomotive]

2:53 That's a Lady Schick Consolette! I've got that exact one in my old tat collection. They work great, my daughter uses it all the time. It's a shame to see that one in that way but cool to see another one at all!

[@ldchappell1]

In the early 70s when I was 13 I came across an abandoned house that had a calander from 1946 on the kitchen wall. I found all kinds of goodies in that place. Rings. A jar full of of the old style pennies. A very ornate pewter frame that had to be a hundred years old. A nice men's wind up watch that still worked. I was SO dirty I came home. Our town also had a car junk yard where anybody could take an old heap there and leave it. We use to play around there. A lot of those junkers still had the keys in the ignitions. I used to crank them and think "Wouldn't it be great if it started up?" I'd be the only 7th grader with his own car.

[@andrewschrotenboer9445]

Glad to see you saving old quality electronics. Any idea what kind of converter box I’d need for a Portland RP-217KNA? Got it for free.

[@charlesmurphy1510]

Im 68 years old and have been drinking diet soda since I was a teen. I’m in good health and living proof it is not toxic.

[@QuadMochaMatti]

Your discovery at 8:10 reminds me of the time that I saw Donna Fargo in person, performing at the Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho sometime in the early 1980s. That would have been whilst my late parents, my younger sister, and I were visiting my late grandmother and late uncle in Eagle, ID. Word had it that she was "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" during my birth year, but the two matters are completely unrelated.

[@eman59461]

all the time i hear that song it reminds me of advancements in electronics in such a short time.

[@sichatch]

shango066, You have an EVP in this video! At eleven minutes and 21 seconds in (11:21/30:20), have the volume up a bit and listen. The voice is male. The voice is pretty clear and you can actually hear what it says. You say in your video at ten minutes and fifty seven seconds in (10:57/30:22), "Don't kick it around, you're being disrespectful with...With other people's abandoned trash in their houses." Just thought I'd share that information with you.

[@sichatch]

The voice said "nock-it-off". Not sure, but I think maybe you upset something there.

[@sichatch]

electronic voice phenomena (EVP)

[@MsCori76]

I’ve played it back over ten times with headphones & can’t hear the EVP. I’m into the paranormal as I’ve encountered & experienced it a lot growing up to actually having a spirit of a man standing at the foot of my bed when I was 11 year old & a 8 year old boy haunting my bedroom from when i was the age of 12 to 19 when I moved out of home.......I am a strong believer.

[@db3501]

Hehe I'm convinced now this guy is probably the coolest person to have ever lived in California :)

[@abandonedsc4261]

Such a neat place. I have a record player just like that concert hall only it's labeled GE Wildcat. Looks like some cool videos coming up.

[@romarovinciguerra5387]

Hard to believe those Pepsi Light cans are probably as old as me lol, amazing if those cans where were I lived, they would have rusted many moons ago.

[@joshuaryanferguson3702]

Bout to say you can get that truck up and running in minutes if it runs a detroit diesel

[@EclectikTronik]

Great video. That brown BSR UA25 at about 4:30 probably just needed a degreasing /cleaning then some fresh grease and it would be good for another 45 years! I have repaired worse ones

[@rompn4x]

Love your Retrochad impersonation @shango066

[@Synthematix]

brill video as always shango, ignore the 2 thumbs down, those two obviously haven't got a brain cell between them

[@jime386]

you combine my fave things... old shit & older shit 👍

[@cthoadmin7458]

God that place is beautiful!

[@paullarson2178]

Nice. You should get a bigger warehouse for all the treasure.

[@skycarl]

Interesting stuff coming up. Thanks as always.

[@phoreal9202]

Hantavision

[@airplaneengine]

Not sure how interested you are in 8-tracks, it seems to be people either love them or hate them these days. But if you find that stuff fun, when you get time/make some room, you should go back and grab those 8-tracks. Even if the tape is shot, it’s always good to have parts carts (the plastic pinch rollers in the RCA carts will directly replace melted rollers in 60s Ampex and LearJet carts). You’d be surprised how some of those “trashed” 8-tracks turn out sounding just fine though, I’ve got a few that are in similar condition as those. Those AM/FM/8T units are my kind of things to mess around with. Love the resurrection and repair videos, looking forward to part 2!

[@lithostheory]

That bottle goes for $700 on ebay.

[@weishengzhang8571]

If I were you I've taken the 8 track tapes ,the 8 track players and the record player

[@davidcollins1853]

Wow! looking forward to the resurrection projects.

[@edwardallan197]

Adventure.... discovery.....culture....😸

[@eman59461]

Love that six transistor there is a country song about it Lionel B. Cartwright - I Watched It All (On My Radio) - KZbin

[@rustyaxelrod]

No vacuum bulbs, just transistor......gottaloveit

[@MegaMoose313]

25:15 I can't believe you didn't open the old trunk/chest on the floor 🤔

[@katbot2190]

Actually that one fan was pretty cool. I have a few fans with the metal fan guards and push buttons for speed. And the really heavy cast iron ones.

[@Ellenslife851]

That tappan is nice to

[@againtjugofcocomilk]

I personally would have grabbed that Sears set at the last house

[@edwinrodolfocampossolis8832]

What beautiful TV

[@sehnzeleid]

Agree about diet sodas and artificial sweeteners, gotten intense migraines the very few times I've drank that garbage. Even gum does that too.

[@docfoot316]

Did you wash your hands hi hi ,good collection to fix up ,Enjoyed many thanks.

[@hannonm]

nice score shango!!