Long story about a Motorola found on an abandoned farm

[zenithfan1]

Speaking of orbs, here are a few cool pics of the barn, dusty but the wind was still in there. There wasn't much dust in the air according to the beam on my Maglite. The dark pic was taken with no flash, orbs still appear.



Look at this one closely, some spots are little holes, but not all of them.
Here is the same pic, only brightened. Look at them now, a few are kinda green. Some were even hiding in the completely dark parts of the pic.

BTW, anyone think I should save the other sets???

[Sovereign]

Very cool post... I really enjoyed it as well as all the other contributions. Growing up in suburbia we just never have abandoned homes. Most of the homes here were built in a forty to fifty year time frame so you just don't see old homes where I live.

Thinking about if I were in an older area like that it would be really weird and creepy.

[zenithfan1]

Just for the hell of it, here's a few more...

Baby's room

To the right in same room

Further to the right, it says "HELP" on the wall

Adult bedroom. I believe this is Emma Schaffer

Religious keychain for protection, the window is broken, I thought this one wasn't in an earlier post. Still the nicest and most safe feeling room.

Also in the same room

[Sandy G]

Yeah, you oughta save all the sets you can from there. You were led to that house for a reason, maybe saving the sets was it.

[electronjohn]

Cool thread! I'm a sucker for this sort of stuff as well...in fact, stopped yesterday at a farmsite where everything but the garage had been leveled. There was a big scrap pile...I was looking for a small sheet of aluminum to fashion into a bottom cover for my ham transceiver. No aluminum...did pick a bunch of bare copper wire that'll come in handy for grounding & such. On the pile was an extremely battered "farm radio" (batteries only) that was waaaaay beyond rescue...but none of the tubes were broken! Into the trunk it went to be parted out. Found a really busted-up brown plastic AA5 radio, too...some salvageable parts there as well. I'm stopping back today...gonna load up this small air compressor that looks like it'll be easy to get going. Need one of those!

BTW: I read an article a few years ago in Popular Communications about an abandoned farmhouse somewhere in Minnesota that had the remains of a radio repair shop on the 2nd floor. Lotsa tubes, parts & radios...the usable stuff was harvested. The writer avoided indicating the location. Drat! I'd love to stumble across something like that!

[AUdubon5425]

Originally Posted by electronjohn

BTW: I read an article a few years ago in Popular Communications about an abandoned farmhouse somewhere in Minnesota that had the remains of a radio repair shop on the 2nd floor. Lotsa tubes, parts & radios...the usable stuff was harvested. The writer avoided indicating the location. Drat! I'd love to stumble across something like that!

Before I got into fixing radios, I failed to scoop up the contents of an old desk in a carriage house - every drawer was filled with old caps & resistors (and other small parts) from the 20's through the 40's. Back then, my uncle's grandfather & father ran a radio shop out of there before moving to a storefront around 1950 or so. I did save all the old meters I found, and some radio & appliance trade magazines from 1945-47. I had no idea anyone would want those old caps & resistors. The house was sold five years ago, and I have no idea if the new owner cleaned out the carriage house.

[batterymaker]

Originally Posted by electronjohn

BTW: I read an article a few years ago in Popular Communications about an abandoned farmhouse somewhere in Minnesota that had the remains of a radio repair shop on the 2nd floor. Lotsa tubes, parts & radios...the usable stuff was harvested. The writer avoided indicating the location. Drat! I'd love to stumble across something like that!

http://www.qsl.net/wa0jcv/Shop.htm

[Robert Grant]

Here's a color roundie that had the misfortune of being installed in the wrong area code.

Photo NOT mine.

http://forgottenmichigan.com/gallery...2_JPG.jpg.html

[radio63]

Originally Posted by Robert Grant

Here's a color roundie that had the misfortune of being installed in the wrong area code.

Photo NOT mine.

http://forgottenmichigan.com/gallery...2_JPG.jpg.html

Anyone know what make this set is? Looks like a later round-screen color receiver. I agree, except for the destroyed CRT, the rest of the set looks good. This was a pretty cool looking hotel it was installed in.

Gilbert

[Sandy G]

Aww, man, what a sad picture !

[zenithfan1]

Man, that sucks. I'd still bring 'er home and put in a CRT, the rest don't look bad, neither does the Zenith.
I'm thinking of grabbing the other two sets. I'm also looking into who currently owns the house, checking at the county records this week. I'm gonna see if there's a way to save the whole damn place. If not, oh well I tried.

[wilkes85]

Originally Posted by zenithfan1

Man, that sucks. I'd still bring 'er home and put in a CRT, the rest don't look bad, neither does the Zenith.
I'm thinking of grabbing the other two sets. I'm also looking into who currently owns the house, checking at the county records this week. I'm gonna see if there's a way to save the whole damn place. If not, oh well I tried.

WHOAA! Awesome man! Wouldn't it be cool if you ended up buying the place?

Do you think the house is at all salvagable? I know there's water damage of biblical porportions, but it would still be cool to revive the place.

[zenithfan1]

Originally Posted by wilkes85

WHOAA! Awesome man! Wouldn't it be cool if you ended up buying the place?

Do you think the house is at all salvagable? I know there's water damage of biblical porportions, but it would still be cool to revive the place.

I could save it, I'm a good carpenter. It would take a while but it could be done. Fix the roof and you have all the time in the world to worry about the rest. after further inspection I found that most of the studs and rafters are good, that old cylotex wallboard and plaster is falling all over but I've dealt with that before. Just suit up and start rippin' it down. Out there, you can gut the place and bury all that crap out back. I doubt I'll be able to do anything though, it probably is owned by family that is letting it rot. I wonder if anyone else has inquired about it? That's why I am, you never know.

[Sandy G]

You a Good Man, Charlie Brown...

[bgadow]

I'm thinking CTC-15 clone, not sure of the make though.