I Bought A Car Factory
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- čas přidán 13. 11. 2022
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I bought this entire car factory to be a dreamland for all things fun. Go-kart track on the roof? YES. Will I go bankrupt? MAYBE. Is it gonna be fun? ABSOLUTELY. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
We should all get together and buy the AMC Marquee from stalantis, im sure they want nothing to do with it.
That would be absurdly good
Any up dates? @@thatdetroitandy
@@inthewebnotofthewebYes, where are You at Today Andy?
VALUE In SAVING HISTORY. YES. GOD Bless Andy and this old CAR Manufacturing Plant.
@@thatdetroitandyWhere did you go? Where do you post videos regularly. I just found out about Your car factory purchase.
I’m a big Ford guy and I love what you’re doing with that factory. Don’t let anyone destroy your dream
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@@thatdetroitandydon't give up like @kolbywhite7359
Said
We need an update brother! Thank your for doing this and not just making it about business.
@@thatdetroitandyhey man I live in the metro Detroit area and would love to help you on this project
THANK YOU!!! As a fellow Michigan native, I was always saddened seeing these old historic factories being demolished. I always wished somebody would come and save these places.
You’re very welcome. Going to try my best.
They absolutely should be preserved! People lived half their lives in that building, generations of working people.
My name is Troy I work next door the building was called Dumas Concepts 2010 2011 this is great to see that area is being cleaned up and that when I was in that area I was very bad my dad and I are welder fabricators
@@thatdetroitandy old historic houses, and other smaller storefront buildings can still be replicated or rebuilt to an extent but old factories like these from this time. With the excessive brick and ornamental decorations will literally never ever be rebuilt again.
I love that your main reason to not tear it down is just because its cool and you like it! Life is what you make it am I right?! And saving historic Detroit makes more sense to me than tearing it down just to save a buck. The story and history is worth more than that!
Absolutely!
Depending on my situation, I would do the same thing, that stuff is just so cool. I can just smell the old musty air. I’m excited to see where this goes
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Ya saving all that cool machinery too! ❤
I live just outside of Detroit and have spent a lot of my time in the city and have always wanted to do this! What an awesome idea and glad you could pull it off!
@Andy Didorosi -- I just happened upon your short on this building purchase and had to check out the long version. I've been involved with historic preservation for 45 years and have been instrumental in saving at least a dozen building that had been slated for destruction. Your passion to save this historic building has caused me to "hit that subscribe button" and I'm looking forward to your continuing adventure.
We need more people like you in this world Andy! Goodluck always!
Thank you Cate!
I have a Toledo scale similar to that one. Mines over 100 years old. If you care about it don’t jump off of it so fast. It’s hard on them to have that needle and the guts slam back to hard. I had mine calibrated too it was $900 about 15 years ago. Also if you move it see if it has a lock mechanism and make sure it’s locked when moving it.
Yeah seeing an old Toledo is so cool, we just got new school digital ones now.
I'm pretty sure he only cares about the appearance of it and that it's antique.
@@carmichaelmoritz8662 he already loves the general history that’s obvious, or very well acted… it’s never too late learn and or learn deeper into something your already interested in
Man that place is amazing.. I would be like a kid at a carnival exploring that place.. Just love the history and so much old equipment in great shape still.. great acquisition!
@Scott Munczenski The newest warehouse was the one leaking a bunch.
Thank you Andy. I respect and understand why you would want to save a piece of Detroit's history. With the demolition of the old Packard plant on the east side, Detroit is starting to lose the history of what it once was. I hope nothing but the best for you and your endeavors and maybe at some point, work together on your venture.
James, this comment means the world to me. I appreciate your support and your understanding of the mission I’m on. It’s true that losing the Packard Plant was a major blow to our local history. Hope to see you soon!
I'm a Saudi from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦🌴..I admire your Efforts..and money...to buy this property just to keep the History that's make me happy to find people like you....I do appreciate it 👍🏻💯😊
Hat off.....I wish you the best..keep up 👷🚧
Thank you! So cool to hear my video reached all the way to Saudi Arabia
love that you're against knocking down these kinds of buildings (considering the main structure is still sound) i dont see these kinds of buildings ever making a comeback, so it's nice to see some being preserved
We'll never see buildings like these again!
Love your purpose reminds me of my husband before he passed. He could literally do anything he put his mind to. He could weld, fabricate, build and read blueprints. Could roof, build, wire and plumb an entire house. He actually redid our entire house in a week before we had our son. He built vehicles from the ground up, could see a part on a vehicle and tell you everything about it make, model, year, use, everything.... He was a true genius and an amazing man. I'm so in love with him even though he's gone.
Sounds like he was a great man. I’m sorry to hear of your loss.
This is so cool. I love old buildings being saved. Looking forward to more videos about these buildings.
I'm thinking ideas, such as indoor flea market/antique mall, microbrewery.
Please make more videos. You're living my dream with this. I want to see more!
A year and no new videos?
They're all on shorts.
This building is kick ass. Love what you’re doing. To bad u didn’t still have the rail road still. My old boss, bought a building near 7mile/Mt.Elliot, the old Voss, steel. And just like yours, the railroad track came in the building and on his property. Conrail wanted him to pay monthly to keep it. He had no use for it. So he dug it up, cut it in sections with a torch. Sat on it, till scrap was high. He cashed in almost 100k. I’d love to help y’all out someday. I’m in the area 💪🏻
He did it! Friends, I have been in that basement and a "little creepy" is an understatement.
I just came across your channel and was instantly hooked. Sad there wasn't a lot of recent videos or a lot of past but I watched it all. I hope you keep posting, I thoroughly enjoy content like this. Big buildings and cars/vehicles is my kind of content.
Please keep posting and making long and short content.
Wowww you’re living my dream ‘job’, I just came across your channel and I must say please keep posting full length videos on the this whole process, I’m dying for an update!! Maybe videos on projects you’re currently working on, or roadblocks you encounter on a day To day basis, and maybe the business aspect of it, just anything really😂 Im here for it all cause you got something special going on and I can’t wait to see it all come together in this new building. Best of luck to you and your business!!
You have our support Andy. See you at the car factory!
Much appreciated!
Uploaded one year ago and it’s a most recent video? What happened to you?
He just does shorts now….
He's gay now
@@rigp4nther811just like your mother
I came across it too 😂
Detroit happened
Good luck! This is great to see. One idea for the old machines is to clean them up and place them somewhere in the foyer with a description linking them to the history of the place.
I 1,000% support and appreciate you!
Your grit!
Your fearlessness.
Now, I know you don't see yourself as fearless, but you just do "it" and figure out the "how" along the way.
I have been watching your shorts for a bit now and I WISH I was more like you. I wish my family would take more "why not" moments.
Good for you!
I work in an assembly plant for General Motors. It's sad to me to see things being updated and changed in our plant. I appreciate you saving these bits of factory history. We aren't allowed to take or buy any old machinery. Even old tools due to insurance reasons. Lots of these things go to scrap. Happy to see others who care about it!
Do this keep doing this I grew up in Kenosha Wisconsin American Motors manufacturer and there is nothing like what you're doing
Thank you! Kenosha is a great factory town.
You are doing great things for Detroit, Andy! Keep it up! 👍
Thank you!
As a Detroit Native I love seeing the explosion of small business, and some of these old buildings getting used! I just signed up to volunteer!
Cool that you’ve kept the old machines.
Love those old things
Good luck, man. I can't wait to see what the future hold for this channel!
I appreciate it!
This place would make an excellent automotive/industrial museum with all the old machinery in it and the feel of it.
Agree!
In the meantime one of the buildings could be used to store the old cars and archives, made into a museum. Charge an entry fee and use the proceeds to renovate the other buildings. Need to hire a modest staff but could help generate a bit of cash flow. Once the others are done can circle back and either close down and Reno the museum building or move it to another site. Just throwing out some ideas.
Definitely want to see more on this, I think it’d be cool to follow along the progress of you bringing it back. Hope you plan to make more videos on it!
Love that you are saving history!
Subscribed to see how this progresses over time. Thank you
I really hope you keep a lot of the historical stuff. It sounds like you are but a lot of those old machines have fewer then 5 left in the US. They are priceless. maybe you could turn one room into a bit of a museum.
Once you've completed more of the integral projects, it would be cooler to dedicate some of the extra space to a bit of a museum/information hub that gives some back story of the factory and the city, you could make it a sort of tourist attraction.
I doubt Andy will see this but if you do I have a BUNCH OF OLD PHOTOS OF YOUR FACTORY WHEN IT WAS IN ITS HAY DAY! MY GREAT GRANDPA WORKED THERE AS A YOUNG MAN! I was watching this video while visiting my Great Grandpa and when he heard “old car factory” he turned to me & said “whatcha watching on your pocket tv there boy?” So I start the video over and as soon as he sees the building he says “hang on a second can we start over again? I gotta put my eyes on” So he puts his glasses on and says “I’ll be darned! I used to work there as a young man when I lived up in Detroit. In fact come upstairs with me I’ll grab my old photo album” we go to his office and he pulls out an old album filled with mostly old black & white photos but some color ones as well. As he proceeds to pull photo after photo of the inside and outside of this factory in its hay day. It had him and his fellow co workers with their old metal hardhats on, showed them outside on lunch at a table with their old steel lunch pails, old Stanley thermos’s filled with coffee, glass cola bottles, and all the old American cars that workers drove to work. He asked me if I knew the young man who made the video and I said no but I can leave a comment and see if he replies. He asked me to do it so here I am and he said tell him if he would like some old photos of his factory when it was running and producing we can get him some copies of these photos and we can send them up to Detroit for him and maybe he can blow them up and frame some up on the walls when he gets it back up and looking good again. So Andy if you see this please reply and I will be more than happy to make some copies of these and send them up to you. If you would like to speak to a man who used to work there way back then Great Grandpa said “I’ll do an interview for $500!” Lol but no he said he’d be more than happy if you had any questions or just wanted to know what was what.
No way. I’d love to see. andy@detroitindie.com
So cool. I love creepy old buildings filled with history. Can't tell you my favorite old truck since I know nothing about them, but will tell you my favorite old car instead - 67 e-type jaguar 😸
Very cool
The printing stuff could be reused for old school car manufacturer brochures
This place is SO COOL! Love your vibe and perspectives. Please post some more videos
New buildings ARE more practical, but the old ones got soul! 😎 Please do keep as much as you can, for the love of by gone days, for history and the memory that needs to be kept alive! 👍
Awesome video! Can't wait to see what you and your team do and support yall along the way!
Appreciate it!!
Think your doing a great thing by keeping the existing buildings, looking forward too see what you do with the old place.
Thank you 🙏
I subscribed and hit that bell just to follow this factory story. The fact you wanted to keep those 2 machines when they wanted to scrap it is amazing, and I hope you don't end up throwing them out because they take up too much space. I appreciate that you're *restoring* rather than *destroying* this factory, and thus, history
Gotta save history!
Really can’t wait to have another video touring what you have done so far! Shorts are nice but I know we all want a longer video update!!!
Think it’s great that u saved it along with some of the classic equipment! 👍👍👍👍
So… update?
Americans flock to the UK and Europe for the historical buildings and history. The reason we have historical buildings is we value them and don't tear them down because it's cheaper. Well done for preserving something that others don't see the value of. In Birmingham there is a museum, it is an old jewelry factory that was closed by the owners who were too old to run it everything is as it was the day they closed the doors and locked them. Some of the guides who demonstrate work, actually performed the tasks when the factory was open. The USA has to preserve the past to have success in the future, e.g. my daughter's school was started 95 years before Columbus sailed. 616 years and still educating pupils.
This is incredible, love the belief in the value of history. I can’t wait to see where this goes and grows! 👍🏼
I love seeing old places brought back to life. That's a big project!
It would be a lot more work and $$$ for someone to completely demolish it and build new.
Awesome !! Man, I appreciate you saving this building. All the "old stuff" inside is not obsolete. It's better built, and better performing than anything modern. Also, there is a huge market for that kind of stuff.. Sell, don't scrap... Best of luck on your endeavors
That printing thing is definitely obsolete lol
@@brain240sx as a technology sure. But there are plenty of people who collect, and pay top dollar for this kind of stuff
My big question is why sell it in the first place? You have the land to put it somewhere, and a historic building you can allocate space for it.
Make it a museum! It'll help fund some of the other issues and more importantly raise awareness of these kinds of buildings. Make one wing into the museum part and use the other sections for actual factory stuff.
@@lukea1533 If you listened,.he was talking about throwing it out, getting rid of it..... I collect, I know old industrial stuff fetches good coin, and the want/desire by buyers is constant.
Better built? yea for sure. Better performing? Absolutely not
Hell yea its nice seeing people putting those buildings to use again. Hope everything works out for u and our city💪
Supporting from the UK. Good luck mate!
Wow so many potentially cool photo spots. Like that alley, with correct lighting and a few extra certain objects could be turned into some very cool atmospheric place, almost like a dark theme park (reminds me a bit of a place in Tokyo that had old Hong Kong Kowloon Walled City theme park style), so nice!
You’re absolutely right. Maybe we should turn it into a destination photo spot instead 🤔
I have a lot of respect for you saving that old factory
Thank you 🙏
Keep posting ! Nicely done video! You Can definitely tell you put a good amount of work into it!
Thank you 🙏🙏
You have a resource gem for making videos. Even just like this 5-10 min twice a month. It will add up.
This is going to be sick
Looks neat, hope you turn that place into something cool!
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Awesome concept!!! With that attitude you will make it work and have fun doing it.
Seen a bunch of the shorts. Had to come see where it all started. This is so awesome
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This rules. My son and I are available to help at your behest. You're good for Detroit, Andy.
Deal!
Hey look, you did a video!!! Haha.
Hope you enjoyed it!
When you showed the alley, it made me think of the way that I build my survival bases in Rimworld where I end up closing off the spaces between some of my buildings whenever winter comes and my colonists have to go back and forth between the buildings, so I always end up just closing off the ends of the alleys with doors and building the roof over them to keep from losing so much heat... I probably play too many video games, lmao
Great job saving it, historic & also saves the amount of embodied energy in the existing structure materials. Be safe & good luck.
I feel the same way!
Can not wait for this chapter to keep going want to see more . I hope this encourages the youth of Detroit come give a hand
Thank you!
Maaaan i SWEAR i wanna jus pull up on em and jus HELP 😁💪🏼💪🏼
quite curious as to how much it cost. good video, i like that you didnt string it out for 2 hours telling us stories about your pets and grandparents.
$700k. And trying to keep it interesting.
@@thatdetroitandy cool, thanks for sharing
Congratulations! Love seeing this.
Those are Fantastic old buildings. Thank you for saving them. I wish someone would have bought the old Ford plant here in St Paul Minnesota but all the buildings have been demolished.
Heartbreaking
I studied architecture and im pretty sure we studied this building! I recognize the alleyway
What! Got docs?
I had the same idea of starting a automotive company. I work in the industry and I see so much wasted money. there are things that the big auto Maker could change that could make them more money. Just remember the KISS method and that will go a long way. Can't wait to see what ideas you have.
More power to you, Andy, for preserving Detroit's industrial history.
no clue if anybody will see this comment but this series is amazing. i love historical buildings and you just showing all the history and fixing it up is amazing
I can promise you that basement is even creepier in person. Plus its where the spiders live and they're as big as me.
+ farts
@@thatdetroitandy so. many. farts.
He hasn't posted in 10 months as of writing this, hopefully he isn't bankrupt haha.. 😅
Edit: it would grow this channel alot if he made update videos on what's happening in the factory ngl I would watch that
Check shorts, been posting a lot. Back to longform videos this week.
Andy, have you considered using Fiero's as a template for modifying cars? They're extremally common and easy to get your hands on and if you're already overhauling something, having a repetitive process will be good for finances. The Fiero community is extensive with lots of members and other youtubers like Rodney Fingers! I have three myself. Could be a budget commuter platform for the common person.
Just discovered your channel. Love the idea of rehabbing old factories for new industry. I live in Western NY and we have a lot of old and abandoned factories that could be repurposed. Considered doing it when looking for new shop space for my auto business. Currently in negotiations with starting my business at an old AMC/Jeep/Eagle dealer. Gained a subscriber my friend.
This is great to hear. Best of luck on your ventures. 💪
Dammit, I had plans for that $10k
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why is the newest video 1 year old??
It's all shorts now... 😢
I would definitely watch more long format stuff. I am sure other would too. I want to see more of you battle gate construction for example.
There is loads of value in saving history. Well done Sir!
Man, I know the factory you bought. I love that you did it!! People love to bash on stuff like that, but no one remembers that, Detroit is the reason that the US economy did so well after WW2. Keep it up man!
Thats amazing! Bless you! I just found you from the Honda trucks import reel. In Fl, wish I was up there to help. The empty boxes were mailrooms likely
I like the simulator made out of the Subaru. Nice touch!
man i loooove all that paneling🥰 it's so retro!! i'm so glad you saved this place and i hope you keep it a bit vintage
That's the plan!
You should have a indoor track lol I can't remember the name of the movie but I remember the dealership/race team owner from days of thunder was the dad in the movie and he raced go carts and had a track going thru the shop... Great idea man up to you to capitalize on it mate
I just decided that whatever it is you guys are making, I want one... I want to buy it and pick it up from the factory. This is really, really cool!
Best deal you ever made. You can do all kinds of things with it.
Thanks for the nice note. I'm excited.
It's good to see someone actually want to keep an old building. Well done that man. 👍🏻
Keep up the good works! I love to see American history ( Especially motor City history) preserved .
So cool! Let's see some more long form content, this is a great source of inspiration and creativity for many younger folks.
This awesome! Great work, as always. 😊
Appreciate you!
That alley is pretty tight ❤. I was a camp carting instructor. Love youre doing that and all this! New subscriber, awesome dude 😊
Looks like an exciting project full of history and potential. I could do with a press like that to force a flywheel off my 80 yo Lister CS's drive shaft.
Man if money wasn't a thing I'd be omw to you rn. I specialize in mold remediation and commercial restoration and I could definitely help with demo and getting all the mold out without it spreading.
Very rad investment, good save bro! Wish I was still in the metro area, I would definitely like to hear more about your plans.. the sky's the limit!
Fantastic good luck with your awesome project regards John UK
When you came down to the archives I thought you were going to step right on my fingers, as I peeked out from under the stairs.
I always wondered why I quit delivering there. Used to be one of my weekly stops along with Park Metallurgical. I remember I asked one of the workers if the Toledo scales worked and he showed me it did on the spot with one of the drums I delivered. I always thought it was a cool place but only got into it as far as the alley. Nice to see someone bought it that will save it.
Good to hear you used to deliver here. What service?
@@thatdetroitandyI delivered drums of IPA and I think it was either a lacquer thinner blend or litho blend they used in the envelope process.
I also took a picture of the No parking sign the tree was consuming when it was still there near the fence. It must have been there a while.
Oh wow, looks like a fun adventure!!! Stay safe!
This is so awesome. Looking forward to new videos
Dude this is EPIC! You just got a new subscriber with me. Look forward to seeing how this turns out.