How do I reclaim a really old username on YouTube?

Decades ago, I had a YouTube account that I uploaded videos to, How do I reclaim my property after 10's of years ago?

Edit: Same E-mail.

"I wouldn't get in that thing if my life depended on it."

Same email and "forgot password"?

Not sure when I first got a YouTube account, but I had to create a new account. Maybe it was before Google bought YouTube. Now to try and contact someone at YouTube and try to claim my old user name and videos. 

Thanks for the help.

In reply to VolvoHeretic :

You can't try to log in with your user name and reset your password?

VolvoHeretic is already claimed, (by me) so I had to add 3 numbers onto the end of it to create a channel. It seems that the only what to contact customer support is with the help button which doesn't work. wtf

EvanB said:

In reply to VolvoHeretic :

You can't try to log in with your user name and reset your password?

I found the claim a pre-Google channel page, but it won't accept what I thought was my old password. After so many tries, it locked me out.  It's just like when I tried to get a new scuba diving certificate card and found out that all of the records where destroyed in a fire.

There appears to be no way to talk to a real human being at youtube, must be completely run by computer. There's an X-files episode about that.

I assume the email address you used with the old username is no longer is active?

In reply to OHSCrifle :

Correct. Not since 2011.

In reply to VolvoHeretic :

Hmmm.. bummer

VolvoHeretic said:

In reply to OHSCrifle :

Correct. Not since 2011.

Mind me asking what it was?  Maybe in private?

In reply to Stampie :

It's just the three car videos I made in 2007. Eventually, I want to make some more with a cell phone and it would be nice to have them all on the same channel. Phone would be a giant upgrade from the mini vhs camcorder I used back then. 

YouTube.com: VOLVOHERETIC

Evidently, if I sign up for a free trial of YouTube Premium, I can download the videos and transfer them to my new user name and then cancel the free trial. 

In reply to VolvoHeretic :

https://ssyoutube.com/en125Xg/youtube-video-downloader

In reply to Stampie :

My Norton antivirus didn't like that website's download function at all. 

VolvoHeretic said:

There appears to be no way to talk to a real human being at youtube, must be completely run by computer. There's an X-files episode about that.

That's the standard model of customer support at tech megacorps, has been for a long time.

YouTube.com: x-files scully and mulder don't leave a tip Season 11 Ep. 7