I love doing what you just did. At 74 my life has been punctuated by a series of long and longer road trips. Back in 2022 I did a grand loop of America. Started in S.F. Bay area, to Texas, New Orleans, Miami, Washington D.C. (4th of July), Baseball Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Chicago, Lincoln, Salt Lake City, Boise, Reno (ughhh!), to home! All by myself and I had a ball. People! Hear me! Do take a tour of our beautiful country. We have some really nice people here and you should go meet them. They're just waiting for you to drop by. I really did love this video. Thanks for having me along for the ride. MOTOR ON!
100% brother. In 2014 I retired the first time and did an 8k mile road trip in 8 weeks. Loaded up my Z06 carbon edition and headed out with my GF. From Florida to New Orleans, Texas border towns to El Paso, Indio California, up the PCH, drove thru a redwood, up to Portland. Over to Mt. Rushmore, down to Vegas, grand canyon, up thru Colorado. Over to Milwaukee, Such an awesome trip, did it the next year in the opposite direction to all the places we missed. Cars are made for driving!
@@KeggyUran Hey I just saw your reply (9/10/'24). Isn't it a great country? These are the best days, and I think I'll do another long one next summer. RIDE ON!
Man no one does a video intro quite like Freiburger! Took me straight back to old the Roadkill episodes, where it all started for us! Awesome video, great to see ya back on the platform! 🤘🤘
Ever since the Discovery+ hatchet job of the Motortrend situation, I don't have the warm fuzzies about the future of my favorite Motortrend originals. But it makes me feel safe that you're continuing to make the goods on RUclips. Much love Dave and Dave!
I will watch M.T. when staying in a motel. The VAST majority of the shows are the same episodes that I saw 6+ years ago. I didn't know Dicovery owned that channel.
@@GorrellFamilyRacing Discovery has owned Motortrend for a long time now. Motortrend plus apparently couldn't keep up and most of the shows were moved to Discovery plus. Discovery runs a tighter ship and the experimental shows like Junkyard Gold, Faster with Cotten and Newbern (Finnegan), Dirt Everyday... were axed. Confirmed by Dave Chappelle on the Sent and Bent podcast about Discovery management. Discovery, Netflix and all mainstream media cannot do good automotive content because they write to the drama. Which is why most of the Motortrend originals are so popular, because they're not fake, like Street Outlaws, sorry. Discovery is out to make money and nothing else. I'm still bitter they cut up Motortrend like they did.
My daughter and I did a 9,000 mile road trip from New Hampshire to California and back last year after she graduated from high school. We only had 2 weeks and we did a lot of cannon balling. But we went off highway for a little bit of route 66 in each state that it passes through. We also did around 200 miles off road. Even drove to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Content like this really inspires me to slow down a little and look around. Keep it going.
@@dartdude4084 Not Freiburger cool. We took our 2023 Canyon AT4. My original idea was to fly out to the LA area and buy something cool and rust free to drive back. But the logistics of that became too hard. I also wanted the focus of the trip to be more experiencing father daughter time and not be about the stress of making it home. One day I will do it.
In my opinion this channel is some of your best work. We need some of the simple back in our lives. The younger generations need to see it. And to do it in a classic no frills car, Spot on Dave keep these videos coming.
im 20 mins into the video an this is amazing, i hope this blows up, it literally has everything!. history, urbex, cars, comedy, passion. i hope this keeps going. thank you David :)
Can I say how much I loved this? The combination of the car content, history lessons, and the appreciation of the aesthetics of the towns and countryside, along with the more measured pace than a typical RK episode really captured the feel of the road trip. It really made me want to hit the road on my own... The trip down 395 really got me in the feels because our family always made summer camping/fishing trips right outside of Bridgeport and made the trip from San Diego a couple of times a year. Outstanding!
Dave, I love the way you stop and smell the antiques along the way. Your singular fascination with items like the WWII era Scotch Tape Dispenser is priceless. You get the industrial history of long gone America. Keep doing what you're doing. I have been a fan of you for years. As the keeper of my late father's 1967 Camaro (He bought it new in June of 1967 at Eddie Hopper Chevrolet in Garden Grove, CA and took us out for Pizza at Shakey's in Orange that night) I respect and revere the history of American Industrial prowess. Our family also had a 1967 289 Fairlane wagon that dad bought used in 1973 to keep the miles down on his Camaro (He commuted from Orange to El Segundo) and take us on weekend road trips. Keep up the content and I am now a subscriber.
Dave, I'm old enough (Class of 83) to know that Baskerville used to call you Furbie! I'm sure you were called Furburger a lot as a kid! Don't feel bad, I was called Kowpiss! 🤣
Yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes.. Freiburger you are the ultimate delivery mechanism for American history. This was perfect. Such a mixup of S1 Roadkill and Junkyard gold. Love it and thank you!
You'd love it. I'm a trucker and I'm telling you that after 28 years, I'm still finding new spots. America is crazy huge. If you come, buy a car and spend 5 or 6 months and see all of it
@@HellaKwik that sounds like a good plan mate. I have driven around most of Australia and we enjoy exploring new spots across the country as a family. I have driven a bit in California also and across to Mexico which was a lot of fun, I managed to explore a lot of the smaller towns along the way and was amazed by how some of the spots seem frozen in time.
I always carry several different models Leatherman and a knife since 1984, pliers are a lifesaver. My mom and dad had a '71 429 Country Squire. The rear window could be operated with the switch up front or with the key lock on back, it was great for sucking in gas fumes from the exhaust to put us to sleep.
@@TheDavidFreiburger You proved it in 93'..i called You@HRM & You answered-i got starstruck b4 telling You about 9v Tamiya 1/32 me&my late Best Friend built-You said something on the lines of im no celebrity,im just a regular hot rodder like You.Nobody's words since have ever been So Genuine..i have a weird cancer but mark my word-i'll run into You some day(Dragweek) You really are my Hero Boss!!
My dad worked at that Kaiser plant for over 30 years until the takeover/strike lead him to retire. The fact that you made it through Colfax without getting a speeding ticket is a small miracle. The place is notorious.
Very awesome to hear. Lots of history. I am the current care taker and GM We actually have one of the old employees that rents an old building out here as well.
I'll never forget the article in the paper when the Colfax PD pulled over an ambulance with a patient in the back for speeding...It was a transport run and they didn't have the lights on but still...
Watched this on the release day with my dad. We reminisced about the original roadkill season and how much this felt like that. It’s been over 10 years, I had just gotten my license, and we had just “finished” our 67 tempest (since gone to make room for more memories). I’ll never stop loving your videos, and hope I can put a trip together with my dad. ✌️
So great to see you commit to RUclips! Been reading your stuff since the 90’s and it’s only gotten better. Thanks for keeping it real with garage builds and thrashing with your buddies!
Longtime fan here! Thanks for putting content back on youtube! I watched the entire hour, feel free to release another 2-3 hour road trip. I could listen to your knowledge of landmarks and cars all day.
Welcome back, Freiburger! You have no idea how glad I am to see a familiar face on RUclips after all these years. Your show on MotorTrend was my go-to back in the day! I was already subscribed to you here from years ago, glad RUclips recommended you again.
To me, this is the perfect combination. David doing his thing with old cars, stopping at abandoned places while road tripping, and cool history that I didn't realize I needed to know but now I'm fascinated. And Chapelle is always a great bonus!
Henry Ford II had an appreciation for Italian culture, his second wife was an Italian Socialite and so the Fairlane was renamed "Torino" , the Italian name for Turin.
Personally, I love American wagons. An aquaintance of mine was given for free a $15k blue Chevelle wagon and he hates it ! I want to trade him my motorcycle for it.
@@michaelb.42112 Chevy is always the most practical car to work on because the parts are easy to get. My aunt had a nice metallic brown Chevelle station wagon, V8, auto and it was pretty fast.
This is great stuff Freiburger! As a Canuck in Singapore and denied Roadkill access since MT murdered the RUclips channel, this is such a welcome addition to the RK-starved droves of fans outside N.America! Thank you for starting this channel. Great start...please keep it coming.
71+ year old here. A very entertaining video! Thanks for the trip. For reference I can remember every car my parents had until I went to college here in order: 1950 Plymouth with the flathead six cylinder . Vague remembrance of that one. Various versions of those engines in “industrial” form were used in farm combines and other industrial equipment. I’ve harvested wheat with those Massey-Harris and Massey-Ferguson combInes. The cars I have a clear remembrance of are 54 Ford Custom (don’t know what engine) 57 Ford with the 272 V8, 65 Dodge Coronet with the 318 that I got my learners permit in at 14. Already knew how to drive because I had been driving trucks and tractors on country back roads.😅 Then the 66 Ford Fairlane station wagon with the 289 and cruiseOmatic transmission. No AC, No Radio. We drove that car the 1000+ miles from central Iowa to San Antonio Texas in July 1968 for the Hemisfair. We pulled a utility trailer with camping equipment. Dad let me do most of the driving. At the same time as the Ford we had a 1968 Opel Kadett that Dad got for use in his job. 4 cylinder, 4 speed manual. 35 mpg. Again no AC, no radio. I don’t want to say that Dad was a penny pincher (cheap) but do you see a pattern here? I destroyed the transmission in that car one day when I missed a shift from first to second. Never could fully explain that to Dad. The last car they got before I went off to college was the big body 1967 Mercury Montclair with the 390-4v. Again no AC but at least it had an AM radio. They let me have that car part of the time while I was in college. It was a little over 350 miles from where I went to college to where my parents lived at the time. I could make that drive in five hours on mostly interstate and some two lane roads and it would get 21mpg for those trips. After I was out of the house they finally started buying cars with AC. I don’t know how we survived those long trips 😅 The Fairlane was an 18+ mpg car. 20 in the right driving conditions. I’m sure the Torino 302 can do 20mpg if in top condition. Maybe rings and a valve job if you don’t have to touch the bottom end. Oil is much better now than in those days especially synthetics, regardless of brand. Regarding driving in the mountains. You should have shifted down to 2nd for going down those long grades. I assume that car has a C4 automatic transmission. It will hold the car back on long grades without over speeding the engine. Just a tap on the brakes once In a while if your speed seems to fast. I’ve done that a lot with cars and a Dodge Power Wagon 4x4 with a TorqueFlite 3 speed pulling a heavy camper trailer across the Rocky Mountains. At high altitudes I sometimes had to stop and change the timing to keep the engine from pinging. Of course I always carried a pretty complete set of tools including a timing light and a dwell meter. Of course a paper match book is always good for setting points if you don’t have anything else besides a screwdriver and a pair of pliers. Thanks again for the trip. A great way to see some country now that I don’t make those long trips anymore. Happy motoring!😊
This video is a reminder of just how beautiful the back roads and small towns of our country really are. Thanks David for taking us along for the ride!
Just finding this, and am glad for it. Freiburger's passion for Americana comes over as so genuine and it's a great experience to ride along. Thanks David.
This video absolutely touched me right in the feels. About 15 years ago I took the wife, 2 young kids and a dog on a road trip from Lincoln,NE to Centennial, WY in a 1971 Torino wagon that hadn't done any more than the 5 miles to work before this trip. Night before we were to leave my truck had a terminal issue with the ignition switch, so we loaded up the wagon and hit the road. Made the trip out and back through 100 degree heat with the only real issue being vapor lock due to it being a '70's Ford. Long story short. That trip cost me an electric fuel pump and 2 tires, but it turned my 6 year old into a car guy right on the spot.
Man... I really didn't want this video to end. I could listen to you talk about car history and history in general all day. Thank you for being an inspiration in my life for the better part of a decade. I subscribed.
You have to love the people who still appreciate station wagons. I had a few of them as a young man. I had a 71 like this one but it had a 6 banger in it.
Love these types of episodes! Kinda brings you back to the old “roadkill” days. Hop in a classic car, drive the country side, learn about cool history and fixing the junk on the side of the road of it breaks down. Please keep doing these types of videos!
This is amazing. High-quality camera work along with great editing. I really hope this new lease on the channel is here to stay! Thanks Freiburger, you're a legend
This car brings back memories. My dad had a “70” Falcon wagon in Grabber Green. Great car for packing the friends into to hit a concert or kegger in the middle of nowhere!
Awesome trip I’ve taken it many times! The eastern Sierra Nevada’s is the heart of real California in many ways! It’s arguable but it’s awesome country!
Dave, I love this format, car content mixed with history. I see a whole YT series of videos where you start or end at a diffrent ex/ current motortrend collaborators shop and give the car industry related history along the way.
@@TheDavidFreiburgerwaited SOOOOO LONNNG for this!!!! Maybe it was all the annoying complaints I made to motortrend that the only reason I had a subscription was you and Dulcich
Hello from sunny Saudi Arabia! Can't tell you how stoked I was when this video came up on my feed. I hope you do more content like this in the future. Best wishes and good luck.
As a longtime Ford employee I totally dig the old factory clips. I have been in the Rouge site in Dearborn since 2007. Before that I was at the Saline plant. Matter of fact there is a tour of my plant this Sunday for family and friends to come see what we do in the stamping plant.
My son took me up to Dearborn a couple months ago and we toured the Rouge plant. Loved the time spent up there. Drove home in one day to Wichita, Ks. Long trip.
@@bandcshow11d6 I think the 70-71 Torinos and also the Mercury Cylcones of the same years are the best looking Ford mid sized cars ever with the 72 Torino coming in second.
Glad you're back on RUclips as we can't get roadkill over the pond in the UK it's great watching your knowledge and joy with older v8s please keep it up looking forward to more videos and will share your videos with my hot rod and roadkill fans here in the UK👍
I love the video, I would be proud to have the 71 . I had a 70 Torino, 351 300hp 4spd , bench seat ,great road car . 6 years old I paid 750$ 44,000 miles, dealership couldn’t sell it, no power steering and no power brakes. Drove it 98,000 miles only issue clutch pivot rivets broke, replaced them with stainless bolts and no more issues. Great car!!
Freaking killer video dude! Love the laid back, yet informative style. Takes me back to watching roadkill 10+ years ago, as a wee fella. Hope to see more like it in the future!
I did a Dallas to Chicago road trip mostly on route 66 after buying my CJ-7 and this makes me want to go back and drive the rest. Love to see the history.
You're the king. Thank you for this video. I hurt my foot at work today. I had to come home and sit on the couch so perfect content for today. I don't think I'll ever get to do a trip like that. I just turned 40 years old😢 and with this economy I don't think I'd be able to save the money to drive out of Florida no less a trip like that. I've never seen snow before. So videos like this mean a lot to me. Thank you Freiburger your the real one!!
everyone needs a buddies like the two Daves. Soldering iron through the carpet: Legend! PS the Aluminum plant is right out of a video game, or the other way around.... Inspiration.
Oh, it's so great to have Freiberger back on RUclips. Early Roadkill is what got me into so many car channels on here. Welcome back, we've missed ya, and your interesting "mind-barfing" of automotive history.
Dude. You are killing it. I missed you and your sense of humor and your love of history. This is my new favorite channel. They killed motor trend. Now at least all of us can watch you on your adventures. Totally dig it😎
I was 4 or so, my grandparents had a Ford station wagon, 70's green metallic, vinyl wood side panels, large-block tread for the rear tires😅, but the absolute coolest feature to me and my friends, was the REAR FACING backseat! Pumping our arms at semi trucks to get them to blow their airhorn and scare the life out of my grandfather.... good times.
@TheDavidFreiburger I understand.....it must eat a TON of time plus schedules etc... Love your content David....keep up the good work 👏 I'm gonna go buy the firing order T-shirt from your site!!!
I'm crushed, you drove right by my house and didn't stop. Picture going down the Lewiston hill on a bicycle at 35-40 mph, makes you really think about brakes.
I found the Bluetooth noise hilariously comical every time you started the car. I'm so glad you're back on youtube with your own channel! I think we're all in for a treat with this channel. Love it! Just do what you do, and we'll watch it. Your style and approach to gearhead videos is the cream of the crop. Can't wait for more.
Glad to see you active on RUclips Dave! I enjoy all of your shows with Motortrend, but I think the best format is RUclips and honest road trips seeing cool old things!
I already know I will be coming back to this video again and again. What a great slice of Americana. You are a treasure to the country, David. Thanks for helping me also plan a future trip.
Next time you're in the Spokane area and want to spend a day exploring cool old towns, history, and old junk, we'll have to give you a tour of the Silver Valley. Re the Alcoa plant, lead, tin, zinc, antimony from the mines in the Silver Valley went to Spokane to become aluminum which went to Boeing in Seattle to become aircraft in WW2... part of how the US out-produced the Axis...
As an Australian, cannot believe the amount of ‘abandonment’ outside of main cities. We have so much homelessness due to lack of building new housing the last 20 years. (And a few other local issues) Even our country areas 500 miles from the nearest active town, the buildings are occupied. Your wagon reminds me of my 75 XB falcon wagon, my first v8 with the Australia only 302 Cleveland fitted to it. Even had the same 2 way tailgate:)
A town gets abandoned after the major industry closes, the owners can't pay their local taxes, and then the city forces foreclosure for unpaid taxes, obviously no one buys the House at auction as there's no reason to as the local industry died. House then rots into the ground.
There's a lot of styling cues between the Australia Falcons of that era and the U.S Ford Torinos especially when you look at the XA falcon. I remember those two way Falcon tailgates without fondness as I had to work on more than a few of them due to opening and closing, window issues, and RUST!!. They were quite cool in operation though when new.
I believe the Falcon compact and the mid sized Fairlane/Torino used the same sheet metal when you bought the station wagon models, other than the front clip. I am talking about the US versions. The Fairlane/ Tornio wagons never quite looked like those rear treatments went with the car, in my opinion.
@@erroneouscode rust! Yes was the reason I sold it, the rear door was starting to drop. I did look at changing to the conventional rear door (mine was a Fairmont Wagon (JG35RU) but no hinges mounts on the other side. I would have the ability to fix now, but as a 20 yo no hope in hell ;)
David, this has been an unexpected and very well enjoyed travel vlog style video, with a vintage motor Americana flavorings. Absolutely love the history and delivery you give. Can't wait for more!
Following you, Mike and the rest of your crew, for many years and have always been fascinated by how much you explain, in detail, on every single video. Wow! My support from India! Cheers and I'm always eager to see your videos on my feed. All the best.
@@TheDavidFreiburger wow. Thanks for replying, and yes sir, I enjoy all episodes. I actually stayed in USA shortly, between 2006 till 2011 for college, moved between MO and TX, Houston. While in Houston had a few motorcyclrs and cars, out of which, once I owned a Lincoln Mark 7 and that when I fell in love with muscle cars. Later had a friend, who had a mercury comet etc, so yea, I'm also a fan of majority of the vehicles you work with on your show. I always love your engine swaps, little tricks, conveesations with Steve etc man! I'll keep watching till ai can. Lol Have a great day!
Smart move to Do more youtube. I think Discovery + is not a good option. I can never find a schedule when new shows drop and other program irregularities. That stuff will kill viewership. Good luck on the tube!
So glad you've started your own channel!!! Thanks Freiburger!!! Oh, i think the torino name came about because Ford wife was Italian. Thank you for taking us along on your adventure!👍
For me man your the back bone of motor trend, your wordsmith background and linguistic ability on camera is incredible, keep it up bro your Chanel could never bigger than the rest in a jiffy, cheers mate Scotty from NZ
As a life long car guy and a almost 30 year sign guy, Thank you for the coverage of the old local signs on the route. Too many people think only of the destination and home and there is a whole, colorful world to see along the way. Love the content.
Man! That is a supremely nice old wagon, and a very awesome trip back thru time! I miss seeing old cars and trucks on the road, and miss working on them even more! I 57 yrs old and and learned on the old carbureted vehicles! Today cars and trucks are way over complicated, and ridiculous to work on! You're on point with the dwell and timing! Also, might ought to see if you if you can grease those upper control arm bushings as well. Oh, a temporary fix for that play in the pitman arm to center link ball, is to take that cotter pin out, and turn that adjuster block in, then install some washers, if needed, so it won't back off. Old school mechanic stuff!
As a Roadkill fan, the Internet needed Freiurger back on RUclips.
Hell yes
I agree even though Roadkill is the worst show he is on.
Hell yes!
Absolutely
Definitely❤ yes
Here for it!
same!
Thank you, my friend! Thanks for the support.
Everyone's doing the VGG thing now.
Heck yeah! Good stuff!!! We appreciate what you do!
Love yas both glad to see fryburger again
I love doing what you just did. At 74 my life has been punctuated by a series of long and longer road trips. Back in 2022 I did a grand loop of America. Started in S.F. Bay area, to Texas, New Orleans, Miami, Washington D.C. (4th of July), Baseball Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Chicago, Lincoln, Salt Lake City, Boise, Reno (ughhh!), to home! All by myself and I had a ball. People! Hear me! Do take a tour of our beautiful country. We have some really nice people here and you should go meet them. They're just waiting for you to drop by. I really did love this video. Thanks for having me along for the ride. MOTOR ON!
100% brother. In 2014 I retired the first time and did an 8k mile road trip in 8 weeks. Loaded up my Z06 carbon edition and headed out with my GF. From Florida to New Orleans, Texas border towns to El Paso, Indio California, up the PCH, drove thru a redwood, up to Portland. Over to Mt. Rushmore, down to Vegas, grand canyon, up thru Colorado. Over to Milwaukee, Such an awesome trip, did it the next year in the opposite direction to all the places we missed. Cars are made for driving!
@@KeggyUran Hey I just saw your reply (9/10/'24). Isn't it a great country? These are the best days, and I think I'll do another long one next summer. RIDE ON!
Man no one does a video intro quite like Freiburger! Took me straight back to old the Roadkill episodes, where it all started for us!
Awesome video, great to see ya back on the platform! 🤘🤘
Glad you were into it
You rock.
I was thinking of you guys saying something like '90% or carb issues are ignition problems' all the time DF was playing with the carb 🤣
Likewise - all hail the Automotive Channel patriarch.
Kevin , this is the time in history when you can say you have more subs than King Roadkill! 😂
Ever since the Discovery+ hatchet job of the Motortrend situation, I don't have the warm fuzzies about the future of my favorite Motortrend originals. But it makes me feel safe that you're continuing to make the goods on RUclips.
Much love Dave and Dave!
Thanks!
I will watch M.T. when staying in a motel. The VAST majority of the shows are the same episodes that I saw 6+ years ago. I didn't know Dicovery owned that channel.
That’s a fact. I had discovery + for Street Outlaws shows. Was ready to drop the subscription when they dropped SO, but they picked up MT 😒
@@GorrellFamilyRacing Discovery has owned Motortrend for a long time now. Motortrend plus apparently couldn't keep up and most of the shows were moved to Discovery plus. Discovery runs a tighter ship and the experimental shows like Junkyard Gold, Faster with Cotten and Newbern (Finnegan), Dirt Everyday... were axed. Confirmed by Dave Chappelle on the Sent and Bent podcast about Discovery management.
Discovery, Netflix and all mainstream media cannot do good automotive content because they write to the drama. Which is why most of the Motortrend originals are so popular, because they're not fake, like Street Outlaws, sorry. Discovery is out to make money and nothing else. I'm still bitter they cut up Motortrend like they did.
*@**12:42** Ford wagon convertible has great style, but did it sag over RR tracks?*
Freiberger and company are saving a generation from the BS of modern life. Giving out hope with simple but good TV. Thanks!
Because of VGG, DF, Dirthead Dave, Tony Angelo, and Finnegan I’ll never watch TV again except for the Roadkill family and roadworthy rescue.
I love having “reruns” play while I’m working on projects out in the shop
Hard pass on VGG tho
@@Drmcclungwhy
whats a tv?
Add Junkyard Digs with Angus and Tom, and you have a deal!
My daughter and I did a 9,000 mile road trip from New Hampshire to California and back last year after she graduated from high school. We only had 2 weeks and we did a lot of cannon balling. But we went off highway for a little bit of route 66 in each state that it passes through. We also did around 200 miles off road. Even drove to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Content like this really inspires me to slow down a little and look around. Keep it going.
Did you drive a cool car? Sounds like a nice trip anyway. Cool bonding with the kiddo
@@dartdude4084 Not Freiburger cool. We took our 2023 Canyon AT4. My original idea was to fly out to the LA area and buy something cool and rust free to drive back. But the logistics of that became too hard. I also wanted the focus of the trip to be more experiencing father daughter time and not be about the stress of making it home. One day I will do it.
In my opinion this channel is some of your best work. We need some of the simple back in our lives. The younger generations need to see it. And to do it in a classic no frills car, Spot on Dave keep these videos coming.
im 20 mins into the video an this is amazing, i hope this blows up, it literally has everything!. history, urbex, cars, comedy, passion. i hope this keeps going. thank you David :)
Best review, thanks!
Can I say how much I loved this? The combination of the car content, history lessons, and the appreciation of the aesthetics of the towns and countryside, along with the more measured pace than a typical RK episode really captured the feel of the road trip. It really made me want to hit the road on my own... The trip down 395 really got me in the feels because our family always made summer camping/fishing trips right outside of Bridgeport and made the trip from San Diego a couple of times a year. Outstanding!
Dave, I love the way you stop and smell the antiques along the way. Your singular fascination with items like the WWII era Scotch Tape Dispenser is priceless. You get the industrial history of long gone America. Keep doing what you're doing. I have been a fan of you for years. As the keeper of my late father's 1967 Camaro (He bought it new in June of 1967 at Eddie Hopper Chevrolet in Garden Grove, CA and took us out for Pizza at Shakey's in Orange that night) I respect and revere the history of American Industrial prowess. Our family also had a 1967 289 Fairlane wagon that dad bought used in 1973 to keep the miles down on his Camaro (He commuted from Orange to El Segundo) and take us on weekend road trips. Keep up the content and I am now a subscriber.
Great comments and story, thanks!
Yes, more of this please thank you for the years of entertainment Freiburger
Thanks for being here for hopefully more years
Dave, I'm old enough (Class of 83) to know that Baskerville used to call you Furbie! I'm sure you were called Furburger a lot as a kid! Don't feel bad, I was called Kowpiss! 🤣
Yes !
Yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes.. Freiburger you are the ultimate delivery mechanism for American history. This was perfect. Such a mixup of S1 Roadkill and Junkyard gold. Love it and thank you!
Nice, thanks!
Have had the 429 version of that muscle wagon for over 40 years. Only orange one made. Not many survived. Nice vid. Thanks for sharing!
As an Australian who has dreamed of driving across America and exploring all of its small towns, this content couldn’t be any better. Love it!
Great!
*dreamt
California is a liberal shit hole
You'd love it. I'm a trucker and I'm telling you that after 28 years, I'm still finding new spots. America is crazy huge.
If you come, buy a car and spend 5 or 6 months and see all of it
@@HellaKwik that sounds like a good plan mate. I have driven around most of Australia and we enjoy exploring new spots across the country as a family. I have driven a bit in California also and across to Mexico which was a lot of fun, I managed to explore a lot of the smaller towns along the way and was amazed by how some of the spots seem frozen in time.
As great as car magazines were back in the day, we are so spoiled by countless automotive RUclips channels and it makes me so happy.
I agree 1000%! I remember waiting every month for Hot Rod Magazine, when I was 12 years old!
Still prefer a magazine thou
SCORE! Leta go David!
a mag is still cool just for the photos at least, so i think itll always have a place tbh
I always carry several different models Leatherman and a knife since 1984, pliers are a lifesaver. My mom and dad had a '71 429 Country Squire. The rear window could be operated with the switch up front or with the key lock on back, it was great for sucking in gas fumes from the exhaust to put us to sleep.
David Freiburger is my fn' Hero! Has been so for 34 years of my Life! Thank You for making this world a whole lot cooler Dave!!!!
Thanks for saying so!
Props to your RUclips handle 🤘
@@nicolasstanley1392 Thanks Boss!!
@@TheDavidFreiburger You proved it in 93'..i called You@HRM & You answered-i got starstruck b4 telling You about 9v Tamiya 1/32 me&my late Best Friend built-You said something on the lines of im no celebrity,im just a regular hot rodder like You.Nobody's words since have ever been So Genuine..i have a weird cancer but mark my word-i'll run into You some day(Dragweek) You really are my Hero Boss!!
Hell yeah!!,,, mine too!,, project cheap thrills forever!,,,👍👍🥃🥃
My dad worked at that Kaiser plant for over 30 years until the takeover/strike lead him to retire. The fact that you made it through Colfax without getting a speeding ticket is a small miracle. The place is notorious.
Very awesome to hear. Lots of history. I am the current care taker and GM We actually have one of the old employees that rents an old building out here as well.
@@Spokaneexploration My dad worked in the pot rooms. He still talks about the heat and how nasty it was.
@@GeekGingerthat pot is nasty stuff.
I'll never forget the article in the paper when the Colfax PD pulled over an ambulance with a patient in the back for speeding...It was a transport run and they didn't have the lights on but still...
When he did the peel out I said easy Dave they'll get ya
Watched this on the release day with my dad. We reminisced about the original roadkill season and how much this felt like that. It’s been over 10 years, I had just gotten my license, and we had just “finished” our 67 tempest (since gone to make room for more memories). I’ll never stop loving your videos, and hope I can put a trip together with my dad. ✌️
That’s a cool story, thanks!
So great to see you commit to RUclips! Been reading your stuff since the 90’s and it’s only gotten better. Thanks for keeping it real with garage builds and thrashing with your buddies!
Thank you for sticking with me!
This. This what roadkill had lost. I love this episode. Also we dont see a ton of fords on motortrend and is nice to see us in one!
Agreed! This car would be a great foundation for a resto-mod project car.
Longtime fan here! Thanks for putting content back on youtube! I watched the entire hour, feel free to release another 2-3 hour road trip. I could listen to your knowledge of landmarks and cars all day.
Welcome back, Freiburger! You have no idea how glad I am to see a familiar face on RUclips after all these years. Your show on MotorTrend was my go-to back in the day! I was already subscribed to you here from years ago, glad RUclips recommended you again.
Thanks for coming back!
To me, this is the perfect combination. David doing his thing with old cars, stopping at abandoned places while road tripping, and cool history that I didn't realize I needed to know but now I'm fascinated. And Chapelle is always a great bonus!
He is! Thanks
Henry Ford II had an appreciation for Italian culture, his second wife was an Italian Socialite and so the Fairlane was renamed "Torino" , the Italian name for Turin.
American station wagons are getting very popular today and this one is a sweetheart in great condition.
Personally, I love American wagons. An aquaintance of mine was given for free a $15k blue Chevelle wagon and he hates it ! I want to trade him my motorcycle for it.
@@michaelb.42112 Chevy is always the most practical car to work on because the parts are easy to get.
My aunt had a nice metallic brown Chevelle station wagon, V8, auto and it was pretty fast.
Awesome road trip, no one does it like you. So happy to see you back on RUclips, without the corporate restrictions.
Thanks for taking us on this journey with you! I enjoyed it immensely! The Torino wagon is killer!
This is great stuff Freiburger! As a Canuck in Singapore and denied Roadkill access since MT murdered the RUclips channel, this is such a welcome addition to the RK-starved droves of fans outside N.America! Thank you for starting this channel. Great start...please keep it coming.
Thanks for being here
Best looking era of Torino. I got a '70 GT with the same drivetrain. Not a hot rod, but definitely solid.
71+ year old here. A very entertaining video! Thanks for the trip. For reference I can remember every car my parents had until I went to college here in order: 1950 Plymouth with the flathead six cylinder . Vague remembrance of that one. Various versions of those engines in “industrial” form were used in farm combines and other industrial equipment. I’ve harvested wheat with those Massey-Harris and Massey-Ferguson combInes. The cars I have a clear remembrance of are 54 Ford Custom (don’t know what engine) 57 Ford with the 272 V8, 65 Dodge Coronet with the 318 that I got my learners permit in at 14. Already knew how to drive because I had been driving trucks and tractors on country back roads.😅 Then the 66 Ford Fairlane station wagon with the 289 and cruiseOmatic transmission. No AC, No Radio. We drove that car the 1000+ miles from central Iowa to San Antonio Texas in July 1968 for the Hemisfair. We pulled a utility trailer with camping equipment. Dad let me do most of the driving. At the same time as the Ford we had a 1968 Opel Kadett that Dad got for use in his job. 4 cylinder, 4 speed manual. 35 mpg. Again no AC, no radio. I don’t want to say that Dad was a penny pincher (cheap) but do you see a pattern here? I destroyed the transmission in that car one day when I missed a shift from first to second. Never could fully explain that to Dad. The last car they got before I went off to college was the big body 1967 Mercury Montclair with the 390-4v. Again no AC but at least it had an AM radio. They let me have that car part of the time while I was in college. It was a little over 350 miles from where I went to college to where my parents lived at the time. I could make that drive in five hours on mostly interstate and some two lane roads and it would get 21mpg for those trips. After I was out of the house they finally started buying cars with AC. I don’t know how we survived those long trips 😅
The Fairlane was an 18+ mpg car. 20 in the right driving conditions. I’m sure the Torino 302 can do 20mpg if in top condition. Maybe rings and a valve job if you don’t have to touch the bottom end. Oil is much better now than in those days especially synthetics, regardless of brand.
Regarding driving in the mountains. You should have shifted down to 2nd for going down those long grades. I assume that car has a C4 automatic transmission. It will hold the car back on long grades without over speeding the engine. Just a tap on the brakes once In a while if your speed seems to fast. I’ve done that a lot with cars and a Dodge Power Wagon 4x4 with a TorqueFlite 3 speed pulling a heavy camper trailer across the Rocky Mountains. At high altitudes I sometimes had to stop and change the timing to keep the engine from pinging. Of course I always carried a pretty complete set of tools including a timing light and a dwell meter. Of course a paper match book is always good for setting points if you don’t have anything else besides a screwdriver and a pair of pliers. Thanks again for the trip. A great way to see some country now that I don’t make those long trips anymore. Happy motoring!😊
You know all the stuff! Lots of knowledge that’s lost these days.
I enjoy your appreciation for history and old signs. Your story telling ability is second to none. Thanks David.
Thank you!
This video is a reminder of just how beautiful the back roads and small towns of our country really are. Thanks David for taking us along for the ride!
Just finding this, and am glad for it. Freiburger's passion for Americana comes over as so genuine and it's a great experience to ride along. Thanks David.
This video absolutely touched me right in the feels. About 15 years ago I took the wife, 2 young kids and a dog on a road trip from Lincoln,NE to Centennial, WY in a 1971 Torino wagon that hadn't done any more than the 5 miles to work before this trip. Night before we were to leave my truck had a terminal issue with the ignition switch, so we loaded up the wagon and hit the road. Made the trip out and back through 100 degree heat with the only real issue being vapor lock due to it being a '70's Ford. Long story short. That trip cost me an electric fuel pump and 2 tires, but it turned my 6 year old into a car guy right on the spot.
Man... I really didn't want this video to end. I could listen to you talk about car history and history in general all day. Thank you for being an inspiration in my life for the better part of a decade. I subscribed.
Nice, thank you!
You have to love the people who still appreciate station wagons. I had a few of them as a young man. I had a 71 like this one but it had a 6 banger in it.
Love these types of episodes! Kinda brings you back to the old “roadkill” days. Hop in a classic car, drive the country side, learn about cool history and fixing the junk on the side of the road of it breaks down. Please keep doing these types of videos!
More coming
Amen brother preach it
DUDE ! I was crushed when roadkill stopped on RUclips.
It's good to see you're picking up the slack.
This is amazing. High-quality camera work along with great editing. I really hope this new lease on the channel is here to stay! Thanks Freiburger, you're a legend
This car brings back memories. My dad had a “70” Falcon wagon in Grabber Green. Great car for packing the friends into to hit a concert or kegger in the middle of nowhere!
Thanks for taking us along on your vacation. America is STILL BEAUTIFUL AND INTERESTING. Driving off the interstates makes a trip worthwhile.
Awesome trip I’ve taken it many times! The eastern Sierra Nevada’s is the heart of real California in many ways! It’s arguable but it’s awesome country!
Please make one of these episodes for every state in America! I love this!
Dave, I love this format, car content mixed with history. I see a whole YT series of videos where you start or end at a diffrent ex/ current motortrend collaborators shop and give the car industry related history along the way.
Most of my shows will have a history element in them
@@TheDavidFreiburgerwaited SOOOOO LONNNG for this!!!!
Maybe it was all the annoying complaints I made to motortrend that the only reason I had a subscription was you and Dulcich
My Dad had one of those. Took me decades to purge my mind of the memories. Now they’re back. Thanks
Its about time. We all love you, give us something to watch!!!
Oh my I've missed old cars and the burg!! Keep em coming my dude.
Every week! Thank you
Quickly becoming one of my favorite channels!!!!!
Hello from sunny Saudi Arabia! Can't tell you how stoked I was when this video came up on my feed. I hope you do more content like this in the future. Best wishes and good luck.
Thank you! When I was in Saudi I was amazed how many people recognized me from the shows.
As a longtime Ford employee I totally dig the old factory clips. I have been in the Rouge site in Dearborn since 2007. Before that I was at the Saline plant. Matter of fact there is a tour of my plant this Sunday for family and friends to come see what we do in the stamping plant.
My son took me up to Dearborn a couple months ago and we toured the Rouge plant. Loved the time spent up there. Drove home in one day to Wichita, Ks. Long trip.
@@keithwiebe1787 wish you could have been to the family open house! You get to see a lot more plus the freedom of an employee showing you around.
@@hooligangeneral300 Absolutely that would have been wonderful. We only got to see the final assy of the F150.
@@keithwiebe1787 next year hit me up at the beginning of august.
That front end is killer, no matter what version it’s on. Ranchero, Falcon, Torino or Station Wagon.
I don’t love it but don’t hate it
@@TheDavidFreiburgerI love the 70-71 torinos because it’s the closest thing we have to the Australian Falcons aka mad max’s car lol
@@bandcshow11d6 I think the 70-71 Torinos and also the Mercury Cylcones of the same years are the best looking Ford mid sized cars ever with the 72 Torino coming in second.
Small towns are the heart and soul of this country. For those of you in the big cities this is where life really happens.
I mean, you could also say the opposite is true? But the truth is both are important in their own rights.
“Real America” is all of America. The idea that only 20% of the population is “real America” is nonsense.
Glad you're back on RUclips as we can't get roadkill over the pond in the UK it's great watching your knowledge and joy with older v8s please keep it up looking forward to more videos and will share your videos with my hot rod and roadkill fans here in the UK👍
Excellent news for us UK fans...... Thank you.
Yes, I’m stoked to be able to interact with you folks again
And I thought I was the only Uk bloke here :)
@@lettuce984 there is a few of us
I love the video, I would be proud to have the 71 .
I had a 70 Torino, 351 300hp 4spd , bench seat ,great road car .
6 years old I paid 750$ 44,000 miles, dealership couldn’t sell it, no power steering and no power brakes.
Drove it 98,000 miles only issue clutch pivot rivets broke, replaced them with stainless bolts and no more issues.
Great car!!
@@stevejones7593 They sold you a car when you were only 6 years old? 🤣😉
Freaking killer video dude! Love the laid back, yet informative style. Takes me back to watching roadkill 10+ years ago, as a wee fella. Hope to see more like it in the future!
First episode and we got some Dave Chappelle action!? Off to a great start
Yup! I’m always thankful for his help
Only 10 minutes in and I’m liking the idea of a 1hr + “roadkill” episode. Keep’em coming David!
I did a Dallas to Chicago road trip mostly on route 66 after buying my CJ-7 and this makes me want to go back and drive the rest. Love to see the history.
You're the king. Thank you for this video. I hurt my foot at work today. I had to come home and sit on the couch so perfect content for today. I don't think I'll ever get to do a trip like that. I just turned 40 years old😢 and with this economy I don't think I'd be able to save the money to drive out of Florida no less a trip like that. I've never seen snow before. So videos like this mean a lot to me. Thank you Freiburger your the real one!!
I’m glad to give you a moment to forget that foot. Thanks for watching.
@@TheDavidFreiburger damn that's the first time anybody responded back thank you
Put alittle cash aside every week for a year or so....... That's what I did a few times...... You will not regret it believe me......
Master piece road trip, buy and drive video. The standard all other videos of this type will be judged on
That’s over the top, but thank you!
Truth sometimes makes one uncomfortable. Both good and bad. This is a truly great video
Old cars and old signs. Perfect.
everyone needs a buddies like the two Daves. Soldering iron through the carpet: Legend! PS the Aluminum plant is right out of a video game, or the other way around.... Inspiration.
Oh, it's so great to have Freiberger back on RUclips. Early Roadkill is what got me into so many car channels on here. Welcome back, we've missed ya, and your interesting "mind-barfing" of automotive history.
Thanks!
Dude. You are killing it. I missed you and your sense of humor and your love of history. This is my new favorite channel. They killed motor trend. Now at least all of us can watch you on your adventures. Totally dig it😎
Thanks a bunch!
Gen X dearly missing our beloved family station wagons.
So many memories...
Brother as a x man also I feel ya, Wagon life😂
@@kiwidiesel 😎👍
Im a gen z but i had experience with wagons and i loved it!
I was 4 or so, my grandparents had a Ford station wagon, 70's green metallic, vinyl wood side panels, large-block tread for the rear tires😅, but the absolute coolest feature to me and my friends, was the REAR FACING backseat!
Pumping our arms at semi trucks to get them to blow their airhorn and scare the life out of my grandfather.... good times.
Great job David very happy for you.
Loved the tidbits of history lessons in this too!
Holy hell the muisc during the smelting plant kicks major ass! Did not realize Dave was a metal head this heavy.
I was wondering about it too...cheated and asked Google to ID it so I can add it to my playlist
@deathbug74 what did google id come up with? Lol dont leave me hanging!
@@MrIlovemetals the song is "Fallout Jig" by Dillon Knighton, and there's some other good stuff on youtube
@@deathbug74 thank you!
He is a huge metal head
Who else wants a new series with David, Steve, and Derek?!!!!!!!!!!
A series would be hard. An episode can happen.
@TheDavidFreiburger I understand.....it must eat a TON of time plus schedules etc...
Love your content David....keep up the good work 👏
I'm gonna go buy the firing order T-shirt from your site!!!
my mom packed BBQ fritos in my lunch from 1st grade to 1981 when I graduated, I still love them
I'm crushed, you drove right by my house and didn't stop. Picture going down the Lewiston hill on a bicycle at 35-40 mph, makes you really think about brakes.
I found the Bluetooth noise hilariously comical every time you started the car. I'm so glad you're back on youtube with your own channel! I think we're all in for a treat with this channel. Love it! Just do what you do, and we'll watch it. Your style and approach to gearhead videos is the cream of the crop. Can't wait for more.
Glad to see you active on RUclips Dave! I enjoy all of your shows with Motortrend, but I think the best format is RUclips and honest road trips seeing cool old things!
Looks like this channel is about to blow up! Cant wait!
I hope so, thanks
Came with high expectations for a Freiberger RUclips channel and this video did not disappoint! Fantastic editing, great sound levels, perfect music.
Nice review, thanks!
I already know I will be coming back to this video again and again. What a great slice of Americana. You are a treasure to the country, David. Thanks for helping me also plan a future trip.
Next time you're in the Spokane area and want to spend a day exploring cool old towns, history, and old junk, we'll have to give you a tour of the Silver Valley.
Re the Alcoa plant, lead, tin, zinc, antimony from the mines in the Silver Valley went to Spokane to become aluminum which went to Boeing in Seattle to become aircraft in WW2... part of how the US out-produced the Axis...
As an Australian, cannot believe the amount of ‘abandonment’ outside of main cities. We have so much homelessness due to lack of building new housing the last 20 years. (And a few other local issues)
Even our country areas 500 miles from the nearest active town, the buildings are occupied.
Your wagon reminds me of my 75 XB falcon wagon, my first v8 with the Australia only 302 Cleveland fitted to it. Even had the same 2 way tailgate:)
A town gets abandoned after the major industry closes, the owners can't pay their local taxes, and then the city forces foreclosure for unpaid taxes, obviously no one buys the House at auction as there's no reason to as the local industry died. House then rots into the ground.
There's a lot of styling cues between the Australia Falcons of that era and the U.S Ford Torinos especially when you look at the XA falcon. I remember those two way Falcon tailgates without fondness as I had to work on more than a few of them due to opening and closing, window issues, and RUST!!. They were quite cool in operation though when new.
I believe the Falcon compact and the mid sized Fairlane/Torino used the same sheet metal when you bought the station wagon models, other than the front clip.
I am talking about the US versions. The Fairlane/ Tornio wagons never quite looked like those rear treatments went with the car, in my opinion.
@@erroneouscode rust! Yes was the reason I sold it, the rear door was starting to drop. I did look at changing to the conventional rear door (mine was a Fairmont Wagon (JG35RU) but no hinges mounts on the other side.
I would have the ability to fix now, but as a 20 yo no hope in hell ;)
David, this has been an unexpected and very well enjoyed travel vlog style video, with a vintage motor Americana flavorings. Absolutely love the history and delivery you give. Can't wait for more!
Another epic adventure ❤
It was a really good one
i didnt know david still made content! subbed! loved roadkill as a kid
I still do the MotorTrend stuff, but this is my first real effort on YT
@@TheDavidFreiburger ahh ok!
You nailed it 😊@@TheDavidFreiburger
Following you, Mike and the rest of your crew, for many years and have always been fascinated by how much you explain, in detail, on every single video. Wow!
My support from India! Cheers and I'm always eager to see your videos on my feed. All the best.
Wow, thanks for watching from India!
@@TheDavidFreiburger wow. Thanks for replying, and yes sir, I enjoy all episodes.
I actually stayed in USA shortly, between 2006 till 2011 for college, moved between MO and TX, Houston. While in Houston had a few motorcyclrs and cars, out of which, once I owned a Lincoln Mark 7 and that when I fell in love with muscle cars. Later had a friend, who had a mercury comet etc, so yea, I'm also a fan of majority of the vehicles you work with on your show.
I always love your engine swaps, little tricks, conveesations with Steve etc man!
I'll keep watching till ai can. Lol
Have a great day!
Smart move to Do more youtube. I think Discovery + is not a good option. I can never find a schedule when new shows drop and other program irregularities. That stuff will kill viewership. Good luck on the tube!
That's because they don't drop anything! Discovery + is useless!
Thanks!
Man, beautiful wagon. I grew up looking backwards on the back seat of my father's Buick wagons, I remember him having two.
I could watch this forever. Love all this channel has on it. Greatest host ever
Thanks for coming back Dave, wish I was still able to do these things.
So glad you've started your own channel!!! Thanks Freiburger!!! Oh, i think the torino name came about because Ford wife was Italian.
Thank you for taking us along on your adventure!👍
Love those old station wagons. They look so cool and plush just cruising.
I’m not only envious of what you can do but really jealous of what you get to do it in
I appreciate your appreciation of history and just neat old stuff in general.
Thank you for this absolute gem of a documentary.
For me man your the back bone of motor trend, your wordsmith background and linguistic ability on camera is incredible, keep it up bro your Chanel could never bigger than the rest in a jiffy, cheers mate Scotty from NZ
What a great and fun watch...Loved the photography!
Glad you enjoyed it!
As a life long car guy and a almost 30 year sign guy, Thank you for the coverage of the old local signs on the route. Too many people think only of the destination and home and there is a whole, colorful world to see along the way. Love the content.
Absolutely
Man! That is a supremely nice old wagon, and a very awesome trip back thru time! I miss seeing old cars and trucks on the road, and miss working on them even more! I 57 yrs old and and learned on the old carbureted vehicles! Today cars and trucks are way over complicated, and ridiculous to work on! You're on point with the dwell and timing! Also, might ought to see if you if you can grease those upper control arm bushings as well. Oh, a temporary fix for that play in the pitman arm to center link ball, is to take that cotter pin out, and turn that adjuster block in, then install some washers, if needed, so it won't back off. Old school mechanic stuff!
What a great road trip. Thanks for bringing us along.