MY JOB IS OVER. Here’s How It Started. A D/F Extra!
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- Опубліковано 9 січ 2025
- It’s the end of my 33 years in car magazines and TV shows in December of 2024. People ask me how to get a job in magazines, hosting TV shows, or working in automotive media. Here is my story sprinkled with some advice. I’ve been the editor of magazines like Hot Rod and Car Craft, and have hosted the TV shows Roadkill, Roadkill Garage, Hot Rod Garage, and Engine Masters.
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Kevin Wilson gave me my first magazine job, too! I had no idea he hired you. :)
I was around when both of you came out or debuted and wondered wth are these 2 kids are, and now look at yall !
Can we all appreciate the fact that D/F just sits in his messy unorganized garage and just speaks directly to each one of us individually?
It looks organized to me. Nor would i call it messy.
@alexb.1320 Indeed, there looks to be more on the floor that has yet to be taken.😅
Looks like automotive heaven to me
"Messy"??? Looks a heck of a lot neater than mine!! But, like you, sure did enjoy and very much appreciated Freiburger's candor and impressive memory!. Thanks so much, D/F!
Leaning on a blower larger than my entire engine 😂
"You may hate your boss, you may hate your company, but love your team, love your product, love your work" I definitely needed to hear that, great advice!
Maybe it's time you looked for a job at another company. Then you wouldn't need to hear reassurances like that
@@Jake-bp4nd Same. It is great advice!
Thank you, David, for 33 years. I even got my wife to stop watching the Hallmark channel and into watching Roadkill. You're the best.
This dude is THE coolest. Love all your stories Freiburger.
Cool of you, thanks
My question is? Can I just do my UA-cam channel and work hard?
@@wolfgarage2342🎉🎉🎉
@@wolfgarage2342yes. I started one and actually started posting little things about a year or so ago. It’s fun and slowly building. Unless you catch something that gains traction quickly, it is a kinda long process to get it monetized. I look at the stuff I’ve done and should have recording/posting but never did. Give it a shot, you never know what will happen!
@@TheDavidFreiburger David, I've been emailing all sorts of magazines and none have answered my emails. I've followed up with all of them at least three times, so I know they got my emails. I've also reached out via LinkedIn. Nothing! I was editor of my university paper and have done marketing for a race series. Any advice would be welcome. Thanks for ALL you do!
"I don't care what it pays"... "I'll cut my hair".... "I'll do anything to get in".... all behaviors in a young person that usually lead to much greater rewards later. Personal investments in the future. Thanks for being an example.
Factual information.
I shaved my head so I don’t burn my hair while MiG/stick welding.
@@XxJx3xX wow! You're my hero !
@@lollipop84858 That shit is 8000 degrees without exaggeration.
Hair is a funny thing ,in highschool I fought the school boards rules on haircuts,,off the ears eyes and collar, this is 1971-72 ,,got a draft number 8,,, joined Air Force they cut it all off😂😂 1980 got out of military had grown up a bit,, realize you con grow hair or have a decent job I chose the latter now I'm about bald,,,,Oh well,,,,,
I cant cut my hair i will tie it back tho
I will always watch this channel and others like Finnegans', Newburns', Vice Grips', Tony A, and Cleeters' for the simple reason--these are real reality shows. No scripts or anyone saying they're going to 'lose the shop' crap. Plus the fact that I've been watching these guys forever and have never been disappointed with any video, ever. A car nut is a car nut is a car nut, and we will watch other car nuts who entertain and enlighten us with their wealth of information, period.
We all appreciate it
@@TheDavidFreiburger perhaps time to cement the dynasty w/the above mentioned? 🤞
We are the classic do it up till it loosens and back it off a 1/4 turn.
T/A say's "we're going to 'lose the shop' crap" all the time, he sells shirts that say it for crying out load. Do you really watch his show?
@@kikurass322 You do realise it's just a joke?
Freiburger you,tony, Finnegan dulcich,lucky, cotton,newburn,and a few others need to start your own channel millions love your content been watching and following seems like my whole life all the best to you guys, keep us posted.
You got to work with a lot of legends and have become one yourself. Hell of a career that keeps going.
Nice, thank you
Very well said. David definetly is one of the greats in the whole automotive industry.
"Come in early, stay late, go home tired." More truer words have never been spoken. Doing well means working hard doing stuff you love. If I could make it happen this would be a required watch for any high school senior.
Networking, tenacity, hard work and a vision, the same formula required for success in any field you would care to pursue. Well done sir.
It’s true
David, I am 74 years old and you are by far my favorite tv host. You went out with a great deal of dignity and class. All the best to you in your future endeavors.
I miss the heyday of magazines. In the early 90's, Hot Rod and Super Chevy shaped who I am today.
those plus Import Tuner for me, actually
-returns from closet-
Street Truck, Guitar World, was very into the shaved everything in the early 00s lmfao I remember specifically an S14 with an RB26 swap and BMW 750i lights all around. was quite a passion project in the article too. miss those days. true writing and photography!
MM&FF, Peterson’s Four wheel drive and off road too.
I believe I started reading Hot Rod around the time Mr. Freiburger started writing there. I was 11 years old. I have this joyous habit...this glorious sickness of loving old cars because of him and his colleagues. I owe a lifetime of joy to them.
Peterson's 4Wheel & Offroad, JP Magazine (my favourite, I was so sad when JP shut down, sure didn't know it was a harbinger of things to come. ) and occasionally 4 Wheeler. I loved those magazines and am really saddened to see printed media go away. I know it's progress, I know it's better for the environment, but to me there's fewer joys as fine as sitting on the throne with a brand new magazine.
I liked HOT ROD magazine a lot , but I preferred Car Craft , because I am more into the "later" model muscle cars and street machines , and not quite so much earlier Hot Rods.
Take your time on content Dave, we aren't going anywhere. Enjoy the rest of the holidays and then start out 2025 strong. You're an inspiration to all of us in the car community and don't forget to top off the gas before you head out. Take it easy Sir.
Happy Anniversary!!!!! We will continue to follow you anywhere!!! Your content has always been the best.
Also your intake manifold collection always amazes me.
@@van_demonium during his first video in there, I realized intake envy is a real thing. I in no way need a triple carb high-rise-but I sure want that one.
There’s a freiburger in the intakes😂
I swear I could just sit around and listen to your stories all day. Even if it's been told a ton of times before, they way you tell them really just draws the listener in.
I’m glad that works for you, thanks
@@TheDavidFreiburgerif you created two headlines for your videos, 1 for the projects and 1 for the stories, I think it would help sculpt your channel.
Gives some distinction for those that are only into 1 or the other, but most of us are here for it all!
These posts you are putting up are not only interesting, not only do they highlight some of history's chapters.....but they also fill in the definition for the title Influencer.
I think what you brought to UA-cam sparked life into hundreds of channels that otherwise never would of even lined up. tHanks man.
Thanks to you as well
I LOVED when you took over car craft. Those were epic years.
You kicked the door in and started off by pissing off all the turbo sponsors… turbos are for diesels and diesels are for trucks!
The el camino, the anti tour, the junk yard articles… was all pure gold
Fun times. Thank you.
“Turbos are for diesel, diesels are for trucks, and the coolest trucks have 8-71” is how the quote went if I remember correctly.
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Very good…. I had forgotten the second half of that!
It’s been a minute.
That sentiment aged like fine milk
@@wirebrush Exactly. Now, turbo builds are absolutely the norm. I wish turbos had been pushed harder when I was a kid/teenager.
Such a great story. You're gonna go down in history as an automotive legend. I feel like you're responsible for all the great automotive content we get to watch today
Show up everyday, do what the others don't want to do, accept responsibility for what you do (mistakes AND achievements), listen, learn, be gracious.
Wealth isn't in the gold, it's in the effort...🤘
KNOWLEDGE is Forever. Never stop passing it on. Thank you
We're here for you.
The biggest thing for getting your UA-cam going is to do collaborations with other bigger UA-camrs. Don't feel bad leaning on your contacts because it also lifts them too!
Get some time with Finnegan, the two of you need to do something with Cleetus that's been waiting for years!
It also helps that he has the correct attitude to build a channel. Rising tides lift all ships!
You can do it, Finnegan can do it, lucky and Tony can do it!
Just keep bringing the quality content, and keep working with those people that also want to do quality content and it'll grow.
crossover episodes would be fun.. i had just commented about full custom garage Ian leaving MT for you tube.. maybe they could do an Ed Roth inspired hot rod.. lots of metal flake, and a Winfield fade of course..
Gasoline forever…..
Love this kind of video, because it's like we're sitting around in the garage just listening to the stories.
Wish you the best DF.
I grew up before the internet.
Paper Mags, Speed Shops and Cruise nights were our media.
I covered my knowledge base with Popular Mechanics, Car and Driver, Rod and Custom and Hot Rod subscriptions.
Picked up the occasional Car Craft when a cover grabbed my eye.
Thanks to the pioneers that fed my interest in this hobby.
Hot Rod Deluxe was my absolute favorite magazine that you did. You have an incredible mind, and it's poured out on every page. It's timeless.
I created the mag, but Dave Wallace and Drew Hardin made it work
@TheDavidFreiburger That's awesome. 😁👍
Anyone who has ever had to tear down greasy old engines on a hot summer day has my deepest respect. The only redeeming quality of working in a machine shop was being around motorheads and being able to build my own engine. The best way to learn every aspect of the industry in a very short period of time.
Dave -
Thanks for your commitment to hot rodding and journalism. You inspired me to attend the university of Missouri and finish with a journalism degree.
It’s never worked out. I became a diesel mechanic and worked my way up the food chain to director of maintenance with a trucking company in the Midwest.
This is just an outsider’s opinion: you’ve given so much. So much time and money to us. Maybe hang up the skates for a while. Enjoy the wife, kids and house for a while.
I agree life goes to fast. Family first
Hey David, i've been here since the Pontiac Catalina. I'm a tech with years of experiencie and i had learned A LOT thanks to Broule and you on engine masters, i am pretty sure you don't remember but we "talked" on a Q&A sesion about why the land speed camaro didn't needed a water intercooler (at that time i was really into water to air and water/meth injection, well i am still into it but thanks to you guys i now see other problem solvers). Roadkill was FUN, was my monthly relief for a time, and like more people pushed me into the not perfect/just enough to have fun. I don't usually coment on videos or things like that and i can be really wrong about what i am going to write but at the end of the video you looked pretty sad. Don't be, UA-cam ain't a gamble, just try to keep up with nice content as long as you can. You have a cult following, i'm writing from Spain, never set foot on any part of America and i am writing to you man. You are going to be fine.
David, thanks for what you did with Car Craft back in the 90's. You are a total working class hero for showing the world that a primer gray Duster IS a hell of a lot of fun. Gotta dig deeper now cuz I can't even afford a primer gray Duster lol
Really appreciated Car Craft for the blue collar guy. Hot Rod disappointed me with its emphasis on 6 digit builds.
My 71 Nova from back then was primer gray. It was the norm back then.
@@johnmcmullen456hot rod was mostly for dreaming, Car craft was for us “bucks down” dudes. Subscribed to both. Had them all until I just couldn’t justify moving them anymore. Filled a huge 80 gallon rolling curb cart, it broke when the arm picked it up…. Probably weighed 800 lbs with all those mags in it. Still have boxes of my very favorites though…..
@@ROBIN_SAGEThat must be a thing with us gearheads. Mine are gathering dust on basement shelves.😊
Every era that ends leads to another one. A thanks for the past and I hope a hand for the future. You all spread joy around the world and that is well worth paying thanks for, hopefully our money spends over there too
I’ve never had a krone before! Thanks for the message and the tip!
Your CarCraft days are legendary.
It's not about having a job you love...its about learning to love the job you have.
I was so burned out on monster trucks, all monster and chromed show all the time… when 4wheel and off road started going in the direction of real world wheeling, it didn’t take long for 4wheeler to follow suit. I have to thank you for that direction change in my two favorite magazines.
I’ll watch every Thursday if I can, or catch up as soon as I can… I watch so many UA-camrs and they’re all great at what they do.
When the 4-Wheel sales went up, it’s true, Four Wheeler had to follow. Thing is, all the staff guys there were hard core anyway.
@@TheDavidFreiburgerI only ever got 4 wheel and off road, because 4 Wheeler wasn't cool with the bling.
Growing up with a cj-7 on a 4" lift (which is now in my garage) I wanted to see all the real stuff that worked, and had no interest in buying 16 shocks and a double CV driveshaft for the rear while using Bluetooth in the front! 😂
Amen!!
70 year old gearhead here Dave and I've been following you since the beginning. 👍👍😎
Love hearing stories like this, Evolution of "How it all began", Soooo cool.
Jeff Smith was my next-door neighbor for all my life up until he moved out of state in 2021. I pretty much got my start with mechanics and learned everything about GM A bodies from him and was lucky to borrow his tools and expertise at just a stone's throw away. He told me the story about hiring you at Hot Rod and getting your start in the industry and would go into detail about how long your hair was at the time. Jeff had put me in a similar predicament like Pat Ganahl did with him about hiring you when Jeff and I were looking at a '64 Chevelle on the side of the road for sale, "If you don't buy it........I will!" Let's just say I was one who ended up with the car. Great hearing both sides of these stories. Thanks for everything D/F
Love this channel. Please do more history shit. Like stuff you were a part of. Biggups
I've been fired once in my life. The result was immediately being hired the next day by one of the best places I've ever worked for (and, with) some of the greatest people I've ever known. Such things can definitely be a blessing in disguise.
David provides the history behind the hot-rod scene since inception. Why would anyone not want to see what he is doing now and his take on where the scene is going. Add in Dulcich and the other guys the UA-cam shows will just get better and better. Super excited to see what comes down the pipe.
Man it’s crazy to realize but you and Finnegan legit shaped me into the car person I am today lol. I used to stay up late in high school back in 2013/2014 and just watch roadkill episodes all day. Im happy to admit im an old school hot rodder at heart, I enjoy the simple things and can never relate to the new generation of number chasing car guys. Big thanks to you David and Finn. I look up to you just as you described the people that you looked up to.
I have been watching shows like Roadkill, Roadkill Garage, Hot Rod Unlimited for over 11 years now. So many fond memories and nostalgia. David, thank you so much for your hard work and dedication, and thank you for bringing so much joy and so many great memories to my life. I will continue to follow you on UA-cam and your future adventures.
After watching this, I probably spent the last 30 years of my life consuming your work. I was in middle school reading Hotrod magazine. Highschool all I read was Petersons 4 wheel and offroad. In college, I watched roadkill. Thanks for all the content. I really appreciate.
I remember those days. That’s when the truck mags and Car Craft were doing things real World people were doing. I also remember the revamp of HotRod! That was the best thing that happened to that rag in years!!!
Because so many people were involved other than me, I can say without hesitation that it saved the mag.
@ yeah for sure. But they were all sooooo much better once you came aboard!
So awesome and genuine. David, that's what made Roadkill so great and nobody can ever take that from you. The genuine feel and enthusiasm is intoxicating. You cannot help but find big success back on the UA-cam side. I am inspired and will always watch!
My father was never necessarily a "car guy ", so I'll always be appreciative of the knowledge you, Dulcich, and Brulé have shared with me, and many others. Thanks Freiburger. Good luck with all of your future endeavors.
Car Craft had such good nuts and bolts real car knowledge shared in it's pages. When I learned you were an editor of it at one time, my respect for you went up, way up Dave. (I have still come across people referencing the Car Craft 440, 460, 454, 455, 455, 455 comparison from like '01, '02 in the last few years, I'm like, I still have that issue here somewhere ! ) and a few years before I got a smartphone. I started watching Roadkill reruns on Motor Trend tv, and learned that a broken motot mount can be replaced with a bunch of the really big-ass cable tie/zip ties 😂
Mr Freiburger , you are my car god ! Thank you, and because of you I purchased a 97 Z28 -6speed shifter with a blown head gasket.
A one owner car ,super clean.
I’ve had many muscle cars back in the 70s80s and 90s.
Here I go again at 64 years of age. Oh and I had a 1970 super bee ,383 (HPblock) with a 4-speed ,ram charger hood . My friends called it a”stupid bee”
I didn’t care I loved that car.
I will follow you right into battle sir! Thanks David!
Someday if it’s possible we would love to see your father’s car collection.
Freiburger everything that you’ve spoke about I remember I was reading your magazines that you were writing articles for and absolutely Car craft. I’m about five years older than you. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. 😎
I can watch David and Steve for hours, the chemistry is awesome! Nobody knows what the future holds but I expect great things to come.
I totally forgot when you left to do the show in 2008, you were ahead of the curve. Thanks for the memories and information in the mags.
you have my best D/F.. the automotive world would've been very different, if it weren't for YOU. thanks for the memories.. looking fwd to more!
God bless you sir.
I met Jeff Smith at one of the Hot Rod super nationals , maybe 87 or there abouts . I later worked at Summit , in 91 thru 93 . Helped a couple guys with their drag cars , etc. I had a car featured in Hot Rod magazine in august or sept of 91 . Best days of my life .
I learned a lot from magazines including yours. Thanks for sharing everything you did. I was lucky to also have lots of service manuals including a special set meant for Chevy mechanics from 1972 that when more in depth than the normal stuff.
I’m a Road Kill fan for sure. I’m subscribed here and plan to watch a lot of your content. I do watch a lot of Finnegan’s channel. I also watch a lot of UA-cam in general. General TV stinks IMO. One thing I’ve become acutely aware of in the UA-cam space is that authenticity is a huge factor in the success of any UA-cam channel. Given the authenticity of yourself and Roadkill, I think you’ll do very well. You’re clearly not afraid of hard work and UA-cam is hard work. I wish you much success and look forward to enjoying your content.
We're with you, Freiburger . . . wherever it is you land. All the best to you!!
As a High school kid I read your articles, as an adult watched you from the beginning. I have met you the 1st time at a swap meet in socal 2nd was 1st Duct tape drag event 3rd and last time was 1st Ziptie drags actually talked to you with my friend that listened to you at great length about land speed cars. My son has watched for years and now my grandson watches you. Currently my grandson is really into the og muscletruck clips etc. Thank you for your work I look forward to all of your future endeavors. I hope the ziptie events continue long enough for me to finally put something together to participate instead of spectate now that I dont travel the country and build cars for rich guys anymore. You have inspired many. Keep up the good work!
All of your die hard fans will follow you on anything you do. Love everything you do
“Go in early, leave late, go home tired” is a notion sorely absent from the workplace today. While you feel you should have networked more during your career, I like to believe you put your work and the quality and integrity of it ahead of yourself. Your words ring loud to me as I think back on my career in the space program. We worked long hours, many weekends, and were rewarded with successful launches. Then, we go to do it all over again. My brother introduced me to your work years ago, and he tried to read everything you wrote. He kept a reference list of yours and others articles he wanted for future reference. Sadly, he passed away 2018 and I lost my car buddy way too soon. I think of him every time I hit the key in my 68 Camaro SS. Anyway, we will watch whatever you produce because we know it will be great. Continued success and best wishes with your YT videos. You’re the best.
Been here the whole time, not going anywhere! Let’s party on!
I’m old and loved the car magazines before the internet. Thanks for being the coolest and most authentic guy. Appreciate this… and every video.
Great story Thank you for sharing your life journey with us. Lifetime fan, I'm looking forward to taking many youtube journeys and adventures. Hellzz yeah LETS GOOO
Your tenure at CarCraft as the editor was the best years for the magazine. Including the cost of every part you put on your "test" cars was fricken awesome.. As I guy who was working 60+ hours per week and needed an escape CarCraft was my first choice. Thanks for getting me to spend a shit ton of money and having a f'n blast doing it.
All the early days of the fastest street car races NMCA and NSCA... I still have all the magazines from the early 90s -the mid 2000s. I'm not sure why I kept them but it's one heck of a time capsule. Thank you for what you did for car culture, looking forward to seeing your future endevors.
Keep doing what you're doing. You don't need any major network. They will soon be out of business altogether for screwing people with outrageous prices and crappy content you need to pay for with basic service
As a kid in the late 80’s and early 90’s and having a dad that worked as an engineer for Ford in Dearborn Michigan. You were my Jeff Smith I remember reading yours and Finnegan’s articles, including the ones about creating the vette cart, and going out in the garage and helping my dad work on his 74 Duster bracket racing car with a built 360 in it, and his original sassy grass green 70 AAR Cuda complete with the 340 six pack. You and Mike along with my dad helped turn me into the car guy with my dad and helped me create many fond memories with my dad. So no matter where you end up you have a lifelong fan in me.
Happy anniversary David! I appreciate your videos and shows. They have been in our house to help me understand what my husband explains about cars. May Hod be with you and your family this holiday season. 😊
I do love how Freiburger’s garage is tiny and absolutely packed just like our cool car guy dad/ uncle / grandpa/ neighbor when we were kids. I love Finnegan too but his place is more like a guy who made it big’s dream home shop. Everything cataloged and organized. Dulcich’s old garage has the same kind of back yard vibe I love too, the unfinished drywall and home built benches covered in tools and parts….they are the kind of places I grew up around. I hope life moving forward finds them all doing well and making videos.
I’ve been reading, then watching Freiburger since the 90s (Hot Rod, then Car Craft cause I had a more junkyard than chrome budget), and will listen to this man literally for hours. I’m not giving up on him just because a corporation did what corporations do!
Thank you! And thanks for sticking with me for somlong
I just switched careers from graphic arts in printing for over 30 years to a defense contractor, so I feel your situation, it was a huge leap, but six months in it is so much better. I sure you’ll land in a much better place
Good luck! I have followed Hot Rod magazine since 1967. I remember you and your talent and contributions!
You’ve taught me a lot more than you would ever have thought about in your life. And as scary as it sounds I consider you to be a role model to myself… yikes!
As a youngster who discovered the car world, you are an important part of my life and the hobby. I watched motortrend and fell in love with Roadkill as a kid and as I merge into adulthood I definitely wanna do something around cars. I sort of want to do media, technically doing it right now, but I’m still unsure of what to do with my life.
Thank you for the laughs and awesome episodes of roadkill! I hope people like me can come together and revive the car media and culture!
Fun to see you here
Your story is great to hear! Thank you
From the first issue of Roadkill Magazine which I still have to now, Roadkill has been my inspiration to do what I was afraid to tackle. Thanks to you, I do all the work on my 77 Vette, 95 Limited Explorer, 2001 Excursion and am starting my Fiberglass T Bucket on a 1942 Jeep frame and lincoln 4.6 drive train with Blower and beer keg gas tank over a rear mounted radiator! I can't thank you enough for the wealth of inspiration!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for everything you've done, both in print and on TV. To this day, I believe Engine Masters is the finest auto tech show ever. Imagine, a show that treats the viewer as intelligent! Still, it's so sad to see this chapter end. I hope it leads to new opportunities for you. I can identify with everything you've said. I dreamed of writing for a major magazine, and I managed to do it. Automotive journalism wasn't my end game, but what an experience. Still treasure my old press cards. This was a great video; I felt like a friend in your garage. Again, best wishes for future success.
Great shows and excellent content. Your automotive shows, especially road adventures are VERY awesome indeed. Love the Americana stuff when out there, seeing the less traveled path most have forgotten. Gas stations, roadside attractions, mom & pop shops, and simple motels are the foundation of our national automotive history when it was at it's most scenic and less stressful.
I appreciate you and all the crew from your shows boss. Big loss for everyone. 😩
Reading magazines in the 80s and 90s taught alot of us sooo much. Taught us whatvparts wirked together and wich ones didnt. Swapping parts that worked on different cars. All the adds for after market "dream"parts. I loved it. Ate it up. Good run Dave.
So many people getting fired from mainstream media and ending up independent - I'm here for it!!
I got the muscle car bug in the late 90’s reading CarCraft in my early teens. I loved it because it was articles that seemed like a high school kid could do. I was a subscriber until they ended it. I loved that mag, Thank you
Thank you sir for all of the fantastic content you have provided ALL of us over the years. Don’t be concerned as we will fallow you wherever your journey takes you.
GASOLINE FOREVER!
i grew up in the 70's and 80's started driving in 1982. I have always loved magazines, printed magazines and to this day still have many of the ones of my youth. Theres just nothing like thumbing through pages. Thanks for all your great work i really enjoying hearing these stories.
Congratulations on your new adventure. One door closes, a hundred open, don't choose just one.
Thank you for the education and entertainment over the years. More to come, Im sure.
I’m 48 now and was that same little kid back in the day. Long before I could afford to buy car magazines, I’d sit in isle at the local small town store for hours and read all of the tech articles I could. Went to UTI in AZ in ‘99 and carried the mag with the ram jet 1970 Chevelle around for nearly two years. Have spent the rest of my life with cars and trucks and even some RK events and owning one of the show rigs. All of those magazines set me down this path from the late 80’s! Thanks David.
Your time worh Car Craft back in the mid 90s shaped my love of affordable muscle forever. Excited to see what's next for you and the rest of your buddies on YT!
Perfect
The man of knowledge speaking.
Learned a lot of mechanical care and careless. Always on point.
My family and I will follow you on this platform.
Thanks.
Hard work, persistence passion is how its done guys. Nothing comes easy!
Great example of work ethic and following your dreams.
I literally remember being 8,9,10 years old in the mid to late 90's and bugging my parents to buy me the latest editions of Petersons 4wheel and hot rod magazine. Its what started my lifelong obession with vehicles. I lean more toward the off road world and finally at the age of 36 have the spare funds to have some fun with this kind of stuff. The things i learned from those magazines will always be with me and i still vividly remember seeing your name on alot of the stuff i read. I loved roadkill and am really liking the stuff ive seen from your channel so far. Keep it up!
Thanks! You’ll like the Rick Péwé DED Tour episode tomorrow! (12/19/24)
@@TheDavidFreiburgerIm looking forward to it!
The "We Make Big Horsepower With A Junkyard Small Block" magazine cover headline or streaming title will never get old. Keep doing it, keep it as real as possible and people will follow with interest. I'm more of a Car Craft guy.
I probably still have a lot of the magazines you had articles in when you first started. And I remember vividly when you went to car craft and started doing all the low-buck build type stories, everyone loved them because most people could relate and it was obtainable.
Been a car guy since I was a kid with Hot Wheels. We must be about the same age. Lived for street racing in the 80's. In Dec of 1991 I started a machinist apprenticeship. I was fortunate enough to work with and learn from some of the most knowledgeable machinist in the world. Now getting close to starting the retirement chapter of my book of life.
Alhambra High School 1968-1972. Rebuilt my first engine at 15 years old. Never stopped. Started 4 wheeling young with my FJ-40. Drove 64 Plymouth Fury in high school. Straight front axel, cragar wheels, built 383. And don't forget the M&H Racemasters. Those were the days! Thanks for the memories.
So cool!
Freiburger can sure tell a story.
He has been there, done that.
I love the road trips that you do.
More of those, please!
I'm looking forward to all of the new content on your channel.
I was 10 years old in '91 I read all the car mags I could get my hands from cover to cover. I witnessed the transformation of every magazine you worked for into something much better. I especially loved the tech articles, that's is mostly why I read the magazines. I didn't care about show cars because i couldn't afford them and don't want them if I could. You will go done in history as one of the great automotive journalists.
Roadkill garage is the best show to ever be on motortrend. You and Dulcich are the best pairing ever!
Frieburger, thanks for all you've done for the automotive community. I think you have no where to go but up from here. Your stories, your cars, your flip flops and your friends are all things worth striving for. Hope to meet you one day Sir.
Well at least the good news is that on UA-cam you have full control! Excited for the new adventure!
Your job is far from over just another chapter to conquer! From personal experience, the greatest day of my career was when my "boss" fired me (although I wasn't an employee but a sales rep) and after he told me I wasn't good at my job, I found the strength to prove him wrong and that year I was number one in sales globally. I've been in the automotive business since 1987 and will continue doing my job as long as possible! Good luck and enjoy the ride!
I cherish you all from roadkill and its offshoot shows.
I was hooked early on on maybe the third episode, when you guys finally got merch i tried to buy some from Norway, was only available in the us, i emailed tech and they sorted out deal and i managed to get the regular black shirt and the rotsun shirt, got for myself and my dad who has been a muscle car enthusiast most of his life and also has loved the shows.
Thank you and the entire team for years of genuine entertainment.
I still have my Jacob's box and coil, the box is dead, I did also install a set of the ceramic booted wires on my neighbors b/b Chevy powered motor home.
They worked perfectly for 3 cross country trips towing a Plymouth Arrow pickup.
The very first car magazine I read in high school was Peterson 4wd with an article you did about rebuilding a chevy 350 in the bed of a pickup truck using nothing but a couple hand tools. You had me hooked every since.
I still can not believe you still have CarJunkieTV videos. I need to watch those again. That Fury was juuunk. Love watching your videos and thats including roadkill.