Great story David, I remember you sharing bits of this story when I worked under you during my days at Hot Rod magazine but never knew the full details. Thanks to your video, now I do. Well done! -Steve Magnante
This channel could be 100% telling stories of the glory days of American Hot Rodding, and I’d be all-in. Freiburger has a natural gift of being able to tell a story in such a way that makes it feel like you’re chatting in the garage over an engine with some beers, but he’s also very thorough. When David tells a story, he seems just as geeked up about it now as he probably was back then.
@@TheDavidFreiburger Remember picking up the issue with that Bonneville vette. So many more greats in the muscle car world in the area than id have guessed! If Chachi was dating heather I hope you peed in his shoes!
For a kid of your age, the acquisition of all those cars and parts would be litterally life altering! So thankful you liked taking pictures as it adds greatly to all these stories
Freiburger is in many ways the missing link of the Hot Rod anthology. He somehow connects all the old timer stories and informs that record where necessary. And of course continues to be hugely relevant up to today.
I am absolutely LOVING the content man! So glad you’ve spun up your personal channel and delivering the detailed auto dorkery history we all love and live. Keep em coming Dave👍🏻 Wilks, Adelaide Australia.
@@TheDavidFreiburger So Dave was this a actual movie because I was trying to find it & can't seem to find anything on this & mostly what come up is other things that Henry Winkler did mostly from the Happy days tv show & the people he worked with at the time & through the years working with them and others ?
I had the pleasure of working as a production designer for Henry Winkler when he came up to Toronto to shoot a McdDonalds commercial back in the early late 1980's or 90's. I think it was one of the first commercial, if not the first, commercial that he had directed. and I found him to be a perfect gentleman and a really nice guy. A Fonz...er Fond memory.
This David, is a true story of "If only I knew back then what I know now" and yet somehow you kind of in a way did. Thank you for taking the time to tell these stories of your verry storied past.
That Bonneville station wagon tickles my tisim just right. Love these old boats that nobody bothered to save or preserve. Makes it so special when you do actually come across one. These big body pontiacs are my childhood on four wheels
I have two of the boxy wagons ('82 and '89 Olds Custom Cruisers), a '66 Biscayne wagon (owned since 1974) and a '95 Caprice wagon. Yesterday while filling the '95 with gas, a middle aged lady at the next pump said "boy that brings back memories".
For kids from the East Coast watching television in the 70's & 80's was really about looking at all the cool cars, palm trees, girls and sunny weather out in California. Great story David, love the nostalgia.
I saw the back to school special as a kid when it came out. I remember Scott Baio and the cool orange hot rod and not much else. Fast forward to about 20 years ago when you had the big article in HotRod magazine and it all came full circle. Great story!! Don’t feel bad about wrecking and pilfering all those old rigs. I was burning thru foxbody mustangs likely in the same mindset
I remember that school break special very well. That scene where they wreck the Super Bee is very dramatic. I think ABC had "After School Specials" and CBS had "School Break Specials." Henry Winkler did get into directing after that; seems like when Tom Bergeron was host of "Hollywood Squares" Henry Winkler produced that as well. GREAT VIDEO!
I love watching your channel, David. I no longer subscribe to MT but I always loved listening to your stories on Roadkill and RK garage and this is just the icing on the cake.
OMG!! I loved that show! I was living on an Army base in Germany at the time. They played it on the military channel. They also played it in our school after hours! That show really made an impression on me! What a great story!
I sat next to Henry at the Del Mar Fairgrounds during a race years ago. He noticed that I recognized him, said Hi and shook my hand. He also handed out some awards after the races.
As a teenager, watching this movie was a big influence to making me a 70 Super Bee fan. Really cool to learn Freiburger was a part of making that come to be.
My friend had a 69 super bee that he hit a tree damaging the front clip so he bought a 69 coronet wagon for 200.00 dollars switched front clips and sold me the wagon for 35 dollars with a nice body and interior and a perfect running 225 slant 6. Later found a old 68 charger ,took the front clip and installed it on the wagon. People would ask ..A CHARGER WAGON.. no it's a corecharge ...😅
I know exactly what you mean about muscle cars not really being that valuable back then. I bought a '69 Charger RT/SE 440, 4 speed, Dana 60 that had been sitting in a guy's back yard for several years. The engine was all apart and in the trunk, gave $350 for it. Put the engine together and got it driving. Sold it for $1800 and thought I did pretty well 😕 Here in Indiana we had the Trader paper and Wheels and Deals that we scoured for car deals!
Damn that’s some cool tales. David has a great ability to tell a story and anticipate the viewer’s questions then answer them as he goes. Great video 👍
People freak out on me when they see me STILL daily-driving my '61 Valiant up here in Michigan winters. I tell them, "what do you think they did in '61? Squirreled it away in a barn for preservation and never drove them?" I keep it clean and drive it year-round. Simple as that.
Obviously you're in the mitten, not the UP. The salt turns whatever I am driving gray in less than ten miles, no matter what shade it is. I drive rusty 99-07 Silverados in winter, and a 65 GTO and 70 Cuda in summer.
As always, zero disappointment. Thanks for sharing Dave. Watching these videos brings me back to my childhood and listening to the older guys talk about all the fun hot rod adventures they had in their younger years. Now I’m those older guys ages now and those guys are all gone but I get to sit around listening to your memories. Thanks for all the nostalgia and knowledge. You’re the best man.
Scott " worked " with all of them , lucky guy dated Heather, Nicollete Sheridan, Pam Anderson, Julie McCullough playboy playmate and another 10 playmates . F my life 😮😊
I had that movie shown to us in Driver Training back in 1993....I fell in love with that 70 Super Bee instantly, such a cool car in a cool color with awesome wheels. Years later I learned it was Freiburgers car made it even cooler😉👍
Great story! The first car I fell in love with was an orange 70 Super Bee. I walked by it every day on the way to 9th grade. It never moved for years. The paint was slightly oxidized. It was perfect other than that.
The Fonz! Even though it's before my time, I love Happy Days, still one of the best shows. I think every boy crushed on Heather Locklear and every girl crushed on Scott Baio.
The “pole” is called a bollard and that would have upset me quite a bit. 😢 Henry Winkler is a super great guy so it surprises me that he said that. I’m sure he was stressed the F out. Great story, thanks for sharing. ❤
Thank you for this video. I was a senior in high school when this special came out and was madly in love with the car in it. Something about how unique it looked from anything else. It always bothered me that it was destroyed for a show and I'm so glad to hear it actually wasn't. I so wanted a mopar but they were always out of my price range. My first car was a Dan Gurney W nose Cyclone Spoiler I got for $500. It got hit so I moved on to a '62 Thunderbird and then a '69 XL convertible. When this show came out, I was hell-bent to find a superbee. I joined the Air Force after graduation and was stationed in South Dakota. Wasn't able to find a Superbee though and soon I was off to Europe. I didn't come back to the states till the early 90s and by then they were very hard to find at any reasonable price. So, sadly I've never been able to have my dream car. 😞
I knew you been holding back. Sneaky Dave!. Any other Orange Super Bee skeletons for Halloween you would like to share with the group??. You pissed off the Fonz. Hilarious!. Still laughing!.
Agreed!! A legend! Great story and testimony of a life in automobiles. Bringing so much information and motivation to sooo many. PLUS of the many t shirts I’ve bought from Freiburger’s shop, USA made to boot!!! Kudos to you David!
Thanks for the info on The Sundowner. That car was parked at Rick Head’s shop in Semi Valley in the early 2000s when I was there working on a project. At idle, it would have alternating compressor surge between the two turbos. It was cool to watch and so regular, you could set your watch to it
Awesome story Dave !! and i remember the recycler cars for sale newspaper . You could find muscle cars for cheap back then . Back in 1984 while I was active duty in the Marines I found a low miles 1967 Mercury Cyclone GT . It was a very clean car for only $1600
I remember reading about all the changes to this car over the years in HOTROD and I remember seeing this show when I was a kid. Really cool to find out that this is part of its history!
Great story Dave! I'm your age, yeah finding old "hot rods" in the 80s was fairly easy. I was into Chevelles, had a couple 1967's, even 4 doors, front fenders would fit, etc. You end up with lots of usable parts, alternator brackets, little clips, motor mounts, window handles. LOL again love the stories, it's what happens when we become old timers :)
I remember watching that after school special when I was a kid! I was 13 then and already had a love for cars. I was trying to talk my mom into buying me a ‘69 Chevelle SS 396 4 speed that was for sale up the street for $800. She didn’t. And I was sad that a Super Bee got crashed. Thanks for the story Dave, you are a treasure.
Awesome history story Freiburger. Loving your channel. I think we all had a crush on Heather Locklear back then..Cool times. Great memories for you.. Thanks for sharing. was super interesting dude.
David, love the story. Super cool you got to hang out and with the fonz and wrench and some classic cars with your buddies! I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say we'd love to hear more stories like this!! You keep making em, I'll keep watching!!
I So " LOVE " hearing his crazy stories ❤and memories. I´m glad he´s finally having his own youtube channel. He will becoming a legend soon (he already is but now everyone will be able to know him). Keep up the good work!
This is the intake section of my garage...very cool story, I'm of that era, lots of hot cars around the streets in those days, lots of Mopar guys. Fonzie dressed you down, too funny!
There was another made for tv movie about the same time. Maybe, a little afterwards. It was a suicide prevention plot. The protagonist drove a pristine late 70's Camaro. I believe they totaled it as a plot device. After watching DF's car (we didn't have the internet, or vcr's), followed by that film, piled on top of all the Chargers I new were wrecked filming the Dukes of destruction I started hating seeing cars in movies and tv's, assuming they would also be destroyed; And here I was young broke teenager that didn't even have money for normal pos transportation. Thank you for sharing this bit of history. I was ecstatic when you told me years later in a social media post that your car was actually alive and well!
Wow! You brought back so many memories. I too would drive from Escondido, up to San Clemente so I could get different Recycler newspapers. Then look for mostly Mopars. Others too. I used to drive to every city in San Diego County looking for any Mopar in yards! Doing what they do on TV now, only in the early 80's. I bought up over 400 cars. Some pretty rare especially now. Ah, the good old days! Oh yeah, nice buying R/T Chargers, Challengers, roadrunners and 4 factory big block Darts w/ 4-spds, for $300-1500!
Very cool story, Dave! Between you reminiscing and be-bopping around SOCAL (where I lived for 15 years), and Dulcich's shop/ranch in the San Joaguin Valley (where I grew up), you really bring back memories for me. Every time you mention Fresno, my ears perk up. Bought many parts for my cars at Turners Auto Wrecking in the 70s and 80s ... was actually friends with the son, Jimmy. He'd just let me go in and get whatever I needed. It was like a candy store! Gotta say, I LOVE the 200S wheels! First set I put them on was a 1965 GTO back in 1977 (15x8 rear and 15x7 front with Radial TAs). Second set were polished 17s on my 1996 GMC Sierra. Again with BFG TAs (white letters OUT of course. :) I liked them because they were different and not nearly as popular as the straight spoked version but still screamed 'hot rod' to me. BTW, VanHalen was also frequently blasting in that GTO ... from the 8-Track! lol
I'm loving these videos, David. You're like the Forrest Gump of the Hot rodding world ; You're interconnected with everything. I never even heard of this TV movie until your video. No shame in trying to sneak that pic of Heather locklear. Heck, I used to watch "Dynasty" back then just because she was on it! LOL. Keep these great "behind the scenes " videos coming, please.
Dude, that's a seriously awesome story! I remember those after skool specials, for sure. I had a few cheap muscle car crash stories too but not this crazy, like who wouldn't want a pic of Heather at the time?!
Just as the old guard begins to age out and with them the stories of their time we can be reassured by men like David. Continue to carry on good sir! 🍻
Your tee shirt brings back memories! As an auto shop teacher at El Toro High School, I used to have my kids memorize that exact SBC firing order. It was even a test question! One of the girls in my class actually had it tattooed on the inside of her arm with 1 starting at her wrist and 8 ending up close to her elbow. She ended up being one of my best, most talented students! Every Saturday morning we would meet at Cars and Coffee Irvine at 6:30am. Interesting that so many of my students showed up that early because we all know that getting a teenager to wake up early was tough!
Keep the stories coming man, no matter how random it seems to you. Thanks for sharing! I love your in garage studio, I bet you could make an episode explaining how you came by all those treasures.
Great story, memories, great cars. If I had all the cars I swapped sold cut up bought, etc etc. Out of them all I actually miss my 68 Plymouth Satellite, flawless body. Bought it for $50 in 83, transmission issue. Grease times
That was such a cool story man, I’m 48 and 30+years ago caught the last gasp of these muscle cars being for sale for cheap. I remember doing the parts swap boogie on many second GEN trans and Firebirds and even some mustangs.
you and i are about the same age freiburger and my first car (bought when i was 15) was a '68 road runner. that you guys were tearing into a couple of big block b bodies to prime vh warms my heart.
Very cool history on the cars & Fonzie David, thanks for sharing. Your 6 months older than me so when your talking about your car sales magazine I am thinking of what we had here in Arizona (Auto Trader). I purchased 4-5 a week, every week and that was the beginning of many automotive purchases for the next 40 years! You had your 70 Super Bee and I had a 72 El Camino 454 (aftermarket)! Damn I miss those days! Love your show man!
see this is why Freiburger is a legend, I remember the episode of roadkill where you mentioned Hardcastle & McCormick, and now this, man some people only dream of having such experiences!
Freiburger is an absolute titan of the hot rod world...his stories are so freaking cool.
Haha, thank you
He is muscle car yoda
I mean who didn't crush on Heather Locklear!
@@robertedwards6438- 100%!
He's that car buddy you've always dreamed about.
Great story David, I remember you sharing bits of this story when I worked under you during my days at Hot Rod magazine but never knew the full details. Thanks to your video, now I do. Well done! -Steve Magnante
See you soon!
@@TheDavidFreiburger ......was shocked to see lace up shoes; guess the 1984 Freiburger hadn't yet discovered flip flops or tiddies
Hey, Magneato! How ya feelin?
Hey Steve! It's cool hearing from you here! Best wishes to the junkyard master.
Hope you're doing well, Steve! We miss you!
This channel could be 100% telling stories of the glory days of American Hot Rodding, and I’d be all-in. Freiburger has a natural gift of being able to tell a story in such a way that makes it feel like you’re chatting in the garage over an engine with some beers, but he’s also very thorough. When David tells a story, he seems just as geeked up about it now as he probably was back then.
Nice comments, thank you
@@TheDavidFreiburger Remember picking up the issue with that Bonneville vette.
So many more greats in the muscle car world in the area than id have guessed!
If Chachi was dating heather I hope you peed in his shoes!
For a kid of your age, the acquisition of all those cars and parts would be litterally life altering! So thankful you liked taking pictures as it adds greatly to all these stories
Story time with Dave is the best !!!!!!
Freiburger is in many ways the missing link of the Hot Rod anthology. He somehow connects all the old timer stories and informs that record where necessary. And of course continues to be hugely relevant up to today.
He is the fix it guy .
Well said... We are lucky to have him.
Thats what Gen X is here for😉👍
I am absolutely LOVING the content man! So glad you’ve spun up your personal channel and delivering the detailed auto dorkery history we all love and live.
Keep em coming Dave👍🏻 Wilks, Adelaide Australia.
Thanks!
@@TheDavidFreiburger So Dave was this a actual movie because I was trying to find it & can't seem to find anything on this & mostly what come up is other things that Henry Winkler did mostly from the Happy days tv show & the people he worked with at the time & through the years working with them and others ?
I had the pleasure of working as a production designer for Henry Winkler when he came up to Toronto to shoot a McdDonalds commercial back in the early late 1980's or 90's. I think it was one of the first commercial, if not the first, commercial that he had directed. and I found him to be a perfect gentleman and a really nice guy.
A Fonz...er Fond memory.
Consider writing a book. A team of Hollywood scriptwriters couldn't come up with all the cool stories you've got. What a life.
This David, is a true story of "If only I knew back then what I know now" and yet somehow you kind of in a way did. Thank you for taking the time to tell these stories of your verry storied past.
That Bonneville station wagon tickles my tisim just right. Love these old boats that nobody bothered to save or preserve. Makes it so special when you do actually come across one. These big body pontiacs are my childhood on four wheels
It was really good. Factory 403.
Spacious AND economical! 😂 @@TheDavidFreiburger
IMO station wagons were much cooler than the minivans that replaced them.
I have two of the boxy wagons ('82 and '89 Olds Custom Cruisers), a '66 Biscayne wagon (owned since 1974) and a '95 Caprice wagon. Yesterday while filling the '95 with gas, a middle aged lady at the next pump said "boy that brings back memories".
@@mightymikethebear Cant stand giant suvs or crossovers for little people today
Wagon would be ideal
So am I the only one watching this that is drooling over the blower that Dave is leaning on???????????????????
id have a field day goin throught that garage imagine all the cool stuff he has tucked away
Your not the only one drooling
I want to say he borrowed that from somebody and has never returned it for several years
There's probably something wrong with it that's why it's just sitting there
Lil drool goes hand in hand when blowing is involved.
Can we have "Story Time With Dave " as a semi-regular segment? I REALLY enjoyed that!
The 80s, great time to be a teenager! Loved it.
This is why all of us unknown friends love you man! Thanks for the memories
Thank you David for all the stories, we really appreciate it.
I appreciate you watching
Cool stories, old pictures, the Fonze, Hot Rod Mopars, and VanHalen David you the man!
For kids from the East Coast watching television in the 70's & 80's was really about looking at all the cool cars, palm trees, girls and sunny weather out in California. Great story David, love the nostalgia.
I saw the back to school special as a kid when it came out. I remember Scott Baio and the cool orange hot rod and not much else. Fast forward to about 20 years ago when you had the big article in HotRod magazine and it all came full circle. Great story!! Don’t feel bad about wrecking and pilfering all those old rigs. I was burning thru foxbody mustangs likely in the same mindset
I love the depth of history and knowledge that Freiburger has and the enthusiasm he has to share it. True car guy. Through and through.
You are a great story teller along with a great car legend. Thank you David !!
Nice, thank you
I remember that school break special very well. That scene where they wreck the Super Bee is very dramatic. I think ABC had "After School Specials" and CBS had "School Break Specials." Henry Winkler did get into directing after that; seems like when Tom Bergeron was host of "Hollywood Squares" Henry Winkler produced that as well. GREAT VIDEO!
David, you’re a living legend. Amazing stories, keep them coming
kind, thanks
I could listen to your stories all day!! Keep these coming Freiburger.
I love watching your channel, David. I no longer subscribe to MT but I always loved listening to your stories on Roadkill and RK garage and this is just the icing on the cake.
OMG!! I loved that show! I was living on an Army base in Germany at the time. They played it on the military channel. They also played it in our school after hours! That show really made an impression on me! What a great story!
I sat next to Henry at the Del Mar Fairgrounds during a race years ago. He noticed that I recognized him, said Hi and shook my hand. He also handed out some awards after the races.
As a teenager, watching this movie was a big influence to making me a 70 Super Bee fan. Really cool to learn Freiburger was a part of making that come to be.
My friend had a 69 super bee that he hit a tree damaging the front clip so he bought a 69 coronet wagon for 200.00 dollars switched front clips and sold me the wagon for 35 dollars with a nice body and interior and a perfect running 225 slant 6. Later found a old 68 charger ,took the front clip and installed it on the wagon. People would ask ..A CHARGER WAGON.. no it's a corecharge ...😅
That's hilarious! Great story.
I bet that slant 6 is still running
@@marcotelli1601 till it made a thud an the bottom of a dumpster
I absolutely love stories and pictures like these! Crazy stuff back in the days.
I know exactly what you mean about muscle cars not really being that valuable back then. I bought a '69 Charger RT/SE 440, 4 speed, Dana 60 that had been sitting in a guy's back yard for several years. The engine was all apart and in the trunk, gave $350 for it. Put the engine together and got it driving. Sold it for $1800 and thought I did pretty well 😕
Here in Indiana we had the Trader paper and Wheels and Deals that we scoured for car deals!
Great story
I can relate completely
I graduated high school in 1979 in San Francisco Bay Area. Street racing was plentiful and cruising was life.
Quickly becoming my favorite channel keep up the amazing stories and history
Glad you enjoy it!
Damn that’s some cool tales. David has a great ability to tell a story and anticipate the viewer’s questions then answer them as he goes. Great video 👍
People freak out on me when they see me STILL daily-driving my '61 Valiant up here in Michigan winters. I tell them, "what do you think they did in '61? Squirreled it away in a barn for preservation and never drove them?" I keep it clean and drive it year-round. Simple as that.
Obviously you're in the mitten, not the UP. The salt turns whatever I am driving gray in less than ten miles, no matter what shade it is. I drive rusty 99-07 Silverados in winter, and a 65 GTO and 70 Cuda in summer.
Are you interested in a few early 60's valiants? I'm in central Wisconsin
As always, zero disappointment. Thanks for sharing Dave. Watching these videos brings me back to my childhood and listening to the older guys talk about all the fun hot rod adventures they had in their younger years. Now I’m those older guys ages now and those guys are all gone but I get to sit around listening to your memories. Thanks for all the nostalgia and knowledge. You’re the best man.
Now that's how Fonzie would have really talked. And Scott also worked with the other 80s Heather - Thomas - in the Oscar-worthy opus known as Zapped!
Oh, he “worked with” a lot of them
@@TheDavidFreiburger Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. 😉
Zapped and Heather Thomas, oh my!!!!
I saw Zapped! I believe in 1982 or 83 at the i45 Drive In movie theater in Houston....its a Wal Mart now....
Scott " worked " with all of them , lucky guy dated Heather, Nicollete Sheridan, Pam Anderson, Julie McCullough playboy playmate and another 10 playmates . F my life 😮😊
I had that movie shown to us in Driver Training back in 1993....I fell in love with that 70 Super Bee instantly, such a cool car in a cool color with awesome wheels. Years later I learned it was Freiburgers car made it even cooler😉👍
Neat!
Loving these stories dude !
Thanks!
Great story! The first car I fell in love with was an orange 70 Super Bee. I walked by it every day on the way to 9th grade. It never moved for years. The paint was slightly oxidized. It was perfect other than that.
18:43 " Aw man, Cars totaled, here's the pink " lmao.
Creative way to get rid of the car, Dave 😂.
Would have thought a junkyard would have taken it for free or maybe even given some money for it. Still a lot of steel there.
I love hearing stories from you and Brian. Yall are the best at automotive history.
What a awesome story 👍🏻 sorry about your B . These stories are GOLD ! Thank you DF .
Thanks for listening
Awesome story. Loved it. We are the same age so extra cool memories too!! Thanks Dave.
The Fonz! Even though it's before my time, I love Happy Days, still one of the best shows. I think every boy crushed on Heather Locklear and every girl crushed on Scott Baio.
The “pole” is called a bollard and that would have upset me quite a bit. 😢 Henry Winkler is a super great guy so it surprises me that he said that. I’m sure he was stressed the F out. Great story, thanks for sharing. ❤
Not everyone has been F-bombed by “The Fonz”.
But probably quite a few
@@TheDavidFreiburger that's hilarious 😂😂😂
Thank you for this video.
I was a senior in high school when this special came out and was madly in love with the car in it. Something about how unique it looked from anything else. It always bothered me that it was destroyed for a show and I'm so glad to hear it actually wasn't.
I so wanted a mopar but they were always out of my price range. My first car was a Dan Gurney W nose Cyclone Spoiler I got for $500. It got hit so I moved on to a '62 Thunderbird and then a '69 XL convertible. When this show came out, I was hell-bent to find a superbee. I joined the Air Force after graduation and was stationed in South Dakota. Wasn't able to find a Superbee though and soon I was off to Europe. I didn't come back to the states till the early 90s and by then they were very hard to find at any reasonable price. So, sadly I've never been able to have my dream car. 😞
That’s a great story! Love it!
I could just sit here and listen to these stories all night....
Wow what an awesome story, I'm gonna have to watch that special now.
Did you find it anywhere? It looks like the comedy show RIFFTRAX (Mystery Science Theater) has redubbed it, so it definitely still exists!
Crazy! Obviously, you were destined for greatness. Most guys would be happy with one story like this, but we know you could fill volumes.
I knew you been holding back. Sneaky Dave!. Any other Orange Super Bee skeletons for Halloween you would like to share with the group??.
You pissed off the Fonz. Hilarious!. Still laughing!.
Agreed!! A legend! Great story and testimony of a life in automobiles. Bringing so much information and motivation to sooo many. PLUS of the many t shirts I’ve bought from Freiburger’s shop, USA made to boot!!! Kudos to you David!
Thanks for the support
David, dont ever think you were creepy about trying to get a pic of Heather Lockleer... You remember TJ Hooker? She was beautiful!!!!
Dave is the best storyteller. More like this!
Thanks for the info on The Sundowner. That car was parked at Rick Head’s shop in Semi Valley in the early 2000s when I was there working on a project. At idle, it would have alternating compressor surge between the two turbos. It was cool to watch and so regular, you could set your watch to it
Great story Freiburger. Please keep them coming. I graduated in 1985 and this content really takes me back. Love the roadkill stuff!!❤
Awesome story Dave !! and i remember the recycler cars for sale newspaper . You could find muscle cars for cheap back then . Back in 1984 while I was active duty in the Marines I found a low miles 1967 Mercury Cyclone GT . It was a very clean car for only $1600
Great story! Love hearing this kind of stuff and hate seeing these cars getting smashed up.
I remember reading about all the changes to this car over the years in HOTROD and I remember seeing this show when I was a kid. Really cool to find out that this is part of its history!
Great story Dave! I'm your age, yeah finding old "hot rods" in the 80s was fairly easy. I was into Chevelles, had a couple 1967's, even 4 doors, front fenders would fit, etc. You end up with lots of usable parts, alternator brackets, little clips, motor mounts, window handles. LOL again love the stories, it's what happens when we become old timers :)
Amazing you can remember all these details.. I can hardly remember my 79 El Camino..
Your old story’s are priceless , keep them coming !!
I remember watching that after school special when I was a kid! I was 13 then and already had a love for cars. I was trying to talk my mom into buying me a ‘69 Chevelle SS 396 4 speed that was for sale up the street for $800. She didn’t. And I was sad that a Super Bee got crashed. Thanks for the story Dave, you are a treasure.
I remember this show! One of the few highlights in high school was watching this 70 Superbee in class. I still remember Scott’s inverted pushups.
Awesome history story Freiburger. Loving your channel. I think we all had a crush on Heather Locklear back then..Cool times. Great memories for you.. Thanks for sharing. was super interesting dude.
David, love the story. Super cool you got to hang out and with the fonz and wrench and some classic cars with your buddies! I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say we'd love to hear more stories like this!! You keep making em, I'll keep watching!!
OMG that story is amazing!!!! You are the man when it comes to all things Gear head!
I So " LOVE " hearing his crazy stories ❤and memories. I´m glad he´s finally having his own youtube channel. He will becoming a legend soon (he already is but now everyone will be able to know him). Keep up the good work!
This is the intake section of my garage...very cool story, I'm of that era, lots of hot cars around the streets in those days, lots of Mopar guys. Fonzie dressed you down, too funny!
There was another made for tv movie about the same time. Maybe, a little afterwards. It was a suicide prevention plot. The protagonist drove a pristine late 70's Camaro. I believe they totaled it as a plot device. After watching DF's car (we didn't have the internet, or vcr's), followed by that film, piled on top of all the Chargers I new were wrecked filming the Dukes of destruction I started hating seeing cars in movies and tv's, assuming they would also be destroyed; And here I was young broke teenager that didn't even have money for normal pos transportation. Thank you for sharing this bit of history. I was ecstatic when you told me years later in a social media post that your car was actually alive and well!
Wow!
You brought back so many memories. I too would drive from Escondido, up to San Clemente so I could get different Recycler newspapers. Then look for mostly Mopars. Others too. I used to drive to every city in San Diego County looking for any Mopar in yards! Doing what they do on TV now, only in the early 80's. I bought up over 400 cars. Some pretty rare especially now. Ah, the good old days! Oh yeah, nice buying R/T Chargers, Challengers, roadrunners and 4 factory big block Darts w/ 4-spds, for $300-1500!
Very cool story, Dave! Between you reminiscing and be-bopping around SOCAL (where I lived for 15 years), and Dulcich's shop/ranch in the San Joaguin Valley (where I grew up), you really bring back memories for me. Every time you mention Fresno, my ears perk up. Bought many parts for my cars at Turners Auto Wrecking in the 70s and 80s ... was actually friends with the son, Jimmy. He'd just let me go in and get whatever I needed. It was like a candy store!
Gotta say, I LOVE the 200S wheels! First set I put them on was a 1965 GTO back in 1977 (15x8 rear and 15x7 front with Radial TAs). Second set were polished 17s on my 1996 GMC Sierra. Again with BFG TAs (white letters OUT of course. :) I liked them because they were different and not nearly as popular as the straight spoked version but still screamed 'hot rod' to me. BTW, VanHalen was also frequently blasting in that GTO ... from the 8-Track! lol
I'm loving these videos, David. You're like the Forrest Gump of the Hot rodding world ; You're interconnected with everything. I never even heard of this TV movie until your video. No shame in trying to sneak that pic of Heather locklear. Heck, I used to watch "Dynasty" back then just because she was on it! LOL. Keep these great "behind the scenes " videos coming, please.
Another awesome story, thank you David!
Dude, that's a seriously awesome story! I remember those after skool specials, for sure.
I had a few cheap muscle car crash stories too but not this crazy, like who wouldn't want a pic of Heather at the time?!
Brother. You are such an amazing, knowledgeable, talented guy. Thank you so much for all you've done and for all you continue to do for our enjoyment.
Thanks!
@@TheDavidFreiburger yes sir!
Just as the old guard begins to age out and with them the stories of their time we can be reassured by men like David. Continue to carry on good sir! 🍻
I’m aging out.
@@TheDavidFreiburger True for each of us.
Definitely looking forward to Thursday evenings with your posts! All great stuff, glad you're putting the history out here! Thanks
Your super bee always reminded me of that after school special. I had no idea it was the same car. That's the whole reason I love the 1970 super Bee.
David u certainly got some cool history under your belt . It's great knowing some of your background to where it all first started. 👍🇦🇺🍻
You have an unbelievable memory David, very impressive.
David, great story! I love videos like this one. Keeps the history alive! 😊
You’re a great story teller. Thanks for sharing this one. And yes I looked it up. He was an Olympic high dive hopeful in the show.
Thanks, David! I love stories like this. I can listen to this kind of thing for hours.
Your tee shirt brings back memories! As an auto shop teacher at El Toro High School, I used to have my kids memorize that exact SBC firing order. It was even a test question! One of the girls in my class actually had it tattooed on the inside of her arm with 1 starting at her wrist and 8 ending up close to her elbow. She ended up being one of my best, most talented students! Every Saturday morning we would meet at Cars and Coffee Irvine at 6:30am. Interesting that so many of my students showed up that early because we all know that getting a teenager to wake up early was tough!
That’s cool! And thanks. shop.davidfreiburger.com/products/the-firing-order-shirt
What a legendary story! That was unexpected. Cannot wait to see what's to come, David. Keep it up, please and thanks for sharing.
Loving these stories dude, keep them coming!!
Keep the stories coming man, no matter how random it seems to you. Thanks for sharing!
I love your in garage studio, I bet you could make an episode explaining how you came by all those treasures.
Great story, memories, great cars. If I had all the cars I swapped sold cut up bought, etc etc.
Out of them all I actually miss my 68 Plymouth Satellite, flawless body. Bought it for $50 in 83, transmission issue.
Grease times
Dave , i can listen to you tell car stories ALL day long!! You are a fantastic at it!!
What a great story! This is better than most big budget stuff on tv today. Great channel, keep it up!
That was such a cool story man, I’m 48 and 30+years ago caught the last gasp of these muscle cars being for sale for cheap. I remember doing the parts swap boogie on many second GEN trans and Firebirds and even some mustangs.
I could listen to you tell car and car adjacent stories for hours! Keep up the awesome content
you and i are about the same age freiburger and my first car (bought when i was 15) was a '68 road runner. that you guys were tearing into a couple of big block b bodies to prime vh warms my heart.
Very cool history on the cars & Fonzie David, thanks for sharing. Your 6 months older than me so when your talking about your car sales magazine I am thinking of what we had here in Arizona (Auto Trader). I purchased 4-5 a week, every week and that was the beginning of many automotive purchases for the next 40 years! You had your 70 Super Bee and I had a 72 El Camino 454 (aftermarket)! Damn I miss those days! Love your show man!
That was an INCREDIBLE story!!! Thank you for sharing!! 🏁
I love hearing these old hotrod stories
see this is why Freiburger is a legend, I remember the episode of roadkill where you mentioned Hardcastle & McCormick, and now this, man some people only dream of having such experiences!