8-DOOR Airport Car '71 Chrysler! Road Trip and Donuts! | Roadkill | MotorTrend 

This is the car the B-52s were speaking of in ‘Love Shack’… “I’ve got me a Chrysler, it seats about 20…”

I just wanna see a full restoration on it. It’s probably too rough for that, but after watching so many restoration and detailing videos, it’s sad to see something rare and unique like that chopped up.

I LOVE this car! I have always loved old service vehicles. Not a hot rod guy or sports cars. I love old police cars, tow trucks, busses, and THIS car right here!! :)

Would love to see it properly restored. If it was for sale, I would snatch it in a heartbeat!

RoadKill is only RK when it is Finnegan and Freibeuger so good to see the band back together \m/

Love seeing these guys back on RU-vid.

The doors need to be numbered with V8 firing order!!!!!

Seriously one of the coolest cars I’ve ever seen! I love big body Chryslers and this thing is definitely big!

For some reason, I love that car

Newports are so beautiful, please restore it to its glory. The engine and trans are not easily destroyed, that car could be a monster with some choice carb/manifold/ ignition upgrades, The body rust might be a problem........ However...........

Had to be a fun and functional boat! I owned and (daily) drove in 1969 440 Magnum factory rep. New Yorker custom (build sheet was under left side of the rear seat FWIW) back in the early 90's and it was a gem of an automobile. It took some getting used to but it was a smoker. My '72 Mach 1 351C and '71 (first year smell block SS) Chevelle SS 350 were fine aaaaaand good...The 440 Chrysler was twice as fun. Dropped the driveshaft and destroyed the rear axle during an epic burnout but replacement locker from a lower geared Police Fury III only made it more fun! Smoked an SVO Mustang from highway speed (literally, tire smoke from around 70mph). He caught up while refueling and examined my ugly forest green monster in disbelief. And for what it's worth I'm an shopping for a decent Mustang SVO. Neat cars and it would fit my small garage. That "wagon" is cool!

This should absolutely be a dragster. Rear engine, huge tires, nitrous, the whole deal

It would be a blast to ride in the back seat while in full power oversteer. Hillbilly centrifuge!

I love these guys. They made my childhood true

epic fun, i used to drive for 9 years daily a 82 cadillac de ville 6 door armbruster stageway coach, stock motor blew a head gasket so i put in a 74 buick apollo 350 2 bbl. it would lift the nose in 1st across a 4 lane intersection no problems, drift corners in snow or dirt and was super controllable, used it for designated driver runs and everyone loved it, had 10 foot straight pipe side exhaust and cragars on a black body with dark blue lowers that i stenciled in over 2000 skulls before transparent over coat, at a car show, i would challenge people to a timed run around the car closing all doors hood and trunk before getting in drivers seat and putting belt on, was a super fun challenge for everyone, there is so much fun you all can have with this car in so many ways, hope to see more of it soon... with decent wheels on it, maybe

Instead of a "drift taxi," you have a "drift limo." This thing looks like it'll be a blast once it has a new engine, bucket seats, belts, a cage, and whatever power adder you boys go with. 🤙🏾

How can you say the coach work is probably sketchy when the car is decades old and it is not sagging in the middle? Don't judge what you don't know.

Great episode! I don’t usually laugh hysterically but the dirt track scene was too much. At first my wife came into the den and looked at me to see if I had been drinking, then she saw what I was watching and started laughing too. Perfect!

It doesn't deserve to be restored, but I think it at least deserves to be fixed and tricked out. Fix the door latches, get rid of the rust, put a set of wheels and tires on it, and in full roadkill style, throw a supercharger (or a turbo) on that poor worn out bone stock motor. Cut a massive hole in the hood, like the good old days.

THANK YOU MOTORTREND

That's a cool car. I hope that you don't destroy it, but I'm sure that you will.

Great to see them picking up a Chrysler C-body platform car, those things are couches on highways, and not to mention those B-blocks and the Tourqueflites were indestructible. hope they don't junk the B-block and put some LS junk in it.

Armbruster Stageway is still making cars in Arkansas. Limos and Hearses. Love it!

Very resourceful way of filling the rust. Brilliant !!!

That donut was hilarious 😂😂

I went to school at Milton Hershey School, in Hershey PA,it was a private school that you would live at. every group home had this exact wagon for the kids! man I feel old

The "Speed doors" as I'm calling them were especially nice.

That is so awesome! Eagle speedway

This thing should be a Spectator burn out car, put a bunch of race seats in it and take spectators for burn out rips

Knew a family from church that had a airport car. They had 8 kids.

The first car in history to require movie steering for actual navigation.

Old is gold ✨ 💛

I would fall in love with all this junk!! This is why I have 4 cars, 5 seadoos, 2x 4 wheelers 7 outboard motors, 5 chain saws ,7 circular saws Yahta Yahta yahta 2 houses..............

Enough room for the Blues Brothers and Sisters…

Thanks for being you guys.

This would be the ultimate race week car. You wouldn’t even need a trailer! Put the Crusher engine in it. Get QA1 to send some suspension parts. This with a blown big block would be right up there with the big block boat that you did for MCM.

When Finnigan said don't crash it I had a nascarlo flash back

crazy the company still is doing there thing, making funeral coaches etc, THIS IS A great build

Eagle Raceway, nice!

Been waiting awhile for this good job bros!!!

Best thing Motorweek has ever done 👍

What a cool ride

I remember this car,, people love it to have the whole family in one car.

Moorhead! pretty cool they went through my home town

Dammit son, I’ve told you, no burnouts in the family car.

I bet that donut would have been more fun sitting in the back lol

This would be a great family car if you had 8 kid a a couple dogs to go on road trips!!

I've lived near Fort Smith my whole life. I believe that Armbruster Stageway Coach eventually became Federal Coach and Limousine who I worked for about 3 years in the late 1990's. Me and a couple other guys were responsible for putting the wiring inside after the Cadillacs and Lincolns were stretched into either Limos, Hearses, or 6 to 8 Door People Haulers. When you said this was likely put together sketchy, I can confirm, some sketchy stuff is done in these conversions, especially the rear wheel drive type cars. Cadillacs started becoming front wheel drive around the time I worked there and that made the conversion a bit simpler, but still was sketchy.

If that were the Blues Mobile, the whole band could ride in it. It's a car-pool nightmare.

The return of Homeless Dave "Its not a limo" Frieburger.

What this thing really needs is a flame (Krylon) paint job and a 69 Dodge Daytona rear wing. And a Six-Pack hood scoop.

Awesome!, My 1st Car was a 1970 Newport 383

Epic car

The guys need to do an episode with a 50’s car like a Hudson or Studebaker

My father traded in his 68 Newport for a 74 New Yorker for my mother. It was lots of fun to fling around, too!

These guys are so funny and this car looks like blast. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha so funny. good episode.

Back in the eighties a local hot dog shop"Frank's A Lot" had on made by Checker out in the parking lot.

I would love to fix this thing up and make it nice and road trip it like a super long Mopar camper 🤣

Companies known for having cars like this included Long Island Airport Limousine Service, Connecticut Airport Limousine Service, Winston Airport Limousine, and others. These included six and eight door sedans and wagons, both aftermarket conversion jobs like this one, and Checker Aerobuses.

Theres your new sequel ! Fast And Freiberger !!!

i like airport cars.

I would just clip every single shopping cart in the grocery store parking lot , we use to do that in my brother's 79 Monaco . They would fly 10 feet in the air and not even phase that bumper

Would love to see this cars in hotrod power tour would be a first for them lol

I legit want that thing.

So... roadkill now isn't free and they're paying someone else to do the work on their vehicles? Talk about losing their direction

I can't see Freiburger and not think of his promise to always be free on you tube

Fix the steering, patch the floors, add Cummins power!! Oh yeah!!

It’s more rust than car!! 🤣😂😅Definitely the first time I’ve seen one of these. Super cool.

I have all the Videos of Roadkill when Roadkill was on RU-vid...like every videos from the start even before when Mike and David went to another city and bought a beige 4door mopar or Plymouth and paid the Junkyard guy like 800 to something dollars and put seats door handles breakline holly double pump carb and Nitus in it .....did some burnout Raced it in a straight race track recorded a o to half mile track record..... And did an auction on the airport and even sold all the wrenches Imiss the ACCIDENTAL DIRT TRACK RALLY CAR which was bashed against the wall ..David😅 Mike was like😐yeah it's okay.... I wish them to come back We miss Roadkill I enjoyed so much with you guies All the episodes I'm blessed that i hve those saved I watch them during Dinner♥️

I just found one of these 16seat airport cars in the junkyard last week. Out of a Toronado of all things. I guess that makes sense, really.

Some Mopar addict with a big family would probably love that.

You gonna drive someone to the airport in that that thing? Honey!! Your ride is here! C Mon..let's go! Don't wanna be late!

You found a doozy this time!!!

Hahahahaha the best part is the doors opening on the corner and then closing on the straights !!!!! It knew to help Finn

Hey, those guys that built this are still in business!

First time seeing frieberger with shoes not flip flops

David and Mike that thing needs to be sold to farmtruck and azn it would go good with the prison bus just saying

Airport cars were meant to actually stay ON THE RAMP. These were use to shuttle passengers between aircraft that had tight connections. But it was also used to move crew to and fro from dispatching to the aircraft. A 747 alone could have up to a crew of 18 total for a high density flight say JFK TO LHR .

Odd car most airport cars were wagons for luggage.....hate to see it get beat on like that, but if ot was mine I would probably end up making it a party bus version of the blues mobile or something lol!

Something cool in these serious hours✌️

That would make a cool road trip car... or a cool 4x4.

I know where another one of these sits right now in front of a Junk yard 750 feet from my house station wagon version. same amount of doors here in Belleville, MICHIGAN

I'm so glad everyone in the comments agrees it needs a restoration and kisses

That thing did look pretty sweet drifting on that dirt track ....This needs to be a new class of nascar.

I remember seeing an old photo of this Chrysler Newport stretched airport sedan at John Wayne airport

The car that comes in 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the same time!!

Blues bros. would be proud

Armbruster Stageway did manufacture limo’s and funeral hearses.

It's got potential.

This thing needs to be cleaned up, patched up and get a hellcat engine. Use it to haul fans around at events.

I didn't think a vehicular would make me feel sick!

Man I really need something like this in my life.

That's basically an old school chopped minivan. Wow, and it took humans 30 more years to develop duel siding doors.

They couldn't have built that too sketchy because the coachbuilder is still in business today.

The doors opening cause it's active aero. 🤣

This Eight Door Chrysler needs a Stroker Hemi!

That was awesome!!! I gotta find one

That is so cool. Never heard of this.

I had a 99 suburban with the same steering issue. you could turn the wheel good 1/3 of a turn before it noticed you wanted to change directions.

Cool 😀