My Car Was In a 1980s TV Movie, and THE FONZ F-BOMBED ME 

Freiburger is an absolute titan of the hot rod world...his stories are so freaking cool.

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.

Story time with Dave is the best !!!!!!

So am I the only one watching this that is drooling over the blower that Dave is leaning on???????????????????

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

This is why all of us unknown friends love you man! Thanks for the memories

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.

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 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.

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.

David, you’re a living legend. Amazing stories, keep them coming

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.

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

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.

18:43 " Aw man, Cars totaled, here's the pink " lmao. Creative way to get rid of the car, Dave 😂.

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!

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.

Another awesome story, thank you David!

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!

Crazy! Obviously, you were destined for greatness. Most guys would be happy with one story like this, but we know you could fill volumes.

What a awesome story 👍🏻 sorry about your B . These stories are GOLD ! Thank you DF .

Thanks, David! I love stories like this. I can listen to this kind of thing for hours.

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!

Not everyone has been F-bombed by “The Fonz”.

Wow what an awesome story, I'm gonna have to watch that special now.

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!!

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!

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.

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 :)

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

Definitely looking forward to Thursday evenings with your posts! All great stuff, glad you're putting the history out here! Thanks

Loving these stories dude !

That's a helluva good story, Freiburger!! Remembering cranking Van Halen II at the end 🤘😎🤘

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.

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 saw this show in its original run. I remembered it because it was my introduction to Super Bees! So cool to find out a few years ago it was yours!

I've heard you talk about thus before, but this is awesome with all the details and the photos. Love hearing old car stories.

Scott Baio would have been 23 I guess playing a teenager. I guess he must be short. Haha, "Why didn't he just ask Heather for a photo together ?". I think we can all remember that mid-teenager frozen-in-the-headlights feeling when you're around your 20-something year old crush (and for David, she just happened to be a famous TV beauty). Sly side-pic is no foul in my book haha ! Hi from Prague, CZ

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!

What a legendary story! That was unexpected. Cannot wait to see what's to come, David. Keep it up, please and thanks for sharing.

Awesome story. Loved it. We are the same age so extra cool memories too!! Thanks Dave.

Thanks for sharing that story with us! Super cool to see those old photos too!

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!

It seems like I remember you telling this story in Hotrod magazine years ago. So glad you did a more in depth deep dive. Love the content. Keep it up!

That’s a great story! Love it!

Quickly becoming my favorite channel keep up the amazing stories and history

This was a really cool story. Thanks for sharing.

I remember watching this after school special as a kid . The slow motion impact !

What an awesome and cool story, Dave! That failed attempt at perving Heather though had me laughing!

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

Very cool story David , keep rocking !! SEMPER FI

I remember reading an article you'd written years ago about this, but didn't know you had so many pictures from then. VERY cool story! Lol, i remember your article stating the 'aftershock ' as it were, about Winkler snapping at you regarding the engine. I vaguely remember the movie & remember thinking how cool the cars were. I didn't know Locklear was dating Baio...poor girl!

What a story!! Thanks for sharing 👍

that story is a trip and I completely understand freaking out on them wrecking your car, great story

Thanks David, I love all of your strories,you live the best 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😉👍

I love these story videos! Please keep them coming.

Man, I could listen to Dave's stories for hours!

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.

Awesome story! Those are some great memories to have👍

Thank you for this flashback episode

Dude, that was such a cool tale! The Fonz serving you up a raw f-bomb wins RU-vid for the day, fer sure. Keep 'em coming Freiburger, we all love this stuff! Cheers from this Canuck in Singapore.

I wonder if Henry remembers any of this , it would be cool to hear him talk about it to

Now that was a good watch! Cheers on the storytelling.

That's so awesome Dave!!! Because when I was 15 I remembered seeing this movie!!! It was corny but I loved the cars!!!! Such a small world to find out this was your Superbee I've drooled over for so many years! And I am so glad to know that Coronet 500 wasn't your super bee! Because I remember as a kid being upset they wrecked that car! I didn't care at the time abt the Oldsmobile but now at 38 I'm cringing that they wrecked that too! Honestly Dave I'm a word person I like words I like stories! A car has way more meaning to me if the story behind it is great! Partially why I'm such a big fan of Roadkill Roadkill Garage! Because you including the stories of the car the people behind the cars that's what makes it so special to me! Thanks to you I just wanted to mention! Great job man! I find you tell stories alot like I do which bugs some people because I'll include every detail so I no they understand everything but I appreciate you do it as well!!! Absolutely insane finding out this was your car I really liked that And The Fonze yelling at you but I would have freaked out to had they crashed my 88 Gt Foxbody because it's your first car it means so much more than a car! People will say it can be replaced...!!!! It can't theres only 1 first car! And as a kid we worked our A#$'s off to afford that car to chase the girl we liked!!!! I was proud of my mustang i painted myself! When I got it at 16 payed $1000 $100 a week in payments while I pushed shopping carts at price chopper to pay for it! It was rattle canned flat black very badly might I add! My friends called it the rustang Same 5.0 5spd that you put I rottson! They haited getting outran by the Rustang!!!!! I knew mechanics thanks to my father being a diesel mechanic for a bus company!!! But I took autobody and collision repair in high-school to learn how to paint so I could paint my own mustang to shut everyone up!!! I did it was gloss black with red letters on the body kit!!! It was beautifully!!! We lost out House so I sold it!!! Established my own used tire business a few years later wanted to replace my mustang!!! Actually found my mustang and bought it back 5 years later for the same $1000 I originally payed for it! Repainted it again because the guy I got it from painted these awful smurf blue stripes up the car! Repainted it, put weild drag draglite rims on it, a 6 inch cowel induction hood!!! It was how I always dreamed!!! Because I could afford it now!!! I just finished it! Put pics on my fb and 3 days later someone msgs me offering Me a red 68 Mustang Coupe!!! 289 c4 auto! One of my dream cars! it ran and drove so i traded him! Later I regretted it!!!! The torque boxes were rotten rear frame rails we rotted and I no longer had a shop to work in or a welder to be able to fix it myself!!! I sold it made some money!!! Then was trying to buy that 70 charger 500 that the guy who beat me to it!!! Couldn't get $10,000 for it and had it crushed!! Filmed them sticking forks thru it saying don't bother the seller if your not willing to pay the price! all this crap as they crushed it!!!! I have pics of it over 5 years where it sat 19 years as the owner was in prison and I was leaving letters with his mother for him trying to buy the car!!! It was a 383 2brl 727!!! I'm pretty sure you commented once abt this video and if you want the pics of how it sat please just ask I'm more than happy to show you!!! And Dave!!! Thanks for my education!!!! All the hotrod magazines I read over the years as a kid I later find out! You wrote the articles that I learned off of combined with my dad teaching me whatever he could!!! Thanks man! I really appreciate it!!!

Very cool. Love "Back in the Day" stories.

I love this channel Dave! You just telling us stories is you at your best! Thank you for sharing.

Love the part of the recycler, that’s how Lars and James got together! Great Story Dave, good to see your able to invest some more of your time into the channel.👍🇨🇦

Love the story!! Thanks for sharing.

Dude, that's an AWESOME story. Love it. I remember reading about it in Hot Rod back in 2007-ish, maybe? Pretty cool to see all of the additional pics and further detail, here.

Love all the old stories.....keep 'em coming!

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 am absolutely loving these story videos. Please keep it up.❤

MORE of these kind of life videos.....love the nostalgia....love the subject matter.....more more more

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!.

You are killing me, that 64 was beautiful. I still own my mom 64, she purchased it used in April of 1966, she was pregnant with me, and it was the 1st car I ever rode in! A veteran on the 70s street racing era, she has survived with much of that 70s dna intact.

I remember when that came on tv and the muscle cars where the big highlight to me! I have never seen it since! LOL! And on a side note, I met Henry Winkler at GNRS, he was there doing autographs, and I can't believe how short he really is! I am 6 foot and I was looking down at him! LOL!

Great one again! Love all your stuff. Give Dulsich a hug for me.

Story time! Very entertaining good sir. Love me some '80's LA car culture history.

I remember you telling this story a long time ago. Maybe in the magazines. I miss my youth.

Super cool story Freiburger. We're the same age and grew up watching the ABC "After School Specials" and I remember watching the CBS version too along with the episode with your car. Can't tell you how much time I spent reading the classified ads in the local newspaper and PennyPower to buy cars, even though "adulthood" whatever that is.

How I wish cars like that filled up my high school parking lot. Great story as always.

More videos/stories like this please Dave 🙏

Love this episode. This is so cool. The baseball team is my favourite happy days story

So much awesome in this video! Thanks for sharing the story Dave.

You have more cool stories/anecdotes per year than most people(like myself) have in a quarter century. Thanks for sharing

Dave man what a great childhood. No wonder, that explains alot

Love these old stories and photos. Keep them coming 😮😮😮😮

Anytime you wanna hangout and drinks beers, it's on me. Id love to hear all about your OG car stories 🍻

Even though the bee driver was "drunk" it looks like the olds driver ran a stop sign. Great story.

David you might enjoy this story... I live outside of Detroit. Back in the early 90s got a ramdom call from a stranger who couldn't tell me his bame. He was told i had a 1970 442 and if i wanted to sell it. I didnt but gave the guy a friend's number who had another 70 442 for sale. He ended up selling to to this secretive stranger. Turned out to be the #2 car in the movie Demolition Man! The #1 car was already fully restored and used for up close shots. My friends car was painted and received a quicky resto. The #3 car was a rusted cutlass full of bondo which got smashed. My friends #2 car was the one used in the action shots with its original good running 455/th400 combo with original 3.42 axle. They did not smash #1 or #2 just the rust bucket. The car sold after filming and who knows where its at now.

Okay, I’ve subscribed to all these magazines. Car Craft, Hot Rod, Popular Hot Rodding, Stock car Racing, etc.. I have never heard of you. 😂

amazing story!!! that's awesome

Thank you david :) awesome story!