ABANDONED 1980s Parts Store! 1940s Chevy Dealership! 600-Mile Road Trip Fiasco!
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- It’s us, David Freiburger and Rick Péwé, the team that has brought you DED Tour adventures since the 1990s. This time we're on a 600-mile road trip from Colorado to Arizona in a 1971 Jeepster Commando that had been on a ranch for many years. After a bit of wrenching, we hit the highway and discover a guy living in a 1949 Chevy dealership, then find a family-owned auto parts store abandoned in the late ’80s with parts still on the shelf!
Along the way we have a lot of trouble with the Dauntless V6 engine. Stuck valve? Burned valve? Broken spring? Flat cam? Watch the video and tell me what you think.
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Fuck yeah I missed rick
David I'd like to say thank you for coming back to us and giving us the entertainment we ask for
Thanks for watching
One hell of an awesome video D ! Love the 460 RV old parts shop and the music is mint ! 👌👌
@@donaldliverance2597 I agree. Sidenote this was the best episode of Roadkill in a long long time!
I am really enjoying your channel, David. Since we are not allowed to watch MotorTrend in Australia, we really have been missing you. These videos are just fabulous. Thank you.
@@stefantrnacek1394 you need to be smarter
The world is healing, we are getting good quality content back on youtube. Thank you David and keep doing these videos
Thanks!
Haah, wishful thinking.
David, I love what you're doing with this channel. It's not just cars, it's the adventure on the way. Love it!
I appreciate that!
100%!!!
TRUTH 💯
Agreed
@@TheDavidFreiburgermore more plz.. we had a 72. With. That wierd. Nose
The joy of having Freiburger back on youtube is unmatched
Here here‼️
One of my favorite guys from Peterson's 4 wheel and off road and rick pewe Fred Williams
A Péwé appearance after all this time??? LETS GOOOOOOOOOO!
Well of course péwé is a jeep guy didn't you see the roadkill episode with the supercharged jeep?? Would have aired 2 years ago I believe during covid
Frieburger is a completely different guy when he actually cares about a car. A misfire or engine knock on Roadkill would be solved by burnouts and an off-road thrash, here it’s we’ll limp it to a parts store and don’t scratch the hood 😂
"Here, have some rust."
Rick Péwé is a legend, glad to see him again.
Agreed
Can’t get much better than you and Pewe rescuing an old Jeep and driving it home! I loved this!
I could watch Freiburger and Pewe do old jeep trips all day long.
How does Freiberger get into these closed private places?
"Hi, I'm Dave Freiberger..."
"Yes"
This stuff always takes me back to my teens in the 90s. I had my stacks of 4Wheeler magazines and dreams of moving out west to wheel 24/7.
You were just missing the 4 wheeler?
Can't do much 4 wheeling with stacks of magazines as a vehicle
Freiburger and Pewe are ultimate old man cool. Antiquing, having beers and burgers while talking cars.
Nobody cool works in sandals! Lol
David won't have crapped out weakened bunion feet when he gets old, from ill-fitting, ill-shaped shoes and other traditional shoe manufacturer nonsense.
@@exothermal.sprocketquite sandal wearer
It was driving me nuts that the valve cover wasnt getting pulled but the engine didnt seem to care as much as i did. Great video!
@craiga9492 With ya on that one! At least pull the v/c & find out what's going on; my bet is a rocker arm needing tightened up - common old GM engine thing. I understand the "not right" thing, but on the road, you do what you gotta do!
Oh wow, haven't seen Rick in years! INSTANTLY interested just by thumbnail alone!!
I guess it worked!
@@TheDavidFreiburger rick and david banging on a jeep, MINT
right???
@ghomerhust I never want to see these 2 guys banging on a jeep. Let's keep this channel to wrenching and adventure please 😂😂😂😂😂
@@joeambly6807lmao.
Keep these coming Freiburger! This is the kind of content I love to watch! You and Pewe is just straight gold!
David america needed this and we need you. You and Mike and Tony make the world tolerable.
Don't forget Dulcich!!!!
Thanks!
And Derrick
@@coryandclaudiajelly9846 and Kevin (Junkyard Digs) and Chris (NNKH)
America begins with a capital boss
I love the production value, it's incredibly well made without feeling corporate which is exactly the way i like it 👌💯 Hell yeah Freiburger!
I agree.
Awesome seeing everyone coming back on here. Back to the roots of the old school road trips and wrenching.
Just love watching you and Rick. It’s clear you two have a great friendship and like minds. He also has that low key sense of humor that I love. Hope to see more with you two together, good stuff.
Every time I see Pewe I wanna yell…..
‘DRIVER’S MEETING!!!!’
So good to see the original DED Awesome Twosome again.
So much THIS! :D
That old auto parts store/shop was pure bliss! Nice music/shots and glad you captured it on video before is gone for good.
Chris get off youtube and go be with your child, ya big car nerd
I grew up reading about your DED adventures when I should’ve been doing homework. Twenty years later I’m watching your DED adventures on TH-cam when I should be doing work. Thanks for keeping it real.
I loved watching this. I had two 1967 Jeepster Commando wagons (one with a snow plow) back in the 1980s.
Rick & David on an off road adventure with a sketchy old Jeep.... The world is now back to normal! Freaking love this channel!
Now this is the kind of content we want to see form you! This was great!
David you are a great example of the follow your passion as career and never work a day . Not to say you don't bust your ass but you give people hope to follow their dreams if you were my son I would be proud
Wow, that’s kind. Thanks
@@TheDavidFreiburgershould've went to LOWELL OBSERVATORY IN FLgstaff.We went there ran outa gas in a 71. Dart and coasted into town gas station
Imagine that! You and all the old Petersen guys are starting to put out all the content we all wanted the whole time. This is awesome to see! Sandals and all!
I love how Pewe explains everything as he's working.
Why..?
As a parts store owner/operator for 30 years that old store was amazing I’m seeing brands I sold and stocked ,the Jiffy kits were amazing great amount of SKU’s brings back great memories. Thanks
As a long term Freiburger fan, I am digging this content 100%.
Thank you!
Do more videos with Rick! The TH-cam generation needs to get to know this legend.
The O.G. dirt every day guy's, I probably have all the magazines with the DED trips. Would love to sit at a campfire and listen to Rick and David trip stories
Don't forget Fred Williams
Why sit at a fire? You can watch it all happen and listen to them on his vids
Great to have Freiburger and Péwé content!
Ah yes another episode from a guy that will teach you more about working on an old car than any book. I love the videos Freiburger
I love this. It's 100% what 99% would deal with driving an organic classic and just having some tools and just knowing how to diagnose and troubleshoot. This is true reality of how awesome it is to have an old vehicle (no computer) and work it out.. I asked my grampa one time many many years ago in the late 80s when I started driving about all the stories he had told me of driving nonstop back in the 50s and 60 from california to Oklahoma and back many many times. I asked, what did you do if you broke down?? Then he broke it down, that you aways carried your basic tools, all the common parts that would be a problem back then and you just pulled over and figured it out, fixed it and kept moving. He said unless it was something catastrophic which was very rare, it was always something you could fix on your own and keep moving..
I loved that and made total sense.. Thats what I love more than anything with these videos. It hearkens back to simpler times.
Friggin awesome. I was a customer of Rick's back when he ran Republic Offroad in Tempe, 30 odd years ago; and I've been reading and following both since the JP Magazine days. This vid was like a trip down memory lane... no burnouts, no slicks, just a crusty old 4-by, and a fun road trip. Loved it. Betting that the lone black spark plug pulled early in the video, plus the spitting back up through the carb were the 2 indicators of the mechanical problem... guessing there is a broken intake valve spring on that same cylinder?
what i love is that pewe has barely aged at all since even the early days of roadkill
But why did it have good compression? If the intake valve spring is broken it shouldn't be making compression on that cylinder.
@@upscaleshack the cylinder would have lower/zero compression if the valve was stuck, but the cylinder pressure on the compression stroke can still close a valve with a broken or weak spring, as long as that valve still slides smoothly in the guide. True that the compression on that cylinder should still measure lower than spec, but it does not have to be 0 unless the valve itself is stuck partially open.
Oh man, I've missed Pewe. Where's he been? Freiburger & Pewe should totally do an Unreal Adventure (the new UA) together!
I love this so much. I feel like Petersons raised me and shaped my four wheeling perspective. To have David and Rick in one awesome video , absolutely great!
These guys are why I like 4x4 trucks and being a bored broke rural Indiana farm kid is why love 4x4 farm trucks and playing in a muddy field
I don't want to derogatory towards the MotorTrend production crew, but I am really enjoying how well you produce your videos. Knowing this is the "phone in hand" edit what you got, you do a great job. I also appreciate the grass roots, two guys on an adventure videos. Great job, I see you will do well Post Motortrend.
I hope this channel becomes the biggest thing since gold Moroso valve covers. Love the combo of old school analog roadtrips and history of the cars in question
Man this video gave me a touch of nostalgia. Laying on my bedroom floor reading the newest off road magazine of you and Pewe rescuing the ugly flat fender.
Good days
It's always a good time when we see Peiwei!
The artistic choice to use a glamor filter in the undercarriage footage is the kind of thing that's kept you at the top since I started reading your work in the 90's. 😸
Hahahaha
I've been magazine reader following along with Rick, you and eventually Fred for almost 30 years. This episode embodies all the things I used beg for in an article and I got to spend an hour watching not 5 minutes. Great content and I hope we get more of the same.
I can’t do road trips for every video but I do have more coming
I see Rick is still wearing his 4x4 sandals! Good to see y’all doing the old DED trip! The sea foam is better than how I was shown to clean an engine! I watch my dad and uncle put a gallon of diesel and two quarts of oil in a five quart system of a very carbon up engine and it had oil pressure so they run it. It worked.
ATF cleans out cylinders and crankcases pretty well also...
My dad and ira,n varsol thru my fe ford engine that was slud%ed up in 77
The thumbs up button is not enough for how great this episode is! The two of you on DED trips are the best.
Been bingeing roadkill garage for like a week now so this is a real treat!
I was a big fan of Rick’s writing growing up (as well as yours David) a number of years ago at king of the hammers I met Rick in Shannon Campbell’s trailer after a long day of working in remote pit.
It was the highlight of my race week!
I honestly have been hoping for years that you and Pewe would go on a filmed roadtrip again. You guys are awesome. Thank you for doing this!
THANK YOU for creating this MR. Freiburger. May God Bless you and your family.
Mr. Pewe, I truly enjoyed your episodes alongside Mr. Freiberger. You very much seem to be an honorable man. May God bless you and your family as well.
That budget tool bag has a Big Lebowski vibe.
Combined with David’s penchant for flip-flops and cargo shorts, I see a new T-shirt potential.
The paper wine bag really ties the whole room together
He also has a tendency to say “Duuude”
Dont pee on the rug .
That abandoned parts store is bad ass. I love seeing that kind of stuff .. man whata time capsule. Times sure have changed. Where you were able to repair your own car or had someone you knew that could. Take me back to the times.
If someone offered to give me, free, this Jeepster, with all its dents, or a bran new Cybertruck... I'd chose that old Jeep without even thinking about it.
Well, you set a pretty low bar with the Cybertruck
Haha, he did, but valid point none the less.
Id take a power wheels over a cyber truck
Ok how about a new eurotrash ram with the turbo 6.
Take the Cyber truck.sell it and buy cool stuff that burns petrol
Another winner! God I am glad you are back to what you started as! Great adventure and cool jeep. Thanks!!!
Brings me back to being a kid and raiding old warehouses, parts stores, and dealerships looking for NOS parts... Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
What a great throwback to dirt every day! I spent my early days glued to the magazines that you guys did such a great job on. Thank you David and Rick
Yes!! My all time favorite Roadkill episode is you and Pewe dingle ball rebuilding the Go Devil. Something very special about that episode, looking forward to watching this.
Was that the one where they tried the leather belt chunk as a rod bearing? Or am I imagining things? That one was a WHILE back...
@@davelowetsthat's the one.
I see why Rick and frieburger get along so well… the love of jeeps and flip flops 😂
flip flops 🤮
This ol' Florida boy agrees
And beers!
Another fantastic journey with a writer who has knowledge of the subject and a personality. Thanks.
Now that's what i've been waiting for, no yelling or burnouts. Bravo.
Agreed...I'm fatigued of immature burnouts
Bro, what are you talking about?
@@sjcproductionsandmedia burned out on burnouts
Never tired of burnouts
@@zachwilson9608 especially if I'm the one performing them having fun being throttle happy lol
A worthy successor to Road Kill…….great job!
Fuggin love Pewe and Freiburger together!
I have no idea about the structure of the 6-cylinder engine in the Jeep. But if it wouldn't have been an option to mechanically kill the non-working ciylinder, and I would have quickly carved a replacement for the valve cover out of a Tetrapack or something similar
But I wasn't there and it was easy to talk from the sofa. Very nice video, thanks for taking me with you and it's great that the Jeep held out. 👍👍👍
With TH-cam, we no longee have to work for someone else. Congratulations on getting some freedom. You are the godfather of car media of our era. Your channel will be huge! We love your perspective and way in which you share it.
Probably as close to old Roadkill as you can get. Love the vibe of this one. Rick is a great co host.
That parts store is unbelievable!
Keep it up David, good luck from UK
"Oh no! He's hitting the cap!"
Hilarious, and I'd be willing to bet Pewe has been working on 4wd's longer than a lot of us have been alive.
It’s so good to see pewe! I remember reading 4wheel &off-road when he was editor! That is when the magazine was at it’s best! He is an absolute legend in the off-road community.
It would be so cool to sit around a campfire and listen to these two sharing Jeep stories. With beers, of course
What is it with you Nancy boys and sitting around fires. All of you keep talking about sitting around camp fires telling each other fancy boy stories then probably singing kumbaya and hugging
This video is what Roadkill once was. Nothing against modern Roadkill but it's not the same as it use to be. Thanks, David. 🙂
It’s really nice seeing Rick again! This makes me excited to see some other familiar guests eventually.
(Tony Angelo 👀)
I love it when you go thru any kind of junkyard. We used to look at Chilton manuals now we look at our phones , ha!.. we don't need cable tv to keep having a super time!
we need to get more people subbed to you David. This is the automotive content we all love. Less manufactured drama, more wrenching
Good seeing Rick again :) Good stuff Freiburger!
I met péwé several years ago at Bantam. He's such a cool guy, and im happy to see him on camera again!
That’s cool. In 1975 I bought a 1973 Datsun truck. Someone put all Jeep running gear under it. V6 transfer case and axles. Someone built fender well headers. It had 5:38 gears front and rear. His plan was to put an overdrive in it. It was a blast to drive. I painted it metallic blue with graphics. Added a chrome roll bar and custom wheels. I added a 2 speed automatic so my girlfriend at the time could drive it. She’s now my wife of 44 years. I should have kept it.
At least you got the memories 👍
Freiburger & Péwé doing old Jeeps is addictive. Loving it. Thanks for the education on the Seafoam stuff too. I've used it in my old 94 YJ.
Great video Freiburger! I’m loving the content!
Love the channel and content. If only regular TV was this entertaining!! Perfect shop entertainment while wrenching!
A good friend of mine from high school had one of these. He parked it in front of his house one night .And the next morning when he went to go to work it was parked in front of his next door neighbors house. A drunk had came around the corner hit the Jeep backed up and hit the across the street neighbors car and ran away. Needless to say the Jeep did not survive. It was hit so hard that the hood was shoved back into its self. He replaced it with a gag Toyota Corolla. And yes Dave I remember wiper blade refills.
As someone who worked in a gas station in the ‘80s, I too remember wiper blade refills. I sold and installed tons of them, typically in the pouring rain.
I know I was able to buy wiper refills in the early 2000's.
You know, you guys made me much. Smarter as a mechanic, with all the stuff you've done for the last. How many 15 years? I truly appreciate you posting these videos. Keep it up, hopefully. Somebody will be smart enough to pick you up and turn you loose and let you do your thing. Great content, great subject matter. Good job , dude
Yessssssssssssss , new content found on phone gonna watch on big screen love the content keep it up ! DF NEVER FAILS WITH GREAT NEVER DULL CONTENT!
Nice, thank you
@@TheDavidFreiburger Your videos are the best . They are truly my happy place! Thanks for always sharing your adventures!
It makes me so happy to see you going back to this style of video for your own stuff, I could watch it all day.
I like the videos that have been done with rick, that shows how long ive been watching 😂
After all this time I’m glad to see you back with Péwé again. (His mom’s Backyard Buick was a genuine gem of a Dead Tour, even if it wasn’t a Jeep.)
Ans as to rod slap, I have an MGB GT that has it….though with the solid lifters it all blends together…but hey dual carbs make up for the sadness!)
Even during hot rod drag week he still puts new content out.
I must admit that this episode is now my favorite, I used to live in Grand Junction back in the day, there was a ton of places to go wheeling (not anymore) .
I was laughing and cringing in the scene of the very loose distributor cap, that red dust is a Colorado thing.
Keep up the good work David.
Love seeing Mr. Freiburger adding even more quality content to TH-cam. Keep it up sir, I'll take all I can get
Thank you
@TheDavidFreiburger Thank you sir, it is greatly appreciated
@TheDavidFreiburger If you end up in Northeastern Utah, specifically the Roosevelt/Vernal area, and need a place to tinker, let me know
Thank you David And Rick. Something about your shows I just enjoy. And it's cool to see Rick always enjoy the adventure thank you!
Nothing beats a road trip
Pewe is too cool for school that guy never gets rattled love his attitude
Rick Pewe > literally everybody else
Hahaha. Perfect!
Hey you're all showing consistency, Jim and the crew are putting you in a car that's ready to run fast and you're killing it in the seat. Keep doing what you're all doing and the rounds will keep coming
America misses Mr Jeepster, Rick.
Digging these videos, DF. Thanks for the great content and all the work you do to create, produce, and post it. Great to see Rick as well!
Love the oily phone camera 😀
Look at that they went through my home town and I missed them! Glad to see you and Pewe together again!
Pewe never ages.
No, he doesnt... I sometimes think he came out of the womb looking the same as he has.
@@davelowets 😆
This’s an epic road trip episode. Thank you.
My professional mechanic dad had a 1990ish knocking Plymouth Shadow that sounded almost like that Jeep. He tried everything to fix the noise. Except pulling the engine, but no luck.
I believe your channel may be the fastest grown channel. Did you try swapping plugs with another cylinder
I had a 68 Jeepster. Bought it in southern Arizona, and it had a million miles on it but no rust. The 225 engine expired, and I replaced it with a 3.8 Buick V6. The 3.8 was a bolt in with a few mods. I also changed out the intake for a four barrel aluminum one and added a baby four barrel Holley, it made the Jeepster pretty lively.
Life gets in the way and I sold it, and I have regretted it ever since. Maybe some day I will acquire another one. Thanks for the video. I am thinking you guys really do have a soft spot love for old Jeepsters.
I'm jealous. Living in the Northeast I rarely even see a CJ5 or 7 anymore. Even YJs are getting far less common. They all rotted out. Seeing older vehicles is very uncommon. So pathetic.
Man, I feel like I’ve been waiting forever for this video. Thank you guys so much for putting this together, it was just the right blend of educational content, whimsical adventure, debacle and problem solving. Pewe and Freiberger, a great duo. Just a joy to watch. Please more of this.
Hinmaton
Nice to hear it, thanks!