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This road trip in a 1957 Chevy is jam-packed with then and now photos from backroads America! You may have never before seen a video this loaded with the ghosts of the past, and also with amazing Americana from the late 1800s through the 1950s. On top of that, I’m driving 1500 miles in a loaner ’57 Chevy with a 530 horsepower, 396ci small-block and a TKX five speed. Stay tuned to the end where I reveal a junkyard that must have been abandoned in the early ‘50s!
This is one of my favorites. I sure hope you’ll share it if you dig it.—D/F
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I watch your videos a lot as “background noise” while I work and it was kind of surprising for you to start talking about towns that im actually doing substation projects in! I live/work in Tulsa, but the area I cover is Texas North, or what was once West Texas Utilities before it “merged” with CSW, and then AEP.
Yep, folks of today can no longer tell a ‘56 Chevy from a ‘57. They also don’t know the difference between a hardtop and a sedan. We must be getting old😂
I need the sound track to this video…
Hmmm. Dave in a car with a headliner. I have to re-think some stuff.
Great video, Fries! You managed to capture that forlorn West TX vibe pretty well…quite the cool loaner ride, too!
I’m driving a 65 Impala 4 door right now. I had a guy tell me he thought it was a 70’s car.
In TX that's pronounced Her Ford TX
And not even a 1/8 mile time.
I learned a trick for a grinding reverse… Start from first and then immediately to reverse
Awesome that you show the old Nazereth hospital….its the hospital i was born in 71yrs ago…in 1956..WOW
Live just outside Weatherford. Thanks for the shout out. Live in Springtown and if you want to visit an auto parts store that has stood against time come visit us. Nothing has changed since they opened in the 40's. The smell you will always remember
The irony to me as an englishman is that America is preserving /restoring their old towns and small city's far better than we english are doing with our own small towns from the 1900's.sure we have awesome buildings,castles etc from earlier centuries but my local town has changed beyond recognition to when i was a kid 60yrs ago.the old buildings have been either knocked down or replaced by nondescript ones much like many towns in the uk now.Its nice the USA are preserving their history of the last century for future generations unlike the uk.well done freiburger for documenting it on film and raising awareness.
A prolific gearhead historian.
Right on about the big wheels on classic cars!
It's so cool to see all that old stuff and that a lot of it is actually cared for still today. All this restored stuff really makes it pop like in the oldern days. 😎
Btw: thanks to Diesel Creek and Scrappy Industries I also notice some old heavy equipment manufacturers like Allison-Chalmers. ✌️
A heater??? David…you're going to get spoiled, if you're not careful.
Back in the 90s I tinted my short bed Chevy. Less than a month later I took it all off. Never had tint again.
Doesn't your wife ever get jealous of all the traveling without her? Mine would! But then I wouldn't travel without her in the first place.
How come there is so many cars parked in the street in the old photos, and not today? The places almost seem devoid of people, how does the businesses survive?
I didn’t watch this one right away… Thought it was too long, like vice grip can be. I was wrong. It was captivating .Especially with so much of it being here in Texas and down I 10 I just love going west from here. You’re right though about missing so much. But that’s OK, go again, we’ll watch.
I’m right there with you about tinted windows. I like to see everything well. Especially at night. And only mobility blobs look normal with them. Same with big wheels and rubber band tires. I’m no slave of fashion.
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Keep these video's coming! I think this was your best yet.
The 57 Chevy sounds great! Perfect tone.
Love these videos! And the music reminds me of my favorite series, Deadwood.
David the wife and I never get tired of your content, your one of a kind, your history lessons are phenomenal, yes, many dinners and lunches watching your channel with the dogs on the couch and chilling keep up your content!!!!!
People cant even drive a stick shift anymore
I really love the direction David takes his channel. The cars, the talks, the nostalgia, the road trips along with a little bit of wrenching. I hope he continues his channel like this I've said it once and I'll say it again David's channel is a nice refreshing break from all the other YouTube "will it run" videos. Thanks David for what you do to this channel!
1:25:00 Actually pretty cool idea to just borrow hot rods and tour around America, I'm sure David has the connections to make that a recurring series where various buddies, acquaintances, and maybe even the occasional fan loan him a car and he cruises the local area documenting old buildings and main streets and whatnot. They don't all need to be week-long escapades for thousands of miles, but maybe like state-wide and could shoot for like 20-45 minute episodes depending on the area and how much note-worthy history there really is left pertaining to the pre/post war era David seems to be interested in. A neat thought
Being a flooring guy that lil glimpse of the old terrazzo made me real happy, and my 56 fairlane has various fuses scattered across the floor just for that very case LOL!
Yel you need a 4×4 get back to them abandoned air strips Highway 13 between Jacksonville and St.Augustine Fla.local race track. Where a lot of people race at.back in the day 70s,80s
Like your videos ,they are abandoned air strips We use go to watch local race.between Orange dale St.Augustine andJacksonville Fla Florida Hwy 13.good racing going on there.just saying.
Every old building and road has a story behind it…
this video really makes you slow down and think
56:11 Not the Tony Gonzales poster 😂
Try shifting into 1st then hit reverse.. worked wonderful for my 91 GT 5.0 5 speed..!!
The ghost of roadkill follows you wherever and whatever you drive.
I love these videos. You and Steve Magnante should browse some junk yards out there.
Perfect way to end a video, with a burn out.
Yes, 15's should be the largest you put on an old car.
I agree with you about the tint, years ago I had a car with the darkest legal tint I could get and it was horrible to see when backing up at night. Personally, factory tint is the way to go.
WOW!
Splendid 💯, what a fine show, great Americana, greetings from Spain. 😊
How does he find this stuff, I’d love to do this for myself in Indiana and surrounding areas
Thanks for all the time it takes to research the routes and places, find the vehicles to drive, select cool music, and edit all of it into a moto-travelogue.