These cars started as junkyard trash and ended up as dragstrip legends

These cars started out as junkyard trash and were turned into dragstrip legends.

YouTuber David Freiburger made it his mission to transform cars for his online show, Roadkill TV.

Each of the hundreds of cars had a remarkable evolution.

Freiburger decided to give his subscribers an update on each of the cars.

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From junkyard trash to dragstrip legends

The saying ‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ has never been more accurate than when applied to cars in a junkyard.

Over the years, we’ve seen some pretty run-down vehicles being given a second chance.

There was the Bentley Mulliner rescued by a British actor from a California junkyard, and the ‘once in a lifetime’ Mercedes R129 SL.

And who could forget the 1939 Ford Tudor put back on the road after years of inactivity?

But David Freiburger went above and beyond when it came to restoring junkyard cars.

For 13 years and hundreds of episodes, he gave cars lingering on the scrapheap a new lease on life.

But there’d been a lot of projects over the years, and his followers naturally wanted to know the fate of some particular cars.

So he decided to spill some details.

The fate of the cars that appeared on Roadkill TV

The Jaguar XJ12, lovingly named the ‘Draguar’, appeared in multiple episodes.

Loaded with an 871 supercharger, this was one car that Freiburger bought for himself.

A 1955 Chevy with a 426-based Chrysler HEMI appeared all the way back in the show’s first season.

The car is still competing in drag and drive competitions, and appears regularly on the YouTube channel Finnegan’s Garage.

The cars weren’t all gems, though, with a Flatrod Jeep being branded the ‘worst vehicle’ to appear on the show.

“[This was the car] that I thought might cause my death,” Freiburger remarked.

“That flat fender that was all slammed, tires hanging out…I can’t believe Finnegan and I drove that thing on the freeway.

“It was more like sitting on it than in it…”

The front suspension was broken during an off-road excursion, and the car was ultimately given away to a man who paid for the guys’ bar tab.

Freiburger saw it going for sale in Southern California for a while, for ‘exorbitant prices’.

Then there was the 1975 Chevrolet Monza Spyder, which they supercharged using leaf blowers.

Yes, they actually did that.

It currently resides behind a barn belonging to one of Freiburger’s friends, and the YouTuber is interested in doing something else with it in the future.

These were just four of the iconic cars that appeared on the web show over the years.

To see more of Freiburger’s round-up of dragstrip legends, head over to his YouTube channel.

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