The Mazdarati! The Mini-Truck That Keeps Failing | Roadkill | MotorTrend

[@viperfan7]

And here I was thinking they finally found the thing and got it back

[@katherinecurtis1747]

same

[@chrisventris6650]

Yeah kinda what I thought I guess not

[@notnowliberty]

Yeah, same here.

[@Budicles]

and I was hoping....... :-( sadly it isnt

[@tropicalshadow3817]

No just trying to get you to buy there subscription

[@evolgenius471]

I live about 25 miles from Blythe and that place is sketchy! As a tow truck operator I'm always keeping my eyes peeled for this truck tho!!!

[@comethiburs2326]

two years down the line i'm having big doubts it'll ever resurface. probably been rebuilt as a mazda repu or destroyed.

[@kylenewton5446]

@@comethiburs2326 supposedly it's been found

[@Tysmopars69]

Lol this is probably my favorite episode like this is the most inspirational build every time it broke you didn’t have the dramatic tv temper tantrum y’all just laughed and went to work you knew it’s gonna break not if it was when great video! Started my day off right 🤙

[@00mazone]

I was really hoping this truck would be found and make another appearance. It's probably still sitting in someones backyard all torn apart.

[@twotailedavenger]

It probably got sold for scrap by some tweeker and is a fender on a Geely now.

[@jonstein420]

@@twotailedavenger I left a comment on viperfan7's comment.

[@giovannifebus3700]

Man i remember seeing this episodes when they first came out. I couldn't stop watching them jajaja 💯

[@helloyt4799]

Wtf is a jajaja

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

This was such a classic episode. RIP the Mazdarati.

[@michaelwilson5851]

When I heard it was stolen, I felt so bad for you guys. That's a rotten thing to do to someone, and I've had it happen to me.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

Hard to believe anyone could keep this truck hidden!

[@SesameStreetRacingChannel]

@@BuzzLOLOL They won'tbe able to...somebody knows...just need a good cash reward to sell the thief out.

[@NaruSanavai]

@@BuzzLOLOL That's what I was thinking. A pale yellow, 1974, Mazda, pick-up. You already don't see very many of those. Add a rear-mounted, Olds Toronado engine, _with boat headers,_ to the mix... If it does get found, they'll probably just find the body and frame - no engine. People suck.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

Unfortunately, apparently it was stolen in 2018 while these shows were behind a pay wall, so NOBODY KNEW IT WAS STOLEN !!!

[@fortyfiveseventy]

I'm like 90% sure after this was stolen, it was parted out and the body got chopped into tiny pieces

[@daviddavid5880]

I so wanted that truck to happen. A full-on clean build, maybe a redonkulous tunnel ram, sorted out, fresh paint, new suspension and some killer tires....

[@deanstevenson6527]

Lol, Mazdarati. As a note, que 1964, and One of the more bizarre saloon cars to race in New Zealand was the Morrari - a Morris Minor body stretched over a Ferrari chassis and powered by a 327 Corvette engine.

[@alexyoungberg5232]

*Starting to regret leaving youtube huh MT...?*

[@streetcarmedia660]

Wasn’t some people not getting any motortrend services because it wasn’t available in their country ?

[@wandyhbg]

Not in most part of europe

[@rallylout]

Not outside of USA. Apparently we aren’t good enough anymore even tho we subscribed from day dot for only the original content. Yeah I’m still dirty @motortrend

[@drockmitchell]

I once saw this truck in Sacramento/Rancho Cordova 15 years ago. I had to rubberneck in amazement.

[@thatfordguy2268]

People who live in Cali, keep your eyes peeled and ears open, listen to locals. Find this truck! We're not mad we just want it back.🤨 It's double hilarious that whoever stole it had no idea about the blown head gasket and destroyed transmission😁

[@leejohnson6173]

After 4 years very unlikely they find it lol

[@helloyt4799]

Yeah it's probably parted out and long gone

[@timothywhieldon1971]

@@helloyt4799 garantee that was taken right to the crusher for $50 scrap.....

[@helloyt4799]

@@timothywhieldon1971 I mean 50 bucks is 50 bucks..

[@deadshot4245]

yep 2 rocks and a pack of cools @@timothywhieldon1971

[@johnbecay6887]

"10s, man, runs 10s" They all run 10s...'til you take them to the track.

[@bruceaskin9645]

You can gain a whole second by removing the tailgate. The tailgate space is probably also the best place to put the radiator. . Instaed of weights , a metal apron , wedge shape starting low, would get you by with less overall weight , more down force and less drag, take off another second.

[@Mart77]

Not sure which is Roadkilliest Mazdarati or Rotsun - both of these never fail to fail

[@speeds155]

Them old rotary Mazda vehicles are nearly impossible to find these days. And a wild swap to boot!

[@BRGKasumi77Main]

I really miss the Mazdarati!! So sad anyway that it was stolen!

[@toddjohn5204]

I agree with some of the other comments, bring out a new Mazdarotti!! 10’s please. Give us fans closure.

[@harrypatt7708]

When I was younger I swear these episodes were made better for youtube. I can never find long full episodes, only clips n stuff usually :( need full episodes with seasons marked

[@Shadowdarknessone]

Motortrend made a paywall now to watch them on their website. Thats why i fall out of love with roadkill

[@tonykrank069]

You guys should build another one out of a Datsun mini truck

[@noka55]

Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee we needddd another

[@SesameStreetRacingChannel]

F that...you don't just "replace" things with other things...you FIND the Mazdarati...THOUSANDS of viewers need to "get to work"...Need a big cash reward.

[@tonykrank069]

@@SesameStreetRacingChannel if it hasn't been found by now it's probably been parted out

[@SesameStreetRacingChannel]

@@tonykrank069 Not true at all...The Mazdarati is most likely hidden on somebody's land...in a building, container...

[@tonykrank069]

@@SesameStreetRacingChannel it very well could be

[@ztwntyn8]

It was on a good pass that last run. I think they would have had the 10. I liked this truck with a 455 Olds engine. We have one in a jet boat for years. Good factory heads good size crowed cam and predator carburetor which was way better than the 850 double pumper we used before. They can be powerful engines for sure.

[@Not_me737]

Do they even still make new episodes of roadkill? I miss when it was free on KZbin😔

[@maxbutler2558]

If the truck were still around I think it would've been amazing to slap a blower on the engine and have a scoop that sits just above the roofline similar to stubby bob. Honestly one of my all time favorite roadkill rigs

[@garyjacques6139]

We drive through blythe CA all the time keeping my eyes open.

[@stevenlee1075]

Just to think that 455 Olds Big Block was probably parted out😭. My dad had one that was completely built in his old Cutlass. I’m sad he sold it

[@genehasenbuhler2594]

the first Ford Curriers looked exactly like that- had a rotary engine too! tough as nails- we split the bed seams hauling wood in one! the thing could haul a ton with just a little squat with air shocks and a helper spring on the rear leafs! we beat that truck to death butitkept on going like the energizer bunny!

[@axlefoley3369]

Wrong

[@genehasenbuhler2594]

@@axlefoley3369 REALLY- still have it!

[@genehasenbuhler2594]

@B B mine's a 75 with a 5 speed transmission and a Mazda rotac engine! All original- with the exception of air shocks!

[@theclassiccarguy268]

"That's a good fire... look, I can make it bigger"😂

[@michaelshannon7557]

Best day of work, EVER!!

[@aaronjesson8488]

The rumor around blythe is its sitting in the back of someone's property..... and they only stole it for the engine.....

[@NZMOPAR]

We should Google earth it start looking lol

[@Leandro3065PT]

drive a drone over it and try to find a close to neon yellow truck, or covered over with a tarp. Cant be that hard to find, i believe

[@theclicker]

Miss this thing so much

[@ViaAvione]

Dude! You guys are my heroes!!

[@CalebsCars]

This truck will pop back up down the road a while from now. It’ll sell at an auction as a legendary vehicle. Some jimbo will claim he had no idea what it was and his family member gave it to him

[@cyr2795]

I hope so, but that thing probably got chopped into bits within 2 days 😕

[@CalebsCars]

@@cyr2795 you think? Nothing valuable on it except the boat headers lol

[@Epyk-is-epic]

@@CalebsCars most likely chopped into pieces and scrapped.

[@colestowing8695]

probably many peoples favorite roadkill car. Rest in pieces little mazda - wherever you are😭

[@joew974]

Gone but never forgotten

[@johnbehneman1546]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I LOVE MY HOT ROD FAMILY!!! SO MUCH FUN!!!! I MISS THE MAZDARATI ALSO!!!! THIS MINI TRUCK IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE!!!!! MANY HAPPY MEMORIES!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!! YOU GUYS MADE MY DAY!!!!

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

turn your caps lock off boomer

[@Omegadoomship]

The Mazda pickup and the Vette Kart are my favorite roadkill cars. I was so sad when I heard it was stolen. I hoped they would find another mini truck and do the same rear engine concept.

[@calvincandie5344]

Nooooooo i wanted to see them eventually run it in exhibition races doing full track wheel stands...

[@SamwiseOutdoors]

That thing was for sale like a block away from my community college. I was gonna look into buying it, but the listing disappeared before my shift ended at work. About eight months later, it made its debut on Roadkill.

[@eh2341]

With that ending I had a hard time giving a thumbs up. Still, that was a lot of fun

[@stevenharris2846]

A project is a project no mater make model or year I've learned many thing's from watching these videos please every one keep your eyes and ears open to help find this lost project

[@robertlambert5299]

More old news…..But we’re still commenting on old news and to KZbin it looks like MotorTrend is still popular.

[@shawnl5634]

I like that yellow color though that's cool

[@roachlarry1488]

Can't believe she's been gone for 4 years now 💔 😢

[@maxxcherry6955]

I like those mini trucks !

[@connleyjones9096]

That’s badass killer clowns 😮‍💨🖤🤙🏽

[@javierrflores]

Lol don’t feel bad! I keep trying to turbocharge my LU5 Crossfire injected trans am. Countless hours of fail.

[@andyflynn2776]

Awesome twist ending

[@haroldbirge6881]

I like mopars🤔 kind of hoping it was back and ready to get R done 😎✌️

[@dmaxdiesel4x4]

5 years is a eternity for a stolen vehicle. Had buddy in high-school with 76 Ford f250 that was mint stolen truck has never been found. That hurt people who didn't have the connection to it like he did.

[@j.danaclark2166]

That truck is my dream truck.

[@jonaslundback583]

When can we watch MotorTrend in Sweden again? I really miss roadkill, roadkill garage, engine masters and so on…

[@oddcarsandbaddecisions]

Jonas, sign up for a VPN, pick a server in the USA and you should be able to get it.

[@rallylout]

The point is we shouldn’t have to…..

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

use a VPN...then you can watch it and much more. This is how i watch american stuff when i got to japan

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

@@rallylout tell that to every streaming service and production company to ever exist then. Its that way for every country worldwide

[@davesnothereman699]

I swear I saw this truck on the freeway when I was like 12 years old about 18 years ago or one JUST like it and I always wondered why the engine was in the back!

[@smarternu]

What the...Didn't see that ending comin.

[@beaverchocolate]

You guys have done a bunch of rear engine builds by now. I've been watchin ya since the catalina episode way back when. It would be my dream to see you build a mid engine gen2 corvair. They used to make v8 conversion kits for them ya know...

[@smokepeddler]

Plenty of room for both the gas tank and radiator under the hood. But let's make it heavier instead of properly distributing the existing weight.

[@DanisPhotographe]

That truck was so COOL !!!!

[@04dram04]

This is an old episode. Why isnt it presented like that in the title or description?

[@awhoot1]

that is a real travesty! Man I really loved that truck too. My most sincere apologies to you guys😢.

[@daviddavid5880]

Three hundred thousand views now. Five thousand likes. Zero dislikes. Three hundred comments. Just on this one vid. Everyone adored that truck. Guys, *just go get another old minitruck*, maybe a 92 Toyota, dig up a 500cid 72 Eldorado, build it right, and make this happen. Have fun with it. How about an 85 Mazda pickup with a rebuilt and flashed 05 LS4 in the back...? Yeah, I see those wheels turning.... you want to do it, and we want to see it. Win win. Thanks.

[@rjsal246]

I love these guys

[@racer67]

That is 1 awsome death trap! A little bit of 🔧 n ⛽ n a🏁 we go!

[@tanco2158]

I miss that truck...😢 I use to own one with a four cylinder...😏

[@emilianocruz11]

Miss the mazdarati on roadkill

[@cruise7625]

Saw a yellow one in Roseville CA about a week ago

[@johnboggs177]

That was at PIR in Portland Oregon last year low 12s don't know the name but he was from estacada ore

[@dhag72]

I wish we could have seen something like an impala ss 5.3 swap in this thing. Would have boogied for sure!

[@ultimatejay]

those trucks are very rare in the rotary community and not many around, especially one that is cut up with a big boat engine in the bed. Should be easy to find

[@CrAzYDr1veR]

So many fans and nobody saw it again :'(

[@55alive]

Awesome truck!

[@mrbigw100]

Motortrend in australia we can’t access the app it says not available in my area since you guys updated your app a year ago can u fix this we wanna pay the subscription just give us Aussie’s the chance its hard to be a hardcore roadkill fan when u can’t Evan watch it

[@darrylhaynes9208]

Nord vpn

[@sagenbabin8786]

It’s cursed like the James dean porsche it fails doesn’t run 10’s and gets stolen but my goodness do I want to see it back in action I want it to run a 9.40

[@TMWNN78]

It bums me so hard but its never going to be found sadly, time to build a spiritual successor guys

[@liveyourbestlife3785]

I had to weight the front end of my fiero in pretty much the same way( I put the weight in the spare wheel) because it likes to push around corners in the snow

[@scottboyer8450]

Its in Mexico now, running 10's and living its best life.

[@thomass1396]

really cool build

[@EvanDickersonM81]

You know it's bad when the only high view videos on your channel are just old vids that you removed put back up again.

[@jasonw3303]

Crazy it never turned back up.

[@54raceman]

It was stripped bare and sitting in a mexican junkyard by morning

[@pistoncount]

D*** dude..... what a tease ....thought you found it.....

[@longrider188]

I had a Mazda RPU with a 302 Chevy, TH 350 combo long ago.

[@glennbellman1100]

My friend has a Chevy luv truck with a 427 ford and C-6 trans. It bracket races in the low 10s.

[@sickdevs]

I really miss this car 😔

[@sandysmith9869]

I would have put a rumble seat in the front.

[@TaylorMadejdm1975]

Excellent! I needed a FIX 👍

[@edwilko8819]

I love this mini truck soo much

[@tylerkinley268]

If the nitrous doesn't get the car into the tens, can you compensate by drinking more beer? Like the old 'can I replace knowledge with hard work and enthusiasm'? With the beer mod I'm running 8s.

[@4vlife75]

Did y'all ever find the truck?

[@lynndragoman2454]

That thing used to run at Sears point now Infineon raceway.

[@markelhewitt4804]

You guys need to make another video as like a memorial to the truck before it was stolen

[@bigmountain7561]

I hope the beer is cold and it’s at least Busch, so you can head for the Mountains!!

[@johnrodgersdigital]

You guys just need to build another one. Come on man mazdarati 2.0!!!!

[@JonnyJetson754]

The schnieder cam!

[@RustBeltLife]

I saw what I thought was this exact truck in 2020 out near mt Rainier and thought it couldn’t possibly be it. I’ve always wondered tho

[@jonnyfromtheblock1]

maybe go back and look youll be youtube famous if its it. or even funnier go steal it back off the theifs show them what it feels like? maybe even tow it away with there own personal pride enjoy.

[@DdgeShelby]

We need a v2 0. I was hoping they would do this setup with the Rampage.

[@lukekidd208]

Your lucky you didn’t hyrdro lock the cylinders and break a connecting rod! Awesome a video

[@Teyz1989]

Omg that car is sick I have never seen one and I'm from Australia. very sad to see they took the 12a out

[@BuzzLOLOL]

We'll put a turbo Ameri-Barra in the next one...

[@thugblaster303]

I wish they would build another one. Build it the correct way this time around.

[@tubewaldo]

Shift kit, manual valve body or any other aftermarket support avalable for 325-4L ?

[@Belktronix]

ok GUYS, you just GOTTA do another one, but since there are 0 in the USA, roll your own in yellow as a Tribute to the Mazdarati. This time borrow Richard Holdner's big bang motor, TT, that WILL do 9's... cage, wheelie bars, drag chute, etc. and haul it in a Loomis rig with this inside...

[@vogs1010]

Need this as a daily driver

[@RichardMLowe]

I know that this won't be read by Motor Trend but there needs to be another Mazdaratti built using a 455 Oldsmobile FWD Drivetrain

[@332ARA]

How about a Maserati engine with toro trans?

[@roadwolf2]

Or what about twin engines. One in the front one in the back.

[@RichardMLowe]

@@roadwolf2 Now that wouldn't be a bad idea cause they did have to add weight there (300lbs I think)

[@BuzzLOLOL]

Use a 500" Caddy FWD setup!

[@RichardMLowe]

@@BuzzLOLOL A " 500" " ? You mean a 500 cubic inch engine?