Rotsun Lives Again! - Roadkill S9 Ep103 FULL EPISODE | MotorTrend

If there has been one car in the Roadkill fleet that absolutely never fails to fail, it’s the 1971 Datsun 240z rust bucket known as the Rotsun. From the beginning, the Rotsun has let Freiburger and Finnegan down over and over, whether it be at autocross events, drag races, shootouts, or even 24 Hours of Lemons. However, it’s the one car the guys can never quite give up on even though it’s fulling deserving of desertion. Over the years it’s had a variation of power plants, it’s latest being a junkyard turbocharged 5.0 Liter V8 pulled from a fox body Mustang. Now on this episode of Roadkill, Freiburger and Finnegan attempt to get the Rotsun back up and running after years of neglect, by finally fixing its independent rear suspension issues and attempting to drive it to SEMA. Will the Rotsun fail to fail? Will it break more axles or will the axles break the guys?
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[@drizzetsrevenge]

Motortrend must have finally figured out no one wants to use their streaming service. This is legitimately the first full episode of Roadkill I've seen since they left KZbin.

[@CodyRPierce]

Same. Also, I love your username.

[@kinocorner976]

This is an old episode, they still have 2 more seasons than this. They haven’t changed.

[@jayfour000]

same

[@Ken19700]

This is advertising the show for the streaming service

[@jazznazz8152]

well it's also youtube fault the moment roadkill quit youtube, i remember both host was very irritated at youtube policies

[@stephenkilpatrick9224]

Oh snap. They put some roadkill on KZbin

[@draxstice]

I just remembered about them like 10 minutes ago and saw they posted this

[@TAwallisch]

Full episodes are returning to KZbin

[@freemansgarage]

@@TAwallisch Looks like it

[@SilasZoeBell]

Penance for canceling Dirt Every Day?

[@mattcrain6893]

Maybe the O G fans that made roadkill can enjoy it again! Doubt the sell outs! Just PR for whatever event in Vegas that no one cares about! Doubt 9 tries on axle shafts unless both you guys have smoked yourselves retarted in the last couple years! And speaking of smoking retarted with the BS oiling issue! Sad that I used to enjoy Roadkill and now Im criticizing the garbage content that I couldn't get more of!

[@karma.619]

Brings me back to the old days watching you guys in KZbin

[@thejudgeexecutioner]

Same here I missed seeing them on here for a long time this show is how I got into cars and replicating them in forza horizon five.

[@INP411]

Facts bro miss these guys best show ever love these two lol 😂

[@tatacraft791]

Yea

[@j.a.g.8689]

the good days

[@Garf2O]

There we go motortrend, its all anybody ever wanted, good job on this one but make sure to keep them coming though.

[@masonbarto4003]

Fax

[@svenngunnarrustgard1228]

Wont happen

[@tallstacker]

right haven't seen one episode since the paywall.

[@lewdards1127]

i know right, this is the first road kill episode i have watched since they put all their roadkill stuff on their paid website.

[@Lobstersarefabulouz]

Yup. It was a bit of an insult that they also removed all old episodes from yt. I hope they reupload them again

[@rwchannel8832]

The Motor Trend channel is finally back to its roots!

[@leftyo9589]

playing old shows on youtube.

[@brewstar58]

🤔

[@numlockkilla]

I dont care if there a season behind but the fight on youtube is just like the fight of the rotson.

[@cogboy302]

Welcome back boys. Missed Roadkill when Motortrend decided to flip off everyone outside the US. Hope to be able to watch more adventures in the future.

[@djaydeved]

me who is american but didnt have the money so i assume i dont count? ooorrrrrr? cause i'd rather loose a kidney and my left nut befor i pay up, theres other shows on youtube that i can watch that are just as good.

[@AionKing]

@@djaydeved share that information with us. Dont be afraid

[@catmechanic_Sam]

Oh, don't worry, they flipped us Americans off too. We have to pay for it if we want to see it.

[@TheEplestugas]

Yes, I was more than happy to pay for Roadkill, but nope... Old or not, I hope this isn't the last full episode on KZbin.

[@rbrtgnz14]

Finally a good episode. Free roadkill on KZbin ftw

[@stevekeller8961]

Yes! Thanks guys, since there's no motortrend services in Australia anymore it's been so difficult to enjoy and support your fine content. This is definitely a step in the right direction.

[@edvardsz3539]

@@Justin5ot5rrwbb6p5wr2 ofc you can, but why the f*** you need to do that? what kind of politic is that, when show CAN'T be shown outside USA? Like... then all these clips should be removed too. I would love to get explanation from MTOD. And VPN costs money too. I would rather invest it straight to MTOD.

[@ayalaplomeria5514]

Same in México, good thing they came back to KZbin 🤟

[@varsas10]

Same here in the UK.

[@haydenisaacs]

Same for South Africa. Tried subscribing and willing to pay even with a terrible rate of exchange but not available.

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Bought a $300 240z to build for my wife on my channel if anyone is interested!!

[@CabooseNZ69]

Finally, I can't get motor trend on demand here in New Zealand, I wish they would start putting the older episode's on KZbin

[@ekd1985]

Some of them have been made public again

[@SpeedyK1wi]

It annoys me too, don't worry lol

[@sirspamalot4014]

I didn't realise how many of them were just straight removed from youtube.

[@tatacraft791]

The f150 wheelie car was so good

[@kobicook7972]

I CAN FINALLY WATCH SOME ROADKILL AGAIN IN AUSTRALIA, LET'S GO!!

[@mattcrain6893]

They should get with the real vehicle kings of Utube who never sold out MIGHTY CAR MODS!

[@mosshivenetwork117]

I like Australia

[@LVUFC]

@@mattcrain6893 They did a collaboration with mighty car mods already a few years ago man!

[@freemansgarage]

@@LVUFC and it was pretty sweet. love the impala.

[@vegeto186]

Remember when Motortrend launched their app and we could just wait a month to see the new episodes? Good times

[@Arstine]

I am a total fanatic of the old Z cars, having owned about 20 of them over the years. Every time I see the Rotsun come up I get excited to see what is to come next for the rusty old thing. It's impressive that it's still relatively in one piece with the power that's been thrown at it.

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

How many of them were rusted out? I love the 240z as well. I quite frankly like all of the Zs.

[@freemansgarage]

I get it. I'm not even much an import guy but man do i love that car

[@DustyMacsGarage]

@@jacobrzeszewski6527 Bought a $300 240z to build for my wife on my channel if anyone your interested!!

[@DustyMacsGarage]

@@freemansgarage Bought a $300 240z to build for my wife on my channel if anyone is interested!!

[@kevinhibbard320]

Zs are great. I love the real ones and tbh, I even still like the 350s and 370s..

[@audiogarden21]

Roadkill is one of the best things ever produced on KZbin. Nice to see a return to form. Mike and Dave are the quintessential dynamic duo.

[@unsub0007]

It's great to be able to see the evolution of this car again since I lost track of it when the show left youtube.

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

This was absolutely my favorite episode behind Stubby Bob.

[@wragameshuntoon2.048]

Awesome, a full episode from roadkill!

[@OGAwsomSauce]

I don’t think I’ve laughed at a KZbin video so much as this one. I admire your push foreword spirit!

[@TrentBrenneman]

Rotsun is such a fighter, even though it tends to fail, it just keeps going again. Thank You Motor Trend for putting this episode of Roadkill on KZbin to be able to watch it.

[@mattcrain6893]

Except it's just to promote the Vegas thing!

[@xbrunovudux]

Finally i can watch this masterpiece program from Brazil , i miss motortrend on demand because "ITS NOT AVAILABLE ON MY AREA ANYMORE", learned alot of tips from you guys, even my poor knowledged on another language raised a bit wathching you, the best gearhead show i've seen on internet

[@iooiioi_un8926]

Thank you MT for bringing back shows on YT Especially a Rotsun! Ep. My favorite RK car

[@thepumpkingking8339]

Thanks Motor Trend... For Finally remembering that there are Tons of Fans outside of the USA who have missed Roadkill and and the other Roadkill family .. Please we need MORE, More, More....

[@sexysammij1]

MotorTrend Channel please do more of this, it's awesome if even older episodes to finally see these on KZbin again. All these types of shows need to pop up here. Thanks for popping this one up

[@alexhood7091]

Thanks guys! Can’t watch motortrend in the UK anymore so this is brilliant

[@lolololol2791]

Frieburgers episode recaps are my favorite. As he describes it u can see the cars progression, the story of owning a hot rod, and working on it with your friends.

[@lws9417]

Thank you for putting up a full episode for once and one of the greatest cars still going strong!!

[@kikkilinu]

Well this was an amazing surprise. Glad to see these two boys back on YT

[@raysplace6548]

The Men, The Myths, The Legends, Finally return to KZbin!!! Salute, Gentlemen🍻🍻🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@mattcrain6893]

The real kings Mighty Car Mods never left!

[@jzxtrd337]

Finnegan is a walking encyclopedia of cars

[@ryurc3033]

Thank you thank you thank you, I've been reading articles by David since waaayyyyy back(in hot rod and car craft, 4 wheel and off-road.....I read em all) and mike Finnegan worked for street truck magazine when I was into mini trucks, been missing your shenanigans on KZbin for some time. Glad they are back!

[@fmtfire72]

Love the Rotsun!!! One of my favorite Roadkill cars!

[@zedcar7326]

Glad to see you back on YT and especially with the Rotsun. It also brought back bad memories of the dreaded spindle pin removal, been down that road many times before.

[@pastedtomato]

Been so long I can't even remember if this episode was available as a freebie on Motortrend

[@empurress77]

I love watching the continuing work yallz do on these cars!

[@beast1337]

as a non american i can finally watch roadkill again, YAY - keep it that way!

[@Vulcan_Seagull]

Yes!!!! Thank you for releasing a new episode of roadkill! Loved watching religiously years ago.

[@Rubmaster]

Thank you MT for giving us this episode! Please share us more 🙏

[@thomasrapp618]

This is just what I needed to pass the time at work. Thanks for putting more episodes on KZbin again.

[@sophialucas8040]

Hello dear

[@raviroshan2316]

This is brilliant.!!!! It's all back at last, the laughter the joy and the excitement. ;) Best show LOVE IT.!

[@ShadowWolf020]

Roadkill is the main reason I was subscribed in the first place then they stopped doing KZbin. Glad to see they're putting some of the old episodes are coming back

[@teddyjones8027]

This episode is by far the most awesome, entertaining, and 150% pure ROADKILL satisfaction. This is the exact type of episode that made me fall in love with the show soo many years ago. It's been a long time since I've been soo thoroughly entertained I have watched the episode 4 times now. Thank you very much for this amazing episode and PLEASE keep em coming. Everyone keep yourselves and love ones safe and healthy and remember to SMILE 😃 😊

[@NorthmassRails]

Yeah! I’ve been watching roadkill since the early days! Love to see it back!

[@dannygarcia1981]

I love your positive reactions to the problems that arise showing what it takes to not get discouraged how to use your own ideas how parts can be modified to fit your needs and certain parts that is cuz sometimes you need to stop trying to go back to the drawing board and think outside the box great episode

[@SporeZoo]

OMG it has been years and out of nowhere I get this recommended... Welcome back, I love you guys and the Rotsun ! 🤩

[@gwc_garage]

No matter how often it fails the rotsun is still my 3rd favorite roadkill car

[@jesse.jsmall0652]

Looking forward to more full roadkill episodes again

[@dstoll7958]

Love the pure junk you throw together and make GREAT, kind of , well most of the time . OK sometimes. But love what you do. Rustang, RotSun, Stubby Bob and that Crusher Impala , I hope they never go away. Favorite is still the General Mayhem. Thank you

[@charedgold720]

I love the Rotsun, it’s how I found this channel when you guys first got it. Missed roadkill shame you guys hide it behind a paywall but very nice episode

[@CarswithNash]

Nice one! I’ve always been a big fan of this car.

[@RCE-gn6cq]

THEYRE BACK ON KZbin, WHAT IS THIS

[@jonathanharmon23]

I love when it’s such a problem that you guys get the giggles. Cracks me up

[@shannonschneider8413]

Hey MTOD,feeling the burn yet? Episodes of roadkill back on KZbin,must have hurt when you shut the world out,now you're doing this,put more out,if you're game

[@Charlie880526]

I havent been able to watch anything MTOD related since you guys left UK.I cannot believe its on KZbin again.Thank you so so much

[@fkisteppedonlegos1364]

Thank you motor trend for making this public again! I love this show and its impossible for me to watch when its behind the paywall cause im not NA

[@watkinsrgv]

I miss watching road kill on KZbin, Such a quality production, Hi from Australia

[@drsamuelk]

You guys have no idea how much happiness it brings to a chum from India, just to see Finnegan and Freiburger do a show together. Keep going guys, we love you on the other side of the planet too.

[@arnoldrimmer4025]

It's back! I love this show! So happy to see it's back on KZbin :)

[@durvidwease9861]

Love watching you videos . And love seeing the process on your Malibu. And thank you for doing a video about carburetor tuning.that helped me out a lot.

[@russellullyett4004]

Glad roadkill is back on youtube, may it continue chaps. By the way love the bottom of the nearside front wing is barely hanging on there when travelling at speed

[@dhooter]

For me it does wonders for my mental health to see other people fight the same issues I run into regularly when I work on my vehicles. Thanks Road Kill. 👍

[@everythingautomotiveeta5839]

Glad to see roadkill back on KZbin. LOVE THE ROTSON! give that baby the parts she needs to be reliable please

[@tamashii_music]

FINALLY. Motortrend listens to it's viewers

[@robertcunningham411]

I even paid for motor trend just to watch roadkill and I could not find it on there in full. I canceled my subscription sed that I could not watch roadkill anymore. Thank you for the new episode!!🎉

[@Ferrarienzo109]

Yes! Thank you motor trend, I have missed these guys so much!

[@kamikazemelon787]

Wow I only just thought of RoadKill again after more than a few years of completely forgetting about it. Thank you MotorTrend for uploading this! Glad to see some new content and I would definitely watch more if you deign to upload it. Edit: Also wow that guys car gave its life for the Rotsun and that IS true Roadkill lol

[@paulb4uk]

I want to see the Cooling system fixed next I love the rust bucket.

[@Tom-ig5yv]

Motortrend took away the best show on youtube from us , Finally there back please put all the episodes back in a list we've missed alot

[@johansoons8413]

glad to see u guys again, its been a while sience i seen video's at all, good times. enjoyed it. thx

[@Jxsey]

Wow, first episode of roadkill ive been able to watch in years. Keep it up

[@AaronWatson396]

Oh man what a blast from the past remember when this car was first posted. So happy roadkill is back!

[@taters-no4gj]

I'd have one of those in a heartbeat, if I had the money. Have to get it's electrics uprated from 110v to 240v but it's tons of fun and highly usable.👍🏻

[@Matthew-wj8cm]

Thank you MotorTrend, from the Czech Republic

[@benl2069]

cant believe its back on KZbin, literally my childhood right here

[@tylerreece4104]

Man must’ve been a fun road trip in that c10!

[@mendonesiac]

Thanks for full episodes again!

[@Trilldev123]

YES! The OG Roadkill videos is the reason why I bought a 78 280z years ago for $800 that I borrowed from my mom, which was basically as rusty as ol Rotsun but didn't run. I was too young and wasn't financially capable of starting a project so I sold it a year later. Seeing a full video appear of the rotsun gave me a boost of serotonin and brought back good memories of old Roadkill videos and my first "project" car. Also can we bring back the full episodes to KZbin?????

[@amashinga]

Oh man, brings back why I used to love this show.😁

[@WinkelManBearPig]

First time I've watched roadkill in like 7 years is the first time they release a free episode

[@bakamonkeyfun1593]

The rotson is the perfect exsample of why you dont buy junked or used parts and make sure you reinforce other parts.

[@randorecruit1269]

Finally I can watch an episode of roadkill since i cant watch it in my country. Keep them coming please.

[@MrHaggibear]

Man, Motortrend... Please get your act together and bring Roadkill back for us Europeans! I absolutely miss the carnage!

[@maughan6957]

Super awesome badass that the channel is going back to full episodes

[@hoosierdude7102]

Hooray! Rotsun, desert donuts, a burnout, and Swingers quotes; what a treat! The only drawback: 47 Hertz commercials. Well worth it for Roadkill!

[@kevinhibbard320]

Motor trend: here you go, first one's free. Us: yeah we want more! MT: oooh, that's gonna cost ya.

[@citrusblast9327]

MotorTrend finally listened, please put all roadkill eps on KZbin!

[@silentdays3753]

This brings me back. I miss roadkill being on KZbin

[@CornFedZ06]

Love this show so much. Swapping motors in parking lots is entertaining.

[@Turborulla]

2019, let that sink in before praising Motortrend....

[@conniemink672]

Thank you for these uploads😘

[@Nearthehowl]

*Favorite Roadkill build by far haha, S30 Z rules*

[@Aro390]

Good to see you back on KZbin!

[@OldFartsStreaming]

This episode was like the good old roadkill where engines got swapped in parking lots... Loved it

[@keithfarrell3370]

No motortrend option here in Ireland. Great to see a full episode after so long.

[@MichelGTI1982]

Dont get me wrong i love a 240 but Dave the C10 looks awesome! Glad another episode is on youtube! Keep at it guys!

[@KapteinFruit]

He said its been two years since he has thought about the might Rotsun. Its been two years since Ive watched MotorTrend. Keep up with the long format videos and i will stick around once again.

[@phdjharmacist]

Roadkill? KZbin? OH SNAP! I remember seeing one of the trucks at a gas station in Camarillo outside the Airport - super sick rides!

[@errorunknown667]

I used to have a motor trend subscription just to watch roadkill. But now I’m broker then a dodge transmission! So is it’s great to see roadkill on KZbin again

[@lummox1212]

I can’t get motortrend in Australia so it’s good to see roadkill on KZbin again!

[@StealthySandwich]

PLEASE BRING ROADKILL BACK TO KZbin. I only watch this show, so not worth paying for MotorTrend, but will gladly support here.

[@zogworth]

Had forgotten about Roadkill. Good to see it still exists.

[@riverboat7981]

great! a genuine episode! now PLEASE give us the rest of them