Things You Didn't Know: About the General Lee! (Dukes of Hazzard Edition #01)
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lee1 had a 383 ci v8 this is a fact
Actually the antenna on the back was for the CB. That front antenna was for the radio. It was in the pilot even.
That Bat poop Joke had me ROLLIN HAHA
I got a mysterious call once in the 90s, sorry if I can't remember dates and times.
The caller asked if I had a 1970 442 oldsmobile and if I wanted to sell. I said yes and no.
Was so confused as to how this random caller even knew I had such a car. I said to him mine is not for sale but know a friend selling one just like it. Gave him the number. Turns out my friend sold his car and it became the number 2 car in Demolition Man movie. The car was originally blue but ended up a red w-30 clone for the movie. The number 1 car was the princess. The number 2 car seen action in the film. The number 3 car was a small block rusted bondo cutlass that got beat up and destroyed.
Look it up if anyone thinks I'm making this up
Edit : the edit is I still have my first car , the one I wouldn't sell. And it's a 1970 Olds 442
that is cool, i love that movie and that car
It drives the collectors nuts, but the reality of TV cars, especially back then, was that continuity issues abound. The 69 charger was at that time just an old car that fit what they needed for shots. If you look closely at the episodes, you can see differences throughout the series. Colors, shots with a headlight door up and no pushbar, interior differences, dents, all are found repeatedly. Thanks for the research, I enjoyed the video....
I have watched the Duke's Of Hazzard every Friday night almost every show me and my friend would try to react the show ever time with are bikes.
Lee One is owned by Bubba Watson in Georgia. And Bubba actually stole it out of that auction. Lol
He had the thing repainted and the flag replaced with an American flag ...
I'm glad you say cousins.Most people refer to him as brothers
Lmao that shit drives me crazy!!!! Like ppl watch the show before you talk about it 🤣
My old man actually sent a letter to Jack Gill wen he was young and Jack actually sent a letter back thanking him for the kind words and said a few others things as well as a signed photo (same one in this video) of him leaning against the general lee. Very cool.
Car Craft said. Years ago. They used about 614. 68 thru 70 models. I saw this in a Car Craft magazine way back
Good job. Thanks. Showing this to my grandson right now to teach him what one of the best shows on tv was like.
Ayeee sweet!!!!! He'll enjoy it!
In the Pilot there is one scene where Bo and Luke are sitting along side the road in the general Lee and it has a black interior
No it doesn't
@@ChunkeyMonkey40yes it does he’s right i caught that yesterday
it's brown
To me personally the most important General Lee sadly does not exist anymore. "Lee 3" was the actual first GL built. All of the pre production photos of the cast (the ones where the General has his doors open and there are no 01's on them) featured this car. It was wrecked while filming the first 5 episodes in Georgia, repaired, sent back to California, and survived into season 2 of the show when it was finally totaled in the episode "The Meeting" when it jumped over a creek and limo. If I was ever able to build a General Lee, that's the one I want to try to duplicate.
Gen lee #1 has been found and rebuilt
The single most important General Lee is very much still in existence. It gets loaned out, but typically resides in a museums. A little known place called Volo car museum in Volo, IL.
It is the original 'close-up' vehicle. Signed by the cast. Never registered with a handful of miles in the clock. It's perfection. Volo has many movie cars, when I went the original batman car, back to the future 2 De Lorean, original KITT, Fast and the Furious 1 Dodge, There was more. They had Carrol Shelbys own GT350 cabriolet for sale for $1.5mil back in 2005. it was designated 1 of 1! They specialize in movie vehicles and auctions. Amazing place.
The General owned by Volo is actually Lee 6, it was never screen used on Dukes but it is built to the exact specs as the five Generals used in the first 5 episodes. In my most recent video, I was there at Volo for the unveiling of their newest General Lee, which is known as the Stand Up General Lee. They bought Rich Sephtons General Lee Wheelstander and had it on display alongside Lee 6. I will be releasing a video detailing everything about Lee 6 very soon. Here's a link to that video, you should go check it out: th-cam.com/video/7R3Y5aP889s/w-d-xo.html
Nope it was Lee 1
Lee 1 was the first general Lee
I didn't know Chuck Norris himself was the one to put the 01 on the car 3:49
Lmao
Great details on the history of the General Lee cars. I watched the show as a young man home in Australia. I still tinker with full size cars to this day, currently a custom VW Beetle. I used rattle can orange on a 1/24 grey charger model several weeks ago. I don't have to be concerned the orange shade is accurate now. I purchased a set of general lee decals from the U.S. to make a model replica of the Lee. thanks good interesting info.
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Loved the vid but one little thing is bothering me just a little bit. Im pretty sure the antenna that Tom sliced his arm on was the Chargers radio antenna the CB antenna was always on the back. I think after that happened they just took off the radio antenna so that wouldn’t happen again.
That is correct. I got mixed up when reading it in the video script lol
Well yeah...that's kind of understood.
However you are an enthusiast like the rest of us so you get the slide...across the hood!
I mean this in a positive way!
Yep. In that scene, you can see both the antenna on the front, that Tom broke, AND the CB antenna on the rear.
sometimes the interior was a dark brown because that was the velvuzet's used for some episodes they were really inconsistent. The engine the car had in the show was a 440 and in reality they had pretty much any engine that was thrown into the car. this information is coming from the lead mechanic on the show, Tom Sarmento. Now, mr Sarmento claims there was 1 stick shift car for the whole show. it was a 413 car with a 4 speed, the stunt guys hated that car.
Brother I love how you’re very knowledgeable about The Dukes Of Hazzard.That General Lee Lee 01 is owned now by Bubba Watson.The very first General Lee built by Warner Brother was Lee #03 it was a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T SE 440 Metallic Green with a vinyl tan roof.The car it was used from the first and second season. It was finally destroyed in the episode The Meeting when they jump over the creek.The most important General Lee is the Last R/T 440 car that was used in the Last 3 seasons for High Performance Driving and Burnouts!!! That was out of the last 17 that survived.That guy Bob Hartwig of Movies Machines owned it since 1991.Now Chris of Chromecars own it.The other engines that they used were 318 Small Blocks Mopar V8’s for the ski car they also used 383 Big blocks 2 and for barrel carburetor and the big block 440 Mopar V8’s which has a four barrel carburetor and aftermarket engines come with the 6 barrel carburetor. They destroyed 329 General Lee’s plus over 600 police cars.Theres another General Lee at the ending credits without the roll bar was used for Season 01 and Season 2 episode, called The Rustlers.That was restored by the Smith Brothers and it shown at SEMA 2011.Then there’s WBGL Car#28 From Season 4 to Season 7 that Cory Eubanks drove while filming.That’s the car in the 6th Season Enos Last Chance when Frank Scallion comes to get his revenge for testifying against him.When you see the truck lid fly open and the burn out after Daisy Bo And Luke are driving on the Warner Brothers Backlot is that car.Even when you see the car coming out of the Alleyway.I really love your videos and I would line to make some content with you someday pal!!! And you probably didn’t know this,But they use a single shot of nitrous on the jump cars!!!!! The General Lee’s paint code is called TNT Express!!!
Thanks for adding my general lee truck in the video man I appreciate that
You're welcome buddy!!!! Its awesome, how could I not include it haha! 🤘🏽🇺🇸
That truck looks badass, why would it not be included
RIGHT!!
You have a nice truck..it should be included..come on..lol..I can't be the only one with a general lee truck lol..
You said in the video they didn't weld the doors till after they started racing it. The general was built as a race car and the doors were welded shut in the building of it. Uncle Jesse questioned Luke about it and said "forget about me ever driving it."
I did not say that
You should watch the updated version of this video that I just released. I corrected some of the mistakes in this video, and I think you might actually learn some things from this new version considering I interviewed the mechanic from Dukes. Heres a link: th-cam.com/video/Yt3vzdX8I9A/w-d-xo.html
The General Lee that did the 32 car jump used to sit on Hwy 11W in Rogersville TN
John Schnider has made a number of videos and posted them here on TH-cam about The Dukes of Hazzard including 1 where he describes the 'official' color as being a mish mash of different colors for the orange.
I literately used a clip from his video in this video.... if you watched it you would have known that
@@ChunkeyMonkey40 There you go again making an assumption saying I did not watch your video. And the clip of John's video does not show that line about the color. Another tidbit for you, in the episode One Amred Bandits there's a scene where Bo and Luke are working on the engine and the engine compartment is painted orange and I think this was the only time under the hood which shows the compartment orange, just in case you don't already know.
Bruh thats literately the only clip of johns video that i used. I would know, after all i made the fcking video 🤣🤡
the DOH was cool, it inspired me to buy a charger my first one is what i thought WAS a 69 charger, rear window plug and bondo over the holes for a rear wing told me i found a daytona=she still has her original engine and trans, and is restored, my second is a triple black rt , my third is my driver a yellow and blak striped clone of the one in dirty mary crazy larry, and NO none will be painted to look like the general lee
That one smart car that said General Wee had me dyin jus cause of the name😂😂😂😂😂
VIDEO ERRORS ADDRESSED: I get it, I messed up on a few things in the video. The engine of the General Lee was identified only once throughout the franchise, and that was in the 2005 movie where they stated it was a 426 Hemi. That's why I chose that as the answer. Yes they never actually used them, but in the movies and TV Show that is the only time it was stated, so I chose it. Because its a cool engine, and the General Lee is the "fastest car in hazzard." And although some of you claim I messed up talking about the paint, I didnt. The stunt actors said the color was never exact for years, it wasnt until recently when they started claiming corvette flame red as the color. The reality of it is, the stunt men are just giving you the answer you want to hear. Its close, but there is no exact color of the car.
To me, when cranking them up….most of the sound used on the show sounded like the 383. The starters on those era of Dodges have such an amazing sound
@@bigitaly4554I've seen old footage of a Dodge stock car that sounded IDENTICAL to the General Lee, that car was running a race spec 383 (shame i cant seem to find the video now but I believe it was one of Kyle Petty's ARCA cars from 1979/1980)
Super cool i loved this show when i was growing up.Cool to know this stuff.🤘🤘
I actually owned a General Lee but had to sell it to survive after a nasty divorce. But I'm pretty sure in the pilot episode where they went to the junk yard for a car, the narrator said they found a 68 charger, but when it rolled out of Cooter's garage it was a 69 General Lee. It's been forever since I watched the series, but I'm sure the narrator said 68, so I always thought it was a blooper that was never caught in editing
And that 440 General Lee car needs to be restored also.
At 7:20 when the General Lee is driving by, I saw that one of the headlight covers weren't closed and there wasn't a push bar on the front
There are a number of continuity errors in that TV series, lol. It was always a low budget production. Many TV shows of the era were riddled with continuity errors.
Remember, the picture quality of TV's was pretty low, then. Also, the largest screen sizes still tended to be smaller than the average screen size of today. And, too, black and white TV's were still widely used. So, paying attention to continuity wasn't quite as important, as it is now.
It's also worth noting that, over time, motion picture sets, whether full feature films or TV production, have evolved from what was essentially an actual stage set (as in what you may find while attending the performance of a play), to something that appears far more "true to life". As television is an art that requires continuous production, with different and more strenuous budgeting concerns, TV was much slower at catching up to standards set by Hollywood.
In One Armed Bandits Lee 01 was the original color and a blue steering wheel
Chunkey, bro that was some amazing content…. Everything you said in regards to the GeneralLee was spot on! You’ve done your homework as have I…. I love knowing the history of the car and you absolutely nailed it in a compact video for the average curious Joe…. Nice Job!
Thank you so much brother!!! That really does mean a lot, I put a good bit of time into this one and thank you for recognizing that and enjoying. Makes every hour put into it worth it 🤘🏽♥️🇺🇸
I believe your story fully...it's just that all they were trying to say is that there never was an official "color" and many were not even close to that color you pointed out.
If I was to do a resto copy I'd follow your recomandation for color for sure
Edit : this comment was meant for the one I saw above it in regards to the original color. It's youtube and hard to copy and paste so I'm just gonna leave it right here.
Awesome story bro
There IS a published color for the General. Its called TNT Express. TNT Express didnt reflect light back and show the camera while filming.
I made a video correcting some of the mistakes in this version. I went into more detail for it, but there are several different colors confirmed for General Lee. Here's a link to that video so you can learn more: th-cam.com/video/Yt3vzdX8I9A/w-d-xo.html
Dukes of hazard in my DNA i be trail blazin John Wayne in my Chevrolet. Super charged baby. Pintos in the cabin I'm a flood in a cabin all i do in music city i reckon let's make a racket oh.... I seen the clip from Ryan upchurch's music video dukes of hazard and had to put the hook here. Keep it up bud🤘
I like the 1969 General Lee Dodge charger!!!! But my favorite Dodge Charger is the 1968 that was in the movie "Bullet" with Steve McQueen!!!!😁😊🙂😀😄😁 Just looks cool and mean!!!! Where the Dukes Of Hazzard Dodge Charger looks cool and happy!!!!😂😂😂😂😂 P.S.: At the time The Dukes Of Hazzard TV show was made, the classic/muscle car hobby craze wasn't out of control and crazy expensive like it is today!!!!! 69 Dodge Chargers you can still find every where because they were only 10 year old automobiles at the time!!!! I was 9 years old when Dukes Of Hazzard first aired!!!!( I'm now 51years old now!😁) I thought the the show was so cool because it reminded me a lot of Smokey And The Bandit the movie!!!!😁😄😁😄😀🙂😊
My glad you say cousins.Most people say their brothers
Yes, the color for Lee 1 was proven when they rebuilt the car, but each General Lee was a slight different shade of Orange. There isn't just one color for the car.
Exactly
50 shades of orange
Someone by me had a boattail riveria painted like the general lee
Wayne Wooten had mentioned that they wanted to use Camaros. But they lacked leaf springs and torsion bars.
I hate how people get offended by this, it's the past
I remember my student teacher assistant said she had a brother who owned a General Lee. And he would get pulled over almost every single time, probably because of the Confederate Battle Flag. So he sold it.
One thing you messes up was the paint color. On the TV show Graveyard cars they restored a General Lee. The owner of the shop that was doing the restoration got in contact with several people who built and painted the General Lee stunt cars, and it was agreed upon that at first three different colors were used two were factory GM colors one was a AMC color. For the first season or two there was no standard color by the third season the color was standardized to AMC Big Bad Orange a color used by AMC from 1968 to 1970 on specialized AMC Javelin and AMX cars
As I said in the video, the stunt drivers have just begun giving answers because they're sick of the question. But what John said is the truth
I made an updated version of this video, going into further detail about some of the things that I didn't quite get right in this version. You should watch it, you will learn quite a bit: th-cam.com/video/Yt3vzdX8I9A/w-d-xo.html
The color is standard MOPAR orange. in the 60's you could order practically any car under the MOPAR umbrella made in that shade of orange
After Warner Bros. took over building the cars midway through the 4th season, they spray painted the interiors light tan/cream color.
Great video. You did a helluva job.
Thank you!!!
Corvette flame was actually the most used color on the general lee yes they did mix paints but they did this when they was running low on paint. Tom Samento and some of the builders themselves have confirmed this. The first 3 general Lee’s was originally painted hemi orange then repainted corvette flame because hemi orange had to much metallic in it
They have stated that, but they've also stated the same thing I did in this video plenty more times in the past. I think nowadays they just give people the answer they want to hear because at least it's an answer lol
@@ChunkeyMonkey40 I know of actual general Lee’s from the show that have been scanned that came back flame red. Of course there all going to look a little different depending on what color the car is there painting over
JS has said that color never was used on the GL , who really knows , lol
@@genemaverick5705 I know he said that but the builders themselves and Tom Sarmento lead mechanic have all confirmed corvette flame was the color used the most
@@Jeremey72 I heard that too , then JS said no it wasn’t , lol
In the First season DVD Dukes of Hazzard Réunion Barbecue Ben Jones said 309 and the exact color is TNT Express
General Lee Chargers generally had (bad pun there) the motors the cars had when WB acquired them. 318s, 340s, 360s, 383s, & 440s.
Lee #26, 32 & 35 were 68' Chargers,
Lee 26 was an R8 Burgundy Poly 68' Charger, (Corey Eubanks's favorite car) that particular car got damaged during filming, and a white charger gave up it's front clip (watch the Knight Rider Historians video, the engine bay is a combination of Alpine White and R8 Burgundy Poly.)
Lee 32 was a turquoise 68' with a 383, 3.23 suregrip rear end and white interior
Lee 35 (ski car) was a 68' Charger with power windows
When I was little probably about 1983 I saw a general Lee across the street and I broke into it and sat in there pretending I was driving my mom saw me and came out and tried to pull me out and I remember hanging on the steering wheel like nooooooo! As she was trying to spank my hands off the wheel! So if you have a general Lee and I'm sitting in it you better call my mom.
First car "built" Lee3 first car "used for filming" Lee1. Promo car photos "Lee3" which is first car built.
I jumped a Plymouth Fury lll 55 1/2 feet several times because loved show so much..actually stopped when saw General Lee outside closed Restaurant..while driving OTR just sitting out front..I said to myself it can be repaired..I have dreams someday of 69/70 any mutant dress coded with 572 Hemi..no matter my age..will keep it to myself though..but midnight rides for sure..thanks hope your well..
I would tend to agree with you on that one General Lee that’s more important than Lee 1. It lasted from at least season three to the end of the show. If you look at a dvd from a convention Travis Bell did from 2003 in Covington and Conyers Georgia, Tom Sarmento tells us that both automatic and manual transmissions were used on the show. For the close-ups, automatic center console all the way. For the jump cars, didn’t matter. There are a couple of scenes that the General Lee gets so high you see the underneath of the car. Very hard to tell but you can see some manual transmissions were used. No biggie. Great video overall. I’m definitely a fan of your channel. One last question for you. Everybody knows about the RadioShack teardrop antenna, Avanti Racer antenna and the Cobra 78X cb radio. Do you know what the other make and model CB radio was? I’ll give you a hint. It’s in the episode Big Brothers Duke from season 5.
Growing up in the country. We didn't have cable TV. My aunt recorded alot 40-60 ish episodes on VHS So I could watch them at her house. Think my mom still had them .
I remember Catherine Bach talking about how at LEAST one Dodge Charger and TWO police cars were TOTALED for every episode filmed.
Haha it was usually 2-3 chargers and 2-5 cop cars
Yeah, you know what? No disrespect to Catherine, but your figure there sounds even MORE right! @@ChunkeyMonkey40
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Well, congratulations on making the best TH-cam video I've ever seen.
Thank you! I have plenty more videos on the channel, mainly Dukes of Hazzard but I also have one on the Smokey & The Bandit Filming Locations! Here's a link if you wanna watch that: th-cam.com/video/NpUOGm3DCX0/w-d-xo.html
Harry yeaggy owns one- he picked us up in it to go to harps roller drome in Cincinnati. Look up,Harry yeaggy museum in Cincinnati. His had camera mounts which was rare
Remember the ghost Lee episode? Luminous paint job and or fx with periscope? Wooo!
Well one of those General Lee's had round tail lights in the beginning.
No, the General Lee never had round tail lights in the show
It’s a Reddish-Orange. Cooter himself said it the episode Happy Birthday General Lee
@8:42 that was the AM/FM radio antenna. Not the CB wip. You can clearly see the CB wip on the back of the car in that shot.
Okay i messed up reading the script, thanks for pointing out the same thing everyone else has.
I remember watching a Lee restoration video not long after high school, taking note of some pictures showing the original cast signing the hatch to the glove compartment. A few years later at our towns Fall Festival, they had a car show and parade where a General Lee drove in. I managed to find it and have a look inside. Sure enough, there was the glove compartment with all the signatures written on it. Small world.
Nice!
the color that most represents the orange of the general lee is called TNT orange. EDIT: look up "the dookie boys" its a truck that cleans septic tanks painted orange witn an 02 on the door.
I believe the colour of orange turned out to be TNT orange.
That is for Lee 1, every general lee was slightly different
Awesome content bro!
Thanks brother!!! And thank you for letting me use some of your pictures too!!
They chose the Charger R/T because the Chevelle was too expensive! Now most ’69 Charger R/Ts (not painted orange) are over $100K!!!!
LOL right! It's crazy to think that Jess 25 years ago you can get one of those cars for about $500-$1000
@@ChunkeyMonkey40 Even the Hot Wheels are all ~$40 and up!
okay now there was some things that I did not know and some that I did cool video keep up the cool general lee videos
The Antenna on the back is for the CB not the regular car radio. That is the one the Tom (Luke Duke) Wopat broke off in that scene from the opening credits. There already was an CB Antenna on the trunk before the hood slide Antenna breaking off. That has Nothing to do with moving the antenna from the front to the back ChunkerMonkey40. Please get that correct in the feature, Thank you.
I made a corrected version of the video that you might enjoy and will learn a lot from. Here's a link, you should watch it: th-cam.com/video/Yt3vzdX8I9A/w-d-xo.html
There actually is a confirmed color of Lee 1. And the color was chosen quite carefully. Just so ya know.
No its not, thats the color of LEE 1. Just that general. Lee 3 is a different color code, and so is every other general lee.
I always wondered if the legendary Buzz Bundy did the skiing stunts on the show? He is known for doing them on Knight Rider.
the antennae on the back is a C.B. one not am/fm , also regardless of snapping it off AS a Racecar it would have to be rmoved anyway.
Never said it was am/fm fckhead, maybe rewatch the video again only this time use ur fckin brain
325 John told me i know about the Duke of hazzard i been to the farm i seen all of them back in the 80 my buddy dad sold them 4 cops car
Was seeing another documentary where they said owners of such cars began refusing to sale, so certain numbers were stolen.
Those cars made in GA were hand numbered and lettered by Ronnie Edwards who had a small sign shop that's was attached to my Father's Bail bonding business. One of the pictures in your video briefly shows it.
Schneider said there was never any white paint or decal on the car. It has hospital tape I believe he said. Me being a big/huge fan watch a lot of things about The Dukes of Hazard. Show was the best thing ever made. I love still.
They did both of those but season 3 they made decals
You say at 9:36 "Bo never actually jumped the General Lee" even though right before that at 9:25 you show Bo jumping the General Lee.
Never jumped The General Lee on the show. He did about 50 years after the show
Love that car and show I grow up watching that show 👍👍👍👍
Hey Chunky Monkey! Great stuff as always on the General Lee and The Dukes of Hazzard! But I must correct 2 things for you. In one of the episodes in Georgia,the interior was black once. It may have been the episode where they drove around junk yard/with the Starsky/Hutch car! The engines were never 340's! The Charger never came with a 340 engine. A few were 318,mostly 383 engines. Very few 440's,due to your reasoning as well. The 383 was most preferred,due to its more HP than the sb 318. Here's another fun fact for ya..they took the ratchet/locking mechanism out of the emergency brake on the floor,so they could use it more fluently to do boot leg turns. Great stuff as usual tho man!! You remind me of myself as a young man,when it comes to the Dukes! Yee Haw!
All this stuff has been brought up so many times... and i even made a video correcting this as well. th-cam.com/video/Yt3vzdX8I9A/w-d-xo.html
Loved this show as a kid
Thanks bro learned alot good job
Wasn't there an article that came out recently stating that the real color of the General Lee was a trucker orange called TNT Express. Number two, I was told that many of the cars had a 383 Magnum for the jumps (because the 383 was lightweight and wouldn't bring the nose down) and that there were a couple 440 cars for the chases because of the power. Number three, I prefer the black interior inside. Like for mine, I am planning on making the interior black. It just comes down to personal preference though. But one thing I am certainly not doing is taking the Rebel flag off! Long Live the General Lee 01!!! 🇺🇸
Thats according to Travis Bell, the biggest phony in the Dukes Community. He talks shit on everyone involved with Dukes and disses the General Lee frequently. For years he said he didnt wanna associate with it anymore, but ever since VinWiki started giving him attention and paying him to tell stories he's been all for talking about Dukes. Hes a joke, he claims that just because Lee 1 was TNT Express, that means all the cars were (which is just not true, they were simply just mixing paint and trying to get it as close as they could to the previous car they had painted). This was the 80s, and also a movie set. These cars were all built to get totalled, they didnt care that much about making the colors accurate, or even the cars accurate
@@ChunkeyMonkey40 Oh okay, thanks for clearing up the confusion.
I find it silly that they were putting 340s in cars. Seems like if you were going to use a small block, 273s, and 318s would make the most sense.
They were mostly using stock engines
Great video!
Thanks!
John Marendi of Warner Bros helped on the decals. Might say he designed it then.
I keep finding out things about Barris; he seems to be part sketchy opportunist.
Very Informative... great job with video...
Thank you!!!
Hi I'm just as much cassy about the Dukes of Hazzard as you.
My fathers car was actually used in the Dukes of Hazzard and I would just love to find out what car it was
Really? Details?
Really? Details?
Really? Details?
That's awesome and I believe you!
As an obscure reference, when the movie "coal miners daughter" was filmed, part of it was made in Blackey, Ky. My cousin fired up his dad's 1953 Ford pickup and drove it about 4 miles to the shooting sight. I never found that truck in the film but it's in there parked on main street when they do the overhead shot of the then bustling coal mining town.
G’day from South Australia 🇦🇺 that was awesome!
Thank you!!!
I love your hat!👍
The general lee interior an steering wheel was white in the 3 Season
This may have already been mentioned the one thing I need to correct you on is they were looking at 69 Camaros for the General Lee not Chevelles...Great Job though 👍
I question the validity of the claim that the Dixie Horn was discovered during the filming of "High Octane" simply because "One-Armed Bandits" was the first episode shot, and it features the horn. At the end of the episode, during Sheriff Roscoe's party, you can even see John Schneider manually engage the horn by reaching through the window.
The story I'd always heard was that Gy Waldron was "down south" somewhere scouting locations prior to filming, when the aforementioned El Camino blasted past them blaring the horn. The chased the fellow down and wound up paying the dude DOUBLE for the Horn they could've easily bought at JC Whitney for $50 bucks.
Oh and no 340's were ever used in any General Lee simply because.... Charger's could not come equipped with the 340 engine. Many were 318 cars, most were 383's and a few 440's.
There is a production note somewhere that told the "wrangling crew" to avoid 6-cylinder cars, because of the amount of time required to upgrade to a V8 and the associated running gear.
Yes, they did make 6-cylinder Chargers. Very few. I think for 1969 there were only something like 128 of them. But it was available 1968 through 1972 as a "Credit Option".
I know there was one Charger fitted with a 340 it was the one that was put together buy a place called the "Chassis Shop", It was heavily reinforced and did a few jumps, the first jump in opening intro is the "Chassis Shop" General, notice how well it lands with no body buckling, I remember reading that it had alloy heads to save weight and was a real screamer, the stunt guys loved it, they were experimenting with making the Chargers last for more than one jump but in the end they just went back to wrecking a car for each jump
Great video.
Thank you so much!!!!
Nice video. Very informative and interesting.
I have seen one made in a mud truck.
Everything that you're telling me I already know. From. Mark. Derry. Nh
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Awesome video bro!!! You Purdy much hit the nail on the head with all the facts and details :). Every thing I was thinking you pretty much said in the video lol. I'm surprised you didn't mention WhistlinDiesel general. But keep up the good videos bro ☺️ #OrangeCarsMatter.
Man I can't believe I forgot to mention WhistlinDiesel LOL!!! But thanks man im glad you enjoyed it!!! Orange Cars ALWAYS Matter
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I know this show caused me to believe it was no big deal to run from the police, I grew up with that show. I ran the cops when I was 18 in 1984. I thought they wouldn't follow me into the woods, I was wrong. And I had a 79 Firebird against the tired Dodge 318 police cars of the time. He was pursuing me because I was racing another car. I was smoking him till I wet out my ignition from a puddle and the cop eventually caught up. I had a mad cop pointing a 9mm at me in the middle of the woods because I was a stupid18 year old kid. Getting a gun pointed at you by a mad cop is scary shit. I shook like a leaf whenever I got pulled over for years. That incident cost me thousands but it did scare me straight. Haven't had any police contact since.