YEEE HAAAWW! (new window)

Not surprisingly, nearly every youtube video starts off with "Y'all ready?"

/none with "hold my beer" though

xiaodown: They had spotter planes in LA, looking for '69 chargers because they destroyed so many of them in production - they would literally chase people down and offer to buy their cars on the spot.

I know I would be terrified if I had a damn plane chasing me down.

Sliding Carp: 2wolves: "Transmission: 4-SPEED AUTOMATIC "

How very sad.

Not really. The Torqueflite of the time was far better than other autos, and more or less just as good as almost any manual.
727 TQ's were 3 speed autos. By the pics Id say thats what it is.

There was a day when the only thing I wanted to get into more than the General Lee was Daisy Duke's pants.

Heh...picture of me at Carl Casper's Custom Auto show at age 7 on my living room wall in front of The General. Was I ever happy!

I like when some doucheknuckle takes like a '68 or something, paints it the wrong shade of orange, and proudly drives it in parades and around town.

/maybe that only happens in the South?

xiaodown: I would want some sort of authenticity check on this. There were about a hundred cars that were officially used on the Dukes of Hazzard as the General Lee. They had spotter planes in LA, looking for '69 chargers because they destroyed so many of them in production - they would literally chase people down and offer to buy their cars on the spot.

And that's not to mention that pretty much every '69 Charger has been co-opted to turn into an after-market General Lee, for personal enjoyment.

I'd like to know that, firstly, this was an actual production General Lee, and secondly, that it was the #1 as claimed. If it is, it would be worth a lot of money. But proving it might be difficult.

I saw a picture once on the internet of a car hauler loaded with smashed/bent General Lees.

As a fan of Dodge musclecars I found it heartbreaking. Must have been over a dozen trashed Chargers on that rig.

xiaodown: I'd like to know that, firstly, this was an actual production General Lee, and secondly, that it was the #1 as claimed. If it is, it would be worth a lot of money. But proving it might be difficult.

I would like to know why, when I just ripped out a thunderous (yet desk chair muted) fart just now, it smells like cabbage pickled in a litter box when I haven't even been near either recently.

/We are all truth seekers...

//Wait, something just went rattling down my pants leg...corn.

///WTF?

I remember clearly that I was crushed when I first learned that there were lots of "General Lees," because each jump pretty much destroyed a car.

I mean, what is there left to believe in?

So, over-restored junkyard rescue now on the block at B-J. So the only question is: will it go for a stupid amount or will it fail to meet its reserve?

TsarTom: Aww man. They chickened out on showing the roof. Wondering if the confederate flag's still there.

It's there in other pics, just a corner or edge but enough to see it.

I remember seeing a "real" General Lee at a museum when I was younger. It was a jump car and damn it sure looked like it.

Hate seeing that done to a 69 charger.
Rather have a Coronet, Roadrunner, Superbee, or a GTX of the same year.

soon to become "The most famous television car in the world"

ar-hum ...



not forgetting this one ...

Man, I know how it is. I want to find my '79 Impala two-door that I sold in Tucson in '96 and buy it back. Not because it was a great car (although it could go off-road in the desert without a problem) but because I sold it for so cheap and it means a lot to me.

It was a fun car. Even my wife remembers it fondly. We went on our first date in the US in that car. She loved it then.

Eric The Pilot: TsarTom: Aww man. They chickened out on showing the roof. Wondering if the confederate flag's still there.

It's there in other pics, just a corner or edge but enough to see it.

I consider the Stars and Bars on a bright orange muscle car to be the gay-bait version of the "Free Candy" van.

/NTTATWWT

TsarTom: Aww man. They chickened out on showing the roof. Wondering if the confederate flag's still there.

Was wondering that myself. The General Lee has a flag on the roof, no two ways about it.

I felt just as bad for all the smashed Dodge Monaco police cars during that series.

/William S. Paley doesn't care about Mopar people.

ozzie_stu: not forgetting this one ...

And I raise you:

xiaodown: I'd like to know that, firstly, this was an actual production General Lee, and secondly, that it was the #1 as claimed. If it is, it would be worth a lot of money. But proving it might be difficult.


It's a Barrett-Jackson auction. If they're gonna have a listing for the first General Lee, you can be sure it's documented.

Sliding Carp: 2wolves: "Transmission: 4-SPEED AUTOMATIC "

How very sad.

Not really. The Torqueflite of the time was far better than other autos, and more or less just as good as almost any manual.

uh, no. no no no, no, no.

Dwight_Yeast: So, over-restored junkyard rescue now on the block at B-J. So the only question is: will it go for a stupid amount or will it fail to meet its reserve?

It will go for the stupid amount-- and the same woman who bought the "JFK Ambulance" will buy it.

Dwight_Yeast: So, over-restored junkyard rescue now on the block at B-J. So the only question is: will it go for a stupid amount or will it fail to meet its reserve?

FTFS "No reserve". But I think it is a VERY ugly car, and the interior and motor look untouched, except for the roll cage. Why would they spend that much money rebuilding the frame (assuming it was trash after the jump), and repainting the car only to leave the other important parts looking like they just left the junkyard. I know they said pre-jump condition, but I do not think the paint was that good pre-jump. Did I say it was an ugly car? I am sure some DA will give WAY more than it is worth though, just because it was...well just because. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWW UGH! Living in ATL is what it is...

OBTW, "over-restored junkyard rescue now on the block at B-J." Dead on there.

Hmmm, no reserve?

Right now I have the Pawn Stars in my mind "The market's really soft, and no one has the money for cars like this. I'll give you $10k and hope I can make a profit on this."

Yeah, I'd put in a $10k absentee bid. Just to make sure.

xiaodown: There were about a hundred cars that were officially used on the Dukes of Hazzard as the General Lee. They had spotter planes in LA, looking for '69 chargers because they destroyed so many of them in production - they would literally chase people down and offer to buy their cars on the spot.

Stimulus package. You're welcome.

CSB time.
For a ~6mo had my sister's 68 charger (with an actual 8-track player) until she took it back and then sold it to people who used it for a crash car in DoH show. Am told it did some crash work as GL but would have been as frame and not actual panels due to model difference.

\very accommodating back seat

desertfool: Man, I know how it is. I want to find my '79 Impala two-door that I sold in Tucson in '96 and buy it back. Not because it was a great car (although it could go off-road in the desert without a problem) but because I sold it for so cheap and it means a lot to me.

It was a fun car. Even my wife remembers it fondly. We went on our first date in the US in that car. She loved it then.

I feel your pain. I'd love to be reunited with my yellow '77 Fury 2 door...that damn thing took a licking like no other and just kept running like a champ. Never should have traded it, instead saved up a few hundred more dollars for the POS Blazer I bought back in 1993. Half the length of that car was the hood, under which lived and breathed a 360 cubic inch monster that would pin you back in your seat every time you hit the gas a little too hard. My wife has seen pictures of me and that car, and she too wishes I could have it back.

I only want one of the Generals Lee driven by Coy and Vance, the scab dukes from season 5.

Apparently none of that restoration time went towards the engine and interior.

bikerific: I remember clearly that I was crushed when I first learned that there were lots of "General Lees," because each jump pretty much destroyed a car.

I mean, what is there left to believe in?

You mean the whole front end caving in during the landing wasn't enough of a clue? Come on, even as a kid, I saw that metal folding. Doesn't mean I wasn't planted in front of the tube every Friday night.

I want my '66 Pontiac Tempest back. Bought it in '92 in my junior year of high school for 300 bucks. 326 V8, 67k on the clock and a radio block off plate. Try and find a deal like that now.

9beers: Apparently none of that restoration time went towards the engine and interior.

Considering it's going to sit in some crappy auto museum somewhere for the rest of its life, does it really matter?

Mykeru: ozzie_stu: not forgetting this one ...

And I raise you:

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I thought you were talking about Burt Reynolds.

No reserve! It might go for a dollar.

Donnchadha: MAYORBOB: There was a day when the only thing I wanted to get into more than the General Lee was Daisy Duke's pants.

...was?

uh she isnt NEAR as hot now...

Did anyone else find the idea of a big 'ol QR code right there, kind of weird?

You ya gonna call?

Da 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor amberlamps

SnakeMan: croesius: xiaodown: They had spotter planes in LA, looking for '69 chargers because they destroyed so many of them in production - they would literally chase people down and offer to buy their cars on the spot.

I know I would be terrified if I had a damn plane chasing me down.

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