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Old 11-12-2008, 10:18 AM
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Hey i grew up watching that show, im in the procces now of buying a 69 fully restored charger in the general lee badges and colors/wheels. Its a full replica car of the lee 1 fromt the first episode. Also looking for a 58 fury(christine) and am restoring a 63 bettle to resemble the herbie goes bananas herbie with the goodyear tires and wide wheels. I love movie cars and tv cars its my dream to own almost all my fav ones.
I too was bit by the movie/TV car bug...I brought my first car (a 1966 Charger) after seeing reruns of the old movie "Thunder Alley"....but I found out that George Barris was much better at creating movie cars than I was.....but still had fun with it....I would love to try building another "Thunder Charger" in the future...many years ago I talked with the then present owner...sounded like it wasn't in the best of shape, but it may still be out there somewhere.
Nothing wrong with making a "General Lee"...I am just a bit jaded as I have seen so many in the past. The only thing I have against the show, is the number of Chargers they destroyed while filming the series.
By the way I had an Orange 69 RT/SE Charger, with tan interior long before the Duke boys had theirs.
My Charger was sitting on the Downey Dodge used car lot and sported a custom paint job and half-vinyl top by...you guessed it..George Barris. When I returned the paint had been changed to overall orange with no flames...and I purchased it on the spot. (Still have the Barris Kustom City emblems and half-vinyl top chrome off the car)


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they should have made the Challenger in the The General Grant
Old 11-14-2008, 05:17 AM
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they should have made the Challenger in the The General Grant
There was a guy a few years back that did his Charger up as a "General Grant", it was blue with the flag on top....can't remember what numbers, if any he had on the doors. He repainted after a very short time....must have done it, just to try and one up the "General Lee" owners.......
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Let's see. Dukes of Hazzard. Right. There was Catherine Bach. Uh, and a car. An Catherine Bach. And, uh, I think there were some guys. And Catherine Bach.



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DDaisy DDuke right?
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Yup.
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Love those DD's..
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Let's see. Dukes of Hazzard. Right. There was Catherine Bach. Uh, and a car. An Catherine Bach. And, uh, I think there were some guys. And Catherine Bach.
After, seeing your post with pictures of Catherine Bach...I forgot, was there some sort of car on the show as well...................
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Judging from this 2008 pic, Catherine is holding up pretty well. Those 1953 models were built to last.



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Judging from this 2008 pic, Catherine is holding up pretty well. Those 1953 models were built to last.
Much better than most all of the Chargers used in the show!


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