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)

 

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.......

 

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?

 

Yup.

 

Love those DD's..

 

After, seeing your post with pictures of Catherine Bach...I forgot, was there some sort of car on the show as well...................

 

Judging from this 2008 pic, Catherine is holding up pretty well. Those 1953 models were built to last.



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Much better than most all of the Chargers used in the show!