General Lee

[yeehadukes]

Guess what, I went to something called crate day, and this guy came with his General Lee, and it was an original. one of the ones from the show. here is a pic

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[TimDuke]

Hate to tell you but if that person claimed that car was used on TV they lied.To my knowledge NONE of the TV series cars had the Charger emblem on the sail panel unless he added it. Also the General Lee text on the roof is also wrong.If you can supply more pics I can tell for absolute positive. Another flaw is the white letters tires none of the TV series cars had white letters exposed they were turned in so you couldn't see them.

[JESSI DUKE]

Forgive me Tim, but what's wrong with the lettering? I'm seeing what you are talking about.

[TimDuke]

The "G" has that extra drop down piece where it starts to curve up. That shouldn't be there. I can tell those are Phoenix graphics. IF this is a true TV series car it has totally been re-done which ruined any historical value it had. But I'm 99.9% sure this isn't a TV show survivor. Another little detail it has the fender antenna most were removed and filled in on the show.

[JESSI DUKE]

oh ok i see what your talking about.

[yeehadukes]

ya I guess he fixed it up a bit. he would have to change the tires eventually. But it is from the show.

[North_of_Border1]

Hate to tell you but if that person claimed that car was used on TV they lied.To my knowledge NONE of the TV series cars had the Charger emblem on the sail panel unless he added it. Also the General Lee text on the roof is also wrong.If you can supply more pics I can tell for absolute positive. Another flaw is the white letters tires none of the TV series cars had white letters exposed they were turned in so you couldn't see them.


Say, you are good. LOL You could teach that fellow a thing or two about the General.

Either way I noticed the car has the door lock thingy too. John said that they removed it for filming when Tom cut his back on it.

Maybe the fellow made the modifications during restoration of the car. He put back all that was missing. Although from what I hear not a lot Generals survived after the show.

That said, the car still looks very very nice

[TimDuke]

I still don't think it was from the show. Where was this taken? I mean what state. As said before IF this is indeed a TV series survivor it has been restored and things added to it. Therefore as I said it has lost ANY historical value it had and is ruined in my opinion. If I had a TV series survivor it wouldn't be touched outside of maybe buffing the original WB paint. Yeehaw is that the only photo you took? I'm not convinced until I see more pics.I'm not taking someones word for it.The door lock knob was a good spot too those were removed as per your explanation. Also a question was this car advertised as being there or did it just show up?

[yeehadukes]

this good enough? I know the license plate is different. There would be no way he could have the same exact license plate.

The guy just brought it there.

[TimDuke]

Nope can't tell from those either other than it is a true 69. It has the reverse lights in the lower valance, however most of those were covered over or filled over on the TV series to make them all look uniform because 68's didn't have them and they converted many 68's. My guess is he mispoke and meant it was from the 05 MOVIE. I might believe it was a movie survivor but there is a TON of difference between a movie survivor and a TV survivor. I don't see any padding on the roll bar either another flaw in the slaw.

[North_of_Border1]

Perhaps it is the movie General! That would explain the G. Looks like the same lettering to me.

I'm no car expert but I am enjoying this thread. Or should I say this investigation. LOL I love a good "mystery"

I have a question for our resident experts, did Bo ever drive a general with a black steering wheel? I thought it was dark tan like John's General.

[RogerDuke]

I just got done watching Jewel's video "I Do"
It features a 1969 Dodge Charger. It's light yellow with a black top. It's a hot car but it could use a paint job...preferably orange. All you Charger fans, check out this video!!! It's on CMT.