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Two flags? Yee and Haw!

Stuff this really make sno sense to me... If you can forge fals documents for blood diamonds, you can fake an "original" General Lee... so staked on claims, it's disgusting!

Hey, you bastards fixing up "priceless" cars... stop ruining my ability to buy a stylish old car for cheap and enjoy it as is!! No I dont want to pay $6K for a rusted out convertible 66 Impala... DICKS!

Plus for about $50K I think, there's a dude on eBay that has a constant rotating stock fo general Lees and other chargers he creates...

@I'm so Malaise I can't taste it!!!!!!!!!11:

NOW WITH TYPING CORRECTIONS!!!

Stuff this really makes no sense to me... If you can forge false documents for blood diamonds, you can fake an "original" General Lee... it's all so staked on claims, it's disgusting!

Hey, you bastards fixing up "priceless" cars... stop ruining my ability to buy a stylish old car for cheap and enjoy it as is!! No I dont want to pay $6K for a rusted out convertible 66 Impala... DICKS!

Plus for about $50K I think, there's a dude on eBay that has a constant rotating stock of General Lees and other Chargers he restores...

Oh wow- an orange '69 Charger! YAWWWWWWNNNNNnnnn. Yeah, I know it's the "original"- big effin deal.

I was a huge fan of this TV show, too- when I was five!

P.S. Not every 1957-'58 Plymouth has to be red & white, either.

Look at the glorious 5 inch wheels!

Actually, I thought the original story of its resurrection is pretty inspiring. To take something that Warner Brothers had thrown out, without realizing how famous it would be years later, and to bring it back to such a flawless condition is remarkable. It's not just another orange Dodge, it's the car that inspired every Jalop here as well as potential hoons worldwide.

Definitely deserves more than to languish in some rich bastard's heated garage. Hell, not even Jay Leno is worthy of keeping it. Put it in the Smithsonian next to the Spirit of St. Louis.

@I'm so Malaise I can't taste it!!!!!!!!!11: You missed one: "Stuff like this.."

DOH!

And by the way, I agree with you. One more thing to add: Hey dillhole "restoring" that 2-door hardtop/ragtop: The world is not your partscar. Save some sedans and wagons for those of us not hung up on what "desireable" cars are "worth".

"Put it in the Smithsonian jumping over the Spirit of St. Louis."

Fixed it for you.

@slantsick: "Hey dillhole "restoring" that 2-door hardtop/ragtop: The world is not your partscar. Save some sedans and wagons for those of us not hung up on what "desireable" cars are "worth"."

That's the story of last year's Hemmings Muscle car of the year. It's a 70 Judge one-of-none convertible that was rebuilt from a VIN and the bulkhead, basically. A complete 30K mile Le Mans hardtop with the same interior was gutted for the parts to do it.

I wonder if this car was originally built or rebuilt by Veluzat's?

When I was a kid my buddies and I used to ride our bikes to Veluzat's shop where they stored all the military equipt they rented to the movie studios. Veluzat's provided the Jeeps and other stuff for the TV show "MASH", among many others.

One day we saw several 68-70 Dodge Chargers on their lot, a couple just painted bright orange. They told us they were building them for a new TV show. They were also installing decals and light bars on plain white Dodge Monaco police cars. Turns out Veluzat's had the vehicle supply contract with Warner Bros for the Dukes TV show. I distinctly recall seeing one Charger that was almost done; the paint job was much nicer than the others, the interior was in excellent condition and they'd dressed up the engine. I was told that was going to be a show car to promote the new show, the others would be used in production. Wonder if it's this car?

Veluzat's had a storage lot a couple miles away with all sorts of vehicles, including car loads of new Dodge police cars and every Charger they could get their hands on. At one time I saw a stack of newspapers they were combing thru, looking for Chargers for sale to be used on the show. Old man Veluzat told me they would buy, then wreck, brand new Monacos quicker than the CHP could get new units for their inventory.

I'm assuming they patched up the two front fenders and pulled the frame straight, set the engine back on its proper mounting position. So yeah, you can keep the windshield crack to prove that it jumped. I guess that's all right.

Long ago I read the story of the guy who found a whole mess of second unit cars in Burbank, CA which a Mopar collectors club purchased. The cars were in dreadful shape and a collection of horror stories: Earl Scheib orange paint jobs, seats that were spray painted tan for the cameras. Engines chained back in place or set a couple inches back in the compartment.

Hmm. It's almost like cars weren't meant to go 6 feet in the air...

The story behind the restore on this car really is quite cool. Here's the link for those of you who wish to read about it:

[www.edmunds.com]

Its a really cool story, lots of pics/video/etc.

Where are the two flags mentioned in the description? I have no idea what they are talking about.

@Trembler: I believe that there is one on the top, and another below the rear window, most of the later used cars just had the one on the top...

For the half dozen or so inflamatory posts towards the beginning...

First, if you paid any attention or bothered to google this car, you'd know it is, in fact, THE very first car painted this way for the T.V. show. So, weather you like the car or not, this particular one is special.

For the guy who talked about pulleing the fenders and straitening the frame, this ojen was not that damaged, as it had been counterweighted with concrete in the trunk, and hit at a better angle than many of the cars did. It was damaged, but not as bad as some of the jump cars were later on.

Also, for the "don't ruin an original car" commenters, none of the 69 dadge chargers used for this t.v. show have ever been claimed as being original.

I am personally building a "general lee" right now. It was a 318 car that had been converted to a 440 16 years before I purchased it.

If you "yaaaaaawn" at the thought of this car, why waist the time to post here at all.

So many people have this double standard of "it doesn't interest or bother me", but somehow feel the need to make sure that everyone knows that by posting some silly comment on a forum.

It's like saying "oh yeah, well, I'm just gonna leave!" and then hanging around to see if anyone notices or tries to stop you.

Very silly indeed.

I doubt any of the negative posters here have the cash to buy this car anyway. I sure don't, and I make over $80,000.00 a year.

I agree with poster who said the story is interesting. It's kind of amazing the car survived so
many years in that junk yard.

I can't believe that any car enthusiast could be interested in these rebuilt wrecks...

I remember seeing "Moonrunners" on late night TV as a kid. The most memorable thing about it was they didn't fix the cars as the movie progressed. So by the end, they were missing lots of parts. Like doors and rod bearings.

Many years later I caught it again and it was obvious that it was the prototype for the Dukes. It's pretty bad but in a guilty pleasure way, much as the TV show. It's still fun to watch because they trash the cars. If you ever want to see what the Dukes would look like if they didn't have a budget, find a copy of Moonrunners.

@SundaySunday: I had a couple neighbors jump a full size Ford sedan through the lot behind my house and I can assure you they don't even do 5 feet well. Car looked like it had a hinge in front of the passenger compartment.

@mytdawg: LOL. I've never been privvy to a live demonstration of hoonage. Outside of officially sanctioned events, that is (figure 8 racing, demo derbies, enduros). Oh, unless you count I-696, but cars there rarely become airborne.

For all you who didn't bother to research this at all,let me educate you. Dukes of Hazzard was loosely based off the movie Moonrunners for one thing. Second,No the Veluzats didn't build the first Generals. Ok now to this car.Only a small percentage of this car is actual remnants of the car that sat in that junkyard all those years.The firewall,dash,maybe the inner fenders,some of the front suspention,alledgedly the engine,tranny and differential.The rest is a totally different donor car. The roofskin was alledgedly sold to a collector and it was usable.The fenders,doors,quarters,hood all sold to collectors. This is NOT the first General Lee either.It is possible it is,they just can't prove it is.Warner Brothers initially built 3 General Lees then transported them to Georgia for filming. They were NOT labled in the order they were built.This car just happened to get the first lable. It is the theory of many of us in the hobby of building Lee replicas that Lee 3 was the first General Lee built as it was used in all the promotional pictures before the series went on the air.

I never did see the whole movie of moonrunners, only a few minutes many years ago.

moonrunners was actaully based on real people. The real "bo duke" if you will, is named Jerry Rushing(not sure on th spelling).

He's still alive, and I guess goes to the dukes fest events every year. His car he ran moonshine in wasn't a charger, but instead was a big old 1958 Chrysler 300D. His car was named traveller, named after General Lee's horse.

Thus when they changed the car for the show, they changed the name and there you have it.

So, the Dukes, and the car, were based on a real life family and a real life fast car.

Check him out:

[en.wikipedia.org]

Kind of itneresting.