The "original" General Lee up for sale

[August]

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/...auction-block/

Man, hokey paint job aside this is a car I would purely love to own.

If Roscoe P. Coltrane is still trying to get those Duke boys, he may want to head to Arizona. The original “General Lee” from “The Dukes of Hazzard” TV series is set to cross the block at the Barrett-Jackson collector car auction in Scottsdale, which starts on Jan 17th.
Known as “Lee 1,” this is the car seen flying through the air during the opening credits of the show, and was used during the filming of the first episode before being wrecked as it landed the famous jump. It was the first of more than 300 cars used during the seven-year run of the program. Only a couple of dozen are still known to exist.

[vienna]

Will they include Catherine Bach (Daisy Duke) with the purchase?...

[nikimcbee]

C'mon August, buy it! The next subsim meet will be at your house.

Note, could you have the dixie flag on there in MA?

[August]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

C'mon August, buy it! The next subsim meet will be at your house.

Note, could you have the dixie flag on there in MA?

If I owned that car this is what i'd do to it :



http://www.cogulus.com/blog/archives...l-Grant-88.php

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by vienna

Will they include Catherine Bach (Daisy Duke) with the purchase?...

The woman who is forever immortalized, by some sweetly cut short.... shorts; that we still refer to this day as "Daisy Dukes".
Incoming Cathrine Bach pictures?

edit:
Back on topic, this video was interesting:
http://www.insideline.com/features/t...neral-lee.html

[Platapus]

I wonder what kind of condition she is in

The car, not Ms Bach.

[August]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I wonder what kind of condition she is in

The car, not Ms Bach.

From the article:

The orange 1969 Dodge Charger was discovered sitting in a Georgia junk yard about a decade ago by the founder of The North American General Lee Fan Club, Travis Bell, who paid less than a grand for it, according to a report from Inside Line. It then passed through several owners before one of them brought it back to Bell and asked him to do a complete restoration, which was completed in 2007.
A combination of original and reproduced parts, “Lee 1” is now in better condition than when Warner Brothers bought it used in 1978. The supposed converted stock car racer still featuring a roll cage, welded-shut doors, “01” numbering and Confederate battle flag on the roof.

[Platapus]

I bet that restoration was expensive.

[August]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I bet that restoration was expensive.

I'm sure it was. The famous jump in the opening credits bent that frame like a banana.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by August

I'm sure it was. The famous jump in the opening credits bent that frame like a banana.

Was that not due to the fact Boss Hogg was hiding in the boot/trunk?

[Penguin]

The supposed converted stock car racer still featuring a roll cage, welded-shut doors, “01” numbering and Confederate battle flag on the roof

But the horn, what is about the horn?





nice idea, but:

Originally Posted by August

If I owned that car this is what i'd do to it :

Putting General Grant's name next to a flag under which he never fought, with 16 stars too many?

[August]

Originally Posted by Penguin

But the horn, what is about the horn?


nice idea, but:



Putting General Grant's name next to a flag under which he never fought, with 16 stars too many?

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Grant wasn't born in 1776 either Mister Muscle car critic!

As for the horn according to the article it plays what I would call "Blood upon the Risers" (better known as Battle Hymn of the Republic).

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by August

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Grant wasn't born in 1776 either Mister Muscle car critic!

I take it for Granted that it's ok to put your nation's foundation date onto the Yankee Charger!

Originally Posted by August

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As for the horn according to the article it plays what I would call "Blood upon the Risers" (better known as Battle Hymn of the Republic).

No, I meant the horn of the "Lee 1" - if they only used it for the stunt sequence it could be that they didn't modify the horn. Without the right horn I would not buy it - otherwise I would try to bid one dollar more than you so you can't repaint it!

[August]

Originally Posted by Penguin

I take it for Granted that it's ok to put your nation's foundation date onto the Yankee Charger!

Well it's no more accurate than a 50 star flag. Besides General Grant was also once president of these United States. Now there may have less states than presently but there were more in his administration than there were during the Civil War so which one would be appropriate?

No, I meant the horn of the "Lee 1" - if they only used it for the stunt sequence it could be that they didn't modify the horn. Without the right horn I would not buy it - otherwise I would try to bid one dollar more than you so you can't repaint it!

I have to admit that I wouldn't repaint the General Lee. Besides severely reducing it's resale value it'd majorly irritate the southerners, many of which I count among my personal friends.

Naw truth be told i'd sell it and buy an "unfamous" '69 Camaro so I could paint it however I wanted.

Hey I wonder what one of your hot Beemers would look like painted up as the "Marshal Hindenburg" and,... what would be the horn tune?

[nikimcbee]

Will the plates say Brady or Belchk?