Interesting story on this GL

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dodge-Charger-2-door-1969-dodge-charger-general-lee-owned-by-ben-cooter-jones-from-dukes-of-hazzard-/271354476703?forcerrptr=true&hash=item3f2dfcb89f&item=271354476703&pt=US_Cars_Trucks

Ben Jones' car

Screen used, maybe 

What else? 

[marshallfry01]

I highly doubt that car was used on "The Ghost of General Lee."  That was a second season episode when they did not fill the side markers in.....this car has them filled in.  It is possible that the car was used throughout the series and then had the markers filled in and got the lighter tan interior.....   It looks like those autographs are about gone too....

[Ghoste]

I suppose it could have been screen used but based on what I've read by the DOH congnoscenti I am thinking no.  At least until one of them pipe in and say otherwise.

[JB400]

It wouldn't surprise me if this is one of those cars Ben had made up to put outside his stores.

[Ghoste]

Well and thats what I think too but not knowing GL's very well, I'll give him a tiny bit of slack for the moment.

[tan top]

 

something going on with the motor ,   not sitting level in the engine bay or  something going on with the  air filter causing a optical illusion  

[tan top]

 

some interesting body work been going on under the orange paint   

[tan top]

 

[1974dodgecharger]

They jumped it and the motor mount broke......


Or


There was so much torque the chassis twisted off the line.....

[Baldwinvette77]

Engine looks level to me  

my guess is that the air cleaner isn't ment for that carb, electric choke or wrong model

[Ghoste]

Maybe it was a HLPAG car.

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

It wouldn't surprise me if this is one of those cars Ben had made up to put outside his stores.

Looks a LOT better than the cars I've seen outside (and in) the stores  In fact, this car looks really good in the pics, and would probably be a great deal of fun to drive! 

[Ghoste]

Really?  It surprises me that Ben wouldn't have good examples at his stores.  After John Schneider I always thought he embraced his time on the show a great deal.

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

Really?  It surprises me that Ben wouldn't have good examples at his stores.  After John Schneider I always thought he embraced his time on the show a great deal.

Yeah, they are not that great, really, and sadly. Every now and then, a loaner Charger goes on display at the Nashville store. The one most frequent, is the Hazzard life one, and some of their other vehicles.

[jessejames]

I highly doubt that car was used on "The Ghost of General Lee."  That was a second season episode when they did not fill the side markers in.....this car has them filled in.  It is possible that the car was used throughout the series and then had the markers filled in and got the lighter tan interior.....   It looks like those autographs are about gone too....

Good Call!! Was just thinking same thing! Watched that episode last night and you are right!!

[MoparManJim]

What a lot of folks don't know is the Ghost version of the General was not orange it was white. With frosted over windows and a chestnut interior. and He had indicator lights shown and that season of cars had small push bars not the wide ones.  

Images of the episode Ghost of General Lee. 
 
 
 

All the orange glow is film effect added in during filming editing.

The Real Ghost of General Lee off camera. 
 

[TexasGeneral]

Looks like the correct Chevy color and a decent copy ..except for that antenna location

[hawkeye]

Looks like the correct Chevy color and a decent copy ..except for that antenna location

What you are looking at is the cb antenna.

[Ghoste]

The wheels look so much different in the on camera shots.

[TexasGeneral]

Looks like the correct Chevy color and a decent copy ..except for that antenna location

What you are looking at is the cb antenna.

Really? It's not the radio shack 21-908a model is it?

[Dino]

WTH happened to those lower quarters???


See, this is why I just cannot respect a GL anymore, they always look like crap!  As if they were raped over and over by carnosaurus.  Spray bombed interior, boat loads of bondo covered in shiny paint, crappy interior, black engine bay.  I wouldn't dare turn the key in one of those without a fire suit.

Once more I need to voice my respect to those here that have made their GL into a mint car top to bottom.  You know who you are!   

[Cooter]

Really?  It surprises me that Ben wouldn't have good examples at his stores.  After John Schneider I always thought he embraced his time on the show a great deal.

Would YOU put nice rides outside? Let alone ones you let kids and punk ass college kids climb all over and hood slide acroos?

[tan top]

WTH happened to those lower quarters???

yeah , deffo  bondo bandits handy work there ,

seems to be quite popular altering the factory shape of quarters these days  

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[Dino]

Holy cow!  She needs to go on a few runs, getting a bit heavy behind the hips there.   

[tan top]

Holy cow!  She needs to go on a few runs, getting a bit heavy behind the hips there.  

 

  yeah for almost 30 grand    

   http://www.carsforsale.com/used_cars_for_sale/1968_Dodge_Charger_224020157_3


http://www.carsforsale.com/used_cars_for_sale/1968_Dodge_Charger_224020157_3

[Dino]

Holy cow!  She needs to go on a few runs, getting a bit heavy behind the hips there.  

 

  yeah for almost 30 grand    

   http://www.carsforsale.com/used_cars_for_sale/1968_Dodge_Charger_224020157_3


http://www.carsforsale.com/used_cars_for_sale/1968_Dodge_Charger_224020157_3

Beautiful car but something tells me that's a full resto waiting to happen.   

[tan top]

Holy cow!  She needs to go on a few runs, getting a bit heavy behind the hips there.  

 

  yeah for almost 30 grand    

   http://www.carsforsale.com/used_cars_for_sale/1968_Dodge_Charger_224020157_3


http://www.carsforsale.com/used_cars_for_sale/1968_Dodge_Charger_224020157_3

Beautiful car but something tells me that's a full resto waiting to happen.  

seriously looking how much bondo is in both rear quarters , would of been quicker & cheaper to  weld quarter skins on I think !!  no one is going to buy that , surly !!   maybe for 5k then restore it  ,  don't say if its a real R/T or not  
  this hobby is going crazy . whats being asked for these cars 

[myk]

Guess I'm just the lowest common denominator here, but what's so bad about that '68?

[tan top]

Guess I'm just the lowest common denominator here, but what's so bad about that '68?

silver car is pretty much how the quarter should be

[Dreamcar]

I really hate to ask, but what's the difference between the quarters on those two 68s?

[Mikesmoparperformance]

I really hate to ask, but what's the difference between the quarters on those two 68s?

The quarters on the top 68 is much thicker then it must be. So there is more bondo used on that quarter. Look close and you will see it..

[tan top]

I really hate to ask, but what's the difference between the quarters on those two 68s?

no worries ,  ask anything  ,     don't like picking holes in another guys car , even ones forsale ,
 but for 30k nearly      

A = body line too high & wrong shape
B = wheel well moulding not fitting , lower rear quarter been made wrong shape out filler or a road sign
C = lower quarter too flat wrong shape made out of filler or  road sign
D = lower rear quarter end cap full of bondo , wrong shape & too much bondo , think they got fed up of rubbing it down
E = same as above D
F = same as D
G = same as D

infact that whole rear is prolly bondo

that's  just one side , its the same other  ,  wont even mention the paint job  ,

[Dreamcar]

Excellent. Thanks for the details!!!

[Ghoste]

It looks odd the way the fuel filler fits as well but that could be camera angle?

[BROCK]

Nevermind the engine is not a B or RB MoPar................

[tan top]

It looks odd the way the fuel filler fits as well but that could be camera angle?

 ,  the bronze quarter is wider

I really hate to ask, but what's the difference between the quarters on those two 68s?

The quarters on the top 68 is much thicker then it must be. So there is more bondo used on that quarter. Look close and you will see it..

yeah      , good spot  distance between the outer ring of the gas cap  & the top of the quarter ,  thicker on brown car ,   don't know weather it is a optical illusion or not ,   thought  about arrowing every thing on that quarter !  but  would of looked confusing    

[69wannabe]

I have seen a general lee clone with the engine sitting unlevel in it a couple years back. It was a 68 tho and had a 413 motor home engine in it with them odd heads and exhaust manifolds and the engine wouldn't sit all the way down on the K frame because of the exhaust manifold sitting on the steering box. Whoever he got it from done it this way it had like a 1 inch or so spacer welded to the K frame to get the manifold off of the steering box which resulted in a crooked engine!! It looked exactly like the one in the picture. He had asked me about putting the right engine in it or swapping the heads for proper looking heads for a big block but when I gave him a price he bailed!! He traded the car off and that was a couple of years ago. The car he had looked like it had new metal in rear of the car but I only saw it once. I do remember the engine had been threw in there it looked like.

[1974dodgecharger]

[1974dodgecharger]

well consider only roughly 90k of the 68s were built vs what a mustang had 400k plus built it shows the rarity of our cars thats all vs other muscle/pony cars of the era.

Holy cow!  She needs to go on a few runs, getting a bit heavy behind the hips there.  

 

  yeah for almost 30 grand    

   http://www.carsforsale.com/used_cars_for_sale/1968_Dodge_Charger_224020157_3


http://www.carsforsale.com/used_cars_for_sale/1968_Dodge_Charger_224020157_3

Beautiful car but something tells me that's a full resto waiting to happen.  

seriously looking how much bondo is in both rear quarters , would of been quicker & cheaper to  weld quarter skins on I think !!  no one is going to buy that , surly !!   maybe for 5k then restore it  ,  don't say if its a real R/T or not  
  this hobby is going crazy . whats being asked for these cars 

[tan top]

well consider only roughly 90k of the 68s were built vs what a mustang had 400k plus built it shows the rarity of our cars thats all vs other muscle/pony cars of the era.

Holy cow!  She needs to go on a few runs, getting a bit heavy behind the hips there.  

 

  yeah for almost 30 grand      

   http://www.carsforsale.com/used_cars_for_sale/1968_Dodge_Charger_224020157_3


http://www.carsforsale.com/used_cars_for_sale/1968_Dodge_Charger_224020157_3

Beautiful car but something tells me that's a full resto waiting to happen.  

seriously looking how much bondo is in both rear quarters , would of been quicker & cheaper to  weld quarter skins on I think !!  no one is going to buy that , surly !!   maybe for 5k then restore it  ,  don't say if its a real R/T or not  
 this hobby is going crazy . whats being asked for these cars  

 yeah  your right     that's true !!    , awesome looking 68 by the way    1974DC

 still IMO  68 -69 -70 chargers that are rotted out piles of shrapnel or ones that are blatantly obvious to of had a quickie hlpeg job to flip  , are way way over priced  ,   nothing wrong with these rotted out cars  , especially with all the AMD stuff now , if you luckily enough to have the skills or can afford someone to  do it  ,  away you go ,  
but to me spending  10k -20k  & in somecases 30k    then proceed to cut away most of the body & send it to the scrap yard   , go through & rebuild & replace all mechanical , wiring etc  , seems insane ,
,  can see rare cars like   XX29 chargers & J  & R codes ,  possibly  Rare optioned  R/T 440s etc  bringing that kind of dough !
although I don't even agree with the prices of these cars needing restos  
think i'm living in the past with the prices,
its the collectors &  guys with too much disposable income &  auctions that are driving up these prices &  it trickles down through the food chain , & all of a sudden that rotted out 318 charger is forsale  for 30K cause the owner saw a  68 unrestored hemi charger sell for 100k at barret Jackson etc ,  if every one stopped buying these over priced  rotted out wrecks   , sure the prices would drop  although, maybe not , cause there is soo much free or cheap advertising on the internet these days , & there is always someone out there with more money that brains .
wonder how many of these collectors would have these cars if there value  was  half or a 3rd of the current market value today
 no offence meant  in this post to flippers , collectors , dealers  etc  good luck each to their own  , just how I see it    
 i'm done   going to wait for my bus