The jump of the Dana R/T General Lee (video)

[mikepmcs]

THAT MADE ME SICK TO MY STOMACH , I MEAN LITERALLY SICK TO MY STOMACH.

[DC_1]

losers.....

[TheGhost]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=4634722696&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT

Yes.  Destined for a rebody, methinks.

Anyone else notice that they no longer have the "questions asked/answered" displayed?  Too many people must have told them how incredibly idiotic they were for wrecking such a car.

[Nupe]

The DOH was neat to watch as a kid for Daisy and the General Lee and other odd ball Mopars.  Still even in grade school I thought the jump thing was completely stupid.    And in this day and age for meat heads to actually go and watch that is crazy.

What a waste!  

[Duey]

At $7,400 it says "Reserve not met"....jack-wipes! 

[70charginglizard]

idiots       .     

[Mike DC]

     
That's my video clip of the jump.

There were actually several thousand people there, but most were behind me. 
Admission to the jump was FREE.  It was done 100% for the shop's publicity.   
They'll probably lose money on the whole jump operation after selling the wrecked car, and they don't seem to mind very much. 

Once again, nobody could talk them out of jumping that particular car.  The guy owned several other Chargers, but he wanted this one to be the jumper becuase it has been owned by WB at one point.  (But it wasn't ever used onscreen in any of the episodes.  It was strictly for car shows & stuff.)

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Hasn't it been learned by now how to make them things fly a little more horizontal?

They want them going nose-down to some extent.  Safer than landing flat.  (The car is gonna get totalled anyway, even if it lands perfectly flat on all fours.)
This one nosed-down a little too much, but not greatly out of whack.  They were also testing a new weight box for this time and they set it up a little differently than usual.

what kind of jump was that? If you are going to waste it anyways why not just do a good one. I don't believe any of those General Lee jumps so far have resulted in a nice landing?

The Bristol 2004 jump was absolutely perfect and flew almost 200 feet.  The MTV jump was a slightly nose-UP  landing.  But people just remember the mishaps a lot more.   

Being there in person, a nose-down jump isn't exactly disappointing.  They're all dramatic & very cool even when they're "messed up." And plenty of jumps in Hollywood end up the same way, even now.  Heck, those unibodies get buckled just from hitting the RAMP.  The car's dead upon landing no matter how it actually hits the dirt.

 

[TheGhost]

I don't understand...  what you are saying is, you actually support this mess?

[Mike DC]

I don't understand...  what you are saying is, you actually support this mess?

No, I don't.  I'm just trying to keep the correct facts circulating about this. 

Did I go and watch the jump? Yes. 
I also think Wal-Mart is hurting the country and yet I still shop there occasionally.  I also think fast food is bad for me and yet I still eat it sometimes. 

I'm a huge DOH fan and I like seeing live GL jumps.  So sue me.  I wouldn't stage my own jump but I will go watch one that I can't stop from happening.

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The live GL jumps were awesome once, maybe twice.  When they were done as a big fan celebration of the show.  And done with rusty 318 parts-cars.
After that it's just a waste.  And wrecking a restorable 440/4spd R/T?  No justification for supporting that in my book.  Not in the modern era when people are supposed to know better.

I applaud the effort that the stunt guys have put into making those jumps as safe & controllable as possible. 
And I support the fact that they've been nice to fans and even want to do any more stunts AT ALL without getting the kind of major paychecks & fame that Hollywood can often provide.   

It's risky stuff they do.  It's a lot harder than it looks.

   

[8WHEELER]

A friend of mine has one of the 17 GL cars left over from the series, I support his car for what it is.

But there is nobody that could EVER get me to understand why charger lovers like to see
a charger get jumped, and destroyed............. I don't care if its an RT, or a 318 car, it just
looks stupid, then hearing all of the people in the back ground cheering like little girls 

I am glad to hear the GL fans out there also getting tired of it as well.

Dan

[Crazy Larry]

Now are they going to update their ebay auction with the wrecked pictures?

I really believe in Karma when it comes to the auto industry - what goes around comes around.....


If these clowns can't respect auto history then maybe their business clients won't respect them.

[kikgas01]

HLPAG bought it, fixed it and sold it as a real car.

[ChargerSG]

Just doing a jump with a 2 gen Charger and total it