HLPAG Cashing In On The Lee #1 Interest

[CharlieCharger]

or we could schedule a cruise by their office one year..heh..

[dkn1997]

I'd buy a car from Adolf Hitler before I bought one from these guys

Ironically, he did make really good cars too.....beetle.

[DBR/T]

Has anyone ever been to their workshop and spoken to these HLPAG guys?

I was at their lot a little over a year ago, don't know where their "shop" is, all that was at that location was an office, and a small 1-2 car garage with a lean to on the back.  I was there looking at one of their cars they had advertised,  was WAY overpriced.  I offered them much less than they were asking, they refused, I went home with an empty trailer.   However, the next week I talked to them on the phone and they added a bunch of missing pieces and lowered the price considerably and I went back and got it.  It was actually a decent car with some pretty rare options....hated to see them finish it their way!! 

[Wakko]

That is probably not a real General Lee.  Out of the surviving GL cars, only one was an R/T and it was not a track pack car like this one.  More than likely this is the GLE Enterprises car that was jumped by Hardcore Racing earlier this year.  That car was a 440/4spd numbers match Dana car.  NEVER used on screen, it was built as a promotional car.  Either HLFAG cut the nose off and replaced it with a fresh nose or they rebodied it.  You tell me.  http://www.weracehardcore.com/  Scroll down to General Lee pics/video and see how smashed that nose is.  Hardcore sold it to a guy in Florida or Georgia, unknown how much.

[DarkAngel0816]

Has anyone from this site actually e-mailed these guys and told them what a big piece of shit they are?

Before I came here and learned to stay away I had emailed them to ask them some questions about their Chargers (before I bought mine).  When they replied the email looked like it came from an uneducated idiot...totally unprofessional.  Then I came here...heard about it and called them out.  They kept emailing me asking if I was still interested and I finally told them what I heard from here.  Never heard from them again.

[resq302]

Wouldn't an original series car be worth more if it were in as-used-in-the-show condition?

Judging by the restoration pictures, it'll be totally redone. At that point, isn't it really just another restored R/T with some extra paperwork from a TV production company?

 

nope as long as the VIN number is on a list some where of the real tv cars then it will always be real then.. the Vin is want counts. 

        Jim

I thought I remember reading somewhere that the original LEE cars from the series had an additional tag riveted onto the dash next to the VIN that read something like LEE 01, LEE 02, and such so they could keep track of them.  Wouldn't that LEE tag constitute it as an original GL?  Maybe that was only used earlier in the series as opposed to later ones though.

[Troy]

Has anyone ever been to their workshop and spoken to these HLPAG guys?

Has anyone from this site actually e-mailed these guys and told them what a big piece of shit they are?

Yes and yes. Feel free to go yourself just for the "experience". Several members actually own cars they purchased there and I believe all were misrepresented. I know of one locally that was purchased for them by another guy so they even hide their identity when buying cars. If the car is actually usable then you can bet the price will be astronomical (since their unusable cars are stratospherical). I'm sure they receive plenty of hate mail. They also dabble in Mustangs and they were attempting to get into e-bodies for a while so they have a wide variety of "fans".

Troy

[RallyeMike]

Why would you put such a nice paint job on a completely stripped car, but paint over the door and trunk latches? Gotta say though, it sure looks pretty.

[Ghoste]

Why would they paint over the latches?  Have you seen their other "restorations"?  Masking sanding or doing metal repairs are all things they are not equipped for nor trained to do.
It's all about the marketing anyway.  YEEEEEEEEEEHAWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hemi-hampton]

I guess they figured the gas tank will hide that big 2 peice trunk line down the middle of trunk floor from underneath?