Dukes of Hazzard, Why?

[MoparManJim]

okay we had afew topics on this alot of you mention why you hated it just about, But I did something about what was said though. Heres the question from another point of view.

The last time you said you hated it because of shertin reasons, General Lee with its paint sheme, the totaling of the chargers. 

Well why do you hate the Dukes of Hazzard really? is it because of the charger? or is it because they totaled 2nd gen Chargers? 

Can you explain yourself here?

I set back an took along time off from the Dukes for the summer almost just to try an figure some of these questions out, an all I can thinki of is the totaling of the chargers they did, but heck they probly was alot more back then in juck yards that was totals from the highways an stuff like then what happen on the Dukes. If it was the charger why you didn't like the show for then why would you go out an get one for? because that makes no sences, some of you say I hate the General Lee but yet you have a 2nd gen charger which is what the General was also under that paint.. doh!. If you didn't  watch the show because of the car paint job then there was other things on the show you could have watch just not the car. There was Daisy which was sexy, there was the RoadRunner and the GTX, the ford truck, the jeep Dixie, the caddy, an those things. 

Some of you said is was because they used 2nd gen chargers, well in some movies now days they total those 2nd gen chargers also. The last post was about if you was a lover or a hater, but this topic is why really you didn't like the show or car?

[Brock Samson]

i hear ya' an i'mma thinkin there's simply too many jemmie lee clones runnin around,..other then that it's no problem, but i'd rather see fewer clones in General... imo.. 

[Orange_Crush]

1.  I hate the show (and hated it when I was a kid too)

2.  I think the paint scheme is AWFUL

3.  I'm tired of every douchebag who sees my car or one like it saying "Y'oughter pain it orange and put a flag on it!"

[gnrl01]

Orange Crush I can totally understand your frustration. Like anything on this planet it is a personal preference and everyone is entitled to their opinion. Even if you totally hate the DOH think about how many chargers have been saved because people love that car. I love all diffrent mopars and obviously did mine as a Gl because

I did love the show as a kid. I don't think that people should stereo type the charger as a GL like you are saying, the charger was a bad ass car long before the Dukes! We all know that. When I was a kid there was a time that I was almost embarrased to tell people I liked the show cause it was corny etc..never thought the car would become the icon that it is today.

Not to take away any original charger because they are awesome but there are alot of General Lee haters out there that shouldn't be IMO because we are not destroying the car, it is a paint job with bolt ons that does not take away the integrity of what it is. I know people who have got tired of owning lees for one reason or another and went back original or whatever. It is paint and a replica that I personally think is pretty harmless. A ton of people have fun with these cars which I believe is what any hobby is all about. "Having Fun"

By the way you do have an awesome car!!

[ACUDANUT]

 I want to see a Third generation Charger Dukes Car. Any Pic's ??

[Orange_Crush]

Orange Crush I can totally understand your frustration. Like anything on this planet it is a personal preference and everyone is entitled to their opinion. Even if you totally hate the DOH think about how many chargers have been saved because people love that car. I love all diffrent mopars and obviously did mine as a Gl because

I did love the show as a kid. I don't think that people should stereo type the charger as a GL like you are saying, the charger was a bad ass car long before the Dukes! We all know that. When I was a kid there was a time that I was almost embarrased to tell people I liked the show cause it was corny etc..never thought the car would become the icon that it is today.

Not to take away any original charger because they are awesome but there are alot of General Lee haters out there that shouldn't be IMO because we are not destroying the car, it is a paint job with bolt ons that does not take away the integrity of what it is. I know people who have got tired of owning lees for one reason or another and went back original or whatever. It is paint and a replica that I personally think is pretty harmless. A ton of people have fun with these cars which I believe is what any hobby is all about. "Having Fun"

By the way you do have an awesome car!!

Don't get me wrong (sometimes I state things in a slightly harsh way)I think everyone should enjoy this hobby their own way.  I was not a fan of Chargers (or musclecars in general) until I was 15 (20 years ago) and saw Bobby (Streetwize on Moparts) driving down the street in his awesome '70 R/T.  That's the car that made me a Charger fan.  This is why I like Stock and /or slightly modded Chargers. 

[Blown70]

slightly modded Chargers. 

[Doright]

I like the car and the show, I hate all the fake look alikes its been way over done, The best Looking body style to ever come out of detroit!
Wish I had extra cash I would get me a nice one 68 69 0r a 70 but at long last I found my long awaited last love a copy of my 72 from Hi school.

Reminds me of My Best freind though back in Anchorage he had a lot of cool mopars including a 70 RT Rust bucket we used to jump snow banks with I tride to convince him not to tear it up but he was a wild man we had alot of fun back then, 30 feet in the air in my front yard one time my X wife had a cool pick of it! I kid you not! He was my best freind back then often wonder what he was doing Im sure he is playing with a 440 some were! as am I.

Johnathan seagull  if you ever read this send me an email!   

[Orange_Crush]

slightly modded Chargers. 

Yours is awesome as is NYCMILLE's  Bobby's is killer too.

[Arkgl01]

I hate that they destroyed so many chargers! I have behind the scene pics and some of the cars have RT badges on them and that makes me really sad. As far as the show, I grew up with it and watched it with my mom. She passed away and everytime I watch the show or drive my car I think of her. My car is one of the survivors they found was used on the show. Its being redone right now and I think its going to be one of the nicest generals in the world..If all turn out as planned. Some people dont like it..like my dad. He says it was a stupid silly show that wrecked alot of cars. He also says the general looks like a clown mobil. He gives me a hard time but thats what father do!

[6pkrunner]

A show about the caliber of Gilligan's Island, but they destroyed so many Chargers. The Green Hornet and Batman ran for many seasons with the same cars. That this show wrecked so many Chargers was what ruined it for me. No show sohuld have been allowed to destroy so many cars for so little in quality entertainment. Did the second hundred destroyed cars in the Blues brothers make it better than the first hundred destroyed? No - for me it actually ruined it for me. I'm one who cannot fathom needless destruction and that is all the Dukes was about. Enough mindless banter to toss in a few wrecked cars every now and again.
After the first chase and jump the sherrif's office would have set up a road block and shot Bo and Luke dead as dangerous fugitives.

[AC/DC charger]

In the tv show the chagers usually were pretty safe they filled the trunk with concrete so it would land on the rear wheels first in the movie they did not so the chargers were totalled in the movie but in the tv show they could last through a good 8 episodes

[bull]

I get tired of the GL reference too but I bet it happens to anyone with just about any 2nd generation Charger. Everyone who says that thinks it's so witty and that you've never heard it before and I usually respond with "No, no clown suit on this car."

That said, I did like the show like I liked Gilligan's Island or Beverly Hillbillies back then. I think there are some pretty funny moments and I do like the scenes with the Charger but now, looking back, I really see no reason why they had to smash like 300 of them. I don't think the jumps added all that much to the experience. Still, the car was only about 13 years old when they started that show and so at the time it was a pretty common car.

In the end it's very possible, as some have argued, that DOH actually may have helped save more 2nd gen Chargers than it destroyed by creating more attention to them. I have to credit the show for my first exposure to Chargers and I fell in love with the car watching the show. But I love Chargers way more than the DOH and I would never paint one to look like the GL.

[jaak]

I have a charger and its not gonna be a lee....but I enjoyed dukes as a kid and am still amused by it now. My 2 little girls like watching the old reruns, and with the crap on the tv now, I would much rather them watch dukes.
I like the stunts, those guys had BALLS, every stunt you see was done, not like CGI effects like on movies/tv today, you gotta give them their props. And I know they wrecked alot of chargers, which in a way is bad, but Im not loosing sleep over it. Its like this if I had 5 Mickey Mantle rookie baseball cards infront of me, then I ripped one up, then the other 4 goes up in value.
So I guess as long as they leave mine alone, I could care less.

Jason

[Charger-Bodie]

first off the thing about them ruining so many of the cars can be looked at differant ways alot of them would have ended up in a crusher anyway thats one of the reasons they ued them they were cheap at that time ....second a general lee with decals and bolt ons offends me a hell of alot less than a foosed out shaved everything prostreeter its alot easier to peel decals than recut s/m holes and door handles ...................live and let live the car is extremly popular {charger} and there for we are going to have alot of opinions about what the perfect charger is .........and one last thing about the show it was corny / but how many shows can a person of any age enjoy were the good guys always win its not racest it isnt full of killing or profanity or referances to sex like every show nowadays dont get me wrong some of that is great but try to find something for a 12 yr old to watch these days that ist rated r {or atleast should be}...in my opinion its one of the best tv show ever

[BlueSS454]

I liked the show as a kid and I still do.  It's really the only reason I bought a Charger, otherwise I would have stayed with restoring all Chevelles.  My 69 done will be a Lee, however, it's only a couple decals and they can be removed later, the car re-cleared and rubbed out later if I get tired of it.  The 69 is one of the 3 cars that I won't sell.  Now if it were a macthing numbers car that I had all the components for, then it would go back Original Restored, but since it's not, just a base model BB car, I'm modifiying it the way I want.  Also, if I didn't obtain this car and restore it, it would have been another one sent to the crusher.  I look at it this way, I saved and resurrected another one that oterhwise would have met a different fate.

[bookedbydano]

I liked the Dukes of hazzard show.  So what if they wreck all them cars, like in the other posts at the time they were cheap.  I however think to many of these car are being turned into the General.  I mean people can do what ever they want to their chargers. I'm all for it but enough Generals.  Your not putting any personality in the car, Once you've seen one General you've seen them all.  I like to see colors, stripes vs. no stripe vinyl no vinyl, magnum 500s vs. billet wheel thing like this are neat to see......  PERSONALITY.............I just think the General is plain and over done all you are doing is copying someone else's Idea your not making it your own in my opinion.  Like I said before though its your car do what you want with it but you will be like everyone else..

[BlueSS454]

I don't really agree with that.  Like I said, it's a couple of decals, remove them and it's an orange muscle car.  I personally can't afford do to what I would really like to do to it (drop a Hemi in it and make it a G machine).  I've also always wanted an orange muscle car be it a Monaco Orange 69 Chevelle, or a Hemi Orange 69 Charger.  Mine was originally triple green, not too fond of green cars, I have one, that's enough.  I've added my own personality into it so far.  Upgraded it to 12" disc brakes, beefed up the suspension, the engine is capable of running 12's, it's going to have 3" exhaust on it, etc.  It may even end up being faster than my 70 SS Chevelle.

[bookedbydano]

I would rather see a plain orange muscle car than a plain ol General.  My opinion

[MoparManJim]

John (Bo Duke) did anew movie with a orange charger its name Traveler so you all that have orange cars might get ask is its Traveler or not. Thanks guys for being honest an posting your opions. 

 

[BB1]

Why Why?

[chargerboy69]

I loved the show when I was a kid. The Dukes is the reason for me loving Chargers the way I do. When I was six years old back in 1980, I first saw the General Lee. I knew then, I had to have one.

To watch the show now , it is a little goofy. But unlike so many shows today, it has a good story. It is a show the whole family can watch. When you watch the Dukes of Hazzard, you don't have to worry about what your kids might hear or see. In almost every show they talk about the difference between right and wrong, and the importance of family. Something you do not see on television today.

As a side note. I do not think I have been to a car show yet, where some hill-jack has not told me to paint my car orange and put a 01 on the side.

[TruckDriver]

I used to like the GL, but jeez's cripes already, it seems like there are only 2 different types off '69 Chargers now anymore. General Lees, or pure stock. And, to me, it seems like there are actually more GLs, then stock or mildly custom '69 Chargers anymore. EVERYBODY and their mother seems to want a GL. I mean hell, maybe we should just get it over with and pass a stupid law that says all '69 Charger from now on MUST be painted like the General Lee.  I really really kick myself for selling my '69. I wanted to make a Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry Clone. I LOVE that car WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY more then I ever loved the GL. Another reason I love Strat's car so much (Brock Sampson) It's DIFFERENT!



BTW - I do not have ANY problems with the GLs that were actually used on the tv show or movies. Just the clones running around.

[bookedbydano]

I totally agree.  Over 50 percent of the Generals I have seen are done so bad they should be stripped of their stripes and demoted to a Private!!!!!!!

[JimShine]

I see it from both sides (and I have a GL clone). I too get tired of seeing Lee's, but I also figure they are saved, and thats cool with me. It is also allowing some people to live a dream, and who the heck are we to tell them not to make their dreams come true to satisfy our own opinions?

[bookedbydano]

Very true!!!!!!!!!!

[General_01]

Bought mine from a guy already painted like the GL. It was sitting in his pole barn for the previous 10 years before I bought it. The guy lived about 6 miles from me and I never knew it was there. My girls love going to the car shows with it. It ain't perfect but it is a driver and the kids like going to car shows with it. It won't be a GL forever, but for now it is just harmless fun.

P.S.- The girls love the '71 Superbee as much as the GL. They didn't want me to sell that when we got the GL. Neither did my mom. It is still here.

[Blakcharger440]

I think the paint scheme of the GL is just simply tacky. I don't thinik for one minute that the DOH made Chargers what they are today amongst true car guys as they are just bad azz all by themselves without wearing that orange "clown suit".

But like many I just cringe when someone comes up and says "Iz that thur one of dem Genrel Leez!" I simply just say no and
they get this puzzled look on their faces! 
I think there are far to many shoddy GL's out there which makes it worse cause anyone with a bucket of orange paint and a brush seems to be attracted to the GL's style. I just dont think that the paint scheme is very original anymore and just over done.


But to each their own, if ya like the GL then by all means paint away! ......Just dont honk that ridiculus fricken horn!!!!!!!

[General_01]

......Just dont honk that ridiculus fricken horn!!!!!!!

But that's the funnest part!!

[blackcharger]

1.  I hate the show (and hated it when I was a kid too)

2.  I think the paint scheme is AWFUL

3.  I'm tired of every douchebag who sees my car or one like it saying "Y'oughter pain it orange and put a flag on it!"

I agree with #3. I liked the show then, and still do. I hated they wreck the Charger, and some other rare mopars, but I think there are a ton of new parts made that wouldn't have happened w/o the show. Anyone that turned the show on expeting Shakespeare, missed out on a lot of laughs.How many shows can you watch with your kids and not have to cover their eyes & ears?

[Manfred318]

Im kind of indifferent about it. I didnt like the show nor did I hate it. I have to say its one of the reasons I got in to Chargers. As for the GL it self I dont personally care for the pain scheme. The orange is fine but the flag and numbers on the side is a bit much for me, and the fact that you see so many of them about these days kinda turned me off for it. To each his own I guess, its not the way I would want mine painted but if thats the way someone else wants to paint theirs then more power to 'em.


3.  I'm tired of every douchebag who sees my car or one like it saying "Y'oughter pain it orange and put a flag on it!"

When I was in high school a few years ago I would get so dired of those dumb asses askin me every single day when I was gonna "Paint 'er orange an putta flag on 'er" I would always blow their simple little minds by saying that my car was the "wrong year to paint orange and put a flag on it" since it was furd and chebby country most of them had no idea there was a difference between a '68 and a '69, all they saw was a Charger that needed to be orange with a flag on it.

[Jon Smith]

theres so much variety in mopars in general, and so many different colours and options, for example Tim Wellborns collection of 71 hemi chargers, no 2 are the same and they're stock
except when it comes to general lees, everyone is just copying something thats been done a million times before
I suppose the movie producers can buy a bunch of ready done cars for the next film

[MoparManJim]

I think the paint scheme of the GL is just simply tacky. I don't thinik for one minute that the DOH made Chargers what they are today amongst true car guys as they are just bad azz all by themselves without wearing that orange "clown suit".

But like many I just cringe when someone comes up and says "Iz that thur one of dem Genrel Leez!" I simply just say no and
they get this puzzled look on their faces! 
I think there are far to many shoddy GL's out there which makes it worse cause anyone with a bucket of orange paint and a brush seems to be attracted to the GL's style. I just dont think that the paint scheme is very original anymore and just over done.


But to each their own, if ya like the GL then by all means paint away! ......Just dont honk that ridiculus fricken horn!!!!!!!

okay, when you say "Clown Suit" what askly makes it a clown suit? if you call that a clown suit then you should call all racecars now days clown cars then also, because the GL was a racecar. When you say "Just dont honk that ridiculus fricken horn" well what makes that horn so ridiculus? everyone is different an each other liies different horns an I'm not saying anything bad about you or anything like that just asking you a question is all. Thats why I made this post not to fight but to find out what it is about us that makes us feel the way we do about the show is all.

[TripleBlackGator]

Its like this if I had 5 Mickey Mantle rookie baseball cards infront of me, then I ripped one up, then the other 4 goes up in value.

Jason

We should all feel ashamed. Who left the door open?

[TripleBlackGator]

1

3.  I'm tired of every douchebag who sees my car or one like it saying "Y'oughter pain it orange and put a flag on it!"

Will you marry me?

[nh_mopar_fan]

1.  I hate the show (and hated it when I was a kid too)

2.  I think the paint scheme is AWFUL

3.  I'm tired of every douchebag who sees my car or one like it saying "Y'oughter pain it orange and put a flag on it!"

I'd say you're 3 for 3 in my book.

[TylerCharger69]

Personally......In my opinion.....everybody who complains about it...complains because...well.....they have nothing better to do.  Perhaps a Midol will help those feel better...or perhaps an enema  or a stool softener?  In any case......who really cares what people think about the Dukes or that certain orange car.  True...the story lines were corny, but at least it was a show  that the entire family could sit down and enjoy without having to worry if there were expletives on the show that kids shouldn't hear or see.   If you don't like it...that's fine...you don't have to.   If you do....that's fine too!!!   If you want to build a GL clone...go for it!!!   So a lot of Chargers met their demise.   Yes...even some R/T cars.....but...it's all water under the bridge now and whining  and complaining and belly aching about it isn't going to change matters.   If you think about it...and this is for all 2nd generation Charger owners...since they totalled so many...wouldn't that make yours worth even more???   It seems to me  that it increases the value for those of us who are fortunate enough to own one.   At any rate,   everybody keeps saying how they are tired of the whole "Dukes" thing...Over  and over  and over again.....Well...Most of us are getting tired of hearing the whining about it....so  take yourselves a laxative  and forget about it.   If you find this post offensive...well  I'll apologize in advance  for it as I'm not trying to offend anyone...but really people.....find something to do!!!   This horse has been beaten enough already!!!   And....In Collier and Co.,  John Schneider's new movie or show or whatever...sports a certain orange car with Vectors.   The cars name is Traveller, which  if you did not know...was General Lee's horse's name.  Now...even General Lee  knew when to bury that poor horse and put it to rest!!!  Let's do the same  and move on to bigger, better and more helpful topics for this forum!!!

[Judhudson]

I want to see a Third generation Charger Dukes Car. Any Pic's ??

Here's my 73 SE as the General Lee: 



More pics can be found at this page: http://www.simprograms.com/images/general_lee/

As for the comment of why people dislike Dukes, it's fairly easy and simple to explain - they just don't.  Personally, I don't think they need to give a reason why they don't like the show, if somebody doesn't like it, it's fine.  I don't try to convince them or pester them.  We all have differences in what we like.  To the Dukes fans, it's the greatest thing in the world.  To the dislikers, it's just "mheh".

If I may, I do have to bring up a few points that I have to disagree with.  First off, even though they did destroy so many Chargers in the episodes, quite a few are coming back from the junkyards from death and being restored.  Lee 1 is a perfect example of this.  Also, even though it is sad to see Chargers being wrecked and jumped, it's just something folks like to see.  Truth be told, we all like to see the various ways a car can wrecked; charger, mustang, any car.  It's just that the Charger was picked out of all of the others.  No matter what kind of car they would of used, the same discussion would be going on.

Also, I have to disagree with too many Lee clones.  Honestly, how many do you see a day?  It's pretty much an event like Dukesfest or something where you will see a lot of them.  Heck, I look outside and see the same model Dodge Rams, Toyota Corolla's, Accords, everywhere.  They are more common then the General Lee.  If you started to see them as often as those cars, then yes, that would be way too many clones.

And last but not least, even though some of you don't like the paintscheme on other makes/models (mine for instance) please keep in mind that for most of us it is difficult for us to afford and restore these cars.  However, I did finally find a 68 so I'm out of this category, but for folks who have the General Lee made from a Beetle, it's just there way of saying they love the show and they know that their chances are slim of getting an actual Charger due to whatever circumstances that are going on in their life.

Just my $.02 worth

[chrisII]

ok my 2 cents. i guess they did trash alot of 2nd gens. on the good side they left the much cooler looking and more refined 3rd gens alone!! secondly , Im gong to bet that for every charger the show trashed 2 have ben SAVED beacuase somebody HAD to have a gen lee clone! thirdly, if not for the shows populairity our cars would most likely not be worth what they are,(I dont know if thats good or bad). remember these cars were just old beaters at the time of the show, about the same as if they did a show now that trashed a bunch of mid 80s motly carlo SSs.  I loved the show when i was a kid and i still do, I love mopars , and especialy chargers so i never did like to see them get ruined but thats TV.

[mauibarber]

Excluding the internet, where are you guys seeing all these general lee clones?  I rarely if ever even see a 69 charger let alone a GL.  Are you going to car shows and seeing alot of General Lee's all over the place? 

I guarantee for every retard who tells you to paint your charger orange there is another retard who tells somebody with a GL car that he ruined it.  Just food for thought.
-Alex

[TylerCharger69]

For the record....Mine is the only one (GL) here in Corpus Christi...as far as I know  and so I'm told.  I haven't seen any 2 nd generation Chargers at all for that matter except for one....3rd Gen...yes....and 1 67  that I know of....anyway...can we move on now???

[Mean 318]

I liked the show, and sure it sucked that they trashed so many chargers.. back when they where worth $200-500. But get over it!
And I would rather see a charger a stock color VS. another GL clone, But to each their own!!
I will tell you what I hate " Thats the same as their GL right?" Or "you going to make a GL outa that?"
My 

[Ghoste]

I'm not sure which is stranger to me, the fact that the show was on the air for as long as it was or the fact that we are here all these years later debating it's merits (or lack of).
Personally, I don't dislike the show and it's obvious from the strong following after all this time that a lot of people like it immensely.  Outside of the car hobby even.  I don't get all nuts about it either.  I like Daisy and the 69 Charger and it was better than Three's Company but when it comes to the DOH trekkie conventions (Dukesfests), I just find myself bewildered.  And I too, have grown weary of GL clones.
However, to anyone and everyone that likes it, I fully support your right to enjoy yourself.  It doesn't matter what I think.  If you ask, I'll tell you but no matter what, do whatever is going to keep you interested in old cars.

[Nacho-RT74]

I want to see a Third generation Charger Dukes Car. Any Pic's ??

Beside Jud's 73:

[TripleBlackGator]

Where's the yawning emoticon when you need one?

[Brock Samson]

I used to like the GL, but jeez's cripes already, it seems like there are only 2 different types off '69 Chargers now anymore. General Lees, or pure stock. And, to me, it seems like there are actually more GLs, then stock or mildly custom '69 Chargers anymore. EVERYBODY and their mother seems to want a GL. I mean hell, maybe we should just get it over with and pass a stupid law that says all '69 Charger from now on MUST be painted like the General Lee.  I really really kick myself for selling my '69. I wanted to make a Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry Clone. I LOVE that car WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY more then I ever loved the GL. Another reason I love Strat's car so much (Brock Sampson) It's DIFFERENT!



BTW - I do not have ANY problems with the GLs that were actually used on the tv show or movies. Just the clones running around.

thanks for that...  blush...i call mine the "GENERAL SHERMAN"  merry xmas!   

[Lord Warlock]

I liked watching the charger driving on dirt roads...since I had to do that daily with my own every morning and afernoon delivering papers.  But what I couldn't stand about the show was the totally crappy acting by every one of the characters on the show.  Luckily daisy wasn't there for the acting, she was there to show skin and legs, which was nice.  But Roscoe's acting was attrocious, Cooters wasn't much better, Enus? cmon... even don knotts in andy griffith wasn't that bad. 

Sure they destroyed alot of chargers on that show, but in return they increased the value of the leftover chargers in a major way, so I don't mind that much.  Plus in those days, there were tons of chargers around.  Today, they are so rare you never see them anymore. 

The main difference in my opinon, and the reason why I didn't like the show, was that I already had a charger r/t BEFORE the show came out, and I was already 17 so the target age of the audience was 8 years below me at the time.  We already had air horns on our cars back then, and some even liked having dixie in the south, but after the show, we couldn't use it anymore or else we'd be posers.  Also as a Southern Boy going to college in Alabama, I had a confederate flag hanging in the dorm for 4 years, but wouldn't have painted it on the car unless you wanted to get it trashed every time you parked it...especially anywhere near the wrong part of town. 

[Lowprofile]

I'm not sure which is stranger to me, the fact that the show was on the air for as long as it was or the fact that we are here all these years later debating it's merits (or lack of).
Personally, I don't dislike the show and it's obvious from the strong following after all this time that a lot of people like it immensely.  Outside of the car hobby even.  I don't get all nuts about it either.  I like Daisy and the 69 Charger and it was better than Three's Company but when it comes to the DOH trekkie conventions (Dukesfests), I just find myself bewildered.  And I too, have grown weary of GL clones.
However, to anyone and everyone that likes it, I fully support your right to enjoy yourself.  It doesn't matter what I think.  If you ask, I'll tell you but no matter what, do whatever is going to keep you interested in old cars.

Well said Bro. 

[Lostsheep_01]

If you're tired of hearing people trash the General and the DOH, then STOP giving them a public place to vent.  If you didn't make threads like this, you wouldn't have to hear them whine about how horrible your attempts at keeping another classic on the road is.  Enough already!  Just enjoy your car, however it is and stop egging these morons out into a public venue so that both sides just get more and more frustrated.  The key thing to remember is that we're all here enjoying something that we love.  To those who say, there are to many clones, they're NOT YOUR CARS!  Would you rather them end up in the crusher or let someone fix and enjoy it. Come on people, it's the same car underneath the paint and stickers and we all love Chargers or we wouldn't be here!

Denny Crane

[bookedbydano]

No I don't totally agree with that .  When I look at a General lee all I see is a General lee. No matter if it is a 1st, second, or third generation charger all I see is the General but when I see color, stripes, no stripes, vinyl, no vinyl, trim, no trim, steel wheels, billet mags.........I see Charger........I see Character.........I see Personality........something that I can say"that was neat or different on what he or she did"  Now don't get me wrong I like the General lee, but there are just to many, just way to over done.  I just think that the"Wow"factor is just not what it used to be for the General at least for me anyway.  I kind of feel sorry for the General in a way,  anyone can slap  on a Flag and 01 and call it a General Lee but we all know there are only a few that can really be Called the Great General Lee, however if thats how you want your car done more power to you, it's your car.  I'm just giving you my opinion and view which in the long run really doesn't mean a whole lot......