anyone besides myself think there's too many jenny lees?..

[Brock Samson]

 hey, i'm just tired of them myself, i've seen a half dozen i like, it's  one mans opinion that's all.. knock yourselves out spraybombing every charger you come across hugger orange and tan,.. whatever... 

[6670charger]

I used to feel strongly against them.  However, I've re-adjusted my thinking.  I'll have to agree with the guy above who said that as long as they aren't jumping them and destroying them, it's up to the owner.  I will say this much, however.  I do get a little tired of hearing some young kid at a car show commenting on a 2nd gen Charger about what a great General Lee he could make out of it. 

Although I don't mind anyone donig whatever they want with their car, and I sort of like the GL myself, I get tired (actually that isn't the correct word), I find it troubling that some people only identify the 69 Charger as a General Lee.  It's as if they wouldn't look at it, or consider it otherwise.

The General Lee is really only a paint job on most cars, and can very easily (relative term) be changed back to the original look.  Much more easily than, say, a F&F Charger with most of the interior stripped, and a huge blower cut through the hood.  Take a GL and change the paint and wheels, and you have a stock Charger or mild street machine again.

Eric

[Ghoste]

General Lee's don't really bother me.  I do take exception to painting Chargers orange and then using them for jump fodder.

[moparsons]

  I like the GL and at one time planned on building one. I have since changed my mind.I figure that no matter how nice....or crappy it is the general would get major attention everywhere I took it. I guess I'd rather have people respect and admire my charger and say "wow you've put a lot of work and money in that thing! " than have them say "wow..it's the general lee. "

Andy

[skip68]

  Man, this is good.     I'm getting close to being done with my "Jenny Lee"  And I'm kind of on the fence about this .  I'll have fun for a little while and then paint the car my own color.  I do agree with both sides but I think personal taste is what's important.    Just remember,     crap, I forgot what I was going to say.        Chuck.........

[Khyron]

Wow, I cant believe how segregated this site has become.......I thought it was supposed to be about enjoying ALL chargers, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Gen,RT's, Daytona's, GL's, DMCL, Bullit...and yes even......NEW Chargers (Gasp!!!) who cares?

I was with you right up until the end.

[pettybird]

if there were no GL chargers, the show would fade from memory.

if the show would fade from memory, fewer idiots would point at my blue superbirds and shout out "GENERAL LEE!!!!"


as such, I hate them.  and Super Bees.  and Joe Dirt.


the Pixar movie "Cars" kicks ass, though.  5 year olds shouting "dinoco!  dinoco!" is awesome. 

[Ghoste]

What's wrong with Super Bees?  They were here first you know.

[Joshua]

What's wrong with Super Bees?  They were here first you know.

Yeah, what's wrong with Bee's? My favorite Mopar behind a '68 Charger......
Someday I'll have a '70 with Ramcharger hood and pistol grip! 

And Joe Dirt was COOL.....admit it.....hahaha!

[chargerman68]

look john(bo duke) cant do anything without the car.......he is touring to release a movie with no other than a 69 charger without the general lee paint..So i think if it wasnt for the general lee may of us including myself would ever like the charger.....just me

[Brock Samson]

so your saying, if you'd never seen the DOH you wouldn't like chargers?..

[chargerman68]

so your saying, if you'd never seen the DOH you wouldn't like chargers?..

maybe.....will never know...but im hooked now............

[pettybird]

What's wrong with Super Bees?  They were here first you know.

point was "dodge" made a lot of Super Bees with big wings.  and idiots remember that.  and tell you about it at shows.  and call it a Dodge.  it was sarcasm directed at the average joe about not being able to tell one mopar from another.  Imagine walking up to a chevelle and saying 'nice skylark!' or confusing a camaro/firebird.  FYI the quarter panel Plymouth decal is around 27" long.

So, I've got a dodge plymouth super bee that was in joe dirt and it was almost kinda like the car that was in the DOH.  and everyone (or their mother, grandmother, aunt, neighbor) used to have one JUST LIKE THIS.

my favorite 'bee would be a '68, either dark blue over white or black on black, stripe delete either way.  i love '68 coronets--especially R/T's.

[Sabre]

The only thing that bothers me are the guys who make innaccurate General Lee replicas.  I've seen really bad replica's that were so way off you'd think they've never seen an episode of the show or the car.   The whole point of a replica is that it "replicates" what the car looked like on the show.

Other than that they don't bother me.  I'd say there are at least 300+ GL replicas out there, which isn't much considering there are still thousands of Chargers that are not GL's.

Personally the Dukes of Hazzard introduced me to the Dodge Charger.  I was born in September of 1979.  I had Dukes toys by the time I was 1 year old, and some of my very first memories were of the show.

I fell in love with the show and the car right off the bat.  The show portrayed the Charger as a bad-ass beast of a car.  I can remember going to Toys R us as a kid and I saw this blue "Stinger" Charger.  I couldn't have been much older than 7 or 8 at the time maybe younger, but I recognized it as a Charger.  I begged my mom and dad to buy it for me, they did and I still have it.  Along with many other 2 gen Charger toys.




I can remeber keeping my eye out for the Charger in t.v. shows/movies, and toy stores.  All because of the General Lee.

Whether we like it or not the "General Lee" made the Charger more famous than if the GL didn't exist.  The Dukes of Hazzard showed America on a weekly basis for 7 years a great looking car.  The General Lee is the most famous and most recognized star car ever.  It frequently beats all other famous cars even the Batmobile!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Casqlxek58E

The General Lee is essentially the "Superman" of the star car world.  That paint scheme can be put on any car and people will recognize it.  Just like you put the Superman \S/ shield anywhere and it's automatically recognized.

[Sabre]

look john(bo duke) cant do anything without the car.......he is touring to release a movie with no other than a 69 charger without the general lee paint..So i think if it wasnt for the general lee may of us including myself would ever like the charger.....just me

He's a fan of the Charger and the GL.  That car he is touring with is his own personal car.  Don't forget Smallville, John is famous for that aswell.

[RECHRGD]

The 2nd generation Chargers were pretty much marketed as a gentlemans' muscle car.  They were a bit more expensive and had more of an air of class about them than say, a roadrunner at the time.  I bought my first '68 when it was new.  Long before that silly show was even thought of.  As far as the car being recognized as a bad-ass muscle car, I think the 1968 movie Bullitt had alot to do with that.  In fact, that movie might have been the trigger to have them consider the Charger for that show.  Anyway, considering the good-ol-boy theme of the show, I think the roadrunner would have been a better fit.  But that's just me, I come from another time.  As far as "too many" GL's--I don't really care, one way or the other.  Hell, my current Charger is a clone of the one I had in '68.   Bob

[dads_69]

Who knows what the General Lee even stands for? If you remember watching the lastest movie of the DOH. In a scene hey were driving through Atlanta and people were saying nice car you bunch of racists due to the rebel flag on top of it. Yeah, case and point, why did it become so popular if people don't know the real meaning behind it? I'm not going to get into the political side of the rebel flag and crap, I just think its ridiculous. I did meet Boss Hogg at a car show here back in 1985 had my photo taken with him as well, even he said, don't build a DOH charger, I laughed and said no worries. I watched the TV show, but hated the fact they destroyed so many cars and now they are even more popular, eesh.....Warner Bros. even contacted me about buying three of my chargers during the TV series, but not at 5 grand a piece they said,its because they're not for sale for that crap I said!
Mark

[69grad]

 With all due respect for the South, No general lee for me !

[ChargerSG]

  but its fuckt up that they have destroyed allot of Chargers with that serie, i had been better if they took a Camaro for that serie

[skip68]

but its fuckt up that they have destroyed allot of Chargers with that serie, i had been better if they took a Camaro for that serie

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Keep in mind these cars were cheap back then and nobody wanted them.  I remember back in 1987, my buddy had a 68 R/T that we cruised to school in and he was going to sell it to me for $900.  The car looked good and ran good but he had a scamp he wanted to fix and drive instead.  But yes it is sad so many cars got an early grave.   Chuck.....

[Sabre]

Who knows what the General Lee even stands for? If you remember watching the lastest movie of the DOH. In a scene hey were driving through Atlanta and people were saying nice car you bunch of racists due to the rebel flag on top of it. Yeah, case and point, why did it become so popular if people don't know the real meaning behind it? I'm not going to get into the political side of the rebel flag and crap, I just think its ridiculous. I did meet Boss Hogg at a car show here back in 1985 had my photo taken with him as well, even he said, don't build a DOH charger, I laughed and said no worries. I watched the TV show, but hated the fact they destroyed so many cars and now they are even more popular, eesh.....Warner Bros. even contacted me about buying three of my chargers during the TV series, but not at 5 grand a piece they said,its because they're not for sale for that crap I said!
Mark

People shouldn't be offended with the General Lee, as the real General Robert E. Lee opposed slavery yet fought for the south.  The Dukes named their car in honor of a that man.  There is nothing racist about it.

[Sabre]

The 2nd generation Chargers were pretty much marketed as a gentlemans' muscle car.  They were a bit more expensive and had more of an air of class about them than say, a roadrunner at the time.  I bought my first '68 when it was new.  Long before that silly show was even thought of.  As far as the car being recognized as a bad-ass muscle car, I think the 1968 movie Bullitt had alot to do with that.  In fact, that movie might have been the trigger to have them consider the Charger for that show.  Anyway, considering the good-ol-boy theme of the show, I think the roadrunner would have been a better fit.  But that's just me, I come from another time.  As far as "too many" GL's--I don't really care, one way or the other.  Hell, my current Charger is a clone of the one I had in '68.   Bob

True "Bullit"  also showed off the second gen Chargers as a bad ass car.  I'm just saying a weekly t.v. show that aired for 7 years definitely helped boost the bad *assness* of the car.  From what I heard the 69 Charger was chosen for a couple of reasons. 

1.  It was a unibody car, which was better for the stuntmen
2.  It had NASCAR racing heritage

[sick dawg]

YO, FOR ALL YOU HATERS...BE FOR REAL! EVERYBODY LOVES A JENNY LEE!!!

[Sabre]

but its fuckt up that they have destroyed allot of Chargers with that serie, i had been better if they took a Camaro for that serie

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Keep in mind these cars were cheap back then and nobody wanted them.  I remember back in 1987, my buddy had a 68 R/T that we cruised to school in and he was going to sell it to me for $900.  The car looked good and ran good but he had a scamp he wanted to fix and drive instead.  But yes it is sad so many cars got an early grave.   Chuck.....

Also when the show started the 69 Charger was only 10 years old at the time.  They really didnt' think about the Charger someday being so valuable.  Think about it this way, say a new t.v. series is starting to film this year.  This show will feature car stunts, and they decide to use a 1997 Camaro.  Same thing with the Dukes, at the time the car wasn't a classic yet, just a 10 year old muscle car.

[dads_69]

Who knows what the General Lee even stands for? If you remember watching the lastest movie of the DOH. In a scene hey were driving through Atlanta and people were saying nice car you bunch of racists due to the rebel flag on top of it. Yeah, case and point, why did it become so popular if people don't know the real meaning behind it? I'm not going to get into the political side of the rebel flag and crap, I just think its ridiculous. I did meet Boss Hogg at a car show here back in 1985 had my photo taken with him as well, even he said, don't build a DOH charger, I laughed and said no worries. I watched the TV show, but hated the fact they destroyed so many cars and now they are even more popular, eesh.....Warner Bros. even contacted me about buying three of my chargers during the TV series, but not at 5 grand a piece they said,its because they're not for sale for that crap I said!
Mark

People shouldn't be offended with the General Lee, as the real General Robert E. Lee opposed slavery yet fought for the south.  The Dukes named their car in honor of a that man.  There is nothing racist about it.

You'd best do some  more home work then about why American's and others oppose the rebel flag then. Watch the movie also for instance, you'll see what I'm talking about. My point again, I wouldn't drive around in an orange car or any color car/truck w/a rebel flag on the roof or anywhere else on the car/truck for that matter. Its stupid.
Mark