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Original General Lee

Started by 69bronzeT5, January 19, 2008, 10:55:04 PM

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69bronzeT5

For those of you who have always wanted an ORIGINAL General Lee, heres your chance. Wait, let me re-phrase that...for those of you who have always wanted half of an ORIGINAL General Lee  :D

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/General-Lee-4-The-Dukes-of-Hazzard-2005-Authentic_W0QQitemZ120212608826QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item120212608826

"General Lee #4 began its life as a 1969 Dodge Charger Vin. #XP29H9B430771. #4 was an original General Lee sent by Warner Brothers for use in the 2005 film. When it arrived at Elia Popov's shop, J.E.M. F/X in Commerce, California, it was wearing its original General Lee paint but had been used as a jump car during the tv series so it was buckled, bent and quite rough. Since they didn't have an interest or the time to restore the car, #4 was made into a "process buck" and was cut up to serve as a close-up filming shell. It initially wore Pre-Cooter paint but late in the production was cut up further and given a full Post-Cooter paint and interior, having everything aft of the rear window cut away."


Too bad...too bad :rotz:
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1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
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1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
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Mike DC

The only jumped car they got from WB would have been the wrecked GL from the second "Reunion/Hollywood" show in about 2000. 


If it's any consolation about seeing it cut up, that car body was absolutely fragged when I saw it back in 2004.

Aluminum tape & bondo all over the rear half of the sheetmetal, a very crude rollcage inside cutting through the dash, and then the jump damage had totally wiped out the unibody's shape.  (I'm not kidding about the damage.  The left door/quarter skin panel gap was touching at the bottom but those two panels were about an inch apart up by the door handle.) 

It had been a yellow 383/727 car before WB bought it in 1996. 

   

Brock Samson

 :scratchchin:
personally i'm tired of all these general lee posts and they should be in the e-bay section anyhow,..
I won't read them anymore..

SFRT

Brock, i'll come over with my sawz-all and a baseball bat and we can turn your RT into a GL replica.
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Quote from: Brock Samson on January 20, 2008, 12:30:12 PM
:scratchchin:
personally i'm tired of all these general lee posts and they should be in the e-bay section anyhow,..
I won't read them anymore..
:iagree:

Fitz73Chrgr

Quote from: SFRT on January 20, 2008, 12:33:34 PM
Brock, i'll come over with my sawz-all and a baseball bat and we can turn your RT into a GL replica.

:hah:  :smilielol:
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Resto thread:
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,89803.msg1019541.html#msg1019541

Nacho-RT74

really ? didn't noticed:


thanks GOD they posted this advertise on windshield!!!
Venezuelan RT 74 400 4bbl, 727, 8.75 3.23 open. Now stroked with 440 crank and 3.55 SG. Here is the History and how is actually: http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,7603.0/all.html
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,25060.0.html

tan top

Quote from: Nacho-RT74 on January 20, 2008, 02:31:42 PM
really ? didn't noticed:


thanks GOD they posted this advertise on windshield!!!

       :haha: 
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Nacho-RT74

IMHO THAT WAS restorable... I have seen them worst and getting restored! ( IE the number one GL )
Venezuelan RT 74 400 4bbl, 727, 8.75 3.23 open. Now stroked with 440 crank and 3.55 SG. Here is the History and how is actually: http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,7603.0/all.html
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,25060.0.html

Mike DC

 
Yeah, I agree it was restorable.  Give it some serious time on a frame machine & all new sheetmetal on the rear half of the car.

Without any original-TV-series history, I'm not sure it ever would have gotten it though. 


warriorbass05

Quote from: Mike DC (formerly miked) on January 20, 2008, 07:06:18 PM
 
Yeah, I agree it was restorable.  Give it some serious time on a frame machine & all new sheetmetal on the rear half of the car.

Without any original-TV-series history, I'm not sure it ever would have gotten it though. 



At least it maintained its legacy and went through the movie...I think I have pics of this car somewhere before it went through some parts removal...