What do you guys think...General Lee picture (weak stomach? stay away)

[69bronzeT5]

I'm sure this picture has been posted before but it makes me wonder. 1: Why does it look like the car was run over by something? 2: It looks like it is sitting on something....what do you guys think?

[Arkgl01]

Even though I own a general lee it really depresses me to see what they did to that car I dunno what they did?

[B5 Charger]

Looks like a sad end to a great car whatever they did to it.   

[Blown70]

looks like it hit something hard in the front and poss look the way both front fenders buckle out, and then certianly FLIPPED maybe end over end? 

[JimShine]

I can't remember the details as this is an era I really dislike and pay little attention to, but I believe it started as this jump:



Upon landing it began to roll



After a few tumbles it rested on its top

[Arkgl01]

Wonder what happened to this car? REAL R/T 

[JimShine]

That real R/T was the first car to be jumped in the grande finale of "Carnival of Thrills". It clipped a car on the way down, so they had to jump the offroad modified General Lee for the landing shot.

Here is the above R/T

[Troy]

There's a Cuda on top of that pile...

Troy

[bull]

This thread is depressing. It's kind of like watching a baby seal get clubbed.

[Blown70]

There's a Cuda on top of that pile...

Troy

I was not sure but YES it sure is, eh, dang........

[moparstuart]

  looks like a first gen charger or coronet right below the cuda ?

[69chargerboy]

 I don't like to look or talk about the DOH crashes. 

[69*F5*SE]

YeeeHaww, look at those hillbillys F'k up another charger.  What a joke    I dislike that sh*t more & more each time I see something like this.  Ted

[69bronzeT5]

Wonder what happened to this car? REAL R/T 

What episode are those scenes from?

[69bronzeT5]

Here's another R/T....

[JimShine]

The pictures are from a Barbara Mandrell TV special where a supposedly driverless General Lee picks John up on a dirt road.

That lower picture was a closeup car for a while. Don't always judge the grilles because they were swapped around often. There was a 1968 Charger that featured a 1969 R/T grille for quite a while early on.

[69bronzeT5]

The pictures are from a Barbara Mandrell TV special where a supposedly driverless General Lee picks John up on a dirt road.

Anybody have this on video?

[Arkgl01]

My car is a 68 they changed to a 69 for the dukes. But it wasnt a RT..Just a 318 car.

[The Kid]

  looks like a first gen charger or coronet right below the cuda ?

Yep, I'm thinking a '66 Coronet.

[TruckDriver]

  ohhhh the pain of seeing this

[Mefirst]

I knew should not have opened this thread, thanks allot Cody   -Now I'm depressed

[jaak]

Wonder what happened to this car? REAL R/T

LEE1 wasn't the only GL with rocker mouldings, you notice this time from time the car still has rocker mouldings, just painted orange. I guess its correct to say Lee1 was the only general with Natural looking mouldings.

Jason

[BlaineKaiser450]

This thread is depressing. It's kind of like watching a baby seal get clubbed.

it sure is...i really sucks that they destroyed all these chargers just for a lame tv show with bad acting 

[69bronzeT5]

just for a lame tv show with bad acting

[JimShine]

LEE1 wasn't the only GL with rocker mouldings, you notice this time from time the car still has rocker mouldings, just painted orange. I guess its correct to say Lee1 was the only general with Natural looking mouldings.

Jason

That is 100% correct. And it is something I have corrected a zillion times, but am never listened to.

[Khyron]

That is 100% correct. And it is something I have corrected a zillion times, but am never listened to.

what? 

[jasonfromIKILLYA]

I can't remember the details as this is an era I really dislike and pay little attention to, but I believe it started as this jump:



Upon landing it began to roll



After a few tumbles it rested on its top

yo.  there are people in that.  I really doubt they walked away......

[WM23N1]

Im just glad it wasnt a third gen. We really dodged a bullet there.

[69bronzeT5]

Im just glad it wasnt a third gen. We really dodged a bullet there.

[bill440rt]

There's a Cuda on top of that pile...

Troy

I was not sure but YES it sure is, eh, dang........

If you are referring to the light blue car on top, that is NOT a Cuda. The trunk & 1/4's are way to long to be a Cuda. It looks like an early Olds Cutlass, mid-60's era. It appears to be a full-frame vehicle, & note the blacked-out firewall & full frame.
Relax, everyone breathe. 

[C_stripes]

Cody.  Why are you trying to hurt everyone??   LOL

[0X01B8]

That one with the car bleeding out is a little grim ....

[Mike DC]

    I think this jump was the origin of the photo that started the thread:
   
   

[Troy]

There's a Cuda on top of that pile...

Troy

I was not sure but YES it sure is, eh, dang........

If you are referring to the light blue car on top, that is NOT a Cuda. The trunk & 1/4's are way to long to be a Cuda. It looks like an early Olds Cutlass, mid-60's era. It appears to be a full-frame vehicle, & note the blacked-out firewall & full frame.
Relax, everyone breathe. 

You're right, the Cuda would end maybe 1' back from the wheelwell and the area by the rear windows doesn't go up. My bad.

Troy

[PocketThunder]

    I think this jump was the origin of the photo that started the thread:
   
   

Wow how did they keep all 5 cars from crashing into each other? 

[moparstuart]

There's a Cuda on top of that pile...

Troy

I was not sure but YES it sure is, eh, dang........

If you are referring to the light blue car on top, that is NOT a Cuda. The trunk & 1/4's are way to long to be a Cuda. It looks like an early Olds Cutlass, mid-60's era. It appears to be a full-frame vehicle, & note the blacked-out firewall & full frame.
Relax, everyone breathe. 

You're right, the Cuda would end maybe 1' back from the wheelwell and the area by the rear windows doesn't go up. My bad.

Troy

in your defense it does look like the cuda roof line

[justin1987]

Wow how did they keep all 5 cars from crashing into each other? 

The picture is pieced together from 5 different photos to create a panoramic view.

[472 R/T SE]

Wow how did they keep all 5 cars from crashing into each other? 

The picture is pieced together from 5 different photos to create a panoramic view.

My first thought was you must be new here. 

[PocketThunder]

Wow how did they keep all 5 cars from crashing into each other? 

The picture is pieced together from 5 different photos to create a panoramic view.

My first thought was you must be new here. 

               

[BlueSS454]

There's a Cuda on top of that pile...

Troy

I was not sure but YES it sure is, eh, dang........

If you are referring to the light blue car on top, that is NOT a Cuda. The trunk & 1/4's are way to long to be a Cuda. It looks like an early Olds Cutlass, mid-60's era. It appears to be a full-frame vehicle, & note the blacked-out firewall & full frame.
Relax, everyone breathe. 

You're right, the Cuda would end maybe 1' back from the wheelwell and the area by the rear windows doesn't go up. My bad.

Troy

It's a first generation Camaro or Firebird.  They have very similar roof lines to the 70-74 E bodies.

[JimShine]

I am pretty sure it is a 1966-7 GTO/Lemans.

[Nacho-RT74]

LEE1 wasn't the only GL with rocker mouldings, you notice this time from time the car still has rocker mouldings, just painted orange. I guess its correct to say Lee1 was the only general with Natural looking mouldings.

Jason

Are you reffering as LEE1 like the number one GL ? wasn't the fisrt general the 383 recently restored after bought on ebay between woods ?

[jaak]

LEE1 wasn't the only GL with rocker mouldings, you notice this time from time the car still has rocker mouldings, just painted orange. I guess its correct to say Lee1 was the only general with Natural looking mouldings.

Jason

Are you reffering as LEE1 like the number one GL ? wasn't the fisrt general the 383 recently restored after bought on ebay between woods ?

Yeah Lee1 is the one your talking about, I was just pointing out the fact that the RT pictured had rocker mouldings on it too, like lee1, only painted orange. Every now and then on the show you see a general with rocker mouldings, painted orange. I was just pointing out that lee1 wasn't the only general with rocker mouldings, it just isn't as noticable because other generals besides lee1, were painted to match the car.

Jason

[JimShine]

I believe there were only two GL's with the rocker trim. Everytime I have seen the orange painted rocker car, it is the same R/T. It did get fixed up a few times in its life, so you will see dents disappear.

That was an interesting time in GL history. The Veluzat's were really cutting corners at this time. Almost every car had some chrome piece painted orange. There was a vinyl trim painted orange car, wheel well trim painted car, and even a 1968 side marker painted over orange car. I have an actual picture somewhere of them building a GL and they are painting the tailpanel black. They are spraying right over the taillghts and everything.

[PocketThunder]

They are spraying right over the taillghts and everything.

Oh the humanity!!!!!      

Paul
in St. paul

  I love the Dukes of Hazzard,  its what made me the Charger lover i am today.   

[Mike DC]

 
Jim, check out the bad-guy GL that they rolled at the end of "Double Dukes" in early season #4.  (Not the '68 sitting upside down afterwards that the actors climb out of, and not the beat-up GL in Hazzard Square on the backlot.  Just the actual pipe-ramping stunt car.)


It's the death of an orange-rocker'd car. 

If the Valuzets repaired the first one after the inital "carnival" wreck then it's probably the same car.  If I remember right, when it rolls in DD it's also got a passenger fender from the off-roader conversions in season #2.  And you can see that one of the rear quarters is obviously a replaced panel as it crunches. 
 
 

[nakita7]

Im just glad it wasnt a third gen. We really dodged a bullet there.

Nice Mopar play on words there...

[rav440]

There's a Cuda on top of that pile...

Troy

I was not sure but YES it sure is, eh, dang........

If you are referring to the light blue car on top, that is NOT a Cuda. The trunk & 1/4's are way to long to be a Cuda. It looks like an early Olds Cutlass, mid-60's era. It appears to be a full-frame vehicle, & note the blacked-out firewall & full frame.
Relax, everyone breathe. 

yep , that aint no CUDA . and i 2nd the olds 

[squeakfinder]

According to Comic book guy this is the....

[bamadukefan02]

Huge Duke fan but I vote firmly to STOP KILLING CHARGERS ALREADY (yes I know those are old pics).  The last I checked they aren't making them anymore and Dynacorn wasn't about to start.  So while I don't get mad that the dukes killed a bunch, its like jumping a 1999 model car today, no great loss, its no longer 1978 and Chargers are worth too much.  Especially when I haven't been lucky enough to buy one yet

[JimShine]

It doesn't take luck to get one, just cash.

[Mike DC]

It doesn't take luck to get one, just cash.

Exactly. 



I've heard rednecks in my town complain about not being able to find any decent 1980s Firebirds  anymore.  But I don't think we're running out of them. 


     

[bamadukefan02]

I guess I should say I haven't been fortunate enough to find one in my price range, that is worth what is being asked for it, is within my ability to fix, and it happens to come around when I have the money in my "extra funds" for it.  Seems like when I have the money saved nothing comes along, then as soon as I buy something with the money up pops a Charger within my price range.   The worst was in college I elected to buy a good used car instead of repairing what I had.  It cost me $4,700.00 for a used Eagle Talon and the next week I drove by a used car dealer that had a 69 on the lot for $4,500.00 and it was ready to drive home just needed some TLC

[squeakfinder]

I've had that happen to me allot of times. Win a few loose a lot.