dukes of hazard charger

[addtothehustle]

i have always wanted to get a General Lee charger and now I can afford to get one.  I want to know what thing i should look out for and how much i should spend at the maximum.  I know i will be restoring every inch of it, so i don't need a mint one, just one that is solid and no rust.

thanks in advance

[Mike DC]

Go to the Confederate General Lee Fan Club's websites.  That's kind of the epicenter of the GL world these days. 


As for "I just need a decent Charger to fix up that's not too rusty" .  .  . you want that, and so does everyone on this website.  And most car guys throughout rural America.  The best advice I could give you is to buy one that's restored to some extent.




If you're not shopping with at least $10K then I'd say don't bother.  Maybe you can do your own work, but you still need a whole car worth of workable raw materials to start with.

You'd save yourself a lot of trouble in the long run if you'd spend more like $15-20K intially.

[MoparManJim]

i have always wanted to get a General Lee charger and now I can afford to get one.  I want to know what thing i should look out for and how much i should spend at the maximum.  I know i will be restoring every inch of it, so i don't need a mint one, just one that is solid and no rust.

thanks in advance

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,56106.0.html

[Neal_J]

Alternatively, make your way to Vegas and steal Skip's next April 1st...

[Brock Samson]

  HOWDY!! ATTH!! this Ad, came on here as you were making your introduction...
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,56106.0.html
welcome to the site, it truly is a great place to meet knowlable MOPAR freaks and Generally freaks Generally,..
So anyhow,..  much as I hate to incourage another orange clone, i support others in achiveing their dreams no matter how misguided... 
I would be cool to see a bitchen 4-sp. 440 R/T general done right by someone who cares to do one up right.
i know nothing about the car in the ad,. but a charger with these features is pretty desirable... FYI: 

welcome! 

[lexxman]

So you know this is not cheap.I'm learning that for myself,I got my 69 in a barn in boxes and I payed a little under 7K.I have all the part,but I haven't done much yet and I've already spent a ton on the part.But it's all good,because I know what it going to look like and it's my car.

[69bronzeT5]

When it comes to General Lee, stay away from HLPAG and truemusclecars.com.

[68charger383]

There is also turn key cars........but I'd check on the builder before buying anything.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/1120984772.html

[Brock Samson]

 Man i love the amount of info in that ad!.. 

[68charger383]

Surprised you don't know the car, it's up in your neck of the woods,

It's been in both the TV shows and the movie 

I'm just wondering if it's a real R/T, then it might be worth the $35K? 

Then again, you never know, aren't the Smith Bros up in or around SF

[skip68]

Smith Bros. are in Washington State.  They build brand new GENERAL LEE's starting at $45,000 and up.  The base model at $45k is all brand new.  Not bad at all.

[472 R/T SE]

Then again, you never know, aren't the Smith Bros up in or around SF

What's wrong with the Smith Bros.?  So far I don't remember hearing anything negative about them. 

IIRC, they're on the Columbia River east of Portland somewhere.  Don't know which side of the river they're on.

[mikesbbody]

When it comes to General Lee, stay away from HLPAG and truemusclecars.com.

Cody said it all right there! ask question's there are some guy's here that really know there stuff when it comes to D.O.H, G.L's etc and Welcome! 

[miamivice]

Then again, you never know, aren't the Smith Bros up in or around SF

What's wrong with the Smith Bros.?  So far I don't remember hearing anything negative about them. 

IIRC, they're on the Columbia River east of Portland somewhere.  Don't know which side of the river they're on.

There is nothing wrong with them.  The Smith Bros are the way definetly the way to go.  They do great work, and are all around fantastic people.  Here is the General Lee I had them do for me:



They also did the metal work, paint, and interior of the work on this for me, which we just took down to Vegas for the Knight Rider Festival a few weeks ago:



Their website is www.smithbrosrestorations.com

PM me if you want more details on them..

[68charger383]

Then again, you never know, aren't the Smith Bros up in or around SF

What's wrong with the Smith Bros.?  So far I don't remember hearing anything negative about them. 

IIRC, they're on the Columbia River east of Portland somewhere.  Don't know which side of the river they're on.

I wasn't knocking them: I know their a quality outfit, I thought they were in SF/northern CA and it might be one of the cars they built up sale!