A present for SKIP and all the General Lee lovers

[teamroth]

Skip and I talked about this episode of the Dukes when we were in Vegas, and I've been looking on youtube for a while, and this guy just posted this stuff up a few weeks ago. Just something to brighten your spirits buddy....Happy Birthday General Lee!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuZm5QB2LXg&feature=channel_page

As always, mods if you find this is the wrong place for it, please move.

[ChgrSteve67]

Proof the GL did not have a HEMI ?

Was that a 383 or 440 ?

[teamroth]

I never believed it had a HEMI. Looked like 440, but not sure

[69bronzeT5]

One of my favorite episodes of the Dukes for sure. Gotta love the era when they used model cars for jumps

[teamroth]

Well Cody, the stunts looked like shit, but if it saved some cars, hell I'm all for it.

[skip68]

Thanks Thad.     Because of you doing this, we all sat down and watched the whole episode.        Chuck..........

[Red Ram]

You'd think I would have liked that show as a kid...being car crazy. But for whatever reason the Dukes never did it for me. It seemed so 70's Hollywood stunt-like. Maybe it's because I grew up in the northwest or something?! It's amazing to me how many people love the show even after all of these years!

[resq302]

I still can't get enough of it!

[Mike DC]

 
In the only published official specs of the GL from the years of the TV series, the studio called it a 440 4bbl automatic. 



The motor in the barn in this episode is actually a busted 383 they had on hand. 

The two designated closeup cars were both 383s with similiar dressings underhood.




The stunt crew used 383s and 440s commonly.  On windy dirt roads there wasn't much of a real-world difference in the power between the two motors.

   

[magnum]

Any one notice that the old guy at the yard called it a 68 coup .

[Tilar]

There was an old guy?

[mauve66]

Any one notice that the old guy at the yard called it a 68 coup .

well, it is...............

[jb666]

Very cool!!