general lee fans

[69general]

i am building a general lee...and the ones i saw from the show i remember had a tan interior....i was so happy to see this pic because min is gonna have a black interior.

[bill440rt]

The interior looks tan to me. 
I think the picture is just dark due to exposure. 

[69general]

when i met ben jones at the cavelcade of wheels he also had a black interior in his....and his was a tv show car....i thought it was odd..but who knows they used so many cars....

[JT01]

Ive seen that pic before its actually saddle tan not black. Bens isnt a car from the show either

[Surf Charger]

The interior looks tan to me. 
I think the picture is just dark due to exposure. 

Yep...you can see the tan on the side of the seat...

[Dino]

I remember seeing some on the show that had a black interior but it is supposed to be saddle.  Consistency was not their strong suit...

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

...here is a press photo (cropped most of the plymouth police car from the right, behind John S.) which clearly shows an interior to be black 

Now was this a car photographed BEFORE they dye-bombed the interior tan? 

[bill440rt]

...here is a press photo (cropped most of the plymouth police car from the right, behind John S.) which clearly shows an interior to be black  

Now was this a car photographed BEFORE they dye-bombed the interior tan?  

I dunno...  
I'm thinking this one is tan as well, just bad lighting/shadows. Check out the contrast between the rear view mirror & the seat. The mirror housing is clearly black, yet much darker compared to the seat. The shadows within the interior also leads me to believe the color is actually tan.
With some of these old photos, due to exposure/fading etc it can drastically alter color.

Like it was stated, there were severe inconsistencies, so who knows?  
Did some in FACT have black interiors? Probably a question better suited for this other forum. For sure someone there has the answer.
www.cglfc.com/

[tan top]

...here is a press photo (cropped most of the plymouth police car from the right, behind John S.) which clearly shows an interior to be black  

Now was this a car photographed BEFORE they dye-bombed the interior tan?  

I dunno...  
I'm thinking this one is tan as well, just bad lighting/shadows. Check out the contrast between the rear view mirror & the seat. The mirror housing is clearly black, yet much darker compared to the seat. The shadows within the interior also leads me to believe the color is actually tan.
With some of these old photos, due to exposure/fading etc it can drastically alter color.

Like it was stated, there were severe inconsistencies, so who knows?  
Did some in FACT have black interiors? Probably a question better suited for this other forum. For sure someone there has the answer.
www.cglfc.com/

I remember seeing some on the show that had a black interior but it is supposed to be saddle.  Consistency was not their strong suit...

yes if any ones going to know its the GL mob on them sites



sure i remember seeing   Black interior also !! think  one was where   luke climbed out the GL while it was moving , crawled across the hood & jumped on the back of a moving truck / motor home ? or jumped on the generals hood from said vehicle might of been second series
could be remembering this wrong ,  been years since i saw the old tv series , i did recored them all when i was a kid , well most of them the second time round it came on telly  , freeze framing for differences in GLs & stuff  , just like could of sworn i saw the rear end shot of GL jumping away from the camera & sure it was  68 tail lights  ,  

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

...here is a press photo (cropped most of the plymouth police car from the right, behind John S.) which clearly shows an interior to be black  

Now was this a car photographed BEFORE they dye-bombed the interior tan?  

I dunno...  
I'm thinking this one is tan as well, just bad lighting/shadows. Check out the contrast between the rear view mirror & the seat. The mirror housing is clearly black, yet much darker compared to the seat. The shadows within the interior also leads me to believe the color is actually tan.
With some of these old photos, due to exposure/fading etc it can drastically alter color.

Like it was stated, there were severe inconsistencies, so who knows?  
Did some in FACT have black interiors? Probably a question better suited for this other forum. For sure someone there has the answer.
www.cglfc.com/

On that pic in my den, I can assure you the pic shows a black interior... Sorry for the bad shot. Wish this site allowed for larger files to be uploaded 

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

BTW, that pic is from the early/mid 90s, before scans and photoshop...

[skip68]

Yes, there was a quick glimpse of the round 68 taillights. 

[BY RSCO]

I am in the process of building one, and I am going with the lighter buckskin interior used mostly from 1982 on. As folks have mentioned, if you watch there are several shades of brown, saddle, buckskin, etc used in the car. Yes, in very early production you would rarely see a black interior. There is no "correct" General Lee replica, however there are staple things that have to be there for it to work. I have taken my personal favorite items from various seasons and am making mine how I want it.. My point is this - if you prefer your interior black, go for it, as it will look great and that is your choice. Once people see an orange car with an 01 on the side and a flag on the roof, the rest will not matter - it is a General Lee. Not saying that negatively, as I am a huge General Fan, but it is simply the truth.

[Darkman]

I thought the Tan interior cars were used for close up shots to "highlight" the actors. Maybe the stunt cars had a darker interior??

[jaak]

It does have tan interior....Lee3 was used for publicity photo shoots (there first ones with open doors and no 01's on the doors), and Lee3 actually had tan interior.

Lee3's bumper and grill was damaged in the episode "Daisy's Song" when it rear ended the Granada the Feds were driving, then the right front fender was damaged in the same episode when it slams into an Atlanta police car. The car was repaired (using a 68 right front fender) and was used as the main 'hero' car in the episode "Repo Men".
Below is a screen shot of Lee3 from the episode "Repo Men", note tan interior, second pic is Lee3 in the pilot episode "One Armed Bandits" before the headrests were removed, and the mock roll cage removed from the car.


Jason

[rattlehead_74]

Looks like the actors were chopped into the first pic....they have no bodies below the roof???Or am i lacking sleep...lol   They also look way bigger than the car!!!{scale-wise}

[nelson_audet]

yep it is lee3 on this pic.... and lee3 is a RT SE car i think.. with a saddle tan interior

[freddyd02]

Looks like the actors were chopped into the first pic....they have no bodies below the roof???Or am i lacking sleep...lol   They also look way bigger than the car!!!{scale-wise}

lol thats funny.. maybe they're planking 

[BY RSCO]

Looks like the actors were chopped into the first pic....they have no bodies below the roof???Or am i lacking sleep...lol   They also look way bigger than the car!!!{scale-wise}

There is another angle of that pic available.. (I have to dig, but probably can find it) - they are actually laying across the roof of the car.

[mopar0166]

Great Pic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I currently have a GL with black interior, and i rock the black for a couple reasons,  its easier to redo as i can instead of buying a completely new interior, if i ever take the GL colors off ill be a great orange with black interior car, and i perfer the black.   lastly the story suggests it was an triple black car to start as well.   

Its you GL and no matter what you do somebody will pick it apart and think they know more about the car with out owning one.

that's why instead of a replica GL , mine is a 1969 dodge charger general lee custom tribute !

[skip68]

Mine is the most correct General Lee ever made.   

[XS29LA47V21]

Mine is the most correct General Lee ever made.   

[69general]

see there are some things on mine i dont want,no brush guard....the 69 grille is awsome and mean looking,no roll bar.....i have kids and will need to utilize the back seat,and no cb.....no one else i could possibly know has one...so it would be useless...but it will be clean rust free and run like a raped ape!

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

see there are some things on mine i dont want,no brush guard....the 69 grille is awsome and mean looking,no roll bar.....i have kids and will need to utilize the back seat,and no cb.....no one else i could possibly know has one...so it would be useless...but it will be clean rust free and run like a raped ape!

I could have sworn I saw a General Lee in one of the early episodes (GA era) which did not have a brush guard. It also had the driver's side headlight open, passenger's closed... 

[JT01]

see there are some things on mine i dont want,no brush guard....the 69 grille is awsome and mean looking,no roll bar.....i have kids and will need to utilize the back seat,and no cb.....no one else i could possibly know has one...so it would be useless...but it will be clean rust free and run like a raped ape!

I could have sworn I saw a General Lee in one of the early episodes (GA era) which did not have a brush guard. It also had the driver's side headlight open, passenger's closed... 

The episode is High Octane at the beginning after the jump the General is coming into town and the front is smashed up