Looking for info on the 17 General Lee's bought from Warner Brothers

[NMike]

Hey

I have owned 2 of the " 17 "  WGL57 a 68  , and WGL76  a 69  , i now own SGL13  , it along with lee-1 , and 2 other chargers have since surfaced  since the Dodge Charger Registry deal , i also own Movie GL # 10 a 1968 R/T  .

The "17" have a strict contract you must  sign when you buy one of them ,it has guidelines that must be followed ,or you risk having the car confiscated .

K.c

i have often wondered about that "contract". would it hold up in court? ocne you pay for something in full, it is yours and you have the right to do with it as you please.

my parents sold property that belong to my grand parents. they wanted to sell it, but not to see it sub-divided or clear cut and developed. they sought legal council and were told that once sold, the owners could do whatever they wanted with it.

[GL#10]

Hey

Im not sure how you would go in court , it is a legal document you are signing ,not ifs or buts , you want one of the " 17  " you got to sign the contract no way around it , there are guidelines you got to follow  .



  I never had any problem with it , ive still got copies of it , ill have to go over it again .

  There are 4 tv series Gl's   , 2 Jesse pickup trucks and police 1 and police 2 , that are out there and where not part of the "17 Dodge charger registry deal " that have no paperwork ,or contract with the W.B   .

  The recent Movie General lee's  , where sold at auction with no Contract to sign , ony proof you have is title in W.B name and auction paperwork .


K.c

[BrianShaughnessy]

Is there any way to verify a past owner of a TV general?

I know of a local country DJ "supposedly" had a TV general and it was "supposedly" sold for over 6 figures last year.   But it was just too pretty in person and I didn't know whether to believe it was a real TV car or not.   I didn't really care if it was some General buildup but when somebody else told me it was a TV car I had my doubts. 

[Mike DC]

Oh yeah, the surviving TV cars are known very well.  WB had a standard procedure for scrapping them.  The only ones (outside the 17) that still exist have each survived because of a specific incident outside the norm. 


The VIN could be checked against the series numbers if it came to that.  But honestly, I've never seen a fake TV Lee that's anywhere even close to convincing.  Most people just don't understand how Hollywood prop-cars are done differently from a normal street machine buildup.  Even when fans build copies of specific TV series cars, the replicas are still invariably WAY too nice to get mistaken for an original.

[nz69]

I've seen a General Lee down here in New Zealand for sale. It was brought out here by Warner Bros for promotional purposes.They have letters and photos and stuff for it. It's quite rough-and ,I think it's for sale. 

[gibb5y]

ive seen that one aswell.
it was displayed on green lane in its orignal patina and the next time i saw it was at the kumeu hot rod festival it had been resprayed but had had the decal's masked off .

totally ruined it will have a look see if ive got some pics.

gibbsy long time member 1st time poster

[mikepmcs]

Welcome aboard fellas.

[GL#10]

Hey

More new members like myself , welcome  :cheers:

The GL is NZ , is a GLE  General Lee , i have seen pics of it before , it was never on the show screen used ,or built by the WB  it was buit for  car shows,where you could get your picture taken with it .

Kc

[C500]

Welcome fellow kiwi's. Here are a couple of links of interest: http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,7939.msg94699.html#msg94699

and one showing the NZ General. http://www.cmooremotors.co.nz/cars_general_lee.htm
The video in this one is cool. I'm keen to know if the owner has any genuine documentation to back up it's authenticity. GL#10 is right. As far as I'm aware, the car was never used on the set, but was used for promotional purposes by WB. The current owner is a Greek guy who had some work on it done in Taupo recently. The car is quite rough. Where did you see it for sale and how much?

[gibb5y]

I saw it a few years back at kumeu i think he wanted $50000 it had had a fresh coat of orange blown over and looked awful

heres how it was back in august 05 at continental cars

i might have a few at kumeu somewhere will have a look

and Hi it good to finally post.

Mark

[gibb5y]

it looks better in the pics

here it is back in 2007

[C500]

Thanks for the pics. I saw it at Route 66 in  Newmarket about 3 or 4 years ago when the previous owner had it, then again last year in Taupo. The car has never been certified for use on NZ roads.

[nz69]

Kia Ora guys. Yeah, I saw it at Kumeu the same time as you took those photos gibb5y. I think I have the same photo. Apparently it sat in a field over in the Hamkes Bay for about 5 years. I thought it was 50 g's he wanted too.

Where are you guys from? What do you drive?

[C500]

I'm from Taupo and drive the green 69 C500 in my avatar

[GL#10]

Hey

That is for sure one of the GLE  General Lee's ,  the graphics , the interior  , pushbar are all a dead give away .

K.c

[Mike DC]

Yep.  I agree, it's a GLE car.

Those things are not "real TV cars."  But they're a notch more legitimate than a replica.  (How many other replicas from the early 1980s even used a decent 'Vette orange type of color, let alone a wider pushbar?)  They were sort of like WB's designated touring/public display GLs.

 

[CornDogsCharger]

I've always had an interest in these General Lee Enterprices show cars.  In my opinion, if you couldn't own one of the original 22 remaining cars, these would be the next best thing.  Mostly because of their history.  It seems like every kid that was a fan of the show in the early 80's went to a car show and saw one of these 5 or so cars.  When I was I kid growing up in Atlanta I saw one of these cars. 

Justin
"CornDog"

[kikgas01]

Yep and it`s to bad a friggn IDIOT JUMPED the only factory 4-speed one. Then halbag ended up with it,bondoed it up and sold it as a REAL general from the series. The only factory 4-speed one to survive. F`ING IDIOTS!

[nz69]

Hi Kiwi68-I think we have spoken before on NZMF. I bought Clarkeys yellow 69 charger from Taupo-I'm in Taumarunui. Still looking for a 69 grille.

[C500]

Hi Kiwi68-I think we have spoken before on NZMF. I bought Clarkeys yellow 69 charger from Taupo-I'm in Taumarunui. Still looking for a 69 grille.

Hi Struan, I remember your car when Clarkey had it, sunroof right? I saw your car at Kumeu this year and spoke briefly with a woman getting stuff out of the trunk. Good luck with the grille search, just don't buy one of those re-pops. 

[nz69]

I'll only get a genuine grille. I've read all the comments about the re-pops.
Yeah-sun-roof car-thanks for that info you gave me on it too. We'll have to try and meet up sometime.
Love the 500

[MoparMotel]

Any update on these 17? Have any of them came up for sale or changed hands that you know of?

[1974dodgecharger]

Any update on these 17? Have any of them came up for sale or changed hands that you know of?

does one of the actors count? he has one of his on ebay right now for 150k

[jaak]

Any update on these 17? Have any of them came up for sale or changed hands that you know of?

does one of the actors count? he has one of his on ebay right now for 150k

The one on eBay right now is Byron Cherry's (Coy Duke) car. It was not used in the series.

Jason

[MoparMotel]

I saw the auction on that one yesterday. Not a TV series car but still neat. Looking for specifically one of the 17 that were bought in 1990 and have Warner Brothers documentation.