selling the smallville charger?

[hydroforce]

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Dodge-Charger-General-Lee-SMALLVILLE-PICTURE-CAR-LAST-WB-GENERAL-LEE-EVER-MADE_W0QQitemZ4595249291QQcategoryZ6199QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
does anyone know the reserve?

[253862656971]

It's Stuntman's car.  PM him and ask.  It must not have met the reserve the first time because I've seen it before.

[Charger_Fan]

Here's the previous auction... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Warner-Bros-Picture-car-Last-Driven-By-Real-Dukes_W0QQitemZ4592039720QQcategoryZ6199QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[ChargerBill]

Does this really qualify as the last general driven by the Dukes if it wasn't painted like a General when they drove it? Does this seem like kind of a stretch or is it just me?

[Chris G.]

Does this really qualify as the last general driven by the Dukes if it wasn't painted like a General when they drove it? Does this seem like kind of a stretch or is it just me?

Bill, stop the presses, I think we actually agree on something (other than SilverRT).

I don't care if he's a member or not. He flaunts his car like it's the holy grail of GL's.

My personal opinion is...who cares? It's an insignificant part of the real shows history. I think he was hoping (dreaming) of getting over 35K for it.

[69charger2002]

    

[jaak]

Does this really qualify as the last general driven by the Dukes if it wasn't painted like a General when they drove it? Does this seem like kind of a stretch or is it just me?

Bill, stop the presses, I think we actually agree on something (other than SilverRT).

I don't care if he's a member or not. He flaunts his car like it's the holy grail of GL's.

My personal opinion is...who cares? It's an insignificant part of the real shows history. I think he was hoping (dreaming) of getting over 35K for it. You guys wanna blame people for ruining the hobby? It's guys like this that are doing it right under your noses. Oh...

  well said

[ChargerBill]

I've been a little irritated by this since all the self promotion was going on during the Smallville episode discussions. "Anyone see the cool Charger on Smallville?" or whatever it said and then you get into the thread and it's all abote ME and MY this and that. Could have been handled more tactfully and less like a 5th grader raising his hand in class because he knew the right answer. And then trying to sell a car for more than it's really worth because you have a picture of Bo and Luke standing by it (while it's blue I might ad). I mean, c'mon...if it were an original Dukes General Lee I could see the hype, but this is a clone (if I'm not mistaken) and it was in about 1 minute worth of film on one episode of Smallville. It's not the Holy Grail...it's a basic Charger.

It's hard to get excited about this car when we have BEAUTIFUL Chargers like Ginger, Chris' '69, your '70, MikeD's beautiful candy Charger, AllBlue sweet purple Charger, Troy's massive collection, Jim's 493 running low 11's, beautiful Daytonas, 500's and Hemi cars, one of the real BLADE Chargers and even members who own real WB General Lee's... Hey, enthusiasm is great, but when it's shouted from the rooftops in order to boost the price on a car that isn't even a milestone, a show winner or a significant movie car it gets old real fast.

[BigBlockSam]

 

[CNH 320]

Yea... what you said. Pass me the popcrn 

[Duke_of_Canada]

To me, I guess it all depends on why he's selling it.  I can sort of relate.  In August, when the Dukes movie was coming out, I put mine up on Ebay just in case somebody with way more money than me decided they just had to have a General Lee.  I put a pretty high reserve on it, because I wasn't really WANTing to sell the car, but if someone was going to give me the kind of money I was asking for it, they could have it.  Did I expect it to sell?  No.  Did it sell?  No.  Am I upset it didn't sell?  Well, the cash would have been nice, but ultimately, no.  (For the record, if it had sold, I would have been building a new one).

So if he's trying to 'strike while the iron is hot' and sell the car while it's in people's minds, and he gets it, well more power to him.  Some say that people like him are ruining the hobby.  Why?  If he wants to sell his car, that's completely his right.  Just like if he wanted to jump it over the old creek and destroy it Dukes style, that's his right too.  Anything, whether it's a car, a house, or a box of paperclips, is worth exactly what somebody will pay for it.  If you don't like him selling his car while it's on people's minds, your best option is to buy it so you can then do what you think is best for it.

Just my 

[JimShine]

I think the iron started cooling two weeks after the movie came out.

[Ghoste]

There's selling a car while it's on people's minds and then there's, well, this.

[The Ghoul]

I might be a bit missguided on this one but let me try to get this streight.
they took a genral lee
re painted it and threw on a top to make it look stock?
had the boys drive it on one of there failing sit-coms
and are now selling it as the last genral driven by the duke boys?
when tom wopat owns one and drives it on a regular basis?.....
Um...
if i payed that much for a charger I would be mad that the intirror doors look like crap.
unless it came with jessica simpson.. it wich case it would be worth it to be able to smack her around on a regular basis.
"WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU CAN ACT, OR SING, OR BE ANY THING OTHER THAN SOFT CORE EYECANDY?!" *smack*

[NHCharger]

I've been a little irritated by this since all the self promotion was going on during the Smallville episode discussions. "Anyone see the cool Charger on Smallville?" or whatever it said and then you get into the thread and it's all abote ME and MY this and that.

I think that comes with the territory as far as the business he's in. If you don't promote yourself and look after #1 you will never get ahead in his line of work.
What does he do anyway

[BigBlockSam]

jessica simpson made $35000000 last yr. theres no justice in this world

[BB1]

With only rocks in her head too. 

[Shakey]

If someone had said to me "Shakey, you are the final and deciding vote as to whether this is right or wrong, please enlighten us":

I would say that true, it is a bit of strecth, if not a big stretch with regards to the promotion of the car.

However, it is his car and he can choose to write / print whatever he feels like when it comes to trying to sell the car as it is him that must explain his actions / words to the potential buyer. 

Kinda stuck on the line here.  I guess since I do not intend to buy the car, it dosen't bother me that much. 

As far as ruining the hobby, I think there are others out there that do a far worse / better job of ruining this hobby than some guy trying to flog an old Dodge on e-bay with some text that may stretch the truth a bit.  Would you pay $850.00 USD for an NOS flip top fuel cap for your '69 Charger?  Not me, at least not at this point in my career!

[69_500]

Where did you see a NOS flip top for $850? That's crazy. I know i have at least half a dozen of them laying in my garage right now. Man I need to sell some of this stuff I've been saving.


As for it being a stretch, yeah its a far stretch. Who is to say the Duke boys haven't driven another GL since the making of the Show. Yeah it was used in Smallville, which is by no means as popular as DOH was. So that is probably why he tried the line of the last GL drove by them. To me it all doesn't matter. I wouldn't pay any more money for a car if it was a in  movie or anything. The only things that matter to me in cars is WHAT IT CAME WITH FROM THE FACTORY. If it didn't come with it, I'm not paying more for it now having it. PERIOD. The only cars I'd pay more for now, is one that my dad used to own, just for sentimental value.

[hydroforce]

I still can't understand why they paint over all the General's colors to make it a stock Charger
wouldn't you just use a stock Charger already?

[TK73]

I still can't understand why they paint over all the General's colors to make it a stock Charger
wouldn't you just use a stock Charger already?

yep...



I guess he can say wahtever he wants about his car.  Fortunately, I can say whatever I want about DOH: that show SUCKED, SUCKED, SUCKED.

[greenpigs]

Dunno, but sounds like stuntman burned a bridge or two.

[Ghoste]

Nah, we're just all feeling pissy cuz no one's posted about the 06 Charger lately.  Oh damn, I went and said it again didn't I.

[MOPARHOUND!]

A friend of mine in the local Mopar club put his General Lee up for sale on eBay for the heck of it shortly after the movie came out.  Car is mostly correct, with roll bar, tan interior, correct wheels, etc.  It has a built 440 in it, with over $8,000 spent on it.  He has about $20,000 in the car.

He put a sky high reserve on it of $50,000, and the bidding ended at $38,000.  One guy was still pursuing him with offers in the $40,000+ range, IIRC.

[hydroforce]

i'd sell it and buy another........