I've told this story before, too -

There were multiple dozens if not hundreds of Dukes cars made for the TV show.

Our friend paint and body man Red Hodges up in Columbiaville was the local rep for Carl Casper auto shows.

Rather than build the cars out west and ship them here for custom auto show appearances it was decided to find local cars and build them here.

Red had a small production line going. Roll bars and push guards were made from exhaust tubing. They got so fast that John Chapin could paint and letter the flag on top in the length of time it took me to visit and drink a 12oz Coke.

After they had run the auto show circuit here they were shipped back for use on the TV show. By the end of the run the donor cars were getting pretty bad. Red would say "if you see a pink cloud when the car hits the ground you'll know it was this one...."

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I always wondered if Roy Orbison was blind (because of the dark glasses).

After seeing this photo I would guess not.

;)

Wonder if that is his car, or someone elses?

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----Terry Michaelis of Pro-team Corvette sales sold Roy several Corvettes over the years....Bill S

When he first started touring the spotlight hurt his eyes. So he donned a set of dark glasses. His manager liked the look, so it became his "signature."

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The Dukes of Hazzard ran from 1979 to 1985. During that time, the production used somewhere between 250 and 355 1968 and 1969 Dodge Chargers. Of those, only 17 are accounted for. The production used up about a car an episode during the jumps and stunts.

The General Lee Charger was a 1969 model year, but during the course of production, car builders used 1968 and 1969 Chargers, and often mocked up the cars with 1969 model year grilles. No 1970 Chargers were used until the 2005 film reboot.

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So how much horsepower does a NASCAR V8 produce. First it's 358 CI. 670 HP. NASCAR has been reluctant to increase the HP saying it will raise costs. But the teams are now asking NASCAR to raise the limit to 750 HP saying the cost is minimal.

The max HP a NASCAR engine can produce is a whopping 900 HP!

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Interesting the builder chose a color never available on the 71 Challenger: Silver. Nice looking car.

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The first consumer car to have RWL tires was the 1966 Shelby GT350 thanks to Carroll and his Goodyear distributorship. As you can see they are a little hard to read due to their size.

Well . . . the adage is . . . nothing succeeds like excess!

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1966 Ford GT40 MkI Road Car

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It looks like they painted the coves white. I wonder why? If Bruce still owns it maybe it was his call. I would've left the mags on it too!

Exactly...:biggthumpup:

Arguably the Best drummer of all time - Jon Bonham.
He must have been checking out a ‘6’ or ‘7’ on their ‘72 tour of the US.

What's with these 'Damn" Cobra tires?? Build/restore a muscle car, spend thousands on NOS parts and then put a cheap set of tires on it?
Did BFG go out of business?

As I look out in my garage and see tires that have aged out with minimal tread worn on my driver cars, I wonder why I would spend extra? Its not like BFGs grip better at the track, and I have put on more than 100k on a set of BFGs on my pickup and they still had more left but milage isnt the case with my Chevelles

A '66......and he was pretty good.

Back in the day I heard a story that he was doing a gig in England ... he forgot his regular glasses and all he had were the sunglasses. Wore them and his manager said that was the image they wanted ...

----That and that Talbot mirror. Tires and mirror make me think the owner needs a consult!.....Bill S

That's the story I've heard for 40 years too... who knows now...:dunno:

Nothing wrong with the Cobra's, they just need to be turned around. That car looks ridiculous with white letters, not to mention the Crown Auto "racing " mirrors...:rolleyes2:

Eh, the Cooper Cobra tires don't bother me much. I was looking for some old school sizes in 14's and 15's and there aren't a lot of offerings with plain old sidewalls, and BFG TA's seem to turn brown not too long after new.

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