The Resurrection of General Lee # 1

[nuch_ss396]

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Now if we could just make Catherine Bach look that good again.

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Hey Chris, that would take some serious frame-off type
restoration work to bring her back.

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In the midst of all the usual General Lee car foolishness, this car is THE one that matters...very cool!!!.
Why does the main body appear to be an unpainted B5 Blue car...Im sure if clipping it, a better donor would've been used?.

~ Pete

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On Saturday, November 11, 1978, the production set itself up on the campus of nearby Oxford College, built a dirt ramp along one of the roads, and had a stuntman jump the very first General Lee over a 1974 Monaco cop car — 16 feet up and 82 feet out. It landed on asphalt, nose first, folding each front fender and putting a crease across the floor pan and sills just behind the firewall. The General Lee may have been indestructible, but the cars that portrayed it were not.

A few weeks later, the same car was repainted blue-green with the number 71 on each door and featured in "Repo Men," the fourth episode of the series. To give the car the appearance of a wrecked Richard Petty stock car, gold racing wheels were bolted on and the Charger's sides were pounded with cinder blocks. And that was that for the television career of the original General Lee.

[PeteLeathersac]

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In the midst of all the usual General Lee car foolishness, this car is THE one that matters...very cool!!!.
Why does the main body appear to be an unpainted B5 Blue car...Im sure if clipping it, a better donor would've been used?.

~ Pete

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On Saturday, November 11, 1978, the production set itself up on the campus of nearby Oxford College, built a dirt ramp along one of the roads, and had a stuntman jump the very first General Lee over a 1974 Monaco cop car — 16 feet up and 82 feet out. It landed on asphalt, nose first, folding each front fender and putting a crease across the floor pan and sills just behind the firewall. The General Lee may have been indestructible, but the cars that portrayed it were not.

A few weeks later, the same car was repainted blue-green with the number 71 on each door and featured in "Repo Men," the fourth episode of the series. To give the car the appearance of a wrecked Richard Petty stock car, gold racing wheels were bolted on and the Charger's sides were pounded with cinder blocks. And that was that for the television career of the original General Lee.

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Great homework job Chris!!!.

Kinda' makes a fella wonder how the car should appear finished doesn't it...being THE car in a sea of orange clones and all?.

~ Pete

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PETE, I went to link at start of thread, great story and great pictures. I was at work, so I had the time!

enjoy!!

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The engine bay is as close as Bell could make it to how it appeared back in 1978, the two most obvious exceptions being the modern battery and the horns along the right inner fender that play "Dixie." During 1978 this General didn't have those horns, but fans expect any General Lee to play the tune today.



I love how they restored this car. First repainted the original gold, then shot sloppily with the orange. Underhood returned to how it appeared during filming.

[Rixls6]

Here's a link to another version.

http://junkyardjewels.com/1969_dodge..._426_hemi.html

[notstock71]

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There's a guy down the street from me that must be the supplier of a the "new" General Lee's for the movies that were made.

He has at least 10 of them in different stages of transformation into that car for the last 2 years, and the inventory keeps changing.

The place is called Luedtke Performance Auto Group.

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Ok I am going to walk a fine line here concerning the above mentioned. If you go here http://cglfc.com/main_frame_cglfc.html you will find out alot about them after doing a search. Alot of unfortunate stories to be read concerning the "advertised" condition and what people actually get in addition to the sales tactics.

I am a huge Dukes fan and have read the stories about that shop on other sites too.
Try here for more. http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/

I'm not doing any bashing as I have never personally bought from them but I think "educating" others is very important here. They also go by HPLAG.

http://www.cglfc.com/wforum/viewtopic.ph...ghlight=luedtke
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,3692.0.html

[notstock71]

For some reason that last link won't higlight the whole thing as a link. Copy and paste it, you have to see the pics.

[Rixls6]

I read some of the links you gave.

I had no idea he was pulling any bad stuff. If he is, then eventually his business should dry up.