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Resurrection of the General Lee

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:48 am
by Halgar
For those of you who grew up with The Duke's of Hazard, you may find this interesting.
http://www.insideline.com/features/the-resurrection-of-general-lee.html

Re: Resurrection of the General Lee

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:41 pm
by bearrickster
I couldnt get the video to work. but its a crime what Hollywood is doing to the muscle car. their should be a law against destorying all of them. but the General Rocked!!

Re: Resurrection of the General Lee

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:09 pm
by j-sou
That was an amazing restoration! I can't believe they got that car straightened back out. :shock:

We had a replica of the General Lee at the shop for years. It was fun to take out to lunch or cruises, and blow through an intersection laying on the "dixie" horn :lol:

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Re: Resurrection of the General Lee

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:43 pm
by MelvinsArmy
Nice find Halgar!

Coincidentally I wore my orange 01 General Lee shirt today. 8)

Re: Resurrection of the General Lee

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:35 pm
by RichieRich
Just saw one of those driving through Burbank. I still want one. :)

Re: Resurrection of the General Lee

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:52 am
by bearrickster
I went to the Duke fest a few yeas ago it was the last one they had at cooters place before they shout down the one near me. it was alot of fun Dassy, Rosco, Cleatus, Bo,& Luke and a few others were their, all looking a lot older they were really friendly. but it was a good time they had a general you could sit in and take pictures and they junped one and mashed it all up. the Charger was one of my faverite cars before the Duke's even came on tv. my Uncle had a dark green 68 SE 383 4sp, when I was a kid. it kills be to see them mash them up. their was no fixing this one when they were done.

Re: Resurrection of the General Lee

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 2:42 am
by Halgar
bearrickster wrote: it kills be to see them mash them up. their was no fixing this one when they were done.
I agree, back in the day when they were a dime a dozen, that's one thing, but a couple years ago when the did that sorry excuse for a remake movie, the cars were much more difficult to find. Since the movie, there's 39 fewer of them now. :roll:

Melvinsarmy - Thanks. I was looking for the Dixie horn for a post over at CT when I found a short intro vid advertising the site where I found this. I couldn't get the vid to work at first, so I read the text. This morning I got the vid to work, and it was interesting, but basically was all explained by the text on the page, so for those who didn't see the vid, you didn't really miss anything other than getting to see the restored car and John Schneider driving it when it was debuted at the very place it was killed 30 years before.

God! Am I really THAT old?!?!!? Has it been 30 years since I watched that show? LOL :lol: :lol:

Re: Resurrection of the General Lee

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:36 am
by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB
Halgar wrote:God! Am I really THAT old?!?!!? Has it been 30 years since I watched that show? LOL :lol: :lol:
Look on the brightside, there will come a day when you don't remember it AT ALL! :P :lol:

Re: Resurrection of the General Lee

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:57 am
by scr8p
30 years ago, i was wearing my dukes of hazzard trucker cap to kindergarten. :wink:
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oh, and while i was taking that pic, who all remembers stompers. :mrgreen:
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Re: Resurrection of the General Lee

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:00 am
by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB
scr8p wrote:oh, and while i was taking that pic, who all remembers stompers. :mrgreen:
Me! :mrgreen: I remember I had Stomper Mountain, or whatever that thing was called. It had the offroad terrain made of plastic. :D

Re: Resurrection of the General Lee

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:05 am
by scr8p
i still have mine. it's all there, still in the original box on top of my parent garage. :)

Re: Resurrection of the General Lee

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:18 am
by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB
scr8p wrote:i still have mine. it's all there, still in the original box on top of my parent garage. :)
Lucky! :D Not many images out there of the playset, but here's one with an awesome lazy looking dog in it. 8)

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Re: Resurrection of the General Lee

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:19 am
by RC104ever
Wow, cool vid! I have a real soft spot for vintage Mopar muscle cars and the General was definitely one of my faves. thanks for sharing

Re: Resurrection of the General Lee

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:24 am
by scr8p
THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote:Lucky! :D Not many images out there of the playset, but here's one with an awesome lazy looking dog in it. 8)
yup, that's the one. i'll have to dig through some boxes in my parent's basement to see if i can find any of my stompers. last time i looked (couple years ago), none were in the box with the track.

Re: Resurrection of the General Lee

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:25 am
by jwscab
stompers were awesome! My cousin had the tractor trailer ones, I think 6 wheel drive?