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While reading Garrett's link about the qualifying debacle, I spotted a sidebar story about Travis Kvapil's Sprint Cup car being stolen from outisde the Georgia hotel where the team were staying - more info here. Then I saw the follow-up story which said that the car had been found without a scratch. The team are taking the car back to their headquarters to check it over before next week's race in Las Vegas, but they'll miss this week's race. A line in the second article caught my eye: The race car was found “dumped†on Lenora Road in Loganville, Ga., about 45 miles northeast of Morrow and due east of Atlanta. Now there's a name that rings a bell. Type "Lenora Road, Loganville, Ga" into Google Maps and you'll end up about 200 yards down the road from where the original Duke Farm once stood. So we're looking for an unknown number of suspects with a possible NASCAR connection, and they're probably known to the local sheriff .

It works for me now.

Season 4 seemed to show a few visible phone numbers. I don't remember seeing Cooter's number, but here are three from other threads. In 'Coltrane vs Duke', the old Hazzard Hotel has a "For Lease" sign with the number 555-2359 (it's advertised as a light manufacturing property). In 'The Great Bank Robbery', the "For Lease" number for J D Hogg is 555-4309. In 'The Law and Jesse Duke', J D Hogg's "Hazzard Realty" number is 555-2133.

I guess it would look like this:

Welcome to HNet, pkoorse. That quote is from 'One Armed Bandits'. Burt Reynolds also get mentioned in the dialog of a couple of other episodes. In 'Repo Men', as Luke is driving the Rolls Royce away, Cooter asks him, "What do you think Burt Reynolds would do at a time like this?" Luke replies, "I ain't sure, but I know he'd be doing it with somebody a lot prettier than you." This is probably a reference to Burt's Smokey and the Bandit co-star, Sally Field. In 'The Dukes in Hollywood', Boss tries to pitch the idea of 'The J.D. Hogg Story' where he wants the lead to be played by Robert Redford and Rosco wants to be played by Burt Reynolds. Ironically, Burt Reynolds ending up playing Boss Hogg in the the 2005 Dukes movie. As another tie-in, between the first and second Smokey and the Bandit movies, Burt Reynold filmed another movie with Sally Field called 'Hooper' which also starred Jimmie Best as Cully. It's a fun movie about an aging stuntman whose position is challenged when a younger man comes along. Like the first two Smokey and the Bandit movies, and the first two Cannonball Run movies, it was directed by Hal Needham. There's even a brief scene filmed on Midwest Street which you can see in the Hazzard Square thread (third and fourth pictures of the post).

I've just watched a video of Kyle Busch's crash. The infield wall that he hit was quite a long way from the track, but there still should have been something to soften the impact. Racing in lower formulae used to be common for Formula 1 drivers in the early days (double World Champion and Indy 500 winner Jim Clark was killed in Formula Two race in 1968), but nowadays the drivers stick to the main series. NASCAR are in a tricky position with Kurt Busch, and would probably be criticized whatever they did. There aren't many jobs where you'd be suspended while allegations of this nature were investigated, but driving NASCAR isn't a normal job. Because the alleged crime has nothing directly to do with NASCAR, I'd prefer it if Kurt Busch was found guilty of something before he was suspended.

Would a white Lamborghini Countach that turns red be OK if Catherine Bach was in the passenger seat?

Just be aware of Boss's anti-drugs stance. In 'Mason Dixon's Girls' he says, "And even I draw the line on dope and drugs ... for any amount of money."

Sometimes they didn't try too hard . I think this screengrab is from 'High Octane'.

Here goes ... I'd also have a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T (some of the Generals used on the show were R/Ts) 440 Magnum engine (if someone else was paying for my gas ) No chrome on the wheel arches, but I'd keep the chrome vinyl roof trim strip I'd remove the side markers, but keep the reversing lights under the rear bumper Not too bothered about which season lettering, but I'd have the crossed flags between the trunk and rear window The pushbar is a tricky one because I prefer the look of the narrow one, but the wider one seems more sturdy/practical I also like the white letter tires, but I could live without them I'd probably have the tan interior, but the other details like the rollbar don't bother me that much

I think the roof on Boss's Caddy is only seen closed twice. Once in the Atlanta scenes in 'Daisy's Song', and once pulling up in Hazzard Square after the filming moved to California (I can't remember the episode, but I think Cooter was returning the car after fixing something). What I find more interesting is the lack of horns on the hood. The horns were already in place for 'Daisy's Song', so I don't know where this picture came from. The inclusion of Daisy's Jeep means the coloring book must date from mid-season 2 or later (the copyright date is 1981, which would cover up to about halfway through season 4).

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Welcome to HNet, Thomas, and thanks for the extra information. Thomas is president of falconcrest.org, a fan site all about the '80s TV show Falcon Crest.

Welcome to HNet, Danacus. I hope you'll be taking a load of pictures on your Dukes tour, and posting some of them when you get back. BTW. In case you're interested, some episode of 'CHiPs' were filmed along the PCH just south of Topanga, and also on Kanan Dume Road just north of Malibu as you head for Westlake Village. In the season 5 (1981) episode 'Weed Wars', the briefing is to "keep up high visibility in Topanga area" as small-time marijuana growers are being pressurized by a bigger drug importer.

Just to add a little to what I said above, the drug boss, Dempsey, says of the missing marijuana: "The street value of that weed was worth almost $1 million." I have no idea if that's an accurate price, but that's what the show says. That's for a water heater sized box, so maybe you can work out the money needed for your framing scheme from that. At those rates, a couple of packages like Rosco confiscated would still be worth a few thousand dollars.

It all depends on what form and quantity of marijuana you're talking about. As Roth mentioned, the Dukes were caught carrying packets of marijuana in a water heater box in 'Mason Dixon's Girls'. From watching shows like 'World's Wildest Police Videos', there are drug dealers who transport packets of marijuana in their trunks, but usually in plastic rather than paper parcels. One arrest sticks in my mind where a car was pulled over for speeding, the driver and passenger gave different stories, and the police officer asked if he could search the car. They could've said "no", but the driver gave his permission and the film captures their reaction from the back of the cruiser as the officer opens the trunk and finds about 20 large bags of marijuana! You'd probably have to go to a pretty large-scale dealer to get enough dried marijuana to fill a water heater box. I don't recall seeing too many drugs busts on TV where live plants were being transported, I guess because they're bulky and fragile. Another option would be to get hold of seeds (easy enough to get mail order nowadays, probably no harder in the '80s). Then you have the choice of growing the plants yourself before hiding them on your victim's property, or sowing the seeds in a something like a greenhouse belonging to the person you're framing, and letting them grow the plants without realizing. I don't know what era your story is set in, but marijuana sale and possession is now legal for both medical and non-medical use in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington, and decriminalized to some extent in several other states. There is still total prohibition in Georgia. Seeing as you don't have the DVDs (shame, shame, everybody knows your name ), here are three pictures from 'Mason Dixon's Girls' to inspire you. First, the water heater in (and out of) the General's trunk. Rosco opens the "packing material". The evidence back at the police station.

Sorry Roth, it's not Chickasaw, it's Hazzard. They're standing in front of the Hazzard Square Bakery which replaced the hardware store for 'Cletus Falls in Love' in season 4. I posted a couple more shots from the episode, including the candy store next door where the Post Office should be, over in the Hazzard Square thread.

I know this is a little off topic, but I was watching the "making of" DVD extras from the 'Back to the Future' movies last week when the subject of product placement came up. They commented that Shell would have given them more money than Texaco to be on the gas station in the town square, but Texaco's logo and the general style of their gas stations gave a better contrast between 1955 and 1985. They also mentioned that California Raisins wanted product placement in the first movie, but they couldn't find a good place to put them. In the end they put the name on the park bench where the hobo was sleeping. At that point the producers didn't know that California Raisins had given $50,000 for their name to appear, and the California Raisins people threatened to sue when they saw the movie. In the end I think they just gave the money back. Although the money helps out, the producers were of the opinion that product placement caused too many compromises, and it's better just to get permission and co-operation (e.g. supply of uniforms and signage etc.). It is interesting that Dukes more than most '80s TV shows seemed to go to great lengths to hide brand names. Rolls Royce is one of the few I remember hearing, and they probably figured that sales wouldn't be affected by the mention. Maybe things changed as they went along - at the beginning of 'Knight Rider', KITT is a Trans-Am, but in later seasons he's always referred to as "a black T-top".

That explains why I saw this yesterday . The stores traded under the name "Tandy" in the UK, but they've been gone for a while now. I found this on Wikipedia: "Tandy stores in the UK sold mainly own-brand goods under the 'Realistic' label and the shops were distinguished on the high street by continuing to use written sales receipts and a cash drawer instead of a till as late as the early 1990s. Staff were required to take the name and address of any customer who made a purchase, however small, in order to put them on the company's brochure mailing list, which often caused disgruntlement. In 1999 the UK stores were acquired by Carphone Warehouse, as a part of an expansion strategy that saw the majority of the Tandy stores converted to either Carphone Warehouse or Tecno photographic stores. By 2001 all former Tandy stores had been converted or closed." I used to read hi-fi magazines in the '80s, and I still remember the review of a piece of Tandy equipment that said something like "Whoever named this amplifier 'Realistic' must come from a different universe to me".

The camera assistant who died was Rodney Mitchell. Below is a newspaper cutting I found a couple of years ago, but never got around to posting. I'm afraid I've forgotten where I found it. I'm including it because of the obituary on the right. Here's a longer piece I found on news.google.com. As you can see, it's dated June 19, 1980. There's a follow-up from a couple of years later in an article at people.com. I've heard rumors that the truck was either overloaded, speeding or both. There doesn't seem to be anything online to back up these suggestions. I asked Tom Sarmento about Rodney Mitchell's death about 18 months ago, but he understandably didn't want to say too much about it. My memory's a bit hazy now, but I think he confirmed that the accident had occurred, and said that the company (I'm guessing Warner Bros) locked the truck away for years and wouldn't let anyone near it. The only previous mention of Rodney Mitchell I could find on HNet is a 2012 post of mine in a thread called Dukes Of Hazzard Story on YouTube. I commented that it looks like his son, Lance, has gone into cinematography.

dry (as in Canada Dry soft drinks) There's a story about Irish poet, writer, novelist and heavy drinker Brendan Behan's visit to Canada. He was apparently asked by a reporter "What brings you to Canada, Mr Behan?" To which Behan is supposed to have replied "Well now, I was in a bar in Dublin and it had one of those coasters, and it said "Drink Canada Dry", so I thought I'd give it a shot."

wings I could've gone back to 'snow' as people seem to like lying down and moving their arms and legs to make snow angels . A snowdrift is a bank of deep snow created by the wind. Google Translate says that the Dutch word is 'sneeuwbank'.

You're right, Roth. The 'Carnival of Thrills' race was advertised on posters with a $100 prize. I'm not sure if 'Hazzard County Cross Country Car Race' was the name or just a description. Also, thanks for noticing my 4,000th post - the last few seem to have taken ages .

Sorry it's taken me so long to answer this question, but here's some to get you started: Luke’s Love Story General Lee takes on Amy Creavy's Lucifer and two other cars in the 'Annual Hazzard County Obstacle Derby'. Days of Shine and Roses Uncle Jesse in 'Black Tillie II' takes on Boss Hogg in 'Grey Ghost, Jr.' in a race through Hatchapee County to decide who's the best driver. Carnival of Thrills The General Lee is involved in a short race while Bo is auditioning for the stunt show. Duke vs. Duke Bo and Luke enter the General in the 'First Annual J. D. Hogg Hazzard Derby'. When Cooter injures his foot, Luke voluteers to take his place and race against Bo. Goodbye, General Lee OK, so the 'First Annual Drag ‘N’ Fly Contest' isn't a race, but it is a car based competition. As Waylon says, all you have to do "is sprint like a jackrabbit in your car...fly like an eagle in your car". Boss Behind Bars Uncle Jesse's in the driving seat again for the 'Ridgerunner Old-Timers' Race'. Undercover Dukes Bo returns to NASCAR to drive for J.J. Carver. Happy Birthday, General Lee The Dukes reminisce about how eight years earlier they acquired the car that became the General Lee. They needed a car so that they could enter a race against Boss's entry, the Hogg Hellcat. The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! The General takes on Buzz Kilroy in the 'Double Zero' Mustang. I doubt that this is a complete list - it's what I can remember without going through the DVDs.

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