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Seeing as The Patrol Cars In Pictures thread has grown to accommodate security and government cars I thought I'd include some here. To do this I needed a new vehicle template, namely an AMC Matador. It's not quite as detailed as the Furys, and I've only done the side view because there's nothing of note anywhere else. They are also from different years, so I'd have to do three different front and rear ends, whereas the side stays virtually the same. The last one should actually be an Ambassador, but scarcity of good photos, coupled with the fact it only appeared for a few seconds deterred me from doing a separate outline. The cars are: 1971 AMC Matador Tri-Counties Bonding Company car from 'Money to Burn'. 1972 AMC Matador US Marshall [sic] car from 'Along Came a Duke'. 1973 AMC Ambassador State Revenue Service car from 'Sadie Hogg Day'. I've also included larger versions of the doors to show the logos better. The last comes complete with badly repainted sections just as it appeared in the show . I didn't include the 1972 Matador belonging to Colonial City (from 'The Hack of Hazzard') because I couldn't get a good enough view of the logo to reproduce it.

Under this week's 'Jump Day' picture on the Facebook page there was a comment about ET, so I thought I'd give it a go.

I think BL is right about 'The Hazzardgate Tape'. He also played Burl Tolliver in 'The Rustlers'.

The same DVD extra also discusses the '68 Mustang and Charger used in Bullitt. Steve McQueen got the Mustang because the Charger had more of a "bad-boy" image. In reality the Charger was much faster and had to be held back to make it look like a fair fight.

I'm surprised too, because nowadays it's likely to be available online almost immediately, even if the sources aren't always official. I think it will be shown pretty soon in Ireland, but Channel 5 in the UK have only just started a new season of 'Big Brother', so that will probably go on all summer. Dallas certainly was popular over here. Although Dallas and Dukes were both originally shown on BBC1 in the UK, they were shown on different nights. Even years later you could still see references in other shows. Here's Irish comic/actor Pat Shortt in the first episode of the great British/Irish comedy 'Father Ted'. This originally aired 15 years after Dallas season 3 cliffhanger. There was also a British show in 2007 called 'Bring Back... Dallas'. Presenter Justin Lee Collins flew to the USA to try to organize a reunion of the original cast members. He also did similar shows for 'Star Wars', 'Star Trek', 'Fame' and 'The A-Team'.

I don't know if the Trans Am was considered, but one of its cousins was. On the DVD extra 'General Lee: The Legendary Charger' there's a discussion between Tom Sarmento, lead mechanic on Dukes, and Wayne Wooten, founder of the Dodge Charger Registry. They mention that "At one time, the Camaro was considered for a little bit because of availability.", but they decided against it "... because it never raced in NASCAR and it had never actually been used as a NASCAR vehicle." After explaining why Mopars have much better suspension than Camaros for stunt work they also say "... they could have chosen a Ford Torino but they would have had the same problem with the springs.

We'll have to wait for the new series over here. TV3 managed to secure the rights to show it in Ireland, and have said it will be part of their Sunday night schedule. I checked the listings and it's not in there this week. In the UK it will be shown by Channel 5, but apparently not until September. If you have satellite you can still watch episodes of the original series on CBS Drama.

There's a thread about Coy and Vance in the 'Other Actors/The Townsfolk' section of 'Cast/Characters'. It starts with a "which do you like best?" question, but broadens out to a more general debate toward the end: Coy and Vance It's a shame they didn't make a return at some point before the series ended, or for the Reunion movie.

I don't know about the cut fenders, but I think I've spotted a safety issue. I spent ages trying to find something under the hood before I realized there's a wheel nut missing. It's hardly surprising you missed it, it would take ages just to read through that one thread, and it isn't the first place you'd think to look. I'm sure we've all done it, and no one will jump down your throat over it.

Dimples, you won't believe this, but SissyDuke asked the same question about two weeks ago. There's a picture and my brief interpretation in this post.

Hi there Dimples. Welcome to HazzardNet.

I was hoping someone else would answer first so I could gauge the mood. Now let me throw my two cents in: I'm not on Facebook, but I do look at the HazzardNet page once or twice a week. I completely appreciate why HazzardNet has a presence on Facebook and the amount of work that Mufn, Brian and MaryAnne put in to updating it. I also agree with Roger that all Dukes fans are "part of the Hazzard County family", and I'm not suggesting that those on Facebook are lesser fans than those of us on here. Having said that, I don't feel that Facebook gives the same scope for contribution that the forums do. I looked through the recent posts and all the user submitted photos and videos earlier, and while there were some interesting ones amongst them (I'd love to read a thread about Jamie Jensen's trip to Georgia, complete with pictures), can you really equate uploading a few pictures, posting a few comments and "liking" a few statuses with the contibutions of previous FoM winners in the forums? I speak as someone who was very proud to receive that award myself. Maybe I'm out-of-step, but I don't think you're comparing like with like. I would prefer it if you introduced a "Facebook Fan of the Month" award, but kept it separate from the one for the forums - think of it like two different categories at the Oscars. Then both winners could be given recognition on both locations. If there isn't a "Fan of the Month" every month, it's not the end of the world, no matter what the Mayans say .

I think you must be referring to the light patch on the sidewalk roughly in the center of this view. It would be amazing if the original repair was still visible around 30 years later. The subway entrance I mentioned previously is visible on the corner just above and to the left. To explore in Google Maps, click here. As I was looking around for the picture above I saw another building on the backlot that caught my eye. I'm not sure what the building is, but it's just north of Warner Blvd, not far from the famous WB water tower. I like the little patio on the roof of the building to the left. All those regularly spaced pipes reminded me of a mystery building from post #107 back on page 11. It's the Genetic Research lab from 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Duke' (see below) which I suspected was somewhere nearby. I'm not sure if Google Maps had a 45 degree view facility when I started this thread, but if it did, I didn't know about it, so I missed this at the time. Here's another view, 90 degrees round from the second picture in this post. It shows the covered loading bay that's visible on the left of the picture above. After seeing this view I'm pretty sure this is not the same building that was used for the back of the Atlanta Museum in 'Along Came a Duke'. The search for that building goes on ...

Did you really think that Boss Hogg would pay for fancy signs? In case you didn't know, the font used in the opening titles is called 'Hobo'. It's freely available if you Google it. I haven't done any of these in the Signs of Hazzard thread, but I can tell you from experience that pretty much all the signs in Dukes were done by hand, so don't waste time looking for an exact font match.

It never made it to this thread, but I used almost exactly the same screengrab in this post in 'The Official Dukes of Hazzard Trivia Thread' (third picture). The fourth picture shows Rosco's office door with the erroneous "E" still in place. I know the answer to the General Lee question because you mentioned it in another thread. I won't spoil the fun by posting it.

You beat me to it . To save having to go all the way back, here's that map again: I know the sidewalks were used in different ways because there's quite often a subway entrance on the corner marked 'F'. It may even be there in this picture.

Cool picture. Your friend is very talented. What medium did he use to make the picture - is it computer art or the old-fashioned kind?

I was going to suggest something similar, although I couldn't find any more pictures of the same section of sidewalk - I guess it's back to the DVDs at some point . The lamppost seems to be propped up with small wooden wedges.

I only got to sit in my first General a couple of years back, and I had the same look on my face . A couple of questions: 1) Do you plan to add the vinyl roof trim below the Charger emblems? 2) Is that Boss Hogg's Caddy next to the General in your workshop?

Great job Steve. Of course we'd like to see more photos (just be aware that you can only have four pictures per post).

Just for those not in-the-know, here's a picture I found of Russ Abbot's Cooperman: He dressed like Superman, talked like Tommy Cooper. There's a video - it features Bella Emberg as Blunder Woman and Les Dennis as the customer. I saw Russ Abbot once, in a show on Great Yarmouth pier somewhen around 1980, although I can't remember if he did this character.

Hi Steve, welcome aboard. I'm glad you're enjoying the Hazzard Square thread. I'm nearly the same age as you, so I was wondering: does your screen name have anything to do with the Russ Abbot character from his '80s TV show, or is it just based on your surname? Like MaryAnne, I look forward to seeing the pictures of your Charger.

You could use this one from 'Cool Hands, Luke & Bo' for the exit: