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My first car was a 1984 Mk I Ford Orion - basically a European Mk III Ford Escort with a trunk. Unlike the picture below, which shows the top-of-the-range Ghia model, mine was a tatty mid-range version with the grille of an Escort (five horizontal bars instead of three). I think it cost about £300. It gave me my first taste of freedom, but at a price (luckily only financial). The original engine expired, mainly due to the oil and temperature gauges not working. I also had a wheel bearing go at 70mph and didn't know it had gone until I tried to stop and found it had shattered the brakes. It was involved in two accidents while it was parked up, and broken into twice - once to steal my tools from the trunk and once to steal a broken radio. It was sad to see it go, but also a relief. My current car is 12 years old, and the other day I realized something. There are no vanity license plates in Ireland (unlike the US and UK) so all plates start with the last two digits of the year of issue (followed by a letter or two for the county of issue and a sequential number). My car may not be a blue Mustang with flames, but I can say that I drive a Double Zero .

You may be pleased to know that an article in a British newspaper yesterday said that the Girl Guides in the UK are still signing up new members at the rate of one an hour. I don't remember any stories about politicians interfering over there.

Nice pictures Garrett - did you ask John if he's planning a visit to Ireland so I can get to meet him?. Alex, although I found one lyrics site with your version I think you'll find that the last verse is: I'm a good ol' boy You know my mama loved me But she don't understand They keep showin' my hands And not my face on TV

Welcome to HNet stonewall. Like the others I have never seen a '66/'67 Charger in Dukes as the General Lee. I was just thinking how different the show would have been if Dodge had gone with their 1964 concept for the Charger - I think the only feature that survived was the 'Charger' emblem. Imagine if the General had no roof to put a flag on .

Sorry for confusing y'all - I've just watched the relevant scene and it was just Daisy who drives Enos to the airport. Enos has a buttermilk with all the Dukes at the farm before they leave, and Daisy drives him in the General instead of Dixie. I think it was because I remembered the General at the airport that I thought Bo and Luke had gone along too.

For the current trivia question about Enos going to the airport, I thought I remembered Bo, Luke and Daisy in the General with Enos. Just to be different I'll say Bo was driving. Brian, like you I remember the scenes, but can't remember the episodes. I'll have a good hard think about them today .

It's not done in Photoshop, but I did these a couple of months back in the General Lee Artwork thread in Fan Art (along with some other weird creations):

Welcome to HNet Hazzarddowner. The font used in the main titles of Dukes is called Hobo - there's a link to a download in this thread. The other logos (the one you reposted and the one with the black background) are both drawn from scratch and therefore not based on a particular typeface. You might find something vaguely similar, but I wouldn't waste your time looking too hard . Most of the other signs I've done here are the same - hand-painted originals that have no font matches.

You won't find Laramie Street any more - it was torn down in 2003. You might get to see some of the other backlots that Dukes used eg. New York Street. Sorrell is buried at Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 W. Centinela Ave., Culver City, Los Angeles - it's not far from LAX - see it on Google Maps here. There's more detailed information about the grave location and some pictures here.

I should have re-read my original post. I posted a link to a site about the NCE convertibles (to save you going back, it's here), and about 1/3 of the way down the page is a piece about car #2 of 250. The site claims that this may be the car that featured in the Motor Trend article that MaryAnne posted: When it was listed on ebay it was said to come with "the original Zenith wire wheels". A quick Google image search suggests they may well be Zenith wheels.

Same name, different song.

I was deciding which song with the word "Girl" in the title I should use, then I remembered this one had "The Word Girl" in the title : From the album 'Cupid & Psyche 85'.

I haven't actually got much by Saxon, but I enjoyed listening to this one the other night (I thought I'd remembered Brian posting something similar in one of the other musical threads). You can't beat a good bit of old-school British metal, especially from a group that comes from the same part of England as my father.

Nice try Roger, but BL had it right. It was from Shakespeare's 'Henry V'. It's not one that I've read, but it doesn't sound like the sort of thing Boss would read either .

New member jacobsoj74 is building a scale model of Mason Dixon's Trans Am and wants help identifying the wheels. Here is one of the reference screengrabs I used for the artwork - can anyone name the wheels?.

Welcome to HNet jacobsoj74, and thanks for your comments about my artwork. I think the wheels on Daisy's Road Runner and Lucifer are Cragar Nomads, although similar wheels are available from other sources. I never managed to identify the wheels on the Trans Am - I just made something that looked about right. By the center nut I'd say they're some kind of knock-off wire wheels. I'll post a screengrab later (probably in the Mason Dixon's Trans Am thread) to see if anyone else recognizes them. Make sure you post your model pics when they're finished.