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It's been a while since I added to this thread. That doesn't mean that I've been resting on my proverbial laurels. The next few posts concern the area around Lake Sherwood that was used extensively in early seasons. In many cases they filmed on public roads rather than private ranches. I'll start with this building that's visible in several episodes (seen here in 'Arrest Jesse Duke' from season 2). I thought I'd found the right building while looking around Lake Sherwood on Google Maps, but the road layout didn't seem to fit. After more research I found that the north-western corner of the lake had been re-designed in the early '80s, around the time that the lake was drained. The road layout was changed when East Potrero Road was cut through the hill on the north side of the lake. This confirmed that I had the right building, which turned out to be Engine 33 of the Ventura County Fire Department. On the map below you can see how the area looked in 1980 and how it looks now (the fire station is roughly in the center). Click here to see how the fire station itself looks today. This picture is the view down Stafford Road, which used to start opposite the fire station. This is the old West Potrero Road looking almost due west from the fire station. I'll return to East and West Potrero Roads in later posts.

I hope this is ok for you Alex. I decided to do a kids' bike - the chain was quite tricky to get right, even without the complexity of gears. I've put the Confederate flag on the saddle and given it 10-spoke wheels - I'll be expecting to see similar modifications to CDoherty's real General Lee bike .

From what I can find online, Dukes started on TV in the UK in March '79 (about 2 months late!). Being as this is nearly 33 years ago, and I was eight at the time, my memory is a bit fuzzy. From what I recall, the first season was shown on a week night at about 9.30pm (it later moved to early evening on a Saturday). Due to my age, I wasn't allowed to see every episode, but my first memory was a chase around a junkyard which I'm guessing was 'One Armed Bandits' - so I've been watching since the start.

Same title, different song. The Power Of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood This one comes with a seasonal video.

I can't believe I haven't posted this before: Cars - Gary Numan This track seems to make its way onto '80s compilations despite coming out in 1979. I was too young then, but did eventually see Gary Numan play live in the mid '90s. The distinctive opening has been sampled many times, in songs like (which also fits this thread ).

Thanks for the specs, CD. Rather than copying an existing bike, I thought I'd use my imagination. You'll have to wait and see whether that was a good idea or not .

I'll continue the flirting with this classic :

Another Pilot song from the '70s: The song appeared on the soundtrack of 'Happy Gilmore' and 'Herbie: Fully Loaded'. In 2009 it was covered by Selena Gomez and sampled heavily in the track 'Magic' by Flo Rida.

I wish 'girl groups' were still this good.

Alex, I'm making a start. As CDoherty said, the last few pictures were made by changing colors and moving a few elements around. Starting something from scratch takes longer, although a side only view is much quicker than multiple views in orthographic projection. I'll put my current project on hold to squeeze this in, but don't expect anything for a couple of days.

Another song from a commercial. This beautiful song is currently being used to advertise DKNY 'Be Delicious' Eau de Toilette. The video of atmospheric shots from NYC during a sudden downpour fits the song perfectly. Before anyone asks, I live in Ireland, so it does rain where I am . Yay! - post #2012 on the first day of 2012 - how's that for timing?.

If you really want a vector art version, I'll put it on my 'to do' list. Until then, here's some pictures I found that'll hopefully keep you happy in the meantime. There's bicycles, scooters, motorcycles and a couple of oddities at the bottom: And for anyone who hasn't seen it, don't forget to check out CDoherty's General Lee bicycle here.

Someone else had the same idea. I found this earlier - I'm guessing it would be Garrett's dream team if Jeff Gordon was driving : Or they could use the car I posted in the Rednecks of NASCAR thread a few months ago.

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With the dawning of 2012 upon us there was one song that sprang to my mind (well two actually, but is three words long, so I couldn't use it in this thread ). From 37 years ago: This song spent three weeks at the #1 spot in the UK charts in, you guessed it, February 1975!.

I've certainly got no problem going with the B-52's. Sorry, the video is only a still image with out-of-sync lyrics, but it was the only studio version I could find on YouTube. You can still enjoy the tune .

Nice picture Alex. I thought I'd go more traditional with this one. It's General Lee with the General Lee. I call it 'The Two Generals'.

Apologies for the geeky joke. Just to annoy Apple, I present an iPad with Flash on it .

Yeah, they'd have to be a real amadán .