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  8. PIcked this up at an Auto Auction

    in The General Lee

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    Exactly @HossC. Most/all of this colour interior were made by Warner Bros and had the sidemarkers/reverse light spaces filled in.

    Also you can see this car has wide sill moldings (The chrome strips under the doors) which in the early seasons (Valuzets era) were painted over when they were on the car and removed by Warner Bros in the later seasons. But the biggest giveaways in that regard that its not a TV car is that it has an antenna, no vinyl top trim and clearly visible Charger badges.

    I heard TV cars have some kind of number or code carved into the rear window, but I have never seen a picture of this myself.

  10. PIcked this up at an Auto Auction

    in The General Lee

    Posted · Edited by Roth Potter

    Welcome to HazzardNet @RHoughton!

    Lets get straight to the point! Let's see... What have we got here... :wub:

     

    XP29H9B222089

    X = Dodge Charger

    P = Price Class: Premium

    29= 2 Door Sports Hardtop

    H = 383ci 4-barrel High Performance 8 cylinder

    9 = 1969 Model Year

    B = Assembled in Hamtramck, Michigan

    Very nice car! Looks mostly complete.

     

    Looking at the pictures I'd say its a replica. I don't have VIN numbers to see if it was a screen used one but I very much doubt it. All cars who were 'send away' after being used on the show had the roof portion with the flag/text cut off and the remainder after the show are almost all well documented.

    Yes, I say Almost, but there is nothing really which indicates this car could've been a TV car.

    Things to look for in a stunt/second unit car is a fully spray painted interior and no orange under the hood. On this one the interior seems to be nicely done for a non official Dodge colour with the exception of the steering wheel. Like TV cars this car has been painted to orange on the exterior only with the engine bay and probably trunk being in the original colour. The exception here is that they painted the hood hinges. Which was too much work for the show on a stunt car.

    For a close-up/first unit car they'd have the engine back blacked out. Which looks like someone had actually done! But very crudely looking at the hood hinges. It's not something you wanna look at closely with a camera on a TV show.

    I could go on, but I doubt it'll add much.

    Did you find the broadcast sheet? Anyway, very nice Charger either way! Keep us updated on the car if possible!

  11. The last 24 hours

    in Hazzard Swamp

    Posted

    17 hours ago, HossC said:

    I think we may have discussed this before, but there are indeed a large number of expressions and idioms in the English language that involve the word "Dutch". I found a list on a Dutch website (that's not one of the phrases, and the site is in English). The article says that most of these terms came into use in the 17th century when there were many conflicts between England and the Netherlands, and the Netherlands lost the Dutch colony which later became New York. As They Might Be Giants once sang, "Even old New York was once New Amsterdam."

    Some popular examples are: a Dutch auction, Dutch courage, talking double Dutch and to go Dutch (a Dutch treat).

    Mmh... I was always told we sold New Amsterdam...

    Anyway, nice list! There's some funny ones on there, like Dutch door. You only see those on (recreated) old farms. Thanks for that link. :D

  15. Rare and Behind the Scenes Pictures of the Dukes of Hazzard

    in Dukes of Hazzard General Discussion

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    5 hours ago, RogerDuke said:

    For Charger fans it can be difficult to think about those cars but look at it this way. Their loss led a fellow Charger to climb to the top of the mountain as the most famous and recognizable car in history.....the General Lee. I doubt anything will ever replace it.

    The funny thing is, everyone knows 'the General Lee' and its horn. But theres few people, at least over here, who know what a Dodge Charger is. :mellow:

  18. Life long fan, first time poster.

    in Introduce Yourself

    Posted · Edited by Roth Potter

    @HossCDid you forget about the pictures?

    I've  just watched it. Yeah, it can get quite repetitive and there definitely some bad language. Still though, very cool to finally see some video footage to go with the pictures!

    It looks like they use a railroad loop as boundary for where they film all the miniature stuff within. Pretty cool how it basically looks like a miniature Movie Ranch within the Ranch. I always thought they would've build the different sets in different locations at Valencia.

    At least what I can see from this footage shows it as a full loop railroad. Which surprises me since they just reverse the train again.

    Can anyone hear where they say they are filming at 2:15? It sounds like Sesams Legal Ranch or something similar? I'd have expected Valencia Oaks, but this definitely sounds different.

     

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