Mr. Lee

Thanks, all credits to my buddy Alma who did all the research. But the trip was a dream come true!

In 2017 I visited Cooters Last Stand in Luray with my buddy Alma. After that weekend we did a tour along the Georgia filming locations from the Dukes. Best trip I ever had! If you like you can watch it here:

The next couple of weeks I want to get the brakes done and get the windshield back in again. After that the engine and transmission will go in again. I don't know how fast things will go but when there's progress I will let it know for sure. Hope you like it!

And here it it with the grilles, I love it!

One of the things that was not accurate like the original LEE1 was the paint in the enginebay. It was orange but had to be light bronze. You can see the pic in the Tom Sarmento topic that I painted the enginebay bronze now. The underside of the hood is still orange but I will paint it bronze aswell . First the engine must go in again to make space in my garage to paint my hood. At the moment I am working on the brakes of the car. Replacing al brake lines from the firewall back to the rearwheels. Also another LEE1 detail that was missing was a 3-speaker dash. LEE1 had 2 extra speakers on top of the dashboard. It was an extra option back in the days. My car didn't have that option so I found speakergrilles and loudspeakers over the years. This week I pulled the windscreen out, drilled holes in my dashboard and am fitting it all at the moment. I am really happy that I can finally say that my car almost has the 3-speaker dash!

At the moment the engine and transmission have been rebuild and are waiting to get back in the car!

Hi guys, I thought I start a new topic about my car to keep on subject in the other topic about Tom Sarmento. Well, my General Lee. For people that don't know the car, I own a 1969 Dodge Charger and made a LEE1-replica out of it. Not 100% accurate, but comes very close. I bought the car from a company in your country that where suppose to have restored it but they cut corners. Don't want to say much more about that, what has been done has been done... It was the reason for me to redo the car back in 2009 and decided to make a LEE1-replica because I didn't want just a General Lee but a specific car. The car was finished in 2010. I had a lot of fun with it! Used it a lot as a weddingcar for people, several carshows and even was invited for TV shows here in The Netherlands. But the best was 2013 when I picked up John Schneider in Germany for a comic-con event. John drove my car with me riding shotgun! Priceless! And also the 2 years Tom Sarmento stayed with us and drove the car! I think I am a lucky guy and am gratefull that it al happened! Anyway, had great years with my car untill it broke down in 2018 with a leaking transmission and worn out cilinderheads. The car hasn't been out since but at the moment it has my priority to get it running again this year! Atteched a pic of my car a few years back in better days.

As prommissed, pic of the enginebay.

Don't know if it's still needed but Raymond Kohn sells them. Serge http://www.northeastohiodukes.net/store/c6/Car_Parts.html

Damn! That must have been it LOL

Checked everything multiple times, everything was done by the book...

No I wish, camshaft was worn on 1 place. Normaly that means to less lubrication but that wasn't the problem for sure. Think you can imagine I was a bit worried with the second run not knowing what the problem was the first time...

Hi guys, It's been a few years but my LEE1 replica still isn't on the road again. I posted the pic from the rebuild engine earlier but while doing the first testrun it broke down after 17 minutes. Didn't have anything positive left the start over so left it for about a year... Anyway, beginning of this year I started to rebuild the engine again and last month we did a succesfull testrun. 440 is alive and running like a beast. Also I painted the enginebay of the car in T3 Light Bronze Metallic. Looks awesome! At the moment I'm getting the brakes working again (car has been standing for 4 years so brakes need tlc...) and after that engine will go in. Anyway, the plan is to drive again in about 4 to 6 months. Can't wait! Here's a link to my Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClemYvCM0tj/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY= I'll make a pic from the enginebay soon. Serge

How's everyone doing? Thought I post a pic of the almost rebuild engine. Next step will be painting the enginebay in T3 light bronse just like the original LEE1 had. Will probably take a while but I'll post an update when it's done. Serge

Hahaha, I wish I had more time to work on the car. Merry Christmas to all of you aswell!

Hi guys, Serge here! My LEE1 isn't running for 1,5 years now. First a leaking tranny and also an engine that wasn't running properly anymore. I pulled the engine out of the car and rebuilding it at the moment. Hope to have it running again within 6 months or so. Great you guys enjoyed the footage from Tom visiting us!