North American General Lee Fan Club - Extinct?

[Brian Coltrane]

Lemme open this one up by sayin' that HazzardNet is not affilated with any Dukes club in particular. We're our own group of screwballs who just hang out and have fun. We're not gettin' in the middle of anybody's business, nor are we takin' up the rebel flag for one side or the other.

That bein' said, in the interest of news and Hazzard history, here's the dirt.

The North American General Lee Fan Club enjoyed some popularity as well as notoriety with a large number of fans. The club's focus and mission centered around '69 Dodge Chargers...includin' authentic General Lees used in the show, and replica projects. Man, if you wanted to talk car parts for weeks on end, it was the place to be.

The club rolled merrily along for a couple of years, but then some thunder started up about a host of issues, which in respect to both sides of the cannons, I won't detail here. There were some acheivements by the club in the way of unifyin' fans and throwin' some shindigs. But it also had it's controversy.

It's been said that a house divided cannot stand. Evidently not, as there was an irrevocable split some time ago between two principal parties of the club...and it now appears that the website and message board of that club is in limbo. Whether it'll magically reappear when the latest round of hoopla dies down, is uncertain.

Meanwhile, the Confederate General Lee Fan Club is alive and well. It looks to soon be the "International" General Lee Fan Club, and hey, more power to 'em. The club's founders have charity fund raisers for the Special Olympics, and seem to have their heart in the right place. And there, you can still talk car parts for weeks on end, in addition to whatever else. The only caveat bein', that "negative" posts are frowned upon and subject to the Big Zap.

That subtle censorship is what drove me to put a post here. I'm not judgin' anybody, and every webmaster and club proprietor has to run their shop as they see fit. I just know how it feels when a club or message board you call home is shaken up or lost. And when posts are selectively removed, it compounds the loss of continuity for the displaced fans.

HazzardNet ain't run by any mechanics, so we're useless when it comes to things like what shade of orange your car should be painted. We can't tell you a darn thing about where to find the right u-joint to replace the one ya busted when you jumped your car over the railroad tracks. ( We can tell you that JC Whitney carries Dixie horns in stock, but that's about it. When it comes to installation, yer on yer own.)

If any of the rest of ya'll want to talk cars or car parts - g'wan ahead! Start a topic. But we can't serve as the tiebreaker on mechanical issues. Nor could we vouch for the accuracy of any advice given on All Things Charger.

Awright, back to our usual programmin'. 'Nuff said.

Brian