RogerDuke Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Hey there Tony! How have you been? I hope you're doing well. You're right about the cars. However there is a price to pay for everything. When thinking about the loss of those cars realize that they weren't the valuable classics back then that they are today. Nobody would make a show today if it meant destroying 300 Corvettes from the 1950s. Also consider what came from losing those Chargers. One of the most iconic televisions shows in human history brought joy to millions (dare I say a couple billion) people for years and here we are 40 years later and many of them are still finding happiness and many fans who haven't even been born will someday enjoy it. Sure, the glory days of Dukes are never coming back and fan numbers decrease with time (like all iconic shows do) but the Dukes will outlive us currrect fans in some form or another. 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. Hobie Hartkins, MonacoMan and mopardan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roth Potter Posted April 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 I saw a full sized grey Chevy truck go by me the other day and didn't think anything....until he blew his horn at me....General Lee!! Roth Potter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Hobie Harkins said: I saw a full sized grey Chevy truck go by me the other day and didn't think anything....until he blew his horn at me....General Lee!! I want to move to the South! Hobie Hartkins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted April 20, 2019 Report Share Posted April 20, 2019 On 4/13/2019 at 10:35 PM, RogerDuke said: I want to move to the South! come on down Bud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeFan4Life Posted September 14, 2019 Report Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) Tinypic is shut down please reupload the pics to another hosting site Edited September 14, 2019 by DukeFan4Life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossC Posted September 15, 2019 Report Share Posted September 15, 2019 I hope Roth has the pics backed up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roth Potter Posted September 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2019 Yes, I have them all backed up including a few I've never posted. I didn't know some were hosted on tinypic though, nor do I know which ones. I'm actually surprised all the others hosted on Flickr are still there are they we're supposedly gonna limit the amount of pictures to 1000 and I had like triple that at one point. If you can describe a few I'd be happy to post them again with maybe a few new ones. Hobie Hartkins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooperbloke Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 On 3/11/2018 at 1:33 PM, Roth Potter said: Idk who the man on the left is, but on the right must be Al Wyatt Jr. The guy in white is a very young Corey Eubanks, Stuntman on the Dukes. Roth Potter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeFan4Life Posted November 10, 2019 Report Share Posted November 10, 2019 Please upload all pics you can of the police cars crashed sunk or in great condition. I am making posters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeFan4Life Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 On 9/15/2019 at 4:10 PM, Roth Potter said: Yes, I have them all backed up including a few I've never posted. I didn't know some were hosted on tinypic though, nor do I know which ones. I'm actually surprised all the others hosted on Flickr are still there are they we're supposedly gonna limit the amount of pictures to 1000 and I had like triple that at one point. If you can describe a few I'd be happy to post them again with maybe a few new ones. Could you post all the pics you have of the police cars in various conditions? I am wanting to make a custom poster. Please and thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonacoMan Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 On 6/22/2013 at 5:06 PM, Roth Potter said: Cool old pics of the original Georgia Duke's farm house...obviously it was abandoned even by '87. Sadly it has been torn down, and all that's left now are a couple of the chimneys. When they originally started tearing it down they discovered the house had at some point been build around an old Civil War cabin. So, destruction stopped, and the old cabin was left standing...so they could figure out what to do with it or how to save it. Sadly, nothing was ever done and in I think 2011 the cabin itself was finally knocked down...as it was ready to cave in anyway, and they were worried about safety concerns. Hobie Hartkins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Heart breaking. The grandson of the owner used to be a HazzardNet member. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 If I was a billionaire I'd buy the place and build an exact replica in the exact spot. MonacoMan and Hobie Hartkins 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 2 hours ago, RogerDuke said: If I was a billionaire I'd buy the place and build an exact replica in the exact spot. Or...if you were Bo Duke ( John Schneider) and hadn't pissed away all your money, you could've just bought it outright and preserved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonacoMan Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, RogerDuke said: If I was a billionaire I'd buy the place and build an exact replica in the exact spot. 44 minutes ago, Hobie Harkins said: Or...if you were Bo Duke ( John Schneider) and hadn't pissed away all your money, you could've just bought it outright and preserved it! Awesome idea, Roger—I’d build a replica, too! But, in all honesty I don’t think much thought was given to the original Georgia locations, once they moved filming to the Warner Bros. studio in Hollywood. However, one of the special features on the Season 6 DVD set has Ben Jones and Sonny Shroyer returning to Georgia to look at some of the original locations...including the original “town square” & courthouse, train tracks of the General Lee’s very first jump, the college building where the General jumps over Rosco as he hunkers down in fear (as seen in opening credits for show’s entire run), and the original Boars Nest, which ironically is now some kind of church, LOL! But, it would have been nice if somehow the original Duke farm house & barn could have somehow been preserved. Edited December 7, 2019 by MonacoMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossC Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 I first posted this aerial view showing the last remnants of the original building in a thread about the Duke Farm. Here's a comparison of the area in 1972 and 2019. The Duke Farm is roughly in the middle of the black & white image, with the barn behind. It was pretty isolated back then. Sometime in the '80s, several big houses appeared along the road, and they obviously didn't want a tatty old farm house in their garden. MonacoMan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonacoMan Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Yeah, the old Georgia farm the Dukes first used I think was even abandoned when they started using it for filming. Later after they went to California and the farm was completely abandoned, it just sat there and slowly deteriorated. Somewhere along the line they decided to tear it down, but discovered that the house had at some point been built around an original Civil War cabin. They stopped tearing it down, and left the cabin not knowing what to do with it. However, they let it sit too long, and eventually it started falling in on itself and they had to go ahead and tear everything out. Sad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 It wasn't that long ago this came up before here on the HN and Hoss showed us the thread where this was this discussed. Did you see that Monaco? (the old memory ain't what it used to be.....and the technical skills were never good). Where is that old thread from the grandson of the landowner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonacoMan Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 On 12/8/2019 at 7:56 PM, RogerDuke said: It wasn't that long ago this came up before here on the HN and Hoss showed us the thread where this was this discussed. Did you see that Monaco? (the old memory ain't what it used to be.....and the technical skills were never good). Where is that old thread from the grandson of the landowner? I’m somewhat new to posting on this site...I figure there’s lots of old threads where some of the things I bring up were discussed in the past. But even when you do a “search”, there’s so much that pops up that it’s hard to tell where everything might be at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 Maybe Hoss will see this and post that thread here where they were selling off part of the old farm. Hoss?...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossC Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 15 hours ago, RogerDuke said: Maybe Hoss will see this and post that thread here where they were selling off part of the old farm. Hoss?...... The thread you're talking about is here. There's another about attempts to save the building here. Hobie Hartkins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted December 12, 2019 Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 Thanks Hoss. It's pretty sad but these will be informative to Monaco Man. MonacoMan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonacoMan Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 Awesome...thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeFan4Life Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 I am looking for all pics of the general lee and the police cars etc with no watermarks as I plan on using the best pics to make custom posters. I might even make some for this website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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