10 Wild Facts About Bo & Luke's "General Lee" '69 Charger - The Dukes of Hazzard
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
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The 1969 Dodge Charger, also known as the "General Lee," is a highly recognizable muscle car that played a central role in the television series "The Dukes of Hazzard" which aired from 1979 to 1985. The car is painted bright orange with a Confederate flag on the roof, and its doors are welded shut, forcing the show's main characters to enter and exit the vehicle through its windows. The General Lee is known for its signature horn, which plays the first 12 notes of the song "Dixie," and for its incredible speed and ability to perform impressive stunts, such as high-speed jumps over other cars. The car has become an iconic symbol of American pop culture and remains a beloved part of many fans' childhood memories.
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Wish they would have continued to film in Georgia. Seeing those pine trees just made the first season feel like 'home'.
When filming was complete in GA, Warner Bros sold one completed, but unused General Lee #6 (Volo Museum car) through local ads in a newspaper. Then in 1991 Warner Bros sold the 17 remaining General Lees, just sitting on their lot, to the public. The General Lee that Bubba Watson owns is Lee #1. It is the General Lee that jumps Rosco's patrol car in the opening scene. It was bought out of a private junk yard at a transmission shop in GA.
Well, this is how "millenials" had knew and started loving the 69 Charger, I guess 😁
Here in Italy Dukes of Hazard is still on the air in TV and guess what? I still enjoy it like i was a child!
Thanks for this video :)
Cool! 😁
The producer that heard the horn actually chased the guy down and bought his horn, also general Lee 1 has been found and restored it is the one from the first episode that was painted dark green I belive
The car they pulled out of the junkyard was flat black with a black vinyl top. The car they were working on in the garage was a gloss black hardtop with white interior.
@@tbd-1 you are correct the dark green was the color the car was painted when it was found in a junkyard but it was fading on the roof and the orange paint was showing through
The Richard Petty wreck episode 5 junkyard dogs that was actually Lee 01
Lee 01 was repeated Richard Petty blue four episode five junkyard dogs
Fun fact, the exhaust sound used for the General Lee by the sound editors were the one's recorded from the Chargers during the filming of the 1968 movie Bullitt.
I heard the sound of the Bullitt Mustang engine during various episodes of the show as well. It was also used for the Dodge Challenger in the original Vanishing Point.
@@gigabuster_87I believe the Bullitt Mustang sound was used for the double zero Mustang in the 97 Dukes reunion movie as well.
Something to consider is that after the first 2 or 3 seasons, the POPULARITY of 69 chargers shot thru the roof, which is what led to possible shortages of available cars.
However, WB studios would've had a nation wide buying power(yes, even then) regarding studio/tv/movie cars, so idk how true the shortage idea is/was. Though, thru all the years of TV & movies, the popularity has only risen, which is a serious contributing factor to current day prices for 68-70 Chargers.
WB studios also got plenty of return on the vehicle investments thru usage in other TV series and/or TV movies. Certainly most of us remember seeing repainted G.L's used in The Fallguy, Simon & Simon, Knight Rider, etc, etc. for years after D.O.H was over. I also remember seeing them used in TV movies as bad guy cars over the same time frame.
I'm Glad this series is back
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Do you know the autotrader commercial ? They used one original R/T car from the show, that was owned by Bob Hartwig owner of movie machines, he sold the car to Chrome Cars in Germany :)
Ive always heard that the brush guard on the front of the General Lee was actually used as a camera mount for the in car shots.
The push bumper may have been used as a camera home but nobody's come up and said I don't remember anything camera shots on the TV show being that low
One of the cars used belonged to a neighbor lived across the street in San Diego military housing close to MCRD San Diego. He sold the car which was damage in a fender bender but later used as a stunt car.
I jumped my 69 Camaro SS 90 ft once over someone’s driveway. It looked pretty much what the general Lee did after. I had it fixed, still running today
They also used Miniature's for a while.
Sadly so; I mean I know it saved some Chargers, which is good; but those miniature attempts were just laughably bad 😬
such a sin they wasted so many of those cars. as a 17 year old kid in the 80s, a 68 or 69 Charger was at the top of my wish list. no wonder i couldnt find one. ended up with a sketchy 68 442 with electrical problems and no hood hinges. good times...
At the time the Charger supply was down, a cartoon magazine joked that the world's supply of '69 Chargers would be used up and to look forward to The Dukes driving Volkswagon Rabbits (made up to look like The General Lee) 🤣🤣🤣
Ambassadors as General Lee stunt cars??? I had no idea.
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Love the channel but I have to correct you! There are 17 real General Lee's left drivable I mean! The General Lee owned by Bubba Watson is Lee#1 the very first which was used in the jump over roscoes police car in the opening credits which apparently was a world record jump! It was found in a junkyard in Dawsonville Georgia by Travis Bell for $400 was a wreck but was restored to as it was seen during the jump! It's the only car that has the chrome rocker covers! There's also a scene where bo a Luke load slot machines in the trunk and do a big smoky burnout! Where the car has bent quarters like it already performed a jump! They may have done two jumps with the car! Keep up the great content! It would be cool if you do one of these on famous cars like Carroll Shelbys twin supercharged 66 cobra or the Shelby Exp500's Little Red a twin supercharged 427 67 coupe and the Green Hornet a Green 68 Exp500 coupe with independent rear suspension a Conolet Computer controlled fuel injection set up on a 427 Ford v8! These were Experimental Gt500s build by Carroll Shelby to test new designs of the Gt500's! Very interesting story's very beautiful 1 of 1 cars! Mabe even doing famous surviving TV cars and details might be popular!
Thanks for the input, yeah; my research and editing skills weren't as good back in my early videos like that one as they are now, it's certainly been a major learning process for me, but I love it; so I keep going. Yeah, I eventually want to do some videos on certain famous owners of particular popular vehicles like that too and already have a lot of those on my to do list as well, so we'll see what the future brings😉👍
Fun fact: People tasked with finding cars for the show were originally after Chevrolets. They were far too expensive and settled with Chargers.
Them Dukes, them Dukes...
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Couple of guys in my high school would not acknowledge you unless you referred to them as Bo and Luke. Yeah high school. True very true
Lol, that's great 😉👍
No AMC Ambassadors were dressed up to look like Chargers. They used 69s & 68s with a tail panel swap and stuck an "I" piece in the grille. They like to yell "shortage" but Mr. Sarmento chief Mechanic told me they never had a shortage or problem getting them.
Yes, yes I know. Watch the revised one at the top of the description...
Cool car.
fun tv show.
Yee Haw it is! 😉👍
most general lees had a 318 or a 383 v8 and were not an r/t they also used 1968 chargers as well
Indeed😉👍
They also used a few 68's, i cannot remember which episode, but taillights in one shot were round.
Actually there are three of the original 1969 General Lee cars left. John Schneider currently now owns Waylon Jennings 69 original General Lee car
Cool 😉👍
Yeee ha, great work there carstarz on 10 facts of the one and only 'general lee' that's bright as the sun with cache me orange paint, 01 graphics on both sides of car( but unfortunately the flag is very controversial in today's world for many reasons that i don't want to explain here 😮💨😮💨) push bar, vector wheels, cb antenna , roll bar + tan interior, 440 big block with three speed automatic transmission is a defined dodge icon that hasn't stop being jumped since 1979 😂😂 anyway thanks for sharing the correct facts on dukes of hazzard hero car and have a nice weekend bye now.
Indeed an unforgettable car for sure 😁👍
@CarStarz42 Well, at least there are so many dedicated fans to keep this mopar legend alive for generations to come and yes for the next time you do doh video is going to be daisy's brief time with roadrunner 😉😉.
Destroying 300 Chargers made them rare? Shouldn't there have been tons of them back then?
Show's popularity made these cars popular aswell - so people started to buy these to feel like Bo
Is the one in the Murdo South Dakota car museum no longer there? The billboard is still up with it advertised.
Both 68 and 69 Chargers were used, FTR. They would swap the grill and tail panels. Confirmed by John Schneider and others.
Indeed they did 👍
The Charger carnage is unforgivable. Hollywierd and the writers single handily destroyed a majority of these iconic cars for a stupid mind numbing TV show.
A majority? Around 300 of almost 200,000 produced between 68-69 were ruined.
@@Jim-Slade Jim, the fact is you can’t get into your time machine and get any of these iconic muscle cars. In 2023 most are in the scrap yards or in private collections making the fore mentioned cars a rarity. So yes, gratuitously crashing 60-70’s muscle cars is repulsive.
I heard very few cars were RT's
Actually they used 68 dodge chargers when they was running low on 69s and according to John Schneider the only 440 they had sunk on a barge they had 318s and stuff and the cars was automatic the shifting sound was from bullet
Indeed😉
Cool🥰
I’m pretty sure I heard that the guy that bought the General Lee in 2012 jumped it and wrecked it
And the movie jump i believe has the record for long jump now
There is an original 69 Charger used in a couple episodes that an old friend of mine owns here in Utah
Cool, hope it survived mostly unscathed 😬
according to john bo duke schneider here on his youtube channel only one general lee ever had the dixie horn actually attached to the car
EDIT: john schneider says that the general lee was always a 68 or 69 charger and specifically says that no other cars were used for the general lee
Interesting on the Dixie horn thing, makes since though since they could just dub that in at anytime. Well, since they did so well at making them look like '69 from spare '69 parts and John just being an actor that wasn't building the stunt cars or even used the jump stunt prepared Chargers, he wouldn't know the difference😉
@@CarStarz42 ya know john schneider is into cars so maybe he would know the difference maybe not thats neither here nor there john is the only one left that was actually there so id take his word over someone else word any day peace dude
@@GeorgiaRidgerunner Fair enough logic; have a good weekend 😉👍
69 best year for Charger
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You forgot to mention one thing the very first General Lee using the Dukes of Hazzard pilot was bought by Kid Rock
Fun fact
My cousin and myself was pulled over by the show’s producers
Wanted to buy my cousin 69 green charger
As he cruised N Hollywood
It was a no sale
300 Chargers. Damn. Makes me wonder, what model car has been destroyed more than any other in the history of movie / TV production.
My money is on the Crown Vic.
Indeed, and quite possible, lol.
I would like to see one about the vehicle in Jeepers creepers
And on the original tv show The Dukes of Hazzard they used 1968 1969 and 1970 Dodge Charger R/T cars and the color is a Chevy Red that is a reddish orange
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Only 68s and 69s were used. No 1970s Chargers were used according to John Schneider in his video because the 70 Chargers had a slightly different front end and grill which was a bit larger in diameter compared to the 68 and 69s and also 70s had an additional larger metal trim piece made onto the hood and fenders and below the grill(which the 68 and 69 cars didn’t have that and just had smaller trims made into the grill and had a more slimmer sized front nose), where he explained would be a bit more difficult and take much longer to make it look like a 69 and be able to cover it up during filming. So the 68s had the same size grill and front nose and was much easier and quicker to swap over in order to start shooting scenes
So, they've never used the '68 or '70 models and affixed '69 fronts on them?
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Such a great show.
$125m in royalties for merchandising? The cast was never paid all their share of that by Warner Bros according to James Best.
He took legal action over that, but it dragged for years and was still unresolved upon his death.
His autobiography explains that the cast didn't even have trailers or dressing rooms on the set and they often filmed in torrid conditions with little care for their welfare and safety.
Yikes 😬
@@CarStarz42 Just a note to ponder. I grew up with the show.
Henry Ford II favorite TV show. He loved seeing all those Chryslers get smashed.
Lol, probably so.
the amc cars were used as sheriff patrol cars and other plane cars during the show,they were not used as general lees.....68,69 & 70 dodge charger were used all had the same body style
Yes, see the revised video linked at the top of the description for the current version of the video...
I had a 69 Charger back in the day. It was probably destroyed on the show.
Quite possibly.
Please do daisys road runner
I do intend to cover that one and more vehicles from the show eventually, thanks 😉👍
Who knows what the true color of the General Lee is? Hint: Its not hemi orange or hugger orange
John Schneider said it was just mixed color they had laying around in the shop back in the day, when they did the modifications for the cars.
Schneider's youtube video says it was just orange...albeit differing shades mixed together.
I thought the CBS Gen Lee car was a Challenger not a charger. I knew it was a 1969. A few General Lees used in the 2004 era film are in Orlando FL, Dezer car collection 🚗.
The challenger wasn't introduced until 1970
300 cars destroyed?!!! OMG! What a shame. there had-ta-have-been a better way.
P.S. (By the way CarStarz, thanks for not cutting out the rebel flag. Sure the liberals will be complaining)
They were just cars back then
@@MrTheHillfolk They were our daily transportation, but to some of us, they were more than cars, they were a status symbol, or an extension of your personality, or what you wanted people to "perceive" you as. Some people called it a "cult". But you're right, to some they were "just cars", as is most of the publics' opinion of them today.
No they used 68 chargers and cloned them as 69 per John Schneider
Yep, and I'm sure set mechanics had to piece together any other "frankenChargers" they could to keep that show going as long as it did 😉
Being from the south I was so glad when they canceled that podunk show, not withstanding all the chargers destroyed
its a shame they wrecked so many cars for lame stunts in a tv show
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