Re: [FWDLK] General Insanity
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Re: [FWDLK] General Insanity



Hello All,
Yeah, Mopar collector's guide has probably done that (or a similar article) about a dozen times in the last 10 years. I knew that car was in process of restoration, just didn't know how far along it was. It was truly General #1. The one that is the Hero car was created afterward, around the 3-4 (depending on who you talk to) episode, and then was used exclusively from that point forward. This is the car Wayne Wooten owns today. BTW- it really is just a plain 383 4bbl automatic car, with very few options.
Some stupid Dukes trivia-
-All jump cars were weighed at their 4 corners and then balanced. That's how they flew flat. it took a couple years to figure that out though, that's why early episodes commonly show the General going nose down in a jump. -They couldn't ship wrecked/destroyed Generals by flatbed out of the production site- too many times drivers of the semi's reported seeing kids in cars crying at the sight of destroyed Generals. So they were shipped out in enclosed carriers. -The first few Generals were R4 red, but when viewed on film they appeared orange. This is because R4 is red in the normal light, but Orange in strong/artifical light or in the dark. So they didn't try to make them be red on film, painted them orange after that- the paint was cheaper! Car #1 you mention was R4 Red. I'm sure the restoration painted it orange (some say City of Omaha Orange, which Dodge had used on the 68 Bengal's Chargers, so they knew the color would work, and as a municipal code paint, had to be CHEAP!) -It didn't matter which engine the donor General's had. The sound you heard was a 440 recording. -Though they claim no RT's were used, the closing sequences on several episodes would show a very clear RT badge on the rear quarter, as well as crossed flags (both checkered) on the dutchman panel (under the rear window) This is commonly missed on many clones because it appeared so infrequently on the show. -Toward the end of production they ran out of 69 Chargers, so they started painting/jumping AMC Ambassadors, the 69 Charger grilles/bumpers literally bolted on. On film you couldn't really tell unless you looked carefully at the car in mid-air, and at impact. -The guys who jumped the General on the TV show came out of retirement to jump the General for the movie. Seems no one else knew how to do it properly. -Finally, if the Donor General didn't have a brown interior, no problem, they simply SPRAY BOMBED the interior with Rustoleum!

Yes, I know too much about such a piece of Campy (and let's face it Crappy) 70's television.....

OK- enough stupid trivia,
back to our Finned Masterpiece Theater.

Charles.

Terry & Andree Hoeman wrote:

I just picked up a current issue of the Mopar Collectors guide and it has a neat article about Charger no 1 which was used for the intro jump scene and in the 4th episode with petty blue paint before going into retirement in a grove of trees.

It has just been restored to original condition. Well at least a couple of original parts are still there. After removing the rust not too many part are original.

Was a neat article.
----- Original Message ----- From: <cpollock@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] General Insanity


Hello All,
Just looked at that crazy auction.
The only part that even looks legit is the John Schnieder (Bo Duke) was the seller. What really floors me is that it isn't even a General that was used in the TV Show. It was a clone built by John! The real General 'Hero' car is owned by Wayne Wooten of the Dodge Charger Registry. It was sold to him by Warner Brothers in the late 80's along with the last remaining 50 'real' General Lees. All 50 were jump cars, and most too far gone to save. The car that Wayne has is the one the Bo and Luke always drove up in, and when there was a shot with the hood up, this was the car. That's why it is called the 'hero' car.

Anyway-
$9 mil for a clone????
How many do they want??

Charles.

---- Garrett <TheBulkster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

According to the stats, some of the bidders have only bid on a couple other items the past 30 days...so looking at it that way, 33% seems fairly reasonable...

I still don't see how that car will bring that kind of money, even at Barrett-Jackson, but oh well.
  ----- Original Message -----   From: Jan & Roger van Hoy
  To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 12:43 AM
  Subject: [FWDLK] General Insanity


What's going on with this? The top four [anonymous] bidders have between 2% and 33% of their last 30 days bidding with this seller! #2 highest bidder has had 3 bid retractions lately.

  Is this just an example of shill bidding and publicity?

--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth, '66 Plymouth, '41 Dodge

    ----- Original Message -----     From: Wayne Graefen
    To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 6:32 PM
    Subject: [FWDLK] Can Christine be worth much less?



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