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General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway #3125803
03/01/23 10:39 PM
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I looked around on the forums and didn't see anyone who may have posted this story. If this is a double post I will delete it.

https://www.motor1.com/news/654885/general-lee-dodge-charger-crashed-in-missouri/


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Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: David1971] #3125808
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whiney Hate to see that!

Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: Neil] #3125812
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Not a well written article IMO, but I'll be the driver won't do whatever they did again OUCH!!! spank

Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: David1971] #3125816
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Doors that open?

Epic fail.

Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: Alaskan_TA] #3125839
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According to the Facebook post from the Western Taney County Fire Protection District (above), this Charger was a General Lee actually from The Dukes of Hazzard TV show.

It was not, Can anybody spot why it's not?

Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: Moparite] #3125842
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no vinyl top trim?

Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: Moparite] #3125843
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Puttin' on the foil in Charles...
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Originally Posted by Moparite
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According to the Facebook post from the Western Taney County Fire Protection District (above), this Charger was a General Lee actually from The Dukes of Hazzard TV show.

It was not, Can anybody spot why it's not?


R/T emblem on the grille?


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Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: not_a_charger] #3125848
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I remeber one car from the show had the R/T.


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Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: basketcase] #3125867
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Bummer. Never like to see an old car wrecked.


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Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: basketcase] #3125871
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Originally Posted by basketcase
I remeber one car from the show had the R/T.



That is correct there were a couple R/T Chargers used in the series. One was a 440 4 speed R/T that was the favorite of the stuntman to drive. It was used for the high speed scenes and survived several jumps before meeting its untimely demise in the dry creek bed jump scene often shown in the opening credits. That jump held the record for the longest car jump at 83 feet.

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70 Charger R/T SE 472 Hemi 70 Charger R/T convertible 70 Charger R/T V Code Sixpack 69 Charger R/T SE Sunroofcar 68 Charger 383 68 Charger 318 71 Charger R/T 70 Challenger convertible 71 Challenger convertible 71 Cuda 340 09 Challenger R/T Classic
Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: chargervert] #3125912
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Story sounds like a 10 year old wrote it - not a writer for a website named motor1.com.


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Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: Moparite] #3125989
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Originally Posted by Moparite
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According to the Facebook post from the Western Taney County Fire Protection District (above), this Charger was a General Lee actually from The Dukes of Hazzard TV show.

It was not, Can anybody spot why it's not?


work

The doors are open (j/k)

The marker lights are present

The pushbar is frame mounted

shruggy


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Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: SattyNoCar] #3126023
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Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: Sniper] #3126041
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Puttin' on the foil in Charles...
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Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: David1971] #3126046
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Originally Posted by David1971
I looked around on the forums and didn't see anyone who may have posted this story. If this is a double post I will delete it.
https://www.motor1.com/news/654885/general-lee-dodge-charger-crashed-in-missouri/
That show bought up every 1968,1969 and 1970 Chargers they could find in SO CA,AZ and Nevada while they were filming and making those shows. They wrecked and destroyed a bunch of them jumping and crashing them whiney


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Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: SattyNoCar] #3126058
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Originally Posted by Satilite73
Originally Posted by Moparite
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According to the Facebook post from the Western Taney County Fire Protection District (above), this Charger was a General Lee actually from The Dukes of Hazzard TV show.

It was not, Can anybody spot why it's not?


work

The doors are open (j/k)

The marker lights are present

The pushbar is frame mounted

shruggy



Black door push button? And there's no black paint showing under the orange paint like before it became the GL ? shruggy

Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: A12] #3126088
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New article said the two guys were unauthorized to use the car. And the called it a car that was used on the show. https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/ent...3f6007d108447ea7e1ff94166bcbe8&ei=19

Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: stumpy] #3126093
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This P!$$e$ me off more than anything, feeling bad for the child. frown

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The classic car sustained some heavy damage from the crash, and the owner said her special needs son was devastated by the crash, according to the Western Taney County Fire Department.

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no vinyl top trim?

This was what i notice first. I can't stand seeing one of the best looking cars ever destroyed.

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Re: General Lee Crashes on Missouri Highway [Re: Moparite] #3126834
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Where did all the wrecked cars go and were they crushed? Or is there a secret stash somewhere?







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