The dukes of hazzard car Continue For other purposes, see this article needs additional quotes to verify. Please help improve this article by adding quotes to reliable sources. Non-sources of materials can be challenged and removed. Find sources: General Lee Car - News newspaper book scientist JSTOR (December 2017) (Learn how and when to delete this template message) General Lee General Lee at a public screening, 2006OverviewTypechargerManufacturerDodgeProduction1969Body and chassisClassMuscle carBody style2-door coupePlatformFR B-bodyPowerPowerPowerTransmission3-speed TorqueFlite automatic General Lee (sometimes called simply General) is an orange TNT Express 1969 Dodge Charger driven in the television series Dukes of Hazzard , along with the cousins of Koi and Vance (5). He is known for his signature horns, his police chases, stunts, especially his long jump, and for having his welded doors closed, causing the dukes to climb in and out of the windows. The car appears in every episode except one (Mary Kay's Child). The name of the car is a reference to the American Civil War General Robert E. Lee. He carries the Confederate flag (a rectangular version of the square battle flag of The Northern Virginia Army) on the roof, and also has a horn that plays the first 12 notes of Dixie's song. General Lee's idea was developed from the car of bootlegger Jerry Rashes, which was named after Lee's favorite horse, Traveller. The traveler was also the name of the car in Moonrunners, the 1975 film the predecessor of the Dukes of Hazzard. The story of General Lee depicted at the 2010 Oldtimer Sandworth National Festival, the Netherlands Confederate battle flag painted on the roof of General Lee's dashboard and interior of General Lee photographed in 2006 While the estimated number of General Lees used varies from variety of sources, according to former cast member Ben Jones (Cooter's show), as well as the builders involved in the show, 325 General Lees were used for the film. Others claim about 255 were used in the series. Approximately 17 still exist in various repair states. On average, more than one General Lee was used for the show. When shooting the jump, somewhere between 500 and 1000 pounds (230 to 450 kg) of sandbags or concrete ballast was placed in the trunk to prevent the car from nailing. Later in the series the mechanics will lift the front end of the car to keep it from scraping against the ramp causing it to lose speed, thereby providing a cushion for the driver when landing. Stunt drivers report that they enjoy flying, but hate landing. Despite the ballast, the vehicle's landing attitude was somewhat unpredictable, resulting in moderate and extremely violent forces, depending on how it landed. On many jumps, cars bend on impact. All cars, The jumps were immediately removed due to structural damage. Chargers from the model years 1968 and 1969 (no 1970 Chargers were used before the 2005 movie) were delivered and converted into general specifications of Lee (taillights, grills, etc.). Despite popular belief, according to all the builders involved over the years, getting cars was not a problem until later years. By then, the car was the star of the show and Warner Bros. (WB) moved the building of cars in the house to keep the cars consistent in appearance. Later in the show run, when it got too hard and/or expensive to continue to purchase more chargers, producers began to use more jump footage from previous episodes. In the final season, radio-driven miniatures were sometimes used, much to the chagrin of several actors. Episodes 1 to 5 were filmed in Georgia Covington and Conyers in November and December 1978. The Georgia episode of Cars consisted of six Dodge Chargers. The first General Lees were built by Warner Bros. and shipped to Georgia, where John Marendi (car photo coordinator) tagged the first three cars LEE 1, LEE 2, and LEE 3 in a particular order for film editing purposes. LEE 1 was the second unit of the car with a full roll of the cage. This 383 V8-powered 1969 charger is equipped with air conditioning, AM/FM stereo, steering, and power drum brakes. It was originally painted in the T3 Light Bronze Metallic code with a tan interior, black vinyl top and chrome rocker trim. The rocker finish was left on due to a previously poor body performance on the left side of the quarter, finishing with a gas lid, and the wheel was well finished missing so the finish was removed on LI 2 and 3 to match. The chrome vinyl top finish had to be removed, but since the left quarter panel was replaced and the finish was very poorly fitted it had to be left to hide the bodywork and as a result most of the General Lees throughout the series the vinyl top finish. After the famous jump over the police cruiser Roscoe. Coltrane by stuntman Craig Baxley, he was stripped of the front seats and grille and taillights of 1969. LEE 1 was used once again as Richard Petty Tire Test Car in the fourth episode of Repo Men. LEE 2, like LEE 1, was the second car unit with a full cage roll, 383 V-8, floor shifted automatic transmission and / C. Originally painted B5 Blue with black interior, the interior was repainted tan in match LI 1 and 3, although its steering wheel remained black. It was used to open the scene in One Armed Bandit. In this scene, Beau and Luke are pursued by Roscoe's police cruiser with the general after Cooter stole it. LEE 3 was the first close-up and first General Lee, Warner Brothers; this can be seen in the first public photos. Originally, it was a model F5 Medium Green Metallic R/T SE (Special Edition) with a vinyl top. It was powered by a 440 Magnum engine HP, the car weighed 3,671 pounds (1,665 kg). LEE 3 was equipped with an A/C, power box, wood grain dash, and AM radio. It also had a tachometer plant (which can be seen on Repo Men). This car had a tan leather interior and a removable bar roll that allowed the installation of a camera for in-car shots. This car was painted 1975 Corvette Flame Red with a special base coat; The basic coat was used after they found lee 1 paint appeared to be blotchy because of a direct application over factory paint, they were first painted by the code Chrysler EV2 or Orange Hemi. Eventually, the first three Generals of the Fox began to show visible damage, so the crew had to start doing more. The first General Lee to be built in Georgia was a 1968 charger converted to 1969; The tail light panel, front grille and front seats taken from LEE 1 were used. The interiors, not originally lit, were sprayed with SEM Saddle tan vinyl dye. The first three Georgia Foxes had a set of crossed flags (the Confederate flag and a checkered flag) on the panel between the rear window and the trunk cover. Although four sets were created, only three were used. They were discontinued due to the continuity of General Lee's graphics, making it one thing less to be used. Three car survivors returned to California and had their flags crossed removed after recovery. The wheels are usually 14-by-7-inch (36 cm × 18 cm) American racing brand Vectors throughout the show (with Carroll Shelby center caps) and were mostly fitted on the P235/70R14 B. F. Goodrich Radial T/A tires with blackwall face. LEE 1 was sold to professional golfer Bubba Watson at a Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction in 2012 for $110,000 ($121,000 after a buyer's premium). In the midst of the controversial ban on the Confederate flag, he announced his intention to repaint the car and remove the flag, but no actual evidence of change has yet emerged. Andre and Renault Welluzat built General Lees for WB from the second season to the fourth season. Viewers can also see two Georgia cars often used at the beginning of the second season. LEE 3 and a specially caged car never appears (but built) in Georgia were used largely in early California episodes. Veluzats were somewhat incompatible in the way they built the cars, so this is when most variations from the specs are found. The paint was any orange color they were on hand at the time, but there seemed to be some differences here: the interiors were mostly painted brown and sometimes SEM saddle Tan. According to some sources, Veluzats charged WB $250 a week for a rental car and amounts of $2,000 to $3,000 in vehicle destruction; it included police cars. WB mechanics had to support the cars at the company's expense. The money received from the construction of General Fox financed the family project to restore the restoration The melody of The Ofry Ranch; it burned down in the 1960s. This is the ranch where many classic Western films were shot, as well as the television series Gunsmoke. Today, it's a fully functional movie ranch where shows such as HBO's Durdwood are filmed. Warner Brothers era by 1983, Warner Brothers turned full control of the building of General Lees Ken Fritz. Fritz had no job long before he too was fired, and at that point Warner Brothers moved full production into the house. General Lee was now a highlight of the series, and WB received enormous amounts of Lee-specific fan mail that nit-picked car inconsistencies.