"What was its nickname given to the 1969 Dodge Charger in ""Dukes of Hazard""?"
"to save him. Instead, Cooter is seen dragging Luke onto shore, while underwater, Bo discovers an abandoned 1969 Dodge Charger and believes it would be the perfect car for them. They retrieve the car from the pond, already in the iconic orange color with the Rebel Flag painted on the top. They clean, repair and repaint the car, and after adding their new engine, and The General Lee is reborn. The moonshine deliveries go well but before they raise enough money to pay off Hogg, the Boss declares Hazzard a dry county, and offers a $25,000 reward for anyone who"
"Guy Chevy pickup, John Milner's yellow Deuce Coupe from American Graffiti, the fiberglass sports car from Hardcastle and McCormick, several variations on Space 1999 vehicles, and the Knight 2000 Firebird from Knight Rider. Other notable tie-ins included the 1914 Stutz Bearcat from the 1971 TV series Bearcats! (re-purposed from the Connoisseur's Classics series), and a number of kits related to The Dukes of Hazard: General Lee (1969 Dodge Charger), Sheriff Roscoe’s Police Car (1977 Dodge Monaco), Daisy’s Jeep (CJ-7), Daisy’s Roadrunner and Cooter’s Tow Truck. Many of the 'Dukes' kits were re-purposed and re-boxed annuals. A few of them were"
"General Lee (car) The General Lee (sometimes referred to as simply ""the General"") is a 1969 Dodge Charger driven in the television series ""The Dukes of Hazzard"" by the Duke boys, Bo and Luke, along with cousins Coy and Vance (in season 5). It is known for its signature horn, its police chases, stunts—especially its long jumps—and for having its doors welded shut, leaving the Dukes to climb in and out through the windows. The car appears in every episode but one (""Mary Kaye's Baby""). The car's name is a reference to American Civil War general Robert E. Lee. It"
"""General Lees"" is from a ""Thrush"" brand glasspack. The sounds came from the exhaust systems fitted to the ""close-up"" cars; the parts used were ""Blackjack"" brand headers, dual exhausts, and the aforementioned Thrush mufflers. However, the sounds were dubbed in after the scene was filmed. Tires used on the ""General Lee"" varied, but the best known make and model was the B.F. Goodrich Radial T/A. The most common size was P235/70R14; P235/70R15 was also used. Winston Winners were also used. General Lee (car) The General Lee (sometimes referred to as simply ""the General"") is a 1969 Dodge Charger driven in"
"Luke Duke Lucas K. ""Luke"" Duke was born on November 6, 1951, Luke is a fictional character in the American television series ""The Dukes of Hazzard"" which ran from 1979 to 1985. Luke was played by Tom Wopat. Luke, and his younger cousin Bo Duke live in an unincorporated area of the fictional Hazzard County, in Georgia. Luke and Bo own a 1969 Dodge Charger, nicknamed ""The General Lee"", which is painted orange, with the Confederate Flag on top, and ""01"" painted on the sides. Luke and Bo evade the corrupt politicians of Hazzard County, such as Boss Hogg and"
"an individual that plans to have it restored to show quality. It will be restored by the men on the TV show ""Graveyard Cars"". Early in the fifth-season episode ""Exposed"" of the television series ""Smallville"", former ""Dukes of Hazzard"" co-star Tom Wopat (Luke Duke), playing Kansas Senator Jack Jennings, old friend of Jonathan Kent, played by John Schneider (Bo Duke), fishtails his car into the Kent farmyard. The car is a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, painted blue instead of orange, and lacking the ""General Lee"" distinctive insignia. In 2014 the General Lee was featured in a commercial spot for AutoTrader."
"who live on a family farm in fictional Hazzard County, Georgia, with their attractive female cousin Daisy (Catherine Bach) and their wise old Uncle Jesse (Denver Pyle). The Duke boys race around in their customized 1969 Dodge Charger stock car, dubbed ""(The) General Lee"", evading crooked and corrupt county commissioner Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) and his bumbling and corrupt Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (James Best) along with his deputy(s), and always managing to get caught in the middle of the various escapades and incidents that often occur in the area. Bo and Luke had previously been sentenced to probation for"
"Dodge Charger The Dodge Charger is a brand of automobile marketed by Dodge. The first Charger was a show car in 1964. There have been several different production Chargers, built on three different platforms and sizes. In the U.S., the Charger nameplate has been used on subcompact hatchbacks, full-sized sedans, and personal luxury coupes. The current version is a four-door sedan. The three main iterations of Dodge Chargers were a mid-size (B-body) two-door car (1966–78), a subcompact (L-body) car (1983–87), and the (LX) full-size platform four-door sedans built since 2006. The first Charger was a 1965 Dodge Dart GT option"
"Chargers, modified to resemble the Daytona. To perform the driving stunts in the film, the cars were fitted with Chevrolet racing engines, most likely the 572 cid and Brembo racing brakes. A blue model appears in the music video for the 1996 Spice Girls single ""Say You'll Be There"". Dodge Charger Daytona Dodge, an American automobile brand, produced three separate vehicles with the name Dodge Charger Daytona, all of which were modified Dodge Chargers. The name is taken from Daytona Beach, Florida, which was an early center for auto racing and still hosts the Daytona 500, one of NASCAR's premier"
"In its debut it qualified 16th and finished 9th out of a field of 24. At all Superbike World Championship races held in the United States, Fiat's Alfa Romeo safety car is replaced with Chrysler's Dodge Challenger. Dodge Challenger The Dodge Challenger is the name of three different generations of automobiles (two of those being pony cars) produced by American automobile manufacturer Dodge. However, the first use of the Challenger name by Dodge was in 1959 for marketing a ""value version"" of the full-sized Coronet Silver Challenger. From model years 1970 to 1974, the first generation Dodge Challenger pony car"
"Flag. The show also used 1968 Chargers (which shared the same sheet metal) by changing the grille and taillight panel to the 1969 style, and removing the round side marker lights. These Chargers performed many record-breaking jumps throughout the show, almost all of them resulting in a completely destroyed car. The 1970 Chargers were modified by removing the chrome bumper and changing the taillights. The Duke boys added a custom air horn to the General Lee that played the first twelve notes of the song ""Dixie"". The Dixie horn was not originally planned, until a Georgia local hot rod racer"
"Dodge Charger Daytona Dodge, an American automobile brand, produced three separate vehicles with the name Dodge Charger Daytona, all of which were modified Dodge Chargers. The name is taken from Daytona Beach, Florida, which was an early center for auto racing and still hosts the Daytona 500, one of NASCAR's premier events. The first use of the Daytona name on a car was on a version of the Studebaker Lark. The Daytona was the performance model of the compact Lark and it was produced from 1963–1966. The Dodge Charger was made to beat the competition in NASCAR, Americas Premier Racing"
"Dodge Challenger The Dodge Challenger is the name of three different generations of automobiles (two of those being pony cars) produced by American automobile manufacturer Dodge. However, the first use of the Challenger name by Dodge was in 1959 for marketing a ""value version"" of the full-sized Coronet Silver Challenger. From model years 1970 to 1974, the first generation Dodge Challenger pony car was built using the Chrysler E platform in hardtop and convertible body styles sharing major components with the Plymouth Barracuda. The second generation, from model years 1978 to 1983, was a badge engineered Mitsubishi Galant Lambda, a"
"Dodge Charger Daytona, which is acquired by Tej Parker at a car auction in London. While it is not the same car as his signature black Charger, it is a direct nod to The Charger. At the very end of ""Furious 7"" Toretto is seen with the Project Maximus Ultra 1968 Dodge Charger. In ""The Fate of the Furious"", Toretto drives an armoured version of his usual Charger in the film's final confrontation. Dominic Toretto Dominic ""Dom"" Toretto is a fictional character and one of the three main protagonists of ""The Fast and the Furious"" franchise, the others being Brian"
"for 1969 through 1973 and then was toned down again for the 1974 to 1977 models. Dodge targeted the muscle car market of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Along with the Charger, models like the Coronet R/T and Super Bee were popular with buyers seeking performance. The pinnacle of this effort was the introduction of the Challenger sports coupe and convertible (Dodge's entry into the ""pony car"" class ) in 1970, which offered everything from mild economy engines up to the race-ready Hemi V8 in the same package. In an effort to reach every segment of the market, Dodge"
"on the Dodge Coronet, was introduced as a 1966 model. There were several different vehicles bearing the Charger nameplate built on three different platforms and sizes, all bearing the Charger nameplate. Although the name is associated with the late-1960s performance model in the Dodge range, it was also used on personal luxury coupes during the late-1970s and on front-wheel drive subcompact hatchbacks during the 1980s. In 1999, Dodge introduced a new Charger R/T concept car. It took many styling cues from the 1960s Chargers, sharing their long nose and rearward cab, but was shorter at , compared to for the"
"on a big ol' country accent and funky hat. I hadn't shaved and went in toting a beer. I don't know whether they believed it or not, but they liked it."" Schneider learned to drive the iconic Dodge Charger in the show, but to the disappointment of many fans, he admitted he never jumped the car due to the dangerous nature of the stunt. At the height of the series' popularity, he also became a recording artist and a face of merchandise. In 1982, a tangle of legal suits with the producers over the distribution of merchandising royalties sent Schneider"
"Prince started to look to cheap paperbacks that were set in exotic cities ""after dark."" As Marc Jacobs put it, ""[Prince] asked me, what about Louis Vuitton after dark?"" An untitled work consists of the body of a 1970 Dodge Challenger and high-performance parts such as a 660 hp Hemi engine, custom interior, black wheel wells, 14-inch tires in the front and 16 inch in the back, a pale orange paint job with a flat black T/A hood, as well as various decals and emblems. Another car sculpture, called ""American Prayer"", is a 1968 Dodge Charger that has been completely"
"Gabby) in Los Angeles and convinced her to go to Hazzard to be with him. Bo Duke Beauregard ""Bo"" Duke (born April 8, 1958) is a fictional character in the American television series ""The Dukes of Hazzard"", which ran from 1979 to 1985. He was played by John Schneider. The name of ""Beauregard"" may have been chosen after the famous Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard. Bo and his cousin Lucas ""Luke"" Duke (Tom Wopat) live in an unincorporated area of the fictional Hazzard County, in Georgia. Bo and Luke own a 1969 Dodge Charger, named ""The General Lee"", which"
"was to be ""General Lee"" to match their vehicle, but this was only ever used on-screen on one occasion, in the second episode, ""Daisy's Song"", when Cooter calls Bo and Luke over the CB by this handle, although they were actually driving Daisy's Plymouth Roadrunner (see below) at the time. As it became obvious that the ""General Lee"" handle would be out of place when the Duke boys were in another vehicle, the ""Lost Sheep"" handle was devised (with Uncle Jesse being ""Shepherd"" and Daisy being ""Bo Peep""). The 1975 AMC Matador was one of many different Hazzard County police"
"Doug Thorley Doug Thorley is an American Funny Car drag racer, hot rodder and businessman. In 1967, he won the NHRA Nationals' first Funny Car Eliminator title, and was given ""Car Craft""s All-Star Drag Racing Team Funny Car Driver of the Year Award in 1968. In 1964, Thorley match raced an altered-wheelbase (pre-Funny Car) injected big-block 1964 Chevy II he called ""Chevy Too Much"". Thorley's ""Doug's Headers"" Corvair was the first seven-second Funny Car, and it was in this car he won the NHRA supercharged A Funny Car (AA/FC) class at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1967, defeating Joe Lunati's ""The"
"Generals"" volume 3, Lee is the Confederate Minister to London circa 1868, desperately seeking help for a CSA which has turned out poorly suited to independence. Robert Skimin's ""Grey Victory"" features Lee as a supporting character preparing to run for the presidency in 1867. The Dodge Charger featured in the CBS television series ""The Dukes of Hazzard"" (1979–1985) was named The General Lee. In the 2005 film based on this series, the car is driven past a statue of the General, while the car's occupants salute him. Robert E. Lee Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870)"
"there was ""so much bad blood"" between them after the events of the third season that could be explored. She compared this to a relationship between sisters. The episode's central car chase features Coulson's flying 1962 Chevrolet Corvette, Lola, chasing Reyes' fiery ""Hellcharger"", a 1969 Dodge Charger nicknamed Lucy. The sequence was filmed in Los Angeles, with location scouting for the sequence beginning by searching for an ideal corner for the Charger to make ""a big hard left"". The streets around the corner were then augmented with directed traffic in a ""near-miss configuration"", to make the sequence more dynamic—it sees"
"a 1970 Chevrolet Camaro that ran at most twelve to fifteen races a season. After his Camaro, DiNome raced a 1972 Ford Mustang, a Chevrolet Monza and a 1976 Buick Skyhawk that he called ""Saturday Night Fever"", the name taken from the movie starring John Travolta. Frederick never won a major race. He competed once or twice at the NHRA Summernationals, the UHRA (United Hot Rod Association) Summer Nationals, the New England Funny Car Nationals at New England Dragway and some of the Don Garlits' PRO (Professional Racers Organization) races of the mid-1970s. Except for the UHRA shows at New"
"his house (and its address) on another street. Boomhauer's primary pursuits are fast cars and women. He currently drives a 1969 Dodge Coronet Super Bee; in high school, he drove a late 60's Ford Mustang nicknamed ""Ms. Sally"" in which he had a lot of sex with strange women (the name being a reference to the classic Wilson Pickett song Mustang Sally) until the car was accidentally driven into the Arlen quarry by Dale, Hank and Bill while playing a prank on him (Dale did not know how to drive a manual car and confused the clutch for the brake"
"corrupt Boss Hogg. Boss Hogg's car was a triple white 1970 Cadillac DeVille (1976 Cadillac Eldorado in the 2005 film) convertible, with large bull horns for a hood ornament, and in the movies sported pistol shaped door handles. He had a chauffeur named Alex, who drove the car in the first few seasons; in later years, Hogg became the car's principal driver and frequently challenged others by invoking his driving expertise from his days as a ridge-runner. Unlike other vehicles in the series, Boss Hogg's Cadillac is typically handled carefully and he was always blaming Cooter if even the smallest"
"on actual moonshine runners who used a 1958 Chrysler named Traveler, after General Lee's horse (with a slight spelling change). Traveler was originally intended to be the name of the Duke boys' stock car too, until producers agreed that General Lee had more punch to it. Since it was built as a race car, the doors were welded shut. Through the history of the show, an estimated 309 Chargers were used; 17 are still known to exist in various states of repair. A replica was owned by John Schneider, known as ""Bo's General Lee"". In 2008, Schneider sold ""Bo's General"
"are not numbered. Insurance inquiry into a Daytona VIN shows the vehicle as a ""2017 Dodge Charger Scat Pack 392"". The Scat Pack is the R/T with the 392 c.i. engine. The Daytona is a package option on the Scat Pack. A Daytona appeared in the 2013 film ""Fast & Furious 6"", driven by the character Dominic Torretto (Vin Diesel). In the film, it is said to have been an original 1969 model that had been modified into a pro touring super car, and is heavily damaged in the film's climax. The vehicles used in filming were actually standard model"
"tagline was heard in the Pixar film ""Cars"", in which Tom and Ray voiced anthropomorphized vehicles (Rusty and Dusty Rust-eze, respectively a 1963 Dodge Dart V1.0 and 1963 Dodge A100 van, as Lightning McQueen's racing sponsors) with personalities similar to their own on-air personae. Tom notoriously once owned a ""convertible, green with large areas of rust!"" Dodge Dart, known jokingly on the program by the faux-elegant name ""Dartre"". In 1977, radio station WBUR-FM in Boston scheduled a panel of local car mechanics to discuss car repairs on one of its programs, but only Tom Magliozzi showed up. He did so"
"in 1969; Funny Car Eliminator (FCE) would be won by Clare Sanders, teammate of ""Jungle Jim"" Liberman. Tragedy struck the same year, with the death of Jerry Schwartz in the ex-Foster Mach I. In a virtually identical car (except the color), Ongais won a number of rounds, with passes frequently in the low sevens at over , including taking Funny Car Eliminator at the USnats. Gene Snow would record the first official pass in the Keith Black-engined, Logghe-chassised 1969 Dodge Charger, ""Rambunctious"". One of the most famous (and popular) funny cars in NHRA history would appear in 1969: ""Chi-Town Hustler"","
"of the division's top sellers for many years. Chrysler did make an ill-advised move to downsize the Dodge and Plymouth full-size lines for 1962, which resulted in a loss of sales. However, they turned this around in 1965 by turning those former full-sizes into ""new"" mid-size models; Dodge revived the Coronet nameplate in this way and later added a sporty fastback version called the Charger that became both a sales leader and a winner on the NASCAR circuit. Not only did this style dominate the racetrack for 4 full years, its aerodynamic improvements forever changed the face of NASCAR racing."
"Bo Duke Beauregard ""Bo"" Duke (born April 8, 1958) is a fictional character in the American television series ""The Dukes of Hazzard"", which ran from 1979 to 1985. He was played by John Schneider. The name of ""Beauregard"" may have been chosen after the famous Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard. Bo and his cousin Lucas ""Luke"" Duke (Tom Wopat) live in an unincorporated area of the fictional Hazzard County, in Georgia. Bo and Luke own a 1969 Dodge Charger, named ""The General Lee"", which is painted orange, with the Confederate flag on top, and ""01"" painted on the sides"
"cars used on the series, mostly in the first season; they had light bars and working radios. A 1972 Dodge Polara and a 1974 Dodge Monaco were used during the pilot episode ""One Armed Bandits"", these were also seen in the show's title sequence. From the second season, the 1977 Dodge Monaco was mostly used. From mid-season four the similar looking 1978 Plymouth Fury was used instead. The Matadors and Furies were former Los Angeles Police Department vehicles, while the Monacos were former California Highway Patrol units. A 1974 Plymouth Road Runner (yellow with a black stripe) was Daisy Duke's"