Couldnt stand to watch that show when I was a kid. Crashing all those Chargers ! Made me cringe even in my teens.
They were a dime a dozen back then. LolThey only crashed a couple thousand 68 and 9 chargers plus a bunch of model cars.
They were a dime a dozen back then. Lol
Actually they did repair and reuse the cars as often as possible. some they couldn't some they could. They used a total of 321 chargers in various ways. The most often repaired and re-used was General Lee #1, which was the first Lee used, jumped multiple times, rolled and wrecked. they rebuilt it multiple times in the first season before lastly using it as the wrecked "Petty Race car" in a later episode.I remember arguments with a buddy about how they destroyed the cars on every jump, he thought they reused the cars. We were in grade school.
yes, I think it's at Bristol Raceway.Don’t they have a Duke Fest or something like that where u can take ur car and do stunts with it? Kim
Nope. Official total from the producers themselves is 321. Only 22 survived the show.I thought I remembered a total of 1500 Chargers used over the years or maybe acquired for the show. I worked for House of kolor in Minneapolis Minnesota in 80 through 82 and for some reason we had one of there show cars for a week or so, I can't remember what we did to it but it was a POS. A ratty 318, no exhaust, green interior piece of chit. But it was tied to the show. If I remember correctly the driver and truck was in the alley for the time we worked on the car, I think he f'd it up. Damn that was a long time ago.
That old dealership is only about an hour away from me. Of course it's closed down now. I also bought my '70 Charger SE 500 in Tampa. 1988. Ive been in Florida a long time. You used to see 2nd gen charger's, but they weren't falling off tree's either.Not sure about Florida but they sure werent common in MN .
Funny thing is my 70 SE 383 Magnum Charger was sold at Massey Brooks Dodge in FL .
looks like Youtube just did too...Walmart pulled all of the General Lee cars due to their Racist symbolism.