"Unobtanium" of Autos to go on sale

[BTMN]

Some cool rides going up. https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/rare-hemis-and-bandit-s-trans-am-among-the-wellborn-treasures-up-for-auction-172101898.html

[unfun75]

I love the Smokey and the Bandit black Firebird!

[cmatthes]

I love the Smokey and the Bandit black Firebird!

Ditto:

[Armitage]

I almost bought a 1969 Dodge Hemi Charger... in about 1980. I drove home after work expecting to go to the bank and make arrangements but for some reason didn't make it on time. The next day I decided it was a bad idea, I thought between the obvious tickets and massive insurance, I'd probably die in it. That day I got laid off...

[velorush]

Love watching the Mecum auctions. Thanks for posting!

[crunchee]

Nice! Back in High School a few decades ago, I remember someone in a neighboring town had one of those Dodge/Plymouth/Chrysler 'muscle cars' in orange with one of those TALL factory spoilers on it. Nobody would ever confuse it with the Family Truckster.

[aknapp]

A friend of my dad bought a new 1970 Road Runner in Lime Light green, WITH the Road Runner horn. Kewl MF car!

[Steve Haynie]

What got me about The Dukes Of Hazard was how you could see all those Chargers getting destroyed when they landed after a jump. A lot of cool cars "died" for that show.

[Studio Custom]

What got me about The Dukes Of Hazard was how you could see all those Chargers getting destroyed when they landed after a jump. A lot of cool cars "died" for that show.

If I recall the show had 17 General Lees and a full crew fixing them.

[Biz Prof]

What got me about The Dukes Of Hazard was how you could see all those Chargers getting destroyed when they landed after a jump. A lot of cool cars "died" for that show.

If I recall the show had 17 General Lees and a full crew fixing them.

They also contracted with "headhunters" nationwide to pore over DMV records and contact owners of '69 Chargers in an attempt to maintain a fresh supply of bodies and parts. One of my uncles was contacted about his in 1979 and turned down an offer of $800 (Yes, that was all they offered) for his red '69 (black vinyl roof). Another gent I worked for briefly in college still has his original '69 R/T in dark blue (white roof) that the SAME scout hit him up for $1,200. Thank goodness neither sold theirs, as they'd both ended up as hulks in the scrap pile.

[Toadroller]

One of my uncles has had a 68 Roadrunner (383, 4 speed, factory tach) as second owner since '70.

It's always nice to visit him.

It takes some effort to push that clutch down and wrestle with the non-power steering.

[JohnnyB]

What got me about The Dukes Of Hazard was how you could see all those Chargers getting destroyed when they landed after a jump. A lot of cool cars "died" for that show.

If I recall the show had 17 General Lees and a full crew fixing them.

I heard a number something like that originally, but when you figure that most cars would have to be scrapped after one long jump, the actual number is much higher. I recently took a guided tour at an auto museum that has a surviving General Lee. I know for sure that the guide put the total number of Chargers used for the show north of 300, and that (IIRC) there are 17 General Lees that have survived. These figures also show up in the Wiki article. Here's the one I saw at the museum; the first is the pic I took in the building (it was cramped); the second is a nicer pic from their website:

[cmatthes]

A friend/client of mine got a '69 converted to "General Lee" specs...complete with the "Dixie" horn The guy who did the conversion has a huge shop outside of Charlotte, NC, and has converted over two dozen '69s to GLs.