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1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car > 1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" > http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car BFD.  Signature-Mike- mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net >> 1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" >> http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car > > BFD. While not 500k, I just sold my 69 Charger for a nice sum. ;) My thoughts had always been to paint it a medium blue, have the horn play "Yankee Doodle Dandy", put an American flag on top and call it the General Grant. ;) Lots of General Lee's out there.. but I've never seen a Grant... *laffn* > >> 1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" > >> http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Lots of General Lee's out there.. but I've never seen a Grant... *laffn* Some TV show I watched a year or so ago said they went through 200+ of those cars over the course of that show. Too lazy to cite anything factual. I guess this one is special because "Bo" owned it? MW > "43fan" <sleap13@comcast.net> wrote > > > "George Orwell" wrote [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > 200+ of those cars over the course of that show. Too lazy to cite > anything factual. I guess this one is special because "Bo" owned it? How large was the total finished production run of them? Agree with general statements above. The show made them more famous and more desirable. Also, at same time destroyed fair amount of inventory. Decrease Supply at same time Increase Demand = current value goes up. > My thoughts had always been to paint it a medium blue, have the horn > play "Yankee Doodle Dandy", put an American flag on top and call it > the General Grant. ;) No, no... it's gotta be "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"! >>> 1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" >>> http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Lots of General Lee's out there.. but I've never seen a Grant... *laffn* http://www.cogulus.com/blog/archives/t/The-General-Grant-88.php > http://www.cogulus.com/blog/archives/t/The-General-Grant-88.php Thanks for the link... that's almost exactly how it looked and sounded in my head! >>>> 1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" >>>> http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >> Lots of General Lee's out there.. but I've never seen a Grant... *laffn* An I nuts or is the bidders here? Current bid: US $2,302,300.00 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&item=250108256198 >While not 500k, I just sold my 69 Charger for a nice sum. ;) > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Lots of General Lee's out there.. but I've never seen a Grant... *laffn* My dream media ride is a 60's Lincoln Continental, the ones with suicide doors, in black. Used to subtle effect in "The Matrix" (it's the car Morpheus' crew uses inside the matrix) and "The Lost Room" (it's The Weasel's ride). Here's an example: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lincoln-Continential_W0QQitemZ150117194934QQihZ00 5QQcategoryZ6304QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem epbrown -- How can you know where I'm at if you haven't been where I been? Can you see where I'm coming from? "How I Could Just Kill A Man" Cypress Hill > "43fan" <sleap13@comcast.net> wrote: > >While not 500k, I just sold my 69 Charger for a nice sum. ;) > My dream media ride is a 60's Lincoln Continental, the ones with > suicide doors, in black. Used to subtle effect in "The Matrix" (it's > the car Morpheus' crew uses inside the matrix) and "The Lost Room" > (it's The Weasel's ride). Here's an example: Oh man, the memories! In 1970s I needed a tow vehicle for light weight race car. Was tempted by exactly what you describe. The "road not taken", ended up getting a hog 69 Ply SW. "We will never know, what might have been". > My dream media ride is a 60's Lincoln Continental, the ones with > suicide doors, in black. Used to subtle effect in "The Matrix" (it's > the car Morpheus' crew uses inside the matrix) and "The Lost Room" > (it's The Weasel's ride). "Suicide doors?" (I'm from rec.arts.tv, not one of the auto groups.) SignatureWilliam December Starr <wdstarr@panix.com> >> My dream media ride is a 60's Lincoln Continental, the ones with >> suicide doors, in black. Used to subtle effect in "The Matrix" [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > "Suicide doors?" (I'm from rec.arts.tv, not one of the auto > groups.) Suicide Doors are one that have hinges towards the rear of the door instead of the front. The doors hinge from the rear, so the wide part of the opening is at the front. They are called suicide doors because if you crack one open while the car is moving forward, the air stream will yank it open, and possibly pull you out of the car; possibly killing you. So opening one of these doors while the car is moving is likely to kill you - thus since you killed yourself, it is suicide. Ed > >> My dream media ride is a 60's Lincoln Continental, the ones with > >> suicide doors, in black. Used to subtle effect in "The Matrix" [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Ed Well, that's not the explanation we grew up with. The idea was that if you swung the door open and a car coming from behind hit it, it would close on you and kill you, whereas if the car hit a door that swang the other way, the door would be ripped off the car away from you. > Well, that's not the explanation we grew up with. The idea was that if > you swung the door open and a car coming from behind hit it, it would > close on you and kill you, whereas if the car hit a door that swang the > other way, the door would be ripped off the car away from you. I figured something like that was where the name came from. > > Suicide Doors are one that have hinges towards the rear of the door > > instead of the front. The doors hinge from the rear, so the wide part [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > killing you. So opening one of these doors while the car is moving is > > likely to kill you - thus since you killed yourself, it is suicide. Ouch! And consider that Suicide Doors are in cars that usually have no seatbelts! >>> 1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" >>> http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Lots of General Lee's out there.. but I've never seen a Grant... *laffn* As a flaming liberal Yankee from California, I have a lot of contempt for the South, but General Lee was a *much* better general and person than Grant, who was a frickin' idiot, leading one of the most corrupt administrations before, well, this one. And I say this as a distant cousin of Grant's wife, Julia Dent Grant. Better to call it the General Eisenhower. -- Rob -- LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again. It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee. >>> 1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" >>> http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Lots of General Lee's out there.. but I've never seen a Grant... *laffn* Heh. Better yet, call it the General Sherman and make sure to get Georgia plates for it. SignatureJoe >1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" >http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car It ain't the original Bat Mobile. I liked Lt. Columbo's little Peugeot convertible. My Mother the Car, a 1928 Porter. Pukes of hazzard. Nice car, though. I liked the 70 hemi Charger, or hemi Cuda, the best. > 1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" > http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car I wonder if any of the professional protesters will demand that the roof of the car be repainted to remove the racist confederate flag. >1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" >http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car Check the bids out. A fool and his money is about to soon part on this deal. On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:02:11 +0200 (CEST), George Orwell <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]>, in an obviously impaired state, wrote: >1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" >http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car Actually, I'd think that the Batmobile would be the most famous car in TV history. SignatureRay Sirois SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS http://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6080 telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6023 > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:02:11 +0200 (CEST), George Orwell > <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]>, in an obviously impaired [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Actually, I'd think that the Batmobile would be the most famous car in > TV history. I prefer Rockfords Firebird myself. Jeff DeWitt > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:02:11 +0200 (CEST), George Orwell > <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]>, in an obviously [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > in > TV history. I think it depends on how old you are. How about Kit from Knight Rider? Personally I'd rather have either the Ferrari from Miami Vice, the Ferrari from Magnum, P.I., or the Barracuda from Nash Bridges. Ed >1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" >http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car COLUMN SHIFT?!? -- lab~rat >:-) Do you want polite or do you want sincere? >>1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" >>http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car > >COLUMN SHIFT?!? AND Automatic transmission! >>>1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" >>>http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car >> >>COLUMN SHIFT?!? > > AND Automatic transmission! Sold, if you can believe it! Winning bid: US $9,900,500.00 > >>>1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" > >>>http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Sold, if you can believe it! > Winning bid: US $9,900,500.00 this is cool, however: "The car now has a 725 horsepower Hemi motor, Dodge Viper brakes and a roll cage, all of which allow it to race at over 200 miles per hour." >>>>1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" >>>>http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Sold, if you can believe it! > Winning bid: US $9,900,500.00 I think it would be hilarious if Tom Wopat were the buyer. -- Rob -- LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again. It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee. > 1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" > http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car CTV.ca http://snipurl.com/1jgvo A version of the General Lee -- a 1969 Dodge Charger made famous in the television show "The Dukes of Hazzard" -- fetched a winning bid of nearly US $10 million Friday in an online auction. If the bidder comes through with cash or financing for the $9,900,500 price, the car will be the most expensive item ever sold by eBay Inc., company spokeswoman Catherine England said. ========== Whoa! >> 1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from "The Dukes of Hazzard" >> http://snipurl.com/Dukes_Hazzard_car [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >========== >Whoa! And what are the odds that a 12 year old will find that kind of financing? <GDR> > On Sat, 5 May 2007 19:40:20 +0200 (CEST), George Orwell > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > And what are the odds that a 12 year old will find that kind of > financing? <GDR> >From the auction page: Winning bid: US $9,900,500.00 Get low monthly payments "Get low monthly payments" Haha! Yeah right! I'd like a loan that let's me pay $100 a month. Thanks! ABC > In article <ee8dde9ac24d7ef0cffe8a4218373...@mixmaster.it> > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > price, the car will be the most expensive item ever sold by eBay Inc., > company spokeswoman Catherine England said. Ventura County Star http://snipurl.com/1jv10 ..The man who last week won an eBay auction to buy the General Lee car for $9,900,500 has backed out of the deal, prompting owner John Schneider to start taking legal action against the bidder, Schneider's estate manager said. ..The bidder, listed on eBay as William Fisher of Laguna Hills, did not return an e-mail for comment. His profile says he owns a knife- selling business. Schneider decided on legal action in part to prove that the sale wasn't a publicity stunt. More than a dozen bidders quickly drove the price into the millions. Fisher's bid was only $100 higher than the second highest bid. Schneider is keeping the car safe in his garage for now, Stockman said. > Ventura County Star http://snipurl.com/1jv10 > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Schneider is keeping the car safe in his garage for now, Stockman said. Bummer! But why doesn't Schneider just sell it to the second-hghest bidder? The bids were only $100 apart, and I thought that was how ebay worked anyway - if the highest bidder doesn't pay up, the second-highest gets the item... >> Ventura County Star http://snipurl.com/1jv10 >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > worked anyway - if the highest bidder doesn't pay up, the second-highest > gets the item... Ebay gives the seller the OPTION of offering to the next highest bidder. There's no requirement to do so. And any fool could see that this was a case of people running up bids as a joke. No one in their right mind would pay $10 million for an orange Charger, regardless of its history. Nice to see that Schneider is taking legal action, though. Good for him. C |
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