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Post by jiggyjoe on Feb 25, 2013 12:15:24 GMT -5
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Post by sledrat on Feb 26, 2013 14:34:44 GMT -5
Something about that sled reminds me of a charger lol
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Post by datasled on Feb 27, 2013 9:41:17 GMT -5
Sledrat
heres some data about the dukes of hazards
did you know..
That 30 Dodge Chargers where used in the making of the movie and nearly 300 where used in the making of the television series.
317 Chargers were used in the show, some being modified '68 & '70 models to look like '69's. At least 3 were used per episode. And 26 were used in the 2005 movie. Only 17 remain from the show, and a couple of them were used in the movie, they are still at the Warner Bros. Studios.
To make the jumps work, General Lees had to be weighted down in the back to compensate for the weight of the engine in the front. The stunt managers welded steel boxes into the trunks of the cars and added weights as necessary, usually 300-400 pounds. The farther and higher a jump was, the more weight was necessary to balance the car.
During the filming of the pilot episode, two directors were eating breakfast in the town square of Covington when they heard a car drive by that played the opening bars to “Dixie†as the horn. This, they thought, must be in the show. They chased down the owner, bought the horn out of his car for $300, and installed it in a General Lee.
. The basic story of the show can be traced back to Jerry Elijah Rushing, an actual moonshiner in North Carolina. At the age of 12, he began making deliveries, eventually using a modified 1958 Chrysler 300D for the job. The car, named “Traveller†after General Lee’s horse, was rigged to dump oil on the road to impair law enforcement vehicles in pursuit. Rushing was often joined by his brother Johnny, and sometimes by his female cousin Delane. But they just delivered the moonshine, which was actually made by Rushing’s Uncle Worley. Rushing eventually left the business and became an accomplished hunter, especially with a bow. His stories about his adventures inspired the 1975 movie Moonrunners, which in turn led to The Dukes of Hazzard.
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