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It is assumed by some that the General Lee 1969 Dodge Charger in The Dukes of Hazzard was equipped with the 426 Hemi, but it was never stated nor implied. Exact numbers are not known, but the majority of the 309 General Lee's were packed with the 383 big block; many of the engine shots during the show revealed the 383. Deemed "close up cars", Chargers carrying the 383 were kept in better condition than those used for chase scenes. There were some designated with the 440 big block for long distance jumps and other high speed maneuvers, although many of the jump cars were powered by 318 cubic inch engines that weighed less. During those jump scenes, the rear of the cars would be packed with lead weights as heavy as 1000 pounds to prevent the car from nosing down on its landing. Almost all of the cars used during the jump scenes were destroyed on impact, as the incredible amount of weight added to the rear often caused them to fold in half. Even the very first General Lee, named LEE 1, was jumped in one episode and then wrecked in a later episode before being towed to an Atlanta area junkyard. Later, it was purchased and fully restored by Travis Bell.

The American muscle car scene created a handful of legendary cars such as the Chevrolet Camaro, the Dodge Challenger, and the Ford Mustang. 40+ years later, those high performance street machines are still highly sought after. Not only do collectors pounce on the chance to own the vehicles, the entertainment industry has featured them prominently in movies and television as well: the 1976 Ford Gran Torino on Starsky & Hutch or the 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am in Smokey and the Bandit. Those cars are well known and often replicated, but no movie or television vehicle has stolen the hearts of gearheads the way a 1969 Dodge Charger named General Lee did when it roared through every episode of The Dukes of Hazzard.General_lee.jpg
Congratulations to both 65standard and Mopar78 for winning the truck and car of the month for March 2009!!


totm1.jpgMopar78's 2005 Dodge Ram Daytona won over two other Rams, one owned by Off Road Teacher and the other owned by SeMiGoD.














cotm1.jpg65standard's custom Magnum R/T won over dtjackten's Neon and Carolina Magnum's SRT-8 Magnum.
Congratulations to both contagious19 and Kindschi for winning the truck and car of the month for February 2009!!


febtotm1.jpgKindsch's 1997 Dodge Ram won over oefootball_70's Ram and hydrashocker's Durango. 














febcotm1.jpgcontagious19's Neon won over two other Neons, one owned by reaperofevil and the other by mannyfresh18.






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Big money rebates on big money trucks.  That's our idea of a perfect world, a world where we can get our instant gratification cake and eat it, too.  For a limited time, you can get ridiculously low pricing on Dodge, Chrysler and Jeep cars and trucks as part of the brilliant promotion dubbed aptly as "Employee Pricing Plus Plus".  Yeah, that's what we said, but it ain't a typo. We're not going to argue about the name because we're just happy to get big stacks of crisp cash back on the trucks that make this country so great.  We could use the extra money for beer, barbeque and more beer.  Make no mistake about it: now is the best time to purchase a car or truck.





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