Dukes Of Hazzard Car Spotted
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Dukes Of Hazzard Car Spotted
I was amazed to pass what looked to be a very authentic Dukes Of Hazzard Dodge Charger today, on a local road. Never seen one before, not even at any of the shows/rallies. Anyone aware of it, especially in the North-West, can't be many around. One of my favourite TV shows.
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Good spot, did you make a note of the registration?
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The North-West couldn't have had much rain recently, the ground looks very dry in your photo. The local council also need to spend more on the maintenance of the roads!:D
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That's one of the better roads!Andrew 2.8i wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 2:32 pm The local council also need to spend more on the maintenance of the roads
Didn't catch the reg, I was too shocked at just seeing the car.
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Nice spot Paul
You can hire one for 3 or 6 miles https://www.intotheblue.co.uk/experienc ... xperience/
6 miles might be a tank of gas
You can hire one for 3 or 6 miles https://www.intotheblue.co.uk/experienc ... xperience/
6 miles might be a tank of gas
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Thanks Andy, they don't let you travel far do they! I hadn't seen that, but I have found a Facebook page with someone doing similar but based locally. I live in hope that it was an actual car from the series which I saw though, and I think that's what I shall believe
Them Dukes, them Dukes!
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If Daisy comes with it, I'll be happy with 3 milespbar wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 3:37 pm Thanks Andy, they don't let you travel far do they! I hadn't seen that, but I have found a Facebook page with someone doing similar but based locally. I live in hope that it was an actual car from the series which I saw though, and I think that's what I shall believe
Them Dukes, them Dukes!
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I see you get to drive the car around one of several aifield circuits, depending on your location.andyd wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 3:06 pm You can hire one for 3 or 6 miles https://www.intotheblue.co.uk/experienc ... xperience/
If the circuit is, say, 2 miles long and you've paid for a 3 mile experience, does that mean you'll have to park up half way around the second lap and walk back to the pits?
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For a general lee "styled" car ......like not the real mc coy , mind you , I think they wreaked so many chargers filming the show that classic car peeps started voicing their opinions about the carnage, so it would be hard to claim any of the cars used could be the "real" one. Still seems like a lot of dosh for a lap round the estate.
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I was thinking that at first, but then I thought you'd probably pay close to £40 for a taxi ride home after a Saturday night out (not that I've had one of those for more years than I care to remember!). I know which I'd rather spend my money on.
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I've seen that a couple of times too Rob, not a patch on the series, but I was surprised at how much I did enjoy it actually. Far better than the Starsky & Hutch movie, goodness knows what they were trying to do there.Caprifan Rob wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 6:09 pm
Love that car, coincidence I watched the remake 2005 film on Netflix last night, Jessica Simpson makes a fine Daisy Duke
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That's only happened in more recent years though Hamish, the show started filming in 1978 and the Chargers used were 1969, meaning of course they were only 9 year old cars, it would be like smashing up 2011 Ford Fiesta's now, nobody would care!
Numbers of cars used varies depending on the source, 147 episodes were made, some jump scenes were re-used, models were used in some later episodes, so figures do get exaggerated I think. Good cars were 'kept' for the normal driving and non action scenes, modified ones used for the jumps of course.
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Where was that Paul, looks more like Arizona than Stockport???
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This is quite an interesting trivia list for the show as I was looking to see how many cars they wrecked (somewhere between 250-320 apparently)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078607/trivia
One of the interesting ones is that apparently the show wrecked so many cars that whenever the producers saw a '69 charger out on the streets they would immediately approach the owner to buy it
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078607/trivia
One of the interesting ones is that apparently the show wrecked so many cars that whenever the producers saw a '69 charger out on the streets they would immediately approach the owner to buy it
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A nice bit of trivia is that the Starsky & Hutch Gran Torino appeared in the first Dukes episode, and I've been able to find out about the Dukes car which I saw, will add details later.
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About time they re ran the Dukes of Hazzard and Starsky and Hutch on ITV4 maybe. Something a bit different to the Sweeney etc
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I was reading earlier about Amazon looking in to not streaming Dukes and a museum in the U.S. defending its stance on continuing to display the last original car from the first series. All because of the Confederate flag on the roof and the name of the car - people are going out of their way to be offended
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You can`t erase history just because you don`t like it, even if it WAS wrong. People love a `cause`.
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Forces TV was repeating Dukes episodes, complete with the General and confederate flag, weekdays at 6 PM.
They might still be showing them, I haven't checked.
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Edit: I've just checked and Forces TV is currently showing Buck Rogers in that time slot.
They might still be showing them, I haven't checked.
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Edit: I've just checked and Forces TV is currently showing Buck Rogers in that time slot.