Thanks Malcolm. I not wild about the "General" look either. Kind of ugly. The '70 Charger is my favorite. Paul On Aug 18, 2008, at 3:58 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote:
> Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> The General Lee of the television series was a 1969 Charger. >> I think this car matches that criteria. I suppose it's a >> clone in terms of being an oriinal hemi Charger. It would be >> worth much, much more in factory colors if it were not a >> clone. More than 100K to be sure. But a couple of General >> Lee's always show up at the Dream Cruise. I assume they're >> created from cars that originally had the bas 318 cid, two >> bbl engine. A numbers matching hemi Charger is a very >> valuable piece of iron. (Some have sold at auction for a >> quarter million in U.S. dollars). > > A great picture, although the 'General Lee' paint job isn't my > favourite - > there was a dark green with a black roof which looked amazing. The > previous > shape Charger (the '66/'67) was also a beautiful car and also the > later 1970 > 500. Goodness knows what went through their heads from 1971 on, but > by the > time production finished with the then latest shape, they had > changed it > from one of the worlds most beautiful cars, to one of the blandest > vehicles > ever made. > > Malcolm > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
