


August 13, 2010
Bourjaily: General Lee at the Hardware Store
By Philip Bourjaily
This has nothing to do with guns, hunting or shooting – except that Bo and Luke Duke occasionally mentioned going hunting -- but I’m putting it up anyway. I made a trip to our local Menards – a midwestern home repair chain – when I spotted this car in the parking lot and took a picture.
If you paint a Chevy Cavalier to look like the General Lee* from the Dukes of Hazzard, forget “You might be a redneck if . . .” because there is no “might be” about it. You are a redneck. Period.
Plus you get bonus Redneck Points for:
Painting the antenna orange to match the rest of the car.
Leaving the gas cap cover a contrasting primer gray.
Using a bungee cord for a trunk latch.
*Dukes of Hazzard fun fact: there were somewhere between 250 and 320 1968 and 1969 Dodge Chargers that appeared as the Duke boys’ car. The stunt jumps on the show were violent enough to cause structural damage, requiring a constant supply of new General Lees. There are about 17 left – not counting the car in this picture.
Comments (56)
As a dyed in the wool redneck I am ashamed!LOL
Purty, plum purty, is Sheforlay goin to brang out this model so us good ole boys kin git one. its got a 4 banger stead of a 440. If'n i hunt right out of this hot rod do i have to ware an arange vest to be legle?
See that!, The confederate flag can make anything look good!
Preach on Brother Walt!
Phil didn't say, but I hope that thing had Iowa plates. Here in 'Bama, our necks are red enough tha we don't do stuff like that unless we can make it an absolute carbon copy of the real General Lee.
From a Charger to a Cavalier. The recession is hitting the Duke boys pretty hard. Don't worry, Roscoe still can't catch 'em.
Yes Phil it was a crying shame to bust up all those Chargers. What a waste...
Obviously the 'necks in question had far too much time on their hands. I am absolutely ashamed of seeing the Stars and Bars painted on such a travesty. No self respecting Southern boy would commit such a crime. It must have been done by a Yankee...!
I am sure it is just a young man with a little too much time and paint on his hands.
Bee: From what I remember everyone I knew did a pretty good job of busting up GTO's, 442's, SS-396's, RT's, GT's, and most everything else in the way of muscle cars on the drag strips and highways of the south when the vechiles were new. We just thought they were fast cars, assumed they would be made forever along with high test gasoline, and had never heard of Barrett-Jackson. I sure wish I still had some of my old rides today.
I'd be happy and proud to have one of these "good ole boys" live next to me, rather than the metrosexual "Chevy Volts" some are trying to force on us.
And the Kia commercials are hilarious, I'm sure the gangbangers are all rushing out to buy Kia's!!!
Quote:
"Country boys will survive" Hank Williams, Jr.
Ish,
you are right about that. I saw several of them get frames bent jumping rail road tracks. It was just a shame to bust up the rest of them! My wife and I have been eyeballing the new Dodge Challenger and she says she needs a new ride...
well looks to me to be a desperate was to be a redneck but hey it works so more power to them yee haw!
Ish?
What are you talking about?
THAT IS A 440!
Fore tars
Fore silinders
Naught chance of picking up Daisy Duke!
It's all a matter of perception!!
Bubba
I think it's time to put a little more clorine in the gene pool.
You guys are killin me. Somebody owes me a keyboard just spit my tea all over it. I had a 73 Charger SEB. I really dont know how fast it would go. Bout 135 is fast as I had it! Let me tell ya thats scary!
Did anybody notice the way that the plating on the obviously artisan crafted alloy wheels oversprayed on the sidewalls? Nice touch. That titanium fuel filler door is also very much a Chip Foose item. My guess is that the bungee/decklid stabilizer is probably the more exotic natural latex rubber instead of that more common synthetic crap. Just my opinion, I could be wrong.
Ish,
Yore Mis'sippi is showin'.....
And how about the "chrome" on those beauty rims overlapping the tires. But I'd stop laughing and start crying if Daisy Dukes got into the passenger seat.
My first 3 cars were Dodge Chargers - 2 were 69's. I practically cried everytime I saw one doing something on that show that it wasn't meant to do.
I'd laugh just as much if someone painted up a modern so-called "Charger" to look like the General Lee. It would look like an AMC Marlin with a wannabe complex.
By the way - Michigan's Woodward Dream Cruise starts next week. Saw a couple of cherry Chargers on the way home tonight. I still miss mine.
If the Daisy duke gal were modeling that car;ALL would be forgiven!
at least it wasn't a nissan: Cooter would be rolling in his grave
Don't you get bonus redneck points for using a spray paint can too? At least the Confederate Battle Flag was done professionally.... I'd drive it to a Kanye West concert just because of what he did to our little hometown hero Taylor Swift. When I was 16 I would have been more than happy to have this or any other mode of transportation besides a bicycle and tractor.
It just shouts, "Welcome to the Land of Hee Haw!!"
Maybe I should paint my Magnum like that, It will do an HONEST 140. Believe me I know!
I meant HAVE it done so it would in fact be good looking.
I am not enough of a redneck to use a spray can.
haha thats awesome!
There is one thing missing on this thing of beauty. The Duke boys never had their windows in the up position. How are these wannabe Duke boys getting in their General Lee? I am ashamed and disgraced and this amateur hour!
I got one better than that!
Driving a truck for JB Hunt and passing the Girls Gone Wild Buss not just once but 4 times in two months!
Hey Coop!
Did you hear that J.B. Hunt was in the process of buying out Stoops and Overland Express?
They're gonna call it: "J.B. Hunt Stoops Over!"
Bubba
Bubba
I once saw a sign written above the butt gasket dispenser in a restroom at a truckstop that read,
"J.B. Hunt Driver Temporary Cowboy Hats"
If you tried to hood slide this General, you'd probably need to replace the whole front clip, and maybe a testicle.
J.B.Hunt? Aren't those the guys who don't have to paint the right side of their trucks because they never pass anyone? I believe they are set at 63mph max... Oh and JBHunt stands for Just Beginners Holding Up Nations Traffic. I was a driver for two years, just messing with you sorry Sgt. Cooper.
O'BROTHER! FirstBubba THAT'S A GOOD ONE!
JB IS ALWAYS CATCHING HELL!
Ralph, 63 is it and damn proud of it! They say they get better fuel mileage, but at that speed they are lugging the engines and I've been told and I've proven, they do get better fuel millage at 70mph for what they were designed to run at.
JB Hunt isn't the brightest bulb in the Cannon Bag!
Now Interstate Transportation out of Tacoma Washington, they know how to run a business and there trucks are better setup than the Ice Road Truckers on TV!
I know some boys from Texas
One of which is a boyhood and life long friend
Hes a mechanic and his partner is a body man
He is the only guy I know (still alive) who in order to miss a gagle of teenage girls on bicycles.
Riding a beautifull chopper ( Harley ) at 100 mph plus
( clearly he as speeding : ) steered into the ditch
laid the bike down and slid for nealry 250 yards,.
lay there a few minuets ,. got up and walked away .
Aside from minor scrapes and cuts ,. no injury.
The man in his youth ( as you may suspect ) was a little crazy but ws and is my friend.
The man has the texas flag on his soul .
When I emailed him to look at this
He called !! which is something cause he dosent like talking on the phone ,.. choking with lauighter saying,.
Yohan God d it !!! you trying to kill me .
Well no your Texas-ness,. just thought you get a kick ,.ya know??
He says kick,.. ??? how bout a f ing heat attack ?? YUK YUK ,.
"That car just gotta belong to that little guy on American Idle a few yeasr ago
who tried to sing that Ricky Martin song
She-bang".
At which point he disolved into more howling laughter.
Thank you Mr Bourjaily !!
I bet the "Daisy Duke" that goes with that car is about 3fity and has 2 teeth!
Hey GERG! The real Daisy I am so sorry to say, would likely not fit in this version of the General. She does still look OK for 57 years old, and she would benefit from some serious time at Curves, but then just maybe....
I had a 69 Mercury Montego SC, Ford's version of the Charger! Often thought of painting it in the Gen. Lee theme but never did.
As I sit here laughing my a$$ off Billy D is looking over my shoulder having a hoot too. My dear old deceased dad loved the Dukes and most especially Daisy. Not sure what dad would say if he were here to see that monstrosity but I'm guessing he would enjoy it.
Why is everybody makin' fun of my car?
seadog, how do you make out in the back seat?!
Clay, if I could get Daisy Duke in the back seat, I'd find a way!
Hey that's my car!
huanglongjin
we know who you are!
What a travesty! hat had to be done my a teenager, right? No adult would have that little sense, right? I guess you just have to shake your head and move on sometimes.
A '69 Montego the Ford version of the Charger? Ha! Now that there's funny, I don't care who you are! You are kidding, right?
haha "just a good ol'boy never meanen no harm".
Thanks Phil. That's my car.
Rednecks of the South
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBocef6iQps&NR=1
They looked similar, if it wasn't intended it sure was strange coincidence. Front ends were the biggest difference, was asked if it was a Charger several times as a matter of fact so I'm not the only one who thought they were close in looks. Unfortunately it only had a 250 6cyl in it, but it could still smoke 60 series tires. (remember those pre-metric, non-radial tires?)
Here's a pic of a 69 Mercury Montego SC (you must be thinking of the Montego station wagon)
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q22/Zermoid/69MercuryMontegoSC.png
Coop, if you know that ahole puttin up the ads, would you please break ALL of his fingers!
Actually I wish i did know, I would go by and put a couple of pins through his TV & Telephone cable or better yet hook my truck battery all 1000 amps to it!
We don't have Menard's stores around here only Home Depot and Lowe's. Always wondered how they could sponsor their kid in Nascar races.
Kinda off point here, but did you know that Home Depot supports and sponsors gay and lesbian pride parades and such?
Thought such activities were just a weeeeee bit left!
Bubba
FirstBubba
That's why it is known as "Homo Depot"! LOL
Guess I won't be bending over to see what's on the bottom shelf at Home Depot anymore!
Ya might just get it in the end, in more ways than one!
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Bee: From what I remember everyone I knew did a pretty good job of busting up GTO's, 442's, SS-396's, RT's, GT's, and most everything else in the way of muscle cars on the drag strips and highways of the south when the vechiles were new. We just thought they were fast cars, assumed they would be made forever along with high test gasoline, and had never heard of Barrett-Jackson. I sure wish I still had some of my old rides today.
See that!, The confederate flag can make anything look good!
Yes Phil it was a crying shame to bust up all those Chargers. What a waste...
Obviously the 'necks in question had far too much time on their hands. I am absolutely ashamed of seeing the Stars and Bars painted on such a travesty. No self respecting Southern boy would commit such a crime. It must have been done by a Yankee...!
Ish?
What are you talking about?
THAT IS A 440!
Fore tars
Fore silinders
Naught chance of picking up Daisy Duke!
It's all a matter of perception!!
Bubba
Don't you get bonus redneck points for using a spray paint can too? At least the Confederate Battle Flag was done professionally.... I'd drive it to a Kanye West concert just because of what he did to our little hometown hero Taylor Swift. When I was 16 I would have been more than happy to have this or any other mode of transportation besides a bicycle and tractor.
There is one thing missing on this thing of beauty. The Duke boys never had their windows in the up position. How are these wannabe Duke boys getting in their General Lee? I am ashamed and disgraced and this amateur hour!
From a Charger to a Cavalier. The recession is hitting the Duke boys pretty hard. Don't worry, Roscoe still can't catch 'em.
I bet the "Daisy Duke" that goes with that car is about 3fity and has 2 teeth!
Purty, plum purty, is Sheforlay goin to brang out this model so us good ole boys kin git one. its got a 4 banger stead of a 440. If'n i hunt right out of this hot rod do i have to ware an arange vest to be legle?
Phil didn't say, but I hope that thing had Iowa plates. Here in 'Bama, our necks are red enough tha we don't do stuff like that unless we can make it an absolute carbon copy of the real General Lee.
I'd be happy and proud to have one of these "good ole boys" live next to me, rather than the metrosexual "Chevy Volts" some are trying to force on us.
And the Kia commercials are hilarious, I'm sure the gangbangers are all rushing out to buy Kia's!!!
Quote:
"Country boys will survive" Hank Williams, Jr.
I think it's time to put a little more clorine in the gene pool.
Did anybody notice the way that the plating on the obviously artisan crafted alloy wheels oversprayed on the sidewalls? Nice touch. That titanium fuel filler door is also very much a Chip Foose item. My guess is that the bungee/decklid stabilizer is probably the more exotic natural latex rubber instead of that more common synthetic crap. Just my opinion, I could be wrong.
And how about the "chrome" on those beauty rims overlapping the tires. But I'd stop laughing and start crying if Daisy Dukes got into the passenger seat.
My first 3 cars were Dodge Chargers - 2 were 69's. I practically cried everytime I saw one doing something on that show that it wasn't meant to do.
I'd laugh just as much if someone painted up a modern so-called "Charger" to look like the General Lee. It would look like an AMC Marlin with a wannabe complex.
By the way - Michigan's Woodward Dream Cruise starts next week. Saw a couple of cherry Chargers on the way home tonight. I still miss mine.
If the Daisy duke gal were modeling that car;ALL would be forgiven!
at least it wasn't a nissan: Cooter would be rolling in his grave
Hey Coop!
Did you hear that J.B. Hunt was in the process of buying out Stoops and Overland Express?
They're gonna call it: "J.B. Hunt Stoops Over!"
Bubba
Bubba
I once saw a sign written above the butt gasket dispenser in a restroom at a truckstop that read,
"J.B. Hunt Driver Temporary Cowboy Hats"
If you tried to hood slide this General, you'd probably need to replace the whole front clip, and maybe a testicle.
Preach on Brother Walt!
Ish,
you are right about that. I saw several of them get frames bent jumping rail road tracks. It was just a shame to bust up the rest of them! My wife and I have been eyeballing the new Dodge Challenger and she says she needs a new ride...
well looks to me to be a desperate was to be a redneck but hey it works so more power to them yee haw!
You guys are killin me. Somebody owes me a keyboard just spit my tea all over it. I had a 73 Charger SEB. I really dont know how fast it would go. Bout 135 is fast as I had it! Let me tell ya thats scary!
It just shouts, "Welcome to the Land of Hee Haw!!"
haha thats awesome!
J.B.Hunt? Aren't those the guys who don't have to paint the right side of their trucks because they never pass anyone? I believe they are set at 63mph max... Oh and JBHunt stands for Just Beginners Holding Up Nations Traffic. I was a driver for two years, just messing with you sorry Sgt. Cooper.
Hey GERG! The real Daisy I am so sorry to say, would likely not fit in this version of the General. She does still look OK for 57 years old, and she would benefit from some serious time at Curves, but then just maybe....
Why is everybody makin' fun of my car?
seadog, how do you make out in the back seat?!
Hey that's my car!
huanglongjin
we know who you are!
As a dyed in the wool redneck I am ashamed!LOL
I am sure it is just a young man with a little too much time and paint on his hands.
Ish,
Yore Mis'sippi is showin'.....
Maybe I should paint my Magnum like that, It will do an HONEST 140. Believe me I know!
I meant HAVE it done so it would in fact be good looking.
I am not enough of a redneck to use a spray can.
I got one better than that!
Driving a truck for JB Hunt and passing the Girls Gone Wild Buss not just once but 4 times in two months!
O'BROTHER! FirstBubba THAT'S A GOOD ONE!
JB IS ALWAYS CATCHING HELL!
Ralph, 63 is it and damn proud of it! They say they get better fuel mileage, but at that speed they are lugging the engines and I've been told and I've proven, they do get better fuel millage at 70mph for what they were designed to run at.
JB Hunt isn't the brightest bulb in the Cannon Bag!
Now Interstate Transportation out of Tacoma Washington, they know how to run a business and there trucks are better setup than the Ice Road Truckers on TV!
I know some boys from Texas
One of which is a boyhood and life long friend
Hes a mechanic and his partner is a body man
He is the only guy I know (still alive) who in order to miss a gagle of teenage girls on bicycles.
Riding a beautifull chopper ( Harley ) at 100 mph plus
( clearly he as speeding : ) steered into the ditch
laid the bike down and slid for nealry 250 yards,.
lay there a few minuets ,. got up and walked away .
Aside from minor scrapes and cuts ,. no injury.
The man in his youth ( as you may suspect ) was a little crazy but ws and is my friend.
The man has the texas flag on his soul .
When I emailed him to look at this
He called !! which is something cause he dosent like talking on the phone ,.. choking with lauighter saying,.
Yohan God d it !!! you trying to kill me .
Well no your Texas-ness,. just thought you get a kick ,.ya know??
He says kick,.. ??? how bout a f ing heat attack ?? YUK YUK ,.
"That car just gotta belong to that little guy on American Idle a few yeasr ago
who tried to sing that Ricky Martin song
She-bang".
At which point he disolved into more howling laughter.
Thank you Mr Bourjaily !!
I had a 69 Mercury Montego SC, Ford's version of the Charger! Often thought of painting it in the Gen. Lee theme but never did.
As I sit here laughing my a$$ off Billy D is looking over my shoulder having a hoot too. My dear old deceased dad loved the Dukes and most especially Daisy. Not sure what dad would say if he were here to see that monstrosity but I'm guessing he would enjoy it.
Clay, if I could get Daisy Duke in the back seat, I'd find a way!
What a travesty! hat had to be done my a teenager, right? No adult would have that little sense, right? I guess you just have to shake your head and move on sometimes.
Thanks Phil. That's my car.
Kinda off point here, but did you know that Home Depot supports and sponsors gay and lesbian pride parades and such?
Thought such activities were just a weeeeee bit left!
Bubba
A '69 Montego the Ford version of the Charger? Ha! Now that there's funny, I don't care who you are! You are kidding, right?
haha "just a good ol'boy never meanen no harm".
Rednecks of the South
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBocef6iQps&NR=1
They looked similar, if it wasn't intended it sure was strange coincidence. Front ends were the biggest difference, was asked if it was a Charger several times as a matter of fact so I'm not the only one who thought they were close in looks. Unfortunately it only had a 250 6cyl in it, but it could still smoke 60 series tires. (remember those pre-metric, non-radial tires?)
Here's a pic of a 69 Mercury Montego SC (you must be thinking of the Montego station wagon)
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q22/Zermoid/69MercuryMontegoSC.png
Coop, if you know that ahole puttin up the ads, would you please break ALL of his fingers!
Actually I wish i did know, I would go by and put a couple of pins through his TV & Telephone cable or better yet hook my truck battery all 1000 amps to it!
We don't have Menard's stores around here only Home Depot and Lowe's. Always wondered how they could sponsor their kid in Nascar races.
FirstBubba
That's why it is known as "Homo Depot"! LOL
Guess I won't be bending over to see what's on the bottom shelf at Home Depot anymore!
Ya might just get it in the end, in more ways than one!
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