The way the Dukes found
General Lee
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Bo and Luke came across what was to be General Lee while looking for a car to
put the engine they had just built into. They found a beat-up black Charger in a Chickasaw junk yard after it had been used in a bank robbery and run off the road and used the money Uncle Jesse lent them to buy it.They took it over to Cooter's Garage and turned it into the car we all know and love.The General had to be severely overhauled to withstand all the abuse the Dukes put to it. The car was stripped down,
replaced with a roll-bar added, a grill guard was added to the front, the antenna was removed so the Dukes could slide across the hood easily, and the doors were welded shut 'cause Luke wanted it to be just like a car in the Nascar Circuit. The horn was replaced with one that played the first 11 notes of Dixie. The only color Cooter had in his garage at the time was orange so that's the color it came to be. They also slapped a big ol' Confederate Flag on the roof with the name
GENERAL LEE on both sides of it just above the doors. And don't forget the big 'ol "01" on each door. By the way its license plate was Georgia CNH 320.
There was an episode based on how the General Lee came to be, if ya'll have never seen it, the episode is called "Happy Birthday General Lee" (Episode #131) It's a must see!!!
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