Ετοιμάσου για μια βουτιά στα παιδικά σου χρόνια: Ακούς εκείνη τη γνώριμη κόρνα με τις 12 πρώτες νότες του “Dixie“, του ύμνου της Ομοσπονδίας. Μπροστά σου προβάλλει ο General Lee, a πορτοκαλί Dodge Charger του ’69 with the σημαία της Ομοσπονδίας στην οροφή και τον αριθμό 01 στις πόρτες του, να κάνει ένα θεαματικό άλμα, με τους αδελφούς Dukes να ξεφεύγουν (ξανά) από τον σερίφη. Ωπα: Πορτοκαλί; Ήταν, αλήθεια, πορτοκαλί ο Στρατηγός;
Ενώ όλοι (όσοι έχουμε μια ελαφρά αχρωματοψία) απαντάμε ότι προφανώς και ο Στρατηγός ήταν πορτοκαλί, στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες έχει ανοίξει μια μεγάλη συζήτηση. Κάποιοι υποστηρίζουν ότι το muscle car που πρωταγωνιστούσε στους Dukes of Hazzard δεν ήταν απλά πορτοκαλί, ούτε μια πιο ανοιχτή εκδοχή του Hemi Orange όπως πίστευαν οι περισσότεροι.
Ακόμα τον κυνηγάνε τον Στρατηγό
Λένε ότι το χρώμα του ήταν το Flame Red, ένα χρώμα που η general engines χρησιμοποιούσε στην Corvette των 70s. Με δεδομένο ότι και το Flame Red, παρά το “red” στο όνομά του είναι επίσης πορτοκαλί, θα έληγε εκεί η “διαμάχη”. Όχι όμως.
Ο General Lee πήδαγε και άκουγες τη χαρακτηριστική ιαχή των Dukes. “ΙΙΙΙΙΧΑ”
An Video of VINWiki λέει ότι οι δύο παραπάνω εκδοχές είναι λάθος. Και ότι στην πραγματικότητα, το ακριβές χρώμα του Στρατηγού ήταν το TnT Express. Στο βίντεο αναφέρεται ότι εντοπίστηκε το πορτ μπαγκάζ του πρώτου General Lee, with the original χρώμα in good condition. The video is very interesting and worth watching:
The colour scanned and it turned out that the code of was the TnT Express; that is, a shade (of orange) that used and still uses a courier company from the Netherlands by that name. But then again, is it exactly like that?
The Gentlemen Dukes of Hazzard
A statement by actor John Schneider, i.e. Bo Duke, that the original colour of General Lee was a just a patchwork of colours available to the television studio that produced the film, brings us closer to reality.
When Dodge asked "how many Chargers do you need for the shoot?" Warner Bros. would say "yes."
Consider that the studio used so many Chargers (the jumps we were seeing were real and after each one, as you can see, the Charger ended up theostravo for scrap and even presumed to have been destroyed more than 300) which Dodge was unable to provide them with as many cars as they asked for.
Dodge Charger after jumping into a spin. Possibly, perhaps - and we say this with caution - the damage could have been done with a salve
So, at some point the producers have gone... out of business and, where they saw Charger they left a note on the windshield "are you selling it?" and came up with even more drastic solutions: They started buying AMC Ambassador that they painted orange and, through odd angles in the filming, but also through editing techniques, they hid the change. When they began to not find nor Ambassadorsthey hired a special effects company that did shooting with... miniatures!
However, some original tracks have survived
For the record, the General Lee...wearing a 426 HEMI V8 that in street legal detuned version, it yielded maximum power 430 HP, he always had the windows down, as the doors was supposed to be electronically welded (because racecar) and therefore the two passengers were sliding in through the windows.
Fun fact: To be filmed the leap of the titles the beginning of the Dukes, destroyed many Chargerssince, at most. frontalhe was landing a lot sloppy. The jump that was kept and we finally see at the beginning of each episode, was achieved when bags were placed with sand, weighing 100 kg in the trunk.
In doing so, General Lee made a leap forward to reach the 5 metres high and going through 25 metres long. The car bore the name of American Civil War general Robert E. Lee, who died on 12 October 1870.
In case you're thinking of repeating any of the General's jumps
