The Untouchables

[Chris Haynes]

Having worked on Dukes I will tell you they had a full time crew buying and building General Lee, Uncle Jessie's pickup, Daisy's Jeep, Boss Hogg's Caddy, of of course Roscoe P. Coltrane's cruiser. Only ONE General Lee was able to be salvaged to make a second jump. So count the number of jumps in the series then subtract 1 and you will have the number of cars built. Most of the '69/'69 Chargers were small blocks with nitrous as the 440 was to heavy causing the front end to come down early limiting the length of the jump.

[CHuDWah]

FWIW, from IMDB:

Somewhere between 256 and 321 "General Lee" cars were created and mostly destroyed during the series. Less than 20 in various states of disrepair still exist. Despite popular belief, there were no 1970 Chargers used in the series according to all the car builders.

and

The "General Lee" is a 1969 Dodge Charger. 1968 Chargers were also used, but their round tail lights and front grill were replaced from those on the 1969 model on the otherwise nearly identical model years.

Apparently no 1970 Chargers modified to look like 1969 were used in the TV series but I have read elsewhere that some were used in the movie.

[Chris Haynes]

At the ranch in Santa Clarita where the last seasons were filmed there was a pyramid built out of wrecked Chargers. Notice you have never seen the General Lee hit the ground and drive away in a single shot'. They always cut just as the front end is crumbling and then to the shot of a new General Lee driving away.

[CHuDWah]

Originally Posted by Chris Haynes

At the ranch in Santa Clarita where the last seasons were filmed there was a pyramid built out of wrecked Chargers. Notice you have never seen the General Lee hit the ground and drive away in a single shot'. They always cut just as the front end is crumbling and then to the shot of a new General Lee driving away.

Well, gee - if Christine can reconstitute, surely General Lee can!