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fear_nothing
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Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:57 am Post subject: Restoring the General Lee |
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If your a muscle car kind of guy, The Dukes of Hazzard should hold a special place in your heart! Edmunds has a great story with excellent pictures and videos documenting the restoration of the very first General Lee. It's the car used in the very first jump & can be seen in the opening credits of every show.
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=119349
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Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:52 am Post subject: |
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The end result looks very nice. Makes me wish I had one (and the 30G's it'd take to get it to that condition) |
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TFA wrote:...state-of-the-art Dodge Charger aviation...
Made me giggle. |
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Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:38 am Post subject: |
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Somtimes you have to look at automotive restoration with a grain of salt.
How to restore a car:
Step 1 - remove VIN plate from old junked car; crush whatever is left over.
Step 2 - purchase a 'Year One' catalog for the make/model of car you are restoring.
Step 3 - purchase every part in the catalog
Step 4 - Assemble the parts
Step 5 - Paint the assemblage with some shiny paint
Step 5 - Install VIN plate from donor car
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Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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$75k is a lot fer just restoring a car. I wonder if they put the same concrete in the gas tank...    |
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fear_nothing
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Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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crewsr wrote:Somtimes you have to look at automotive restoration with a grain of salt.
How to restore a car:
Step 1 - remove VIN plate from old junked car; crush whatever is left over.
Step 2 - purchase a 'Year One' catalog for the make/model of car you are restoring.
Step 3 - purchase every part in the catalog
Step 4 - Assemble the parts
Step 5 - Paint the assemblage with some shiny paint
Step 5 - Install VIN plate from donor car
Tadaa!
I wouldn't put it past most guys, however this story seems genuine. Edmunds is a reputable site, you would think they would do their homework before doing a story on a fraud. |
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Slymer
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Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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looks like all the original parts are just a couple pieces of glass and about 500 pounds of metal and some of the engine parts.
I wish I had the bank to just buy a nice car and bore out and sleeve the cylinders with titanium and then just buy transmissions as necessary. But that's another idea for another time. |
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Slymer wrote:looks like all the original parts are just a couple pieces of glass and about 500 pounds of metal and some of the engine parts.
I wish I had the bank to just buy a nice car and bore out and sleeve the cylinders with titanium and then just buy transmissions as necessary. But that's another idea for another time.
I wish I had the money to let some one else worry about all that for me, I'd just pass them a wad of cash and tell them I want to go fast. |
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JustAnEngineer
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anglachel wrote:I wish I had the money to let some one else worry about all that for me, I'd just pass them a wad of cash and tell them I want to go fast.
http://www.callawaycars.com/
http://www.saleen.com/vehicles/
http://www.roushperformance.com/vehicles.shtml
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I think it should do a jump...  |
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