Editing The Dukes of Hazzard (section)

==Vehicles==
The show is estimated to have gone through 250–355 cars during filming.<ref>{{cite web |title=8 Things You Didn't Know About "The Dukes of Hazzard" |url=https://bestride.com/news/entertainment/8-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-dukes-of-hazzard |website=BestRide |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210420192956/https://bestride.com/news/entertainment/8-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-dukes-of-hazzard |archive-date=20 April 2021 |date=30 January 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Amie |title=General Lee Graveyard: 'Dukes Of Hazzard' Jump Cars Spotted In Georgia Junkyard |url=https://www.motorious.com/articles/news/general-lee-graveyard/ |website=Motorious |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211202032109/https://www.motorious.com/articles/news/general-lee-graveyard/ |archive-date=2 December 2021 |language=en |date=26 May 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===The ''General Lee'' (Dodge Charger)===
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[[File:Charg.jpg|thumb|right|The ''General Lee'' (Dodge Charger)]]
[[File:General lee.jpg|thumb|right|The ''General Lee'' on public display]]

The ''[[General Lee (car)|General Lee]]'' was based on a 1969 [[Dodge Charger]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Dodge Charger roars to America's most-searched classic car |url=https://journal.classiccars.com/2018/07/10/dodge-charger-roars-out-to-be-americas-most-searched-classic-car/ |website=The ClassicCars.com Journal |date=July 11, 2018 |access-date=7 November 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181108030017/https://journal.classiccars.com/2018/07/10/dodge-charger-roars-out-to-be-americas-most-searched-classic-car/ |archive-date=November 8, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> owned by Bo and Luke. It was orange with a [[Flags of the Confederate States of America#The "Confederate flag"|Confederate battle flag]] painted on the roof, the words "GENERAL LEE" over each door, and the number "01" on each door. In the original five Georgia-filmed episodes, a Confederate flag along with a checkered racing flag in a criss-cross pattern could be seen behind the rear window; this was removed because the extra decal was impossible to replicate over and over again. The name refers to the [[American Civil War]] [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General [[Robert E. Lee]]. The television show was based on the movie ''[[Moonrunners]]'', in turn based on actual moonshine runners who used a 1958 Chrysler named ''Traveler'', after [[Traveller (horse)|General Lee's horse]] (with a slight spelling change). ''Traveler'' was originally intended to be the name of the Duke boys' stock car too, until producers agreed that ''General Lee'' had more punch to it.

Since it was built as a [[race car]], the doors were welded shut. Through the history of the show, an estimated 309 Chargers were used; 17 are still known to exist in various states of repair. A replica was owned by John Schneider, known as "Bo's General Lee". In 2008, Schneider sold "Bo's General Lee" at the [[Barrett-Jackson]] automobile auction for $230,000. An eBay auction which garnered a bid of $9,900,500 for the car was never finalized, with the purported bidder claiming his account had been hacked.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2007/05/11/autos/general_lee_back_on/ |title='General Lee' auction?back on again - May. 11, 2007|access-date=June 18, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140419205444/http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/11/autos/general_lee_back_on/|archive-date=April 19, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The underside of the hood has the signatures of the cast from the 1997 TV movie. Schneider has also restored over 20 other ''General Lee''{{Hair space}}s to date. In 2008, a replica of the ''General Lee'' fetched a high bid of $450,000 at the Barrett-Jackson auto auction. In 2012, the ''General Lee 1'', the first car used in filming the series, was purchased at auction by golfer [[Bubba Watson]] for $110,000. The car had been scrapped after being wrecked during the famous opening jump shoot, and was later discovered in a junkyard by the president of the North American General Lee fan club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/auto/first-general-lee-sells-for-110000 |title=First 'General Lee' sells for $110,000|work=Fox News|access-date=May 12, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150725105840/http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/01/23/first-general-lee-sells-for-110000/ |archive-date=July 25, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, following a wave of sentiment against Confederate symbolism in the wake of [[Charleston church shooting|shootings in Charleston, SC]] (relating to photos where the attacker had posed with the Confederate flag), Bubba Watson announced that he would remove the Confederate flag from the roof of the ''General Lee 1'' and repaint it with the [[Flag of the United States|U.S. national flag]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33393860 |title=Confederate flag: Bubba Watson to paint over Dukes of Hazzard car|publisher=BBC News|date=July 4, 2015 |access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181006210316/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33393860 |archive-date=October 6, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

The show also used 1968 Chargers (which shared the same sheet metal) by pop-riveting the "I" piece to the center of the 68's grille, as well as cutting out the tail lights, pop-riveting the '69 lenses in place, and removing the round side marker lights. These Chargers performed many record-breaking jumps throughout the show, almost all of them resulting in a completely destroyed car. No 1970 Chargers were used, as backdating them proved to be too time-consuming.

The Duke boys added a custom air horn to the ''General Lee'' that played the first 12 notes of the song "[[Dixie (song)|Dixie]]". The Dixie horn was not originally planned, until a Georgia local [[hot rod]] racer drove by and sounded his car's Dixie horn. The producers immediately rushed after him asking where he had bought the horn. Warner Bros. purchased several Chargers for stunts, as they generally destroyed at least one or two cars per episode. By the end of the show's sixth season, the Chargers were becoming harder to find and more expensive. In addition, the television series ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'' began to rival the ''General Lee''{{'}}s stunts. As such, the producers used 1:8 scale miniatures, filmed by Jack Sessums' crew, or recycled stock jump footage—the latter being a practice that had been in place to an extent since the second season, and had increased as the seasons passed.

Some of the 01 and Confederate flag motifs were initially hand painted, but as production sped up, these were replaced with vinyl decals for quick application (and removal), as needed.

During the first five episodes of the show that were filmed in Georgia, the cars involved with filming were given to the crew at the H&H body shop near the filming location. At this shop, the men worked day and night to prepare the wrecked cars for the next day while still running their body shop during the day. Time was of the essence, and the men that worked at this shop worked hard hours to get the cars prepared for the show.

The third episode "Mary Kaye's Baby" is the only one in which the ''General Lee'' does not appear. Instead, the Dukes drove around in a blue 1975 [[Plymouth Fury]] borrowed from Cooter that Luke later destroyed by shooting a flaming arrow at the car, whose trunk had been leaking due to the moonshine stowed in the back.

The Duke boys' CB handle was (jointly) "Lost Sheep". Originally when the show was conceived, their handle was to be "General Lee" to match their vehicle, but this was only ever used on-screen on one occasion, in the second episode, "Daisy's Song", when Cooter calls Bo and Luke over the CB by this handle, although they were actually driving Daisy's Plymouth Road Runner (see below) at the time. As it became obvious that the "General Lee" handle would be out of place when the Duke boys were in another vehicle, the "Lost Sheep" handle was devised (with Uncle Jesse being "Shepherd" and Daisy being "Bo Peep").

===Hazzard police cars (AMC Matador, Dodge Polara, Dodge Monaco, Plymouth Fury)===
[[File:Dukes of Hazzard Sheriff Car 5-10-2014.JPG|right|thumb|1970s-era Plymouth Fury similar to the ones used in the series]]

The 1975 [[AMC Matador]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_16856-AMC-Matador-1978.html |title=1974 AMC Matador in "The Dukes of Hazzard, 1979–1985" |publisher=IMCDb |access-date=August 2, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110320084938/http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_16856-AMC-Matador-1978.html |archive-date=March 20, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> was one of many Hazzard County police cars used on the series, mostly in the first season; they had light bars and working radios. A 1970 [[Dodge Polara]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://imcdb.org/vehicle_15914-Dodge-Polara-1972.html |title= 1972 Dodge Polara in "The Dukes of Hazzard, 1979–1985" |publisher= IMCDb |access-date= August 2, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140607000837/http://imcdb.org/vehicle_15914-Dodge-Polara-1972.html |archive-date= June 7, 2014 |url-status= live }}</ref> and a 1974 [[Dodge Monaco]]<ref>{{cite web | url= http://imcdb.org/vehicle_15916-Dodge-Monaco-1974.html | title= 1974 Dodge Monaco in "The Dukes of Hazzard, 1979–1985" | publisher= IMCDb | access-date= April 27, 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140606220739/http://imcdb.org/vehicle_15916-Dodge-Monaco-1974.html | archive-date= June 6, 2014 | url-status= live }}</ref> were used during the pilot episode [[List of The Dukes of Hazzard episodes#ep1|"One Armed Bandits"]]; these were also seen in the show's title sequence. From the second season, the 1977 [[Dodge Monaco]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://imcdb.org/vehicle_14437-Dodge-Monaco-1977.html |title=1977 Dodge Monaco in "The Dukes of Hazzard, 1979-1985" |publisher=IMCDb.org |access-date=April 27, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090423031451/http://imcdb.org/vehicle_14437-Dodge-Monaco-1977.html |archive-date=April 23, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> was mostly used. From mid-season four the similar looking 1978 [[Plymouth Fury]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://imcdb.org/vehicle_4847-Plymouth-Fury-1978.html |title=1977 Plymouth Fury in "The Dukes of Hazzard, 1979-1985" |publisher=IMCDb.org |access-date=April 27, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090819133753/http://imcdb.org/vehicle_4847-Plymouth-Fury-1978.html |archive-date=August 19, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> was used instead. The Matadors and Furies were former Los Angeles Police Department vehicles, while the Monacos were former California Highway Patrol units.

===Plymouth Road Runner===
A 1974 [[Plymouth Road Runner]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://seriouswheels.com/1970-1979/1974-Plymouth-Roadrunner-White-FA.htm |title=1974 Plymouth Roadrunner—White—Front Angle |publisher=Serious Wheels |access-date=April 27, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100211143350/http://www.seriouswheels.com/1970-1979/1974-Plymouth-Roadrunner-White-FA.htm |archive-date=February 11, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> (yellow with a black stripe) was Daisy Duke's car in the first five episodes of the first season. For the last episodes of the first season a similarly painted 1971 Plymouth Satellite Sebring with a matching "Road Runner" stripe was used. In the second season Bo and Luke send it off a cliff in "The Runaway". Another identical Plymouth 1971 model car appeared in a few more episodes after "The Runaway" due to the episodes being aired out of production order.

===Jeep CJ-7===
''Dixie'' was the name given to Daisy Duke's white 1980 [[Jeep CJ#CJ-7|Jeep CJ-7]] "Golden Eagle" which had a golden eagle emblem on the hood and the name "Dixie" on the sides. Like other vehicles in the show, there was more than one Jeep used throughout the series, which were both manual and automatic transmission. The design of the roll cage also varied across the seasons. When the Jeep was introduced at the end of the second season's "The Runaway", it was seen to have doors and a slightly different paint job, but, bar one appearance in the next produced episode, "Arrest Jesse Duke" (actually broadcast before "The Runaway", causing a continuity error), thereafter the doors were removed and the paint job was made all-white, with ''Dixie'' painted on the sides of the hood. These Jeeps were leased to the producers of the show by [[American Motors Corporation]] in exchange for a brief mention in the closing credits of the show.

===Ford F-100 pickup truck===
Uncle Jesse's truck was a white [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[pickup truck]], most commonly a [[Ford F-Series (sixth generation)|sixth-generation (1973–1977) F100]] Styleside.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hazzardnet.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=623 |title=jesse's truck - HazzardNet Gallery |publisher=Hazzardnet.com |date=July 18, 2006 |access-date=April 27, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090214015748/http://hazzardnet.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=623 |archive-date=February 14, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, in the earliest episodes it had a Flareside bed, and varied between F100 and F250 models throughout the show's run. Bo, Luke and Daisy also drove Jesse's truck on occasion.

===Cadillac de Ville===
A white 1970 [[Cadillac de Ville series|Cadillac de Ville]] convertible was used as Boss Hogg's car, notably with large bull horns as a hood ornament. In early seasons, Hogg was almost always driven by a [[chauffeur]], who was normally nameless and had little or no dialogue, but identified on occasion as being called "Alex"; and played by several uncredited actors, including stuntman Gary Baxley. This chauffeur was often dressed in a red plaid shirt and deep brown or black Stetson hat but was on occasion an older man, sometimes dressed in more typical chauffeur attire.

Hogg is first seen to drive for himself in the second-season opener "Days of Shine and Roses", where he and Jesse challenge each other to one last moonshine race. From the fourth season onward, except for a couple of brief reappearances of the chauffeur (during the fourth season), Hogg drove himself around in his Cadillac (or occasionally driven by Rosco and, in the series' finale, by Uncle Jesse) and frequently challenged others by invoking his driving expertise from his days as a ridge-runner. Unlike other vehicles in the series, Boss Hogg's Cadillac is typically treated with kid gloves. The car is almost always seen with its convertible top down, with the top only being seen in two episodes, "Daisy's Song" (the chauffeur was called "Eddie" in this episode), the second to be produced and broadcast, and briefly in the second-season episode "Witness for the Persecution", when Cooter is returning it to the Court House after repairs. When filming close-up shots inside the studio, a similar-looking 1967 De Ville is used. The door vent windows (eliminated for 1969), as well as the small, round, chrome exterior mirror being noticeably different from the 1970 model's large, square, brushed stainless mirror.

===Ford Custom 500===
A green and blacked out 1971 Ford Custom 500 sedan named ''Black Tillie'' was once used by Uncle Jesse to make moonshine runs. This car was used in "Days of Shine and Roses" (season 2 episode 1). It was not used to make moonshine runs but for a race between Jesse Duke and Boss Hogg, where because of the agreement with the federal government they carried 10 gallons of water to replace the moonshine.