The iconic TV show Dukes of Hazzard starred the "General Lee" Dodge Charger as much as it ever did the eponymous family that engaged in fun Southern hijinks. But as much as human actors might struggle through the day-in-day-out demands of filming an episodic TV series, the General Lee truly got put through its paces due to the absurd amount of car stunts involving jumps on the show. In fact, estimates place the number of Dodge Chargers destroyed at around 300, while 18 were kept in good enough shape for appearances that didn't involve destruction.
So many General Lees made it onto the set that some were different model-year examples—and some were even AMC Ambassadors in disguise. Keeping all those cars straight was pretty much impossible, which makes it all the more interesting for Dukes of Hazzard fans that a recent Instagram post revealed a junkyard in Georgia packed to the brim with General Lees in varying states of disrepair.
Posed For Pictures
Apparently, this automotive graveyard is linked to an organization called the "Northeast Ohio Dukes" and stuntman Raymond Kohn, and to a series of reenactment stunt events featuring Dukes of Hazzard-inspired shenanigans. It's almost impossible to tell whether any of the cars were actually on the original TV series, or whether they were thrown together, painted orange, and rebuilt in later years.
Stripped And Gutted
The Instagram description claims that one of the cars is a legit R/T model, though the rest are in such disrepair that it's almost impossible to even claim that they were ever Chargers and not Ambassadors. With welded-shut doors, roll cages, and stripped interiors, these were purposefully put together to be destroyed, though they make for quite a sight when posed next to other likely replicas like Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane's cop cruiser.
Sources: Instagram, Autoevolution