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| Car Of The Day: May 27, 2018; Ertl '69 Dodge Charger | |
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| Dean-o-mite | May 27 2018, 03:23 AM Post #1 |
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![]() Today's car of the day comes from juantoo3's collection, and is Ertl's 1969 Dodge Charger. ![]()
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| juantoo3 | May 27 2018, 07:03 AM Post #2 |
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Now I've got Waylon Jennings in my head... "Just two good ol' boys..." |
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| pjedsel | May 27 2018, 09:07 AM Post #3 |
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What a surprise - another one I would have thought had been COTD already. Nice, simple casting from ERTL who offered many TV/movie related models as they branched out from their bread and butter farm toys. A salute to the General Lee!
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| jedimario | May 27 2018, 09:09 AM Post #4 |
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I’ve got one of these for the reason I have cars with tobacco and alcohol logos on them...some things you just can’t buy anymore “for the children”... |
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| bison1913 | May 27 2018, 10:24 AM Post #5 |
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Station Wagon
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Sharp looking. The color is perfect.
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| Pegers | May 27 2018, 11:32 AM Post #6 |
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you say it is from the dukes of hazard tv show..i watch it a few times and never noticed a car. |
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| Emptywallet | May 27 2018, 12:10 PM Post #7 |
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I cant buy a new General Lee car but I can run up to my local Pot shop and buy a bag of dope all day long.Crazy |
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| corvairjim | May 27 2018, 03:35 PM Post #8 |
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Wow. How "Politically Incorrect" do you want it? Another example of government deciding for us what we can and cannot buy. So it has "the stars and bars" on the roof. So what. I don't like what it stood for, being the flag of a secessionist government that wanted to keep the right to own other human beings, but that was a part of the history of our great nation and should never be forgotten. The right side won that unfortunate war, and banning the display of the Confederate flag won't change that. Being a car-crazed teenager when The Dukes Of Hazzard was on the tube, I (a die-hard Chevy guy) liked the General Lee, and it bugs me that I can't buy a replica of the car new anymore. As a side note, AMT models had a 1:25 version of the General lee in their lineup for many years in the late 70's through the 80's, but based on the WRONG CAR! The body in the kit was based on their Charger 500 model which of course had the flush-mounted rear window, not the "sugar scoop" flying buttress treatment found on most Chargers in 1969. About 10 years ago I rectified the situation on my model, cutting out the rear window area and redoing it in the style of the regular car. It was one of the easier body conversions I've done. Unfortunately I never completely finished it, losing interest after repainting it. I never got around to finding replacement decals for it. |
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| Dean-o-mite | May 27 2018, 04:30 PM Post #9 |
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Not something I ever knew about. Thanks for the tidbit! |
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| juantoo3 | May 27 2018, 07:20 PM Post #10 |
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Interesting....the flush rear window would be from the Daytona. |
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| corvairjim | May 27 2018, 11:20 PM Post #11 |
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It was also used on the Daytona, but the Charger 500 had it first. |
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| Swifty | May 27 2018, 11:25 PM Post #12 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Of note, the Racing Champions General Lee model kit in 1/64 also had the flush rear window of the Charger 500. Side note number two - I can tell this is a 1997 (or later) release from Ertl. The casting is different than the original '80s version, with the rear fascia completely smooth as opposed to indented for the taillights, and the rear window has a very incorrect slope compared to the earlier casting (or, you know, the real car). At least it still has the flag. Sigh, that's about the only good thing I can say about this one. Give me an '80s Ertl release or the Johnny Lightning any day over this one. And yes, I have all three, and Buby's Mustang II General Lee (and the Hot Wheels Dixie Challenger, Welly's Charger America, and several, but not all, of Yat Ming's 'Generic Lees') too. |
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| pjedsel | May 28 2018, 02:09 AM Post #13 |
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I think this ERTL casting has been produced in just about every country they had manufacturing facilities including the US - but also I believe Hong Kong, China - not sure if there is a Korean or Mexican version or not - the later ones, such as this one do seem less detailed. |
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| craftymore | May 28 2018, 11:20 AM Post #14 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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Swifty is correct on the time frame of this casting. ERTL released this version as asingle, in 3 packs and 5 packs of DOH themed releases. I recall seeing a portion of one aisle at the old ERTL RC2 store in Dyserville, IA devoted to DOH stuff. I think that lot is now the Subway or another business in town. RC2 then later moved the outlet store next to their current warehouse. |
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| Lane1through75 | May 28 2018, 04:36 PM Post #15 |
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With Jazz and conversation from the foot of Mt. Belzoni.
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No Matchbox Revin' Rebel?
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| juantoo3 | May 28 2018, 07:28 PM Post #16 |
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Or the Kenner Fast Ones Street Boss in orange? ![]() borrowed image...I wish I had this one! |
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| Swifty | May 28 2018, 10:50 PM Post #17 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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I do have the Matchbox, and sooner or later the Kenner will come along at the right price & condition. It just hasn't happened yet... |
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What a surprise - another one I would have thought had been COTD already. Nice, simple casting from ERTL who offered many TV/movie related models as they branched out from their bread and butter farm toys.
A salute to the General Lee!






2:35 PM Jul 11