When we saw this piece on Hemmings Auto Blogs, we couldn't help but hear it being read in the late Waylon Jenning's voice. Waylon was the narrator on the original Dukes of Hazzard TV show as well as the singer of the theme song. "Little do the Duke boys know..." begins the story of this "car-painted" homage to the Dukes. You see, a London artist by the name of James R. Ford has taken his 1981 Mk III Ford Capri and turned it into a General Lee look-alike. Well, if you squint from a block away, maybe.
The "paintjob" on this particular replica is actually a mosaic covering that uses 4,342 scale model cars. James apparently made a global appeal for toy cars for his project, and received donations from as far away as Australia. Although his car received its fair share of attention before, "The General Carbuncle," as James calls it, is now on a whole new level since completion. While nothing can truly replace the original, even the modern Charger version we've discussed before, it's great to see the Duke spirit alive and well.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Howard Kerr @ Oct 24th 2006 3:18PM
I guess it's just me, but why do people paint cars that are OBVIOUSLY not Dodge Chargers, to look like the General Lee?
BLS @ Oct 24th 2006 3:36PM
Looks like the roof is British flag.
Erik @ Oct 24th 2006 3:41PM
Lame. The roof kills it. It ain't no General Lee without the Bars 'N Stars on the roof!!
carster @ Oct 24th 2006 3:43PM
I have always been a fan of the General but this is not doing it for me one bit!
JayP @ Oct 24th 2006 3:48PM
Too many repeated cars... All Lambos and 959s!
4300 -different- cars. Now that's a trick.
GT AE '06 @ Oct 24th 2006 7:11PM
#1: I thought Maximillian Cooper's LeMans Ferrari (550/575M?) from a few Gumball 3000s ago looked pretty sweet in the General Lee paint job =)
Jim @ Oct 25th 2006 3:24AM
I can just hear it now.....Yeahhhhhhhhhh Haaaaaaaaaaaaa, clunk sputter cough cough stall. :-)
Got to give the owner credit for being creative!
James
http://www.CarTV.com
Gary K. @ Oct 29th 2006 8:25PM
This will undoubtedly wind up just another LAME roadside attraction, sort of like The World's biggest ball of twine, Etc !! Really ugly !! Really Cheesey !! Extra stupid !!
Joe @ Oct 29th 2006 8:29PM
I showed this to my girlfriend and ssked her what she thought of it, she said if I did that to my car she would never ride in it again!!!!!
Tosha Johnson @ Oct 29th 2006 8:45PM
Well the man is really creative, but it looks nothing like the dukes of hazzard car! What messes it up totally, the rebel flag belongs on top and will stay there forever. But good try anyways!
BOB @ Oct 29th 2006 8:49PM
LOT OF WASTED TIME, GET A JOB!
jeff @ Oct 29th 2006 8:50PM
this reminds me of a local nut who totaly covered his car in pennies. he even managed to get older darker pennies to write the phrase, "totaly centsless" on the back. very strange stuff.
ralph branca @ Oct 29th 2006 8:57PM
pretty stupid and a waste of time it will never ever be the general lee too many wanna bees out there
Tom @ Oct 29th 2006 9:04PM
So this toothless British jerk decides to show his "spirit", HAHA, by painting a Ford, with tiny little European Sports Cars, to be a Dodge? Wow. Not just any Dodge, but the Dodge that put Dodge on the map. I don't even like Dodge, but the General Lee is just the greatest car ever. Now, my point is, this guy decides to do all this because he's clearly got the American Spirit, you know, trying to replicate the greatest American Muscle car ever by using a cheap little Ford and trying to make it look like the original with itty bitty hot wheels. Now, this guy is so cool, that he wanted to take a picture of his hot rod, the show stopper that it is, and put it all over the world wide web. Couldn't he even inflate his tires?
-Tom
Ken @ Oct 29th 2006 9:18PM
Three words sum it all up: "What the F**K?" The only way it could be dumber looking is if it was done on an old Mini, or a Yugo, or perhaps a Trabbi.
Rob @ Oct 29th 2006 9:49PM
Heck...the tires ARE inflated. Any idea how much all those little cars weigh?
Steve @ Oct 29th 2006 9:59PM
The car must be a rust bucket and not cared for at all. See the rear rocker? It's being held together by the glue and the toys! No matter what, you can't make an 25 or 30 year old Capri look good. His gas mileage must s*ck too. Boy there just isn't an upside to this deal.
Andy @ Oct 29th 2006 9:59PM
I can't believe someone acutally spent time on that. It doesn't even look like a Dodge Charger
Dee @ Oct 29th 2006 10:09PM
Different. Great for Houston's (TX) Art Car parade.
Mike @ Oct 29th 2006 10:17PM
Well, it's original, I have to give the guy that much. But seriously pal, you REALLY need a hobby, or a girlfriend.