You guys said Travis was so interesting that you could listen to him talk about paint drying. Well, here you go.
@GTSCarLife
4 жыл бұрын
Just two good ol boys, never meaning no harm...
@pwrightisright8611
4 жыл бұрын
hahaha
@MrMusicfan678
4 жыл бұрын
Next we need Christopher and Rabbit to talk about paint drying. 😂🤣😂
@pietvanvliet1987
4 жыл бұрын
Would argue that paint was quite dry already. What was that shade called again?
@jeremyj3736
4 жыл бұрын
I think we were speaking General-Lee 😉
@lewisjarman8710
4 жыл бұрын
My dad worked for TNT for 25 years, he also loves dukes of hazard so he’s going to flip when I tell him he’s been driving round in general Lee orange for 25 years!
@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88
4 жыл бұрын
Be sure to have your camera at hand!
@liammaupin9492
4 жыл бұрын
Make sure you put his reaction on you tube!
@Craig-wp3pz
4 жыл бұрын
I'll bet he kinda already knew, hell I'm REALLY colourblind I and I just KNEW it was the same, as a kid had a toy TNT truck and obviously a toy General Lee! I used to park them side by side because they matched EXACTLY!!!! As a child, I could not tell they were Orange, could have been green,red or brown, I couldn't tell you which though, but I could identify that they were not just the same colour, but matched EXACTLY!!!!
@sannick11
4 жыл бұрын
For everyone's safety i wouldn't tell him man.I could imagine him thinking of jumping his truck 🤣
@marlborom2c829
4 жыл бұрын
Oh wow. Great vid
@ivanvrkljan1056
4 жыл бұрын
Who’s ready to see a TNT Express Scania truck jump a river
@isaacsrandomvideos667
3 жыл бұрын
Ivan Vrkljan lol
@LouisSubearth
4 жыл бұрын
TNT Express Orange is #f66600 for all you illustrators out there. Heads up.
@AngryBassist66623
4 жыл бұрын
thank you satan. very cool.
@RAD10WALA
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@Sarcastisfaction
4 жыл бұрын
Doing the dark lord’s work
@LJCyrus1
4 жыл бұрын
I'm not exactly sure how all this works, but from his description they picked that color based on how it would appear on camera and so it wouldn't reflect an image of the camera. So depending on what/where/how you're illustrating something that color might or might not work, depending on the lighting...somehow?
@MAGGOT_VOMIT
3 жыл бұрын
Bo and Luke did deliver Dynamite quickly by Bow and Arrow, so the name fits right in. Colorblind People: "PRINCE OF LIES!! IT'S HUGGER GRAY, DAGGUMMIT!!" {0.o} 🤙🥳😆😂🤣🥳🤙
@EdBolian
4 жыл бұрын
I do enjoy the obsession over car colors. This is next level. I guarantee you there is someone sending an inquiry right now to Porsche for a PTS allocation to have the only German car every painted in this color.
@jringhisen
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed...sounds like a very Porsche owner thing to do 😂
@MrCarGuy
4 жыл бұрын
If one does it then there will be many more shortly. Not a bad thing. Great color!
@jbrownjetmech-4783
4 жыл бұрын
Yep...just did it. Just Kiddn'.
@maYdaY1337
4 жыл бұрын
Since TNT is here in Germany too, it surely won't be the first "german car" in that color :D Would be funny to see a 911 driving around in the General Lee Theme though. Including roof-flag (it's not controversal over here)
@kevinlab9126
4 жыл бұрын
He's wrong though. There in an interview on the Kibbe and Friends podcast where they spoke with the people who actually built lee1. It was painted Flame Red. Travis stole a deck lid (it was never promised to him, he made a clone and gave the fake back) and used a scanner that doesn't tell you what it's actually been painted with. Just the most similar colour in its database. Dude is a fraud.
@johnt6232
4 жыл бұрын
I grew up Black... And I'm still Black to this day... I never had a problem with the General Lee (the car). Never heard anyone in my family have a problem with it. I would drive one 🤤🤷🏾♂️
@BryanTorok
Жыл бұрын
That is very enlightened. You should own one.
@johnt6232
Жыл бұрын
@I'm Me Its a beautiful car... and I'm not the biggest Mopar fan (the cars at least).
@paulgrala4455
4 жыл бұрын
Still love the car, if I could afford to build one the controversy over the flag wouldn't stop me.
@THX..1138
3 жыл бұрын
There's no controversy for me cuz I don't give a F what America hating democrats think. If anything the schadenfreude of seeing their displeasure would make me enjoy my car even more.
@matk4731
2 жыл бұрын
The flag on the General Lee is not offensive. Its part of the car & its history. Its the woke left cancel culture that make it offensive. I'm with you if I had the cash I would buy or build one in a hart beat.
@LuckyCharms777
Жыл бұрын
@@matk4731 Agree. Interesting how nobody is canceling Porsche and Mercedes for their involvement in WW2. The Left is once again cherry-picking things to cry about to make the White man look bad.
@brojo6308
4 жыл бұрын
If I where to build a general lee it would HAVE to have the flag on top.
@henrystrowmatt9046
4 жыл бұрын
Hell ya it would, it wouldn't be the same without it
@Longenecker1776
3 жыл бұрын
It’s not the General Lee without it.
@Nar01
4 жыл бұрын
Orange is cool but I mean... *this could be red*
@blue_lancer_es
4 жыл бұрын
I got that reference 😂😂😂😂
@RPGWAGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Don't start again..
@emmanuellehuu8818
4 жыл бұрын
Hahahahha that comment is soooo gold
@gebusdatrapgod
4 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahahahaha
@SteeringWheelHolder1
4 жыл бұрын
Expertly played😂😂
@Xterraforce
4 жыл бұрын
For what it's worth, I worked at a store that mixed automotive paint. I mixed up a custom shade of red and subsequently managed to lose the formula somehow. About a year later someone did some minor damage to the truck in a parking lot. Shortly after that our Dupont rep stopped by. He asked about my truck and I told him what had happened and that my plan was mix something close then add a few drops of different colors until I got a match. The trouble is red is notorious for changing shade after a week of curing. That meant putting some on the damaged area and waiting for it to cure to see which way I needed to go for the next attempt. The Dupont rep said I didn't have to waste all that time because he had a scanner with him that would give us the exact match formula, even accounting for any fading that had occurred. He scanned it and it printed out a formula. It also identified that color as an old American LaFrance color. I mixed up a pint later that day and thought there's no possible way this is going to match. The guy who originally painted the truck also said there was no way. I called the rep and told him it looked like it had way too much blue in it. He said shoot it and if it doesn't match in two weeks or less he would pay to have the whole truck repainted. I vaguely remembered thinking the paint I mixed originally did get brighter once it cured so we tried it. Initially it was a dramatic difference. After three days it was barely noticeable and within a week it was a perfect match. That scanner is an amazing tool for matching custom mixed paint or older paint for a repair where the original color has faded and no longer matches the original formula. Even with the original trunk it would have taken a good paint person quite a while to come up with an exact match and you still would only have the formula, not an actual paint code to go by.
@nubreed13
4 жыл бұрын
When I go to repaint my car (not a muscle car) that's likely how I will have it done since I doubt the formula for a 60 year old car is still available
@bigjohnfury5662
3 жыл бұрын
*listen cool story bro*
@clintgliford9941
4 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early, Ed's Vanquish was still filled with contraband.
@DutchActual
4 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early, Kimmie had just gotten her butt implants
@TheG60528XiJinPing
4 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early, I met right in the middle
@flooredin4190
4 жыл бұрын
last time i was this early nick still had an ant in his face
@LCaddyStudios
4 жыл бұрын
Last time i was this late Rabbit had realised the car he had just driven was stolen
@guskipper1194
4 жыл бұрын
All the sleepless nights I have spent worrying about this...whew.
@Iskelderon
4 жыл бұрын
Gotta love that John Schneider still works together with fans to keep the fandom alive and kicking.
@gaydes1012
4 жыл бұрын
"TNT express" is such a sick name for a color!
@Craig-wp3pz
4 жыл бұрын
It Loses its charm after 30 years of sitting behind their trucks in traffic jams!!!!!!!!!!!!! , from henceforth I will now refer to TNT Express as "Them Duke boys" Orange, in an effort to make traffic jams seem more exciting!
@Jegorex
4 жыл бұрын
Saying my car color is "TNT express" is similar to saying my car color is "DHL" or "UPS". In Europe it's just another shipping company.
@gaydes1012
4 жыл бұрын
@@Jegorex across the pond here in America most people only know TNT as either a bad reality TV network or as explosives formerly used in mining (and according to old people: at one point you could buy it at hardware stores and it was used to remove stumps)
@LCaddyStudios
4 жыл бұрын
@@Jegorex Same here, I believe it was started in the 40's here in Australia. Used to play the game spot the tnt truck, definitely going and filming a video about this lol
@MAGGOT_VOMIT
3 жыл бұрын
Bo and Luke did deliver Dynamite quickly by Bow and Arrow, so the name fits right in. Colorblind People: "IT'S HUGGER GRAY, DAGGUMMIT!!" {0.o} 🤙🥳😆😂🤣🥳🤙
@jhoover8734
3 жыл бұрын
After hearing you talk about how much you love this car, how much it has meant to you over the years, and how much it still means to you, it was a bit disheartening to hear that you got rid of it because it might hurt someone's feelings. As a side note, growing up in Kentucky with family in Tennessee, that flag represented rebellion and freedom from authority, not racism. Probably why everyone always called it a Rebel flag and not a Confederate flag. From what I can see, the people that have managed to label this flag as racist seem to be the same people that are now putting the racist label on the American flag.
@SuperKaniac
Жыл бұрын
spot on
@brandonblaschko900
Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Your attitude and respect for another man determines your worth not a tribute car to your favorite tv show. It’s sad what a few people can cuase
@ckap7276
Жыл бұрын
Very well said.
@ChrsGuit
Жыл бұрын
Imagine choosing to sell your dream car that shaped your entire life and career just because people started getting offended by it... It's absolutely ridiculous... Same with Bubba and his virtue signaling "I'm gonna paint the roof and get rid of the flag"... He said that to get all sorts of social media attention but never actually did it... like all those celebs that were "moving to another country" back in 2016... never happened...
@_g_h_
Жыл бұрын
hey man what authority were yall rebelling from? certainly not the united states federal government telling you to end segregation i hope, or you'd look like a real dumbass here. almost like you think your individual, rose-tinted feelings should get to dictate how everyone else thinks or something. but that'd be extra crazy, because then you guys would also be raging hypocrites
@brianleiser7414
4 жыл бұрын
The Duke family was in no way raciest. Not all family’s in that time were either. If the media would just stop fueling people up...then all would just be good for everyone.
@huh3424
4 жыл бұрын
Just cause they’re not “racist” doesn’t mean they won’t step aside and watch racial injustice carry itself on. Just cause people understand that more and more doesn’t mean it’s the mass media or the Russian bots
@crabbinmoose8583
4 жыл бұрын
I guess that the American flag has promotional cancer too as far as Anitfa and BLM are concerned..... The problem I see with the SJW cancel culture movent is that we are now allowing Marxist terrorists redefine which historic symbols go and which ones stay. It seems that anybody can start a protest in order to blot out an entire race or culture in the name of equality..... But, almost nobody notices when these anybody's come to Burn Loot and murder all dressed up in their own symbolism...much of which represents hatred of Americans! And while many marginalized people like southerners, have adopted symbols like the old Confederate battle flag, there are many others who pretend that they're enlightened about the meanings of those symbols. Regardless, there remains an ignorance as of late which is telling on those who don't know American history! I've begun to have sympathy for the kids who've been taught to hate American culture from day 1, but I also realize that the rebel flag was such a part of American history that even Hollywood used it to portray the south on many occasions Therefore; full grown adults have NO excuse for not reaching out enough to understand that not all those who fly that flag are racist.
@lokisgodhi
4 жыл бұрын
@@huh3424 MAYBE's don't count. What one actually does or did counts.
@fcscouto
4 жыл бұрын
@@crabbinmoose8583 I mean you said it right there "rebel flag" It was never the flag of the United States of America, and doesn't represent it. You want to show patriotism with a flag.... use the USA one. Want to show pride in your state... you have a state flag. The Confederate flag is literally anti USA. (I don't mean you as specifically you, just in general)
@crabbinmoose8583
4 жыл бұрын
@@fcscouto Have you ever seen or heard stories of an innocent husband whose wife had accused him of cheating on her..... even though she was doing just that? If you have, you will begin to understand the souths adoption of the "rebel flag" as it pertains to a marriage of sorts conducted by the same powers who would later allow the holocaust to take place, making many more innocent Americans pay the ultimate cost for real freedom! Don't put extra words in my post. Truth is, many southerners adopted the battle flag (Dixie Flag) as a way to remember the cost institutionalized stupidity and being labled as perpetual losers because their ancestors might have made political mistakes. Even today many more Americans from the south, who's family's are separated from slavery are being accused of racism and bigotry. They chose to fly that flag because of an attachment to a beloved land (plantation country if you're from the north) Just by choosing to have your family remain in the south after the civil war, many southerners were denigrated by those up north who's bankers supported slavery and so it goes until this day with credit and debt. And thus, if the shoe fits...they lace it up by flying that old flag as a protest against hypocrisy. It doesn't mean they are haters, racists or even bigots like some who choose to use that flag for a club logo. Like I said...there's no need to explain things to a brick wall of prejudice when there's so much to understand historically about the reason's narratives are formed in order to divide and conquer lovers, families, nations, and cultures.
@Skunkland1980
4 жыл бұрын
TNT Express is a Dutch company. I see that color on a daily basis 🤣
@jo_clarke1960
4 жыл бұрын
Got a depo a couple of miles from me, so pretty much same here 😂
@marks8068
4 жыл бұрын
Ik heb er gewerkt.. nooit opgevallen dat t dezelfde kleur is als General Lee :P
@SoLDMG
4 жыл бұрын
Same here, worked there, never crossed my mind!
@stephenhunter70
4 жыл бұрын
It would have a Dutch subsidiary, started in Australia.
@LCaddyStudios
4 жыл бұрын
Incorrect, it started in Australia and was bought by the dutch
@johnshader4287
2 жыл бұрын
Schnieder is 100% correct. It was a combination of a bunch of oranges. Even calling the color TNT Express is not correct. It may scan down to TNT Express. But it's not. If you know anything about scanning paints... you will get the closest representation of the color. Unless, of course, you scan an actual color. For example. If you scan Plumb Crazy Purple, it is very likely that the scanner is going to say that it is Plumb Crazy Purple. However. If the color had been modified in any way the scanner is going to give you a color and code of its closest representation of the color scanned. So, no. It's not really TNT Express. But that's about as close as you are going to get.
@tommissouri4871
3 ай бұрын
It was probably a lot like Operation Petticoat. (not enough white primer, not enough red primer, so mix it all and paint the boat) "We don't have enough of this orange, but we have a bunch of this other orange but not enough of it either." "Well, mix them all together so that all the cars match."
@gizzyguzzi
2 ай бұрын
They painted all the cars orange, and they painted then over the factory color. Orange over white is not the same as orange over gold, or blue. It's just not. Scan it all you like, they will be slightly different.
@Doc_Dolan
3 жыл бұрын
Has anyone ever checked WHEN TNT Express registered the color? Would be interesting to know if it was before or after the Burbank Studios painted the original General Lee.
@cesariojpn
4 жыл бұрын
Ugh, I hate how political correctness has ruined even entertainment icons.
@michaelnemoyer4144
4 жыл бұрын
Try rephrasing your statement in a positive manner without using the term "political correctness". Tell us what you love. Hatred is poisoness.
@spacecadet0
4 жыл бұрын
@@michaelnemoyer4144 I love how political correctness gives entitled twats a podium for being offended as if anyone needs to do anything because muh fee fees. 👍
@fubarmodelyard1392
3 жыл бұрын
I've seen Schneider's video where he talks about the original color of the General. He does say it was a mixture of all the orange paint in the shop.
@charger19691
3 жыл бұрын
You called your G.L.” promotional cancer”. Man, what in the Hell is the werl’ comin’ to? Long live General Lee. The pride of the South.
@caseyrenner2061
4 жыл бұрын
TNT Express sounds like a fancy type of Jazz Cabbage
@Norweeg
4 жыл бұрын
If it already isn’t, I’m sure it will be.
@wdbland0820
4 жыл бұрын
They should not paint over the flag.
@nubreed13
4 жыл бұрын
Realistically the general lee is the only place I find ok to have that flag. Other than a period piece of course.
@henrystrowmatt9046
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@fast.biking_freddy
4 жыл бұрын
Travis' got to be the most down to earth guy *on god's green earth*. He really ended the video on the right respectful note.
@rushilgandevia6204
4 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted to know his opinion on it and I think he couldn't have done it better
@JohnWilliams-pn7ft
3 жыл бұрын
IMO people need to get over the whole flag issue and stop being so sensitive and butt hurt about it. My son has a Confederate flag on his truck..... By the way he's black, just proud of being from the south
@ChrsGuit
Жыл бұрын
I disagree... the flag on the car wasn't offensive for decades, but because the current social climate changed, people need to hump on a bandwagon and get rid of the very thing that shaped their life and career... Imagine caving in like that... In my eyes, people who do that are no different than those in Germany who sold out their neighbors in hiding to save their own asses...
@cbsundance
11 ай бұрын
He caved and ran for the hills....enough said.
@ChrsGuit
11 ай бұрын
@@cbsundance Exactly... Imagine being so weak that you would be willing get rid of something you absolutely love and spent your life dreaming about... Just because other people decide that it hurts their feelings and needs to be canceled... I remember an America where we'd flip those people the bird and tell them to get bent...
@DOUGL4S1
4 жыл бұрын
Drinking game: Take a shot every time he says "TNT Express".
@Toxic2T
4 жыл бұрын
Just like effspot with his 12k exhaust lol
@LCaddyStudios
4 жыл бұрын
@@Toxic2T Just like Rabbit and the word corvette
@southernoklahomamopars6726
4 жыл бұрын
When I did my lee (my grandpa owned a body shop) I chose mine to do it in 1978 “Chrysler flame orange” which is very close to the Corvette orange. But here’s 3 generations of combined mechanic shop wisdom... when a guy would come in and say “hey, I want this car painted orange” and a guy would go back and grab a chip book. Odds would be A) he would grab the book with the same make as your car. and B) He would grab the newest book they had because they had the most accurate to fresh spray colors in them (paint chip books fade no matter what) and they were the cleanest (any body guy knows that bondo dust gets everywhere)
@dylanpearson6507
4 жыл бұрын
My great great grandfather Ken Thomas started the Thomas nation wide transport company in Australia in 1946 my grandmother and her sister are the last alive of the Thomas family. The business was sold out of the family long ago but it made me very proud to watch this video. Thanks Travis Thanks Vinwiki
@LCaddyStudios
4 жыл бұрын
Any more details you have to share? That'd be awesome
@dylanpearson6507
4 жыл бұрын
@@LCaddyStudios I never got to know too much only found out during my school family tree assignment, have a few photos I would be happy to share of old trucks etc
@craigjones2878
Жыл бұрын
I remember those TNT trucks barreling along dirt roads in Western Australia in the early 1970’s.
@marcjorgensen
4 жыл бұрын
This guy is a sham....stole the decklid, embellishes everything for the fame
@jasonjackson329
4 жыл бұрын
Dam WHERE DID you find that shirt. Man that brings back so many great memories. I need that shirt in my life
@ck240sx
4 жыл бұрын
I remember skating in the shoes
@kevinv3082
4 жыл бұрын
No doubt! When that shirt was new Tony Hawk was a kid, Matt Hoffman was the first to pull off a back flip fakey and Martin Aparijo was king of freestyle riding (still is)
@MrJames-ww5em
4 жыл бұрын
Check Ebay
@JT-un7dc
4 жыл бұрын
They have been reissued for a while now! Also, You can buy the shoes.
@BatCorkill
4 жыл бұрын
Prove to me that one person has ever became a racist because of seeing the car the General Lee. Until then, there is no controversy.
@mmonkeyman1403
4 жыл бұрын
You're the one bringing it up. All I'm saying is this: if you don't have a problem with people brandishing the flag of a failed nation synonymous with slavery of your fellow man, You're more likely to be racist than those who do. The car has a unique place in history, but it's not some sacred thing.
@BatCorkill
4 жыл бұрын
@@mmonkeyman1403 I mean this in a sincere way, look up logic 101.
@ricochetey
4 жыл бұрын
@@mmonkeyman1403 True Americans and people of many races died on both sides of the flag. In my opinion it is a symbol to not forget the people... Americans who died. I have never known a single person with the flag who believed in slavery. Its our history and im not going to go along with everyone being offended. Im not even from the south im a northerner but I will respect the peoples right to have a flag on the General Lee from the least rascist show in history.
@spacecadet0
4 жыл бұрын
That car and show single handedly changed the symbolism for an entire generation. But I suppose, we are talking PC culture, they villainize the swastika too even though many a peaceful hindi or buddhist still use it to this day. The jokers going "but muh slavery" are silly. Them fun loving Duke boys got along with everyone not wearing a badge.
@VanekLarson
4 жыл бұрын
Getting famous off of comments day 140, so I can live the Minnesota dream🤙🤙🤙
@jeffover780
4 жыл бұрын
Subscribed🤞
@thecannabiskidfortier6219
4 жыл бұрын
Subscribed
@luckasgraper2119
4 жыл бұрын
I guess I’ll subscribe to
@ryangreenwald3755
4 жыл бұрын
Let's go!
@owenwilder3083
4 жыл бұрын
Minnesota Gang!!
@joecramer9256
4 жыл бұрын
Hes going back to saying " God's green Earth" every other sentence
@joshuagibson2520
4 жыл бұрын
Bit it is, gods green earth.
@craig.encinitas
4 жыл бұрын
Ric Flair would be proud!
@ajw828
4 жыл бұрын
F in the chat for all the fanboys that have to go respray their GL now
@SpenceDuPuis
4 жыл бұрын
I think John Schneider said it on his KZitem channel before
@ischmidt
4 жыл бұрын
He probably didn't say it as many times as this video though.
@Stackali
4 жыл бұрын
he did. kzitem.info/news/bejne/1XuG2WmEcmtjiZw
@chrisspearline767
3 жыл бұрын
I don't believe John
@TheGforcead
3 жыл бұрын
John Snieder said they took several cans of paint and mixed them together at the set to paint it orange. The first General Lee was Blue.
@chrisspearline767
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGforcead yes Chevy Hugger orange, AMC Big Bad orange, Vette red flame and Smitty's mack truck orange
@jringhisen
4 жыл бұрын
Promotional cancer...such an accurate label for what happened with this car icon. Thanks for another great story, Travis.
@TheNova64000
4 жыл бұрын
I would be curious if Travis sold his personal General Lee because he noticed a difference in reactions that he would get from people while driving his car once the confederate flag controversy became a more sensitive issue!
@vanbonds1
2 жыл бұрын
My guess on why he sold fear that someone try to damage his car. Sad time we live in
@Nick_B_Bad
Жыл бұрын
Kind of frustrating tho that the same people who feign offense at the stars & bars don’t react that same way to a hammer and sickle or a Che Guevara shirt.
@crazychick
4 жыл бұрын
Its really sad when you have to sell your childhood dream car bc if society's changes. I'll always be a daisy dukes fan lol my parents had a jeep when I was a kid
@codyadkins9241
4 жыл бұрын
@GbbJunkie Sorry, I don't fly the flags of loosing countries and ideals who were defeated by the US.
@jordanwiley4582
3 жыл бұрын
@@codyadkins9241 if it just had a bare roof with bo n luke on the roof it'd be fine. but now even just an orange mopar is guilt by association.
@mactonight7317
3 жыл бұрын
I think context matters a lot in the flag discussion. Having it on top of a General Lee replica just makes it an accurate replica. It shows support for a TV show people loved, it doesn't show support for the actual Confederacy. Just my 2 cents
@ChrsGuit
Жыл бұрын
The flag of the Confederate States of America was not that flag anyway... it's the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia
@JohnWilliams-pn7ft
3 жыл бұрын
The saddest part is he can't even say what flag he was talking about. He just says red white and blue. What has happened to this world???
@israrmohi4080
3 жыл бұрын
Russia?
@unclegrizzly649
3 жыл бұрын
I've heard before that TnT Express was the color of the General Lee. I was told its one of the most common colors in Europe for fleets of trucks. Also I wanna add that the show producers must have known they were gonna run through multiple cars during the filming, so its hard to believe they just mixed up paint haphazardly to get that shade of orange. Ask any painter to come up with the percentage of different paints for a color to mix for you. You could mix that same combination up over and over, and there will always be subtle variations. It would be impossible to get the exact same color. Over the course of filming they would never had been able to consistently get the same color for hundreds of cars unless they used one specific color.
@digitalmagicAR
3 жыл бұрын
Good points. They probably never anticipated the show going past the original 5 GA eps so they likely painted the first few cars the same. I haven't thought about this for many years but I seem to recall they had 3 cars at first, probably built the same time and transported from CA to GA. It stands to reason those cars would have been the same color. They soon totalled 2 cars (Lee1 and Lee2(?) in the pilot) and made a 4th one. Wonder if the 4th one was the same color. Lee3 went back to CA and was promptly totalled in the jump over the bad guy car (The meeting). Once the show was in CA they had to find and make more cars and later on they fired the supplier/builder. So the liklihood of them sticking with the same formula for 7 years due to all those factors seems possible for some change. I may be a little off on the info shared but should be close. Like I said, I've been out of the loop for nearly 2 decades and don't think about this stuff anymore. But like you said, unless they actually picked a code it would be increase the chances of variances. Probably no way to know because all we have to go by is looking at old film which looks different than the naked eye. And the surviing cars may not have a protected area to scan to compare to the TNT Express to see if the end of the show matches the beginning of the show color
@ksavage681
Жыл бұрын
Chrysler flash red is closer.
@TheJackAlderman
Жыл бұрын
Also considering they didn’t prime the cars, the final color will be different
@rodrigodepierola
4 жыл бұрын
"Angelfire", man, I hadn't heard that in at least ten years.
@JustNate1919
4 жыл бұрын
*takes slow drag off of cigarette
@garyherbert7520
4 жыл бұрын
Travis. You are my doppelganger or the other way around. Watching you is like looking in a mirror- frightening, but enlightening. Always great watching your videos.
@sirsteele
3 жыл бұрын
Back in the late 70s, I was working in an auto parts store in Fairhope, AL. With the annual Christmas parade coming up, an auto repair shop down the street had procured a Dodge Charger which they converted to a General Lee for the parade. I remember ordering a set of "Dixie" horns for the car, and it was a huge hit during the parade (and for months afterward!)
@ch3nz3n
4 жыл бұрын
Love the show. Love the car. I can deal with the fact that some folks don't particularly care for the flag... as long as they can deal with the fact that I don't care about their opinions on the subject.
@rubberbandman1410
4 жыл бұрын
Schneider did it first.
@PepperLewisAndCo
4 жыл бұрын
I gotta say, I'm kinda jealous of Travis. Not only does he have the General Lee, he also has the Bluesmobile, and got to drive the Bluesmobile thru the mall.
@revmedia8108
4 жыл бұрын
The real question is: *why* Much love, your friends at Rev Media!!
@pwrightisright8611
4 жыл бұрын
I have really enjoyed learning about the General Lee. I never would have expected to care but it is really cool history.
@leb4life11
4 жыл бұрын
I think in the day and age we live in the flag as become such a controversial point. Do you keep it due to its significance in the show car? Do you put a normal flag on it? Do you just not have it? As a Canadian of Middle eastern decent, I'd honestly say if i was gonna build a General Lee, I'd have to have the flag on it. That being said there are other cars I'd go with.
@dromany5894
4 жыл бұрын
For me the flag on the car is part of the show I purely just like the car cause of the show in any other instance I wouldn't be anywhere near a Confederate flag although I do believe if u want to display it u have a right to regardless of the flag u should be able to do what u pls as long as u ain't hurting nobody
@leb4life11
4 жыл бұрын
@@dromany5894 imho i like the car, i like the show. The flag is a symbol of hate and racism. I have been personally attacked with people that were displaying the flag on their truck. But as a show car, I think it needs it. Cant say its a replica without it
@dromany5894
4 жыл бұрын
@@leb4life11 pretty much agree w ya there
@sillybirdy1994
4 жыл бұрын
@UCpqIq4i_n46XjORV44OsDkw Wow, I've never seen someone so articulately describe my feelings on this shit exactly. I felt like I was the only one that just doesn't give a shit. Perfectly said, bro. Couldn't agree more.
@eddief60
4 жыл бұрын
I say keep the flag, to stay true to the show and not to care about the horrible pr in modern context.
@clearvortex5120
4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know this was such a big secret me and my dad figured this out years ago he used to own a panel shop and a customer came and wanting the same colour is the general lee where in Australia and tnt trucks drive around here so yeah we guessed it I guess? 😂
@kingzesty8011
4 жыл бұрын
John Schneider made a video on this a while ago
@chrishartley6411
4 жыл бұрын
If you build one and don't put the flag on top , it's not done!
@TheNova64000
4 жыл бұрын
In the Dukes of Hazzard fan base, There are people who want a General Lee in the absolute worst way, especially with charger values being as high as they are! I was surprised to learn that someone who is as big of a fan as Travis Bell would sell their General Lee! I would have thought that he would have kept his car forever...
@ChrsGuit
Жыл бұрын
pressured by woke culture it seems... imagine having your childhood dream car and then feeling compelled to sell it because culture deemed it "unacceptable" decades later. they took the show off the air and canceled it... cancel culture and woke-ism ruins everything... They even had confederate graves dug up and moved so they wouldn't be visible too the public... but hundreds of Germans from WW2 who fought for nazi Germany are still buried in our national Cemeteries... under a German flag
@Dream0Asylum
4 жыл бұрын
I think we all already knew the color of the General Lee, and that color was freedom.
@jermainepryor8654
2 жыл бұрын
Sad he has to use the words "promotional cancer" when talking about the car
@molskimauler
4 жыл бұрын
The shipping company was in the states too. First it was TNT Express. Then it was TNT Holland. Then it was USF Holland. Then just USF. I don't know what happened to them in the last 5 years but that orange is stuck in my head because I saw it every day for 25 years.
@lloydy___8720
4 жыл бұрын
I’m from England and knew right away the T&T orange lol
@vintagetractorsaustralia
4 жыл бұрын
As soon as you said TNT the first thing I thought was trucks and it clicked straight away.
@MegaNayton
4 жыл бұрын
I bet someone will still argue that colour is wrong 😂
@LCaddyStudios
4 жыл бұрын
definitely
@GeorgiaRidgerunner
3 жыл бұрын
See John schneider a video On the subject you'll see this color is wrong however it is probably the closest to be correct
@gizzyguzzi
2 ай бұрын
there is no 'right' color. every car was different, if only because the orange was painted over the stock color. The reused body panels, and supposedly you will see cars with different color orange parts.
@mertronael
4 жыл бұрын
Just a slight correction, that Ferrari was a later year F1 car and it was dark red. They started using that colour after F2006. Which actually had the colour he was talking about. Main Schumacher era cars had that colour, ie. F2004. I wouldn't call them orange, they were actually pink-ish in real life, but on camera, they looked red. That is why Ferrari used them, they wanted their cars to look red on camera but if they painted it just red, they looked orange-ish. If you google F2004-05-06 cars, you'll notice in some pictures they are really red, and in some they are actually pink-ish.
@Stewpadaso4661
Жыл бұрын
Maybe promotional cancer, but a huge part of a lot of people’s childhood that had no realization of anything but entertainment
@appollosharris4350
3 жыл бұрын
Go watch the Episode of Happy Birthday General Lee. Cooter CLEARLY says "that's a nice REDDISH-ORANGE." End of discussion.
@Tripp_
4 жыл бұрын
My brother had a 71 Pontiac Firebird when i was young; in what's called "Racing Red" even tho its technically Orange - almost identical color.
@propdoctor21564
8 ай бұрын
I remember in one episode when they were building the car in Cooter's garage, he actually said it was a mix up a bunch of different random colors that he had on the shelf... As far as the controversy about the Confederate flag, people just need to get over it.
@TheRealMisterChopShop
Жыл бұрын
TNT express❤ I’d love that color, my whole entire life with the confederate flag the best car ever made the best TV show ever shown❤ the good old boys
@Free_Krazy
4 жыл бұрын
This guys way of speaking just eliminates anxiety!
@BostonWs6
Ай бұрын
I completely disagree with the choice to "let that car go" because a certain color of person wont stfu.. By doing that you just let them walk all over you and the flag and everyone who it means something to... Cowardly to say the least. The Dukes would be ashamed.
@lisagillum-wells1979
9 ай бұрын
The Dukes of Hazzard wasn't racist. Too many people raise Cain over things that were innocent. I'm not the person who designed the rebel flag. I know there was so much blood was shed over that flag, during the civil war. Being of Indian heritage, I know that the flags of old had an emblem that was later used by hitler. The swastika is a Native Indian emblem. Anything can be perverted and used in a negative way.
@MrMusicfan678
4 жыл бұрын
TNT Express? Didn't they compete in Cannonball? 😂🤣😂
@franknbeans69
4 жыл бұрын
Its another event called the cnc express lol
@SatchPersaud-sm1gc
7 ай бұрын
Let's hope he doesn't cave and paint over that flag, my parents are immigrants from the Caribbean, Im a 1st generation American, and that flag is a part of of America's history....
@michealthomas4331
3 жыл бұрын
You are a legend! TNT EXPRESS!!!
@MonzaRacer
3 жыл бұрын
Most people fail to understand that the rebel flag is NOT actually indicative of the Confederate States of America it's the Virginia Battle flag AND General Lee did not ever condone or endorse slavery BUT he was standing up for his states rights(wrong as they were) and he served in CSA military and US military after war. So the cars so called derogatory theme is pure BS.
@wraithsrath7310
3 жыл бұрын
I love watching the Dukes of Hazard, my kids have grown up watching it thanks to dad. People need to get a grip its just a car with a flag on it, the only thing it represents is good Ole fashion family entertainment. But yet in today's world we see our kids watching these ridiculous reality TV shows with vulgar language and more sexual inundo than you ever want to see 👀. I think my point has been made, grow up People.
@digitalmagicAR
3 жыл бұрын
Great video! So it looks like they finally determined the color used for Lee1 and obviously the other GA cars but later on they changed car builders many dozens of cars later. So were all cars painted the same for the entire series? Reason I'm asking is about 20 years ago it was supposedly determined after much debate that the colors used were ~75 Flame red and later AMC Big Bad Orange.. Remember a supplier got fired for re-selling General Lees to the studio. Recently John Schneider said they just mixed up a random orange from what they had which goes along with what Travis said on this video and makes sense. But does anyone know if the entire 7 year run stuck with that formula/color? Has anyone scanned one of the surviving cars to compare, assuming there is a place somewhere on them that isn't faded out? Not that it really matters but Dukes fans are curious about this stuff. Every Mopar guy I know has told me for years "they know for sure" all General Lees were pained Hemi Orange. :)
@joelrivera2449
3 жыл бұрын
With all due respect, Its kind of sad that you got rid if the car kind of to avoid the the ridiculous arguments and backlash of the left, PC and cancel culture, because or the rebel flag. People need to start standing up and stop giving them the satisfaction. If this keeps up there will be no more freedom. Weakness is not the answer.😢
@Gamefreak8112
11 ай бұрын
Gotta keep the flag, it's the show and it's history. preserve it. they were just running some shine, loved their home and were good folks never meanin' no harm.
@ChiIeboy
Жыл бұрын
It's a shame that in the last 30 seconds of this video, you made it clear that _you have succumbed to the pathetic demands of a few woke individuals._
@jdsmith556
3 жыл бұрын
I think it’s so controversial due to lack of historical knowledge. History has shown time and time again that the victor writes history and it favors the victor. Anyone with two brain cells and the ability to read would come to the realization there was a lot of inconvenient historical facts omitted from the standard history books furnished in public schools.
@seanpatrick3047
4 жыл бұрын
I've always felt that the show and the car get a pass for the flag due to the fact that the show takes place in the south in the 1970's/80's and that flag was common then and not nearly as devisive. I've asked a lot of folks about it too and no one I have asked takes offence because they know it's just a part of it. It's not the same as owning and displaying one of those flags or marching with it. Personally I'm not a fan of the flag and outside of the context of the Dukes and The General I find it distasteful if not outright offensive/racist in 2020.
@SoaringEagle1
4 жыл бұрын
Kewl !... perfect timing bro, tanx..........I'm just about to spray here in 4 days.
@johndeffenbaugh5709
3 жыл бұрын
Do ya have the formula break down
@hemichanga8939
4 жыл бұрын
But my uncle's cousin's drinking buddy at the Frog Leg bar in Winona, Mississippi said that HIS uncle knew a guy who knew a guy who worked on the original show and said the car was Hemi Orange, by God.
@DovahTheHero
2 жыл бұрын
So ur telling me he sold his car out of fear of the stupid general woke public ? Such a shame.... :/
@balazs7808
4 жыл бұрын
this is the smoothest TNT ad I've ever seen
@SonOfDrTito
4 жыл бұрын
i remember reading how the paint was lead based , and the shop fixing them between filming would use cooking flame in a can to warm up the paint before it would go in what passed for a paint booth back then , but joked that even he did not know if it was the perfect color .
@aumenarys
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine yielding to leftist neurosis and selling your dream car...
@guitarsmusclecars7890
3 жыл бұрын
I feel bad that you sold the general because of today's effed up society. Bo Duke himself said flags don't hurt people, people hurt people. 30 years ago if you had told me society would be the way it is today I would have laughed. I just can't believe the way things are going
@ledferg
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed... great story and info until the end. The SJWs ruined another good thing. Watch the dukes and there are 0 signs of any racism and that was in the 70’s and 80’s...these SJWs need to get off their high horse end mind their own business!
@onlyonemrxonlyonemry306
4 жыл бұрын
I know it. It was Red
@ollie42
4 жыл бұрын
That's so wierd... I was jus re-watching dukes of Hazard when this notification popped up 0_o
@RobertLeclercq
4 жыл бұрын
7:05 Is that a 'Go Fast Energy' Drink sticker on the General Lee?
@unbornvassily4048
4 жыл бұрын
Love the videos Great stories to listen to while driving or have in the background on the computer
@The1GWP
4 жыл бұрын
IDK why... but AWESOME!
@magicmaker15
4 жыл бұрын
3000 orbital sanders begin whirring.
@bashirjohnson4120
Жыл бұрын
An AWESOME 👌 CAR 😊FOR THE AGES. FROM A TIME I GROW UP
@frankiem749
4 жыл бұрын
Well for those that remember how the Duke boys acquired the old general. Remember it's supposedly was black originally when they bought it. Then again you can add the chrome rubber ducky and lightning bolts across the hood and end up death proof.
@phillipwalden9543
2 жыл бұрын
You sell out that flag is part of our history it ain't hate
@Djarra
11 ай бұрын
Definitely it’s a coincidence. (In the UK at least) TNT used a gold and green livery until the early 90s as they were an Australian company they partnered with a Dutch company to expand across Europe and that’s when they switched to orange. Although earlier on their gold and green edged the orange. So the mix just became TNT later. I like the idea that the person who came up with the colour for TNT was a Dukes… Fan and knew what he was doing.
@vote4207
4 жыл бұрын
My dad has a 1991 dodge w250. He had redone a a few years back and he used the hugger orange and put a different engine gets 650 hp now. I didnt think he could pull it off thought it looked good before the redo withhugger orange is really good looking if done well.
@tedtonino
4 жыл бұрын
Uhm, that company is only 14 years old. It used to be another company with different company colors.....
@Stackali
4 жыл бұрын
john made a video a while back. it was a mix of colors the production crew threw together and painted the car.
@lokisgodhi
4 жыл бұрын
TNT Express has predecessor companies.
@THX..1138
3 жыл бұрын
The idea they mixed a bunch of oranges together till they got the color they wanted doesn't hold water. They needed to have hundreds of cars all the same color. IMO they looked in a book of pant samples chose a few oranges, tried them out then picked one and stuck with that paint code. That's the only way in the 1970s they possibly could have had a consistent color.
@sccarguy8242
4 жыл бұрын
The explanation at the end was spot on... if I had a charger to restore today it’s probably going black in a “BULLET” tribute. Too much heat on something I want to enjoy care free.
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