Car trivia

[FastMerc]

Well lets see just how car crazy some of you are! Which TV not movie, star car got the worst gas miliage.Remember this car was on TV!:D

[LordVader]

:rolleyes: Could it be the "Munstermobile"?

[Joe Walsh]

Don Johnson's Hemi Convertible???

[ParkRanger]

Well lets see just how car crazy some of you are! Which TV not movie, star car got the worst gas miliage.Remember this car was on TV!:D

Car 54 Where are you?

[FastMerc]

:rolleyes: Could it be the "Munstermobile"? In comparison that Big T was actually light and very fast, but no wrong!:(

[Bluerauder]

Well lets see just how car crazy some of you are! Which TV not movie, star car got the worst gas miliage.Remember this car was on TV!:D
The Dukes of Hazard's "General Lee" Charger guzzled at the rate of 10 mpg. :D

[MERCMAN]

The BatMobile!!

[merc]

The Partridge Family Bus or Fred Sanford's old pickup truck.

What did I WIN ? :banana:

[mcb26]

The Monkees blown GTO?

[jdando]

The A Team's van?

jeremy

[Shaft333]

Batmobile? It did shoot flames out the back.

[the_pack_rat]

Lt Columbos rat trap ?.

:P

[grampaws]

Starsky and Hutches -Torino...
all those skid marks burnt a lotta gas..

[Two Hawks]

What about the car from Night Rider. :confused:

[RoyLPita]

Any vehicle used in the show "Hawaii 5-0".

[CBT]

The Marauder.

[merc]

Beverly Hillbillies
The Family Hauler or Granny's Haulin' Rod!
I don't know about the miles per gallon, but it came with two jugs of moonshine. I think Granny had the first formular for Nitrous in her kitchen :grad:

:burnout:

[Wagonmaster]

Well lets see just how car crazy some of you are! Which TV not movie, star car got the worst gas miliage.Remember this car was on TV!:D
"Dragula" from the Munsters, nothing could have gotten worse MPG than Grandpa's slingshot.........except for maybe one of the tanks from Hogan's Hero's.

GT

[merc406]

The Green Hornets ride. :bandit:

[MarauderMark]

The Oscar Myer wennier mobile..

[merc]

ok it's got to be the Green Acres Tracker

[FastMerc]

The batmobile used jet fuel,plus wayne enterprises made sure the miliage was good?Back in the days of Hawiie 5-0 gas miliage was not an issue.Dragula was light and fast,Car was a cameo.:D

[King Fubar]

Jim Rockfords Firechicken

[BlackHole]

I think I got it BJ & McCormick's 1976 Kenworth Aerodyne got 5 miles a gallon Highway

[merc406]

.......Maybe Cannon's Mark IV, with him in it.

[CRUZTAKER]

Starsky and Hutches -Torino...
all those skid marks burnt a lotta gas..
I don't know...Huggy Bear's fizzle ****zle pimped out caddy was pretty bad....;)

[FastMerc]

You all had some good guesses but the winner is the general lee from the dukes of hazzard...:banana:

[CBT]

The car in Hardcastle and McCormick.

[UAW 588]

Greg Brady's first fixer upper? Remember CAVEATEMPTOR!!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol:

[Bluerauder]

You all had some good guesses but the winner is the general lee from the dukes of hazzard...:banana:
So, what did I win?? :dunno: Could it be another .... uh .... George Foreman grill?? :rofl:

[merc]

You all had some good guesses but the winner is the general lee from the dukes of hazzard...:banana:

How did you arrive at that conclusion? There were at least 15 versions of the General Lee used in the production of the T.V series. I had the pleasure of meeting Ben Jones and his family, and one of the famed cars (http://www.mercurygallery.net/mmnet/showphoto.php/photo/398/sort/1/cat/all/page/1 )
Most of the cars mentioned in this tread were one of a kinds and certainly had a higher consumption of pumped gas then any version of the General Lee.
:argue: :bs:



The Batmobile is powered by a front mounted, 1500 HP gas turbine engine. The engine burns 97% octane aircraft fuel and can bring the Batmobile from 0 to 90 mph in 5.2 seconds. With its multi speed transmission, the car's top cruising speed is 225 mph; the Batmobile is also equipped with a separate afterburner that can for brief distances, boost the vehicle's speed to 350 miles per hour.

During the shooting of the pilot, Don Johnson blew up the 340 engine while driving one of the stunts. Not surprisingly, like the jumping "General Lee" '69 Dodge Charger that appeared in the long-defunct "Dukes of Hazzard" series, more than one yellow Cuda was created for the show out of 1970 models. In fact, several of those five famous fakes have already been auctioned off.

In the show, it is never stated what engine the General has but here are some facts so you can make up your own mind. The best look you get at "the" engine in the General Lee is in the episode "Happy Birthday General Lee". In this episode you see a big block Mopar engine on an engine stand but it's not a detailed enough shot to tell if it is a B or RB block. So in theory, that engine could be any Chrysler big block, including the 350 (YES! Chrysler did build a 350), 361, 383, 400, 413, 426 (wedge not Hemi) or 440. In reality, the only B and RB engines found naturally in a '69 Charger were the 383, 440 and Hemi. So you can safely narrow that engine on the stand down to a 383 or 440. A little more reality rears its ugly head and we find out that the engine on the stand was a seized motor that they painted up for that shot and was not actually put into a General. So what engine did "the" General have in it? The close-up car, the car you were "supposed" to see when the hood was up (although you see the hood opened on many non-close-up cars with various engines), has a 383 in it. Of the surviving cars, the vast majority have 383s but a couple have 318s and 440s. So again, if you have to pick a "the" engine, I'd go with the 383 in the close-up car.

The Drag-u-la has dual 4 barrel carburetors with a Ram-thrust MT manifold and bat-shaped forced-air scoops. Gas is consumed at a rate of 4 gallons per mile of embalming fluid pushed by the high powered Dupree Chrome Dome electric fuel pump. Antique head and tail lights with solid silver spiders on the hub caps carry out the funeral motif. Spouting out of the side of the coffin almost like a cluster of flowers, is the engine Huth exhaust system ala metal organ tubes that are tuned.

Wagonmaster should be the official winner :banana2:

Just some more Generl Lee facts

Well let's begin with what kind of car my General started life as before
it decided to become a TV star. From the VIN "XP29H8B" and code plate
my General began life as a '68 Charger, 383 HP, 727 auto, 8.75 3.55:1
sure grip, Power front disc, PS & AC. It was originally dark turquoise
with a white interior and white vinyl top.

[Bluerauder]

Wagonmaster should be the official winner :banana2:
"...snip..." my General began life as a '68 Charger, 383 HP, 727 auto, 8.75 3.55:1 sure grip, Power front disc, PS & AC.
Does this mean that I ain't gettin' the grill?? :rofl:

I think the General Lee above was 383 cid not 383 HP. :rolleyes:

[CBT]

Magnum P.I.'s Ferrari.

[merc]

Magnum P.I.'s Ferrari.

Expect about 12-15 MPG in town and 18-20 MPG on the highway with premium unleaded gas. Not better then Drag-u-la

[CBT]

The car from The Green Hornet.

[merc]

The car from The Green Hornet.

1966 Imperial uses a 440 cubic inch V-8 with silenced air cleaner and dual exhausts is standard, replacing last years 413-inch V-8. The TorqueFlite automatic transmission is also standard and uses a 2.94 axle ratio in 1966. The new 440-inch is supposed to give 0-60 mph times of 10 seconds or less and cuts down passing in the 50-70 mph range by 10%.

Wheelbase 129.0 inches
Width 80.0 inches
Height 55.8 inches
Curb weight 5432 pound
Horsepower 350@4400 rpm
Torque 480@3200

Big car ,but again, not the winner.

[merc406]

How did you arrive at that conclusion? There were at least 15 versions of the General Lee used in the production of the T.V series. I had the pleasure of meeting Ben Jones and his family, and one of the famed cars (http://www.mercurygallery.net/mmnet/showphoto.php/photo/398/sort/1/cat/all/page/1 )
Most of the cars mentioned in this tread were one of a kinds and certainly had a higher consumption of pumped gas then any version of the General Lee.
:argue: :bs:



The Batmobile is powered by a front mounted, 1500 HP gas turbine engine. The engine burns 97% octane aircraft fuel and can bring the Batmobile from 0 to 90 mph in 5.2 seconds. With its multi speed transmission, the car's top cruising speed is 225 mph; the Batmobile is also equipped with a separate afterburner that can for brief distances, boost the vehicle's speed to 350 miles per hour.

During the shooting of the pilot, Don Johnson blew up the 340 engine while driving one of the stunts. Not surprisingly, like the jumping "General Lee" '69 Dodge Charger that appeared in the long-defunct "Dukes of Hazzard" series, more than one yellow Cuda was created for the show out of 1970 models. In fact, several of those five famous fakes have already been auctioned off.

In the show, it is never stated what engine the General has but here are some facts so you can make up your own mind. The best look you get at "the" engine in the General Lee is in the episode "Happy Birthday General Lee". In this episode you see a big block Mopar engine on an engine stand but it's not a detailed enough shot to tell if it is a B or RB block. So in theory, that engine could be any Chrysler big block, including the 350 (YES! Chrysler did build a 350), 361, 383, 400, 413, 426 (wedge not Hemi) or 440. In reality, the only B and RB engines found naturally in a '69 Charger were the 383, 440 and Hemi. So you can safely narrow that engine on the stand down to a 383 or 440. A little more reality rears its ugly head and we find out that the engine on the stand was a seized motor that they painted up for that shot and was not actually put into a General. So what engine did "the" General have in it? The close-up car, the car you were "supposed" to see when the hood was up (although you see the hood opened on many non-close-up cars with various engines), has a 383 in it. Of the surviving cars, the vast majority have 383s but a couple have 318s and 440s. So again, if you have to pick a "the" engine, I'd go with the 383 in the close-up car.

The Drag-u-la has dual 4 barrel carburetors with a Ram-thrust MT manifold and bat-shaped forced-air scoops. Gas is consumed at a rate of 4 gallons per mile of embalming fluid pushed by the high powered Dupree Chrome Dome electric fuel pump. Antique head and tail lights with solid silver spiders on the hub caps carry out the funeral motif. Spouting out of the side of the coffin almost like a cluster of flowers, is the engine Huth exhaust system ala metal organ tubes that are tuned.

Wagonmaster should be the official winner :banana2:

Just some more Generl Lee facts

Well let's begin with what kind of car my General started life as before
it decided to become a TV star. From the VIN "XP29H8B" and code plate
my General began life as a '68 Charger, 383 HP, 727 auto, 8.75 3.55:1
sure grip, Power front disc, PS & AC. It was originally dark turquoise
with a white interior and white vinyl top.







....Damn merc, Love your homework!!..... :2thumbs: :2thumbs:

Oh, here's more on the Bat car and Coffin--http://info.detnews.com/joyrides/story/index.cfm?id=464

[FastMerc]

OK you showed just how car crazy all of you are!The question was on a radio trivia show,was determined by Hollywood stunt drivers,so they said?

[CBT]

Wow, Merc is truly car crazy! Where do you get all this info?