Somernites Cruise

[RON T]

This months feature presentation at Somernites cruise in Somerset Ky this past Saturday included The General Lee , of the hit TV series “ The Dukes of Hazard” jumping the large fountain in the cities town square. A Dodge Charger RT replica of the original style Dodge , provided by and performed by The Northeastern Dukes of Ohio Car club.. This performance drew spectators from all of the eastern United States . Somerset, know as the car cruise capital of Ky , and the location of the 2023 FGMCC Eastern meet , drew over 35,000 people crammed into the downtown area., to watch the show and view the classic cars.. General Lee suffered severe damage however. Here are a few photos of the event .. more videos and photos can be found on Somernites Cruise facebook … Ron T.. 

[cbolt]

Well I am sure they knew the car would suffer severe damage. That is uber cool. 

[willie]

Thanks for sharing Ron, very cool pics.     Were you there also????

[Rob Peters]

A Chevy wouldn't have fallen apart like that, but of course a Chevy driver would have been smart enough to drive around the fountain. 

rob 

[RON T]

15 hours ago, willie said:

Thanks for sharing Ron, very cool pics.     Were you there also????

I was there on Friday the day before the jump to see some people that were involved in the 2025 eastern meet there before the tornado..

[RON T]

22 hours ago, cbolt said:

Well I am sure they knew the car would suffer severe damage. That is uber cool. 

I had watched other general Lee jumps on u tube , but this time the terrain was down hill and black top. The car landed on its nose , and did more damage.. luckily it didn’t flip.. people were way tooo close..

[Marks71]

OK, so it wasn’t the camera angle. My first thought was that there was no way those people could’ve been that close. Plus they were grouped so tight, where were they going to go if the ol General needed another 75’?

[cbolt]

7 hours ago, RON T said:

I had watched other general Lee jumps on u tube , but this time the terrain was down hill and black top. The car landed on its nose , and did more damage.. luckily it didn’t flip.. people were way tooo close..

I did some reading on the subject. It seems they realized they needed to put a lot of ballast in the trunk of the cars to prevent them from nosing down. There is a lot of interesting information about the cars; what they did with them, where they were built, etc. if anyone is interested in looking. In some cases the cars had to be reused in later years of the show because they were running out of sources for '69 chargers. 

[DragCat]

9 hours ago, Marks71 said:

 My first thought was that there was no way those people could’ve been that close. Plus they were grouped so tight, where were they going to go if the ol General needed another 75’?

You'd be amazed at some of the "no prep" races how tons of people hug the line 😲 Scary stuff 

[72 Monte Carlo]

I imagine that General Lee Charger was a bare bone rusted one that someone thought it wasn't worth saving, but I feel each Charger they jump and destroy just seems pointless. I'm sure there are replacement frames, tubs, etc., but there are a lot less of those Chargers around. Every time they destroy another one, the market price of Chargers just went up a few thousand dollars more.

[Leghome]

There is now much of a frame to a charger as they were unibocy with a sub frame out front.

[RON T]

They used a 2001 mercury marquis.. used to use a ford .. spoke to cruise rep 

[RON T]

Back in Somerset , car cruise here today taking donations for local victims of the May tornado.. 

[DragCat]

4 minutes ago, RON T said:

Back in Somerset , car cruise here today taking donations for local victims of the May tornado.. 

🙏

[RON T]

2 nd place winner today plus long distance award .. 110 miles..several nice vehicles in somerset Ky . Saw some models I had never seen before seen before .. like a VW Karmagia with a V- 8.. 🙄 .. anyway , this here 71 Monte beat out  all the Shevelles!!!

[cbolt]

Nothing says "desperate" more than a sign to identify a waterbed in the back of your truck. Dude must be fugly

[willie]

Ron 2nd place over all the Chevelles you get a thumbs up and a pat on the back!!!   Nice job!!!

[Jared Richey]

Nice looks a like a good time.

[DragCat]

Thanks for posting the pic's 

[Rob Peters]

Congratulations Ron!

rob

[RON T]

On 7/12/2025 at 5:57 PM, cbolt said:

Nothing says "desperate" more than a sign to identify a waterbed in the back of your truck. Dude must be fugly

The truck belonged to a woman 😁