The NEVER BEFORE REVEALED secret of the General Lee

[@lewisjarman8710]

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]

Be sure to have your camera at hand!

[@liammaupin9492]

Make sure you put his reaction on you tube!

[@Craig-wp3pz]

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]

For everyone's safety i wouldn't tell him man.I could imagine him thinking of jumping his truck 🤣

[@marlborom2c829]

Oh wow. Great vid

[@VINwiki]

You guys said Travis was so interesting that you could listen to him talk about paint drying. Well, here you go.

[@GTSCarLife]

Just two good ol boys, never meaning no harm...

[@pwrightisright8611]

hahaha

[@MrMusicfan678]

Next we need Christopher and Rabbit to talk about paint drying. 😂🤣😂

[@pietvanvliet1987]

Would argue that paint was quite dry already. What was that shade called again?

[@jeremyj3736]

I think we were speaking General-Lee 😉

[@johnt6232]

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]

That is very enlightened. You should own one.

[@johnt6232]

@I'm Me Its a beautiful car... and I'm not the biggest Mopar fan (the cars at least).

[@Iskelderon]

Gotta love that John Schneider still works together with fans to keep the fandom alive and kicking.

[@paulgrala4455]

Still love the car, if I could afford to build one the controversy over the flag wouldn't stop me.

[@THX..1138]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@dylanpearson6507]

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]

Any more details you have to share? That'd be awesome

[@dylanpearson6507]

@@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]

I remember those TNT trucks barreling along dirt roads in Western Australia in the early 1970’s.

[@Nar01]

Orange is cool but I mean... *this could be red*

[@blue_lancer_es]

I got that reference 😂😂😂😂

[@RPGWAGamers]

Don't start again..

[@emmanuellehuu8818]

Hahahahha that comment is soooo gold

[@gebusdatrapgod]

Hahahahahahahaha

[@SteeringWheelHolder1]

Expertly played😂😂

[@fubarmodelyard1392]

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.

[@caseyrenner2061]

TNT Express sounds like a fancy type of Jazz Cabbage

[@Norweeg]

If it already isn’t, I’m sure it will be.

[@Doc_Dolan]

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.

[@Skunkland1980]

TNT Express is a Dutch company. I see that color on a daily basis 🤣

[@jo_clarke1960]

Got a depo a couple of miles from me, so pretty much same here 😂

[@marks8068]

Ik heb er gewerkt.. nooit opgevallen dat t dezelfde kleur is als General Lee :P

[@SoLDMG]

Same here, worked there, never crossed my mind!

[@stephenhunter70]

It would have a Dutch subsidiary, started in Australia.

[@LCaddyStudios]

Incorrect, it started in Australia and was bought by the dutch

[@charger19691]

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.

[@johnshader4287]

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]

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]

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.

[@DOUGL4S1]

Drinking game: Take a shot every time he says "TNT Express".

[@Toxic2T]

Just like effspot with his 12k exhaust lol

[@LCaddyStudios]

@@Toxic2T Just like Rabbit and the word corvette

[@garyherbert7520]

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.

[@rodrigodepierola]

"Angelfire", man, I hadn't heard that in at least ten years.

[@JustNate1919]

*takes slow drag off of cigarette

[@PepperLewisAndCo]

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.

[@Free_Krazy]

This guys way of speaking just eliminates anxiety!

[@jringhisen]

Promotional cancer...such an accurate label for what happened with this car icon. Thanks for another great story, Travis.

[@TheNova64000]

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]

My guess on why he sold fear that someone try to damage his car. Sad time we live in

[@Nick_B_Bad]

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.

[@molskimauler]

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.

[@joecramer9256]

Hes going back to saying " God's green Earth" every other sentence

[@joshuagibson2520]

Bit it is, gods green earth.

[@craig.encinitas]

Ric Flair would be proud!

[@jasonjackson329]

Dam WHERE DID you find that shirt. Man that brings back so many great memories. I need that shirt in my life

[@ck240sx]

I remember skating in the shoes

[@kevinv3082]

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]

Check Ebay

[@JT-un7dc]

They have been reissued for a while now! Also, You can buy the shoes.

[@vintagetractorsaustralia]

As soon as you said TNT the first thing I thought was trucks and it clicked straight away.

[@TheNova64000]

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]

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

[@Wbfuhn]

A lot of people argued it was orange and a lot of people argued it was red. But people at the time didn't realize that everyone could see colors differently. I'm glad this video was made.

[@mactonight7317]

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]

The flag of the Confederate States of America was not that flag anyway... it's the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia

[@propdoctor21564]

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.

[@sccarguy8242]

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.

[@leb4life11]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@leb4life11 pretty much agree w ya there

[@sillybirdy1994]

@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]

I say keep the flag, to stay true to the show and not to care about the horrible pr in modern context.

[@clearvortex5120]

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? 😂

[@crazychick]

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]

@GbbJunkie Sorry, I don't fly the flags of loosing countries and ideals who were defeated by the US.

[@jordanwiley4582]

@@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.

[@donnybarley-y3t]

The Corvettte flame red color was also referred to Orange crush because of the orange soda

[@michaelr4063]

The man contradicted himself continuously, nonstop, beginning to end. I do however think there was a little kernel of truth in there, from John Schneider.., ‘mixing together whatever was available to make ‘orange’ ‘. That actually makes the most sense.

[@gasNmudtv]

Woot woot!!! Nice vision street wear shirt! Super cool to see someone still repping an old sk8 brand.

[@Dream0Asylum]

I think we all already knew the color of the General Lee, and that color was freedom.

[@mfoxo]

"TNT Express" is the new "Full Code"

[@RobertLeclercq]

7:05 Is that a 'Go Fast Energy' Drink sticker on the General Lee?

[@theguitarjohnshow]

I absolutely appreciate this video I'd love to have my own General Lee someday but I figure it'll have to be a Challenger with the paint and decals

[@BatCorkill]

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]

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]

@@mmonkeyman1403 I mean this in a sincere way, look up logic 101.

[@ricochetey]

@@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]

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.

[@elite4championjosh]

TNT express. You think God doesn't have plans. How can that not be more fitting a name to a car that goes fast as hell while transporting explosives.

[@michealthomas4331]

You are a legend! TNT EXPRESS!!!

[@Gamefreak8112]

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.

[@RepDaVinci]

This was my favorite show behind The A-Team as a kid.

[@craig2e46]

I thought it was a government county orange. I work for the county were I live and every vehicle is orange seems like there the same color. In the episode where they painted the car Cooter said all I have is the orange I've been painting the county trucks with. Very cool.

[@magicmaker15]

3000 orbital sanders begin whirring.

[@dukezter0159]

No matter what still a kick ass car at what ever shade of orange.

[@Heat3YT2]

I think in time people will have more perspective and be able to accept that this cool car happens to have that flag on it. The Duke boys weren’t hateful and neither was the show. It’s important to remember the true history of that flag and what the civil war was about but also to be able to separate that from things like this show and not blindly group them together. It shows the power of symbolism. It’s why the flag became part of popular culture and why it is controversial now.

[@The1GWP]

IDK why... but AWESOME!

[@MalcBreezy]

That Vision Street Wear tee!!!!!! No idea he was such an OG!!!!!

[@ollie42]

That's so wierd... I was jus re-watching dukes of Hazard when this notification popped up 0_o

[@MrMusicfan678]

TNT Express? Didn't they compete in Cannonball? 😂🤣😂

[@franknbeans69]

Its another event called the cnc express lol

[@kemikal5471]

Take a shot every time he says “TNT Express”. You’re welcome, now have a great weekend.

[@paulguranich8086]

The Duke's Hazard is one of the top 10 greatest family shoes Of this generation.

[@SharpblueCreative]

TNT Express - see their trucks & vans all the time here in the U.K.

[@fatimamovement]

Thanks, I was waiting for this. I was going to use Crayola orange on the monastery but this will help get a closer match. The soffits and gutters are Alcoa evergreen and the trim will probably be Alcoa almond.

[@a.b.317]

The guys who built the first cars said they painted the cars whatever they could find and sometimes they simply just mixed paints

[@joshuagibson2520]

Damn Travis. That vision shirt took me back. Nice.

[@VIPK9]

The car had multiple color shades the paints were mixed by hand and the painters of the show already confirmed it was Corvette red

[@realkilju]

Lmfao the color of tnt trucks

[@koppedit728]

'TNT' is an Australian logistics company. ie TNT express. The company's "theme" colour is Orange. Im just thinking out loud here but ... could this be a possibility? Ran out of the Netherlands now however.

[@jeeplivion]

Literally FedEx Orange. Most interesting

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

Bo and Luke did deliver Dynamite quickly by Bow and Arrow, so the name "TNT Express" fits right in. Colorblind People: "IT'S HUGGER GRAY, DAGGUMMIT!!" {0.o} 🤙🥳😆😂🤣🥳🤙

[@speed3971]

Kooter had some old paint cans in the back shelves.

[@mikealbright2470]

John said in one of his videos that it was a mix of different colors but he never said the actual paint code or name for it. Now we know the rest of the story! Pual Harvey. Good Day!

[@ajw828]

F in the chat for all the fanboys that have to go respray their GL now

[@MediocreTCG]

Didn't see that ending coming. I kinda always found it a smidge off-putting but I also love the show. They even poked fun at it in the movie because they knew then that it wasn't gonna be long before the world would no longer just accept it.

[@joesjunkyard935]

8:06 Carl Casper wow i sure do miss those shows

[@remoaustin2056]

I still LOVE the General Lee!

[@rickisgrate]

Doug demuro " check out my car auction site cars and bids to buy your dream car" Ed bolian: "no no no check out MY car auction site dream car xchange to buy your dream car" Next week Tavarish : "check out my auction site, bits of cars I never finished to buy some parts from your dream cars"

[@stephenhunter70]

The original company was known as "Thomas Nationwide Transport". which long since changed their name to TNT which sold off TNT express yrs ago now.

[@maxophone5218]

Nice interview set

[@dariusboykin750]

Now we just need rabbit I’m sure he’s got something to say about some paint 😂

[@tee_m]

My work uses TNT orange as their corporate color, they once had a big deal with TNT. Never knew it was the also the general Lee color.

[@digitalmagicAR]

So how close is TNT express to corvette flame red and AMC big bad orange?

[@rubberbandman1410]

Schneider did it first.

[@jfwfreo]

I think there are going to be a few automotive paint companies who will add "TNT Express Orange" to their line of colors just because of all the General Lee replicas out there that their owners will want to re-paint in the right color.

[@pittsburghsteelersfan3690]

John Schneider and Tom Wopat are the reason why I want to build a general lee when I’m old enough to drive

[@davidmeeks2405]

U should check out the story about Richard Petty Blue and how it came about. If you're not familiar it's a pretty cool story.

[@FoxNamedDakota]

Dude, iv been wanting to build a Lee for a while. But I wanna do it in a rally car kind of way so it can take mild jumps and keep on truckin

[@chrishartley6411]

If you build one and don't put the flag on top , it's not done!

[@JUST_ONE_ID10T]

Even thou there is controversy about the flag on the top. I believe it should be on the car as it's part of the tv show, and it was about being a rebel and running from the law. It wasn't about racism on the show.

[@cesariojpn]

Ugh, I hate how political correctness has ruined even entertainment icons.

[@michaelnemoyer4144]

Try rephrasing your statement in a positive manner without using the term "political correctness". Tell us what you love. Hatred is poisoness.

[@spacecadet0]

@@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. 👍

[@Norweeg]

0:49 Shows the car with a picture from a camera and it’s orange. 🤔

[@chrischalkley8571]

According to John Schneider they just mixed whatever oranges they had laying around to make enough to paint a full car

[@kelli217]

All this time I thought it was Go Mango. That's a Dodge color, from the period. It's really close.

[@memegames6743]

TNT Express sounds like a Chinese restaurant

[@IamMugs]

Schneider said it was a mix of different paints. Was TNT Express a paint company back then or is this the name the production staff gave it?

[@segredosdotiosam9989]

Hex: #F66600 RGB: (246, 102, 0) CMYK: 0, 0.585, 1, 0.035

[@eddieschwab864]

I always thought it was Allis Chalmers Orange

[@travingalloverthemap8375]

I wish I had a general Lee I would never change it or sell it

[@echo7mike]

I think it's time to archive DJ Travis.

[@mikestanly749]

it always looked like a more red orange to me .

[@PUBLICENHEMIGarage]

The color of the General Lee was 1979 Chrysler Corp code V3, Flame Orange. Book it and take it to the bank because the General Lee was V3 Flame Orange. The fact the name is flame orange is what lead to the confusion with the Corvette Flame Red color. A body shop in late 1978 looking to paint a Charger orange would’ve pulled their chip book and went to the newest chips to find the color. If you had been in a body shop like myself at that time in history, you’d understand why. First, any self respecting body man when asked to paint a Dodge car a non-original color would’ve just instinctively flipped to Chrysler Corp colors to find that orange. And, they would’ve started with the newest chips in the book which would’ve been the brand new 1979 chips at the time the General Lee was painted. Chips even a year old were covered in greasy finger prints and paint splatters. The painter simply would’ve flipped through the newest Chrysler Corp chips and I know that from experience. When doing so, they would’ve happened upon the beautiful 1979 Chrysler Corp flame orange which is paint code V3. A color very is similar to Hemi Orange which is paint code V2, but without the metallic. The fog caused by the passing of time and the similar name is the reason Corvette Flame Red mistakenly got named the original color. It never was. As for why the color scanner identified it as TNT Express Orange is simple, today paint is mixed on a scale that measures to the thousandth of a gram, but in late 1978 paint was mixed by lowering a worm gear driven ‘fill to line’ into the paint canister. A method NOT remotely as precise as today’s scale method which often lead to very poor paint matches back in the day. This crude method of mixing paint, a 30 year old painted deck lid to scan, and a database of every shade of orange ever made was what lead to the misidentification of the correct color. The color of the Georgia General lees was 1979 Chrysler Corp flame orange.

[@woodysdrums8083]

I agree

[@Silver_Dollar]

I don’t think you listened… buddy wrote a story on the wrong color.

[@eagle13815]

What is the paint code for the TNT orange? TNT Orange Paint 60ml | ZP-1607 | Zero Paints.

[@waltercruz-escobar8017]

Take a shot every time he says "TNT Express"

[@El_Chompo]

That's funny how you say that Hemi orange looks brown on camera because there was a youtube video recently talking about how brown is actually just dark orange and not its own color technically speaking. And it makes sense that a paint color would seem dimmer on camera than in real life since your eye is better at picking up light than even the best movie cameras.

[@demonsinferno666]

Never knew. Really thought it was flame red. That's what a site said. Gotta be right if john himself confirmed.

[@josephogushing417]

General Lee Color: TNT Express Let it be known

[@bluebird8004]

I have a TNT truck show up to my work nearly every day. Gonna look at it slightly differently from now on

[@marks8068]

Just be happy it shows up at all.. Having worked at TNT its a surprise to me they even still exist considering how bad that company used to be to work for

[@mr42ndstblvd]

Did anyone else see on the knight rider guys video that they scanned there 1/17 screen used car and it also scanned t and t express......