Dukes of Hazzard style car jump

Whitsett NC. This 1970 Buick Skylark was found in the woods after property was purchased. I decided to jump it after getting it running since it's, well, a four door ugly Buick. Wanted to recreate a Dukes of Hazzard style jump, so my girls and I painted it with latex semi gloss interior paint as close to the acme orange on the General Lee. We called this car Uncle Slam. The jump took place on a hot as hell afternoon on July 19th, 2008. I hit the ramp at about 65 miles per hour and went a total of 74' What a blast! I could have used a few hundred more pounds of junk in the trunk though, as it nosed over pretty hard. We had an "in car" camera and a camera mounted on the trunk and another mounted on the lower left side. If you look close, you can see the side camera liberate from the car and sail through the air. Unfortunately the video from the two other cameras got corrupted or something. Oh well, guess I'll have to do a sequel to get it right. Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed the video.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• awesome car jump
• Dukes of Hazzard
• Uncle Slam
• Whitsett NC
• big air car jump

[batdad187]

Yeah that was awesome... good air

[fleckenstein777]

@batdad187 Thanks man, It was a good day. Thanks for viewing.

[adfasdfasdfluy]

well i need front fenders, radiator support and bumper for my skylark. i woulda paid you for them but you got ur 10 seconds of fun out of it right?

[fleckenstein777]

@adfasdfasdfluy Fun? you called that fun? Hell man, I was skeered sh*tless. But I do still have the parts you need as long as you're good with a hammer n' dolly. If you live long distance I can send them.......AIR mail.

[75gillson]

tat was sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!! why cant there be more rednecks:)

[chockrock69]

for extra style points you shoulda climbed out of the car true duke boy style!

[travelman79]

@batdad187 Hitting that mailbox is a federal offense and you could go to jail. Ha Ha! That was awesome!

[batterycock]

rednecks, so funny

[MichaelMopar69]

This was so awesome let me give it a shot! yeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaw!

[joe12544]

now after the jump go after boss hog like the movies that would be funny with that car with no tricks/treats

[bandittweintraub]

hope they got e-mail :P

[drdylful]

i like the ducktape saftey net :D

[garrettwwhite]

trashing mail box = extra style points

[heymynameistyler]

dude you nailed that mailbox!