Kenny Wayne Shepherd's "Xtreme Lee"
05-15-2005 | 12:47 AM
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd's "Xtreme Lee"
Just saw this thing on TV, looked pretty sick... I found some pics on the car and thought I'd share :thumbsup I always loved the '69 Charger 
Pics from SEMA:
The engine was built by Mopar Engines West
Pics from SEMA:
11/2 "Xtreme" Makeover meets "Xtreme" Dukes Fan!
Kenny Wayne Shepherd's 1969 Dodge Charger "Xtreme" Lee was unveiled for the first time to the public at the Opening Day of the 2004 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) Show. The SEMA show is where EVERYONE who specializes in performance,design and building of fabulous hot rods, street cars and gorgeous ultra-luxury cars struts their stuff. We heard that this show had grabbed the #1 spot as the largest convention this year in Las Vegas.
Featured in the Gear Vendors booth (one of the car's sponsors) this Hi-Tech/New Millennium version of the "Dukes of Hazard" famous "General Lee" be-dazzled everyone from the spectacular paint coat, based on the original color, and exquisitely hand painted art to the monster horsepower, custom machine work through and through, and state-of-the-art dash displays, Audio and DVD systems. As a tribute to the famous guitar player that will be driving this beauty the center console woodgrain was replaced with Fender Guitars famous pickguard material complete with Fender logo engraving.
The meeting of this labor-of-love with it's owner Kenny Wayne, who by the way is an "Xtreme" Dukes of Hazard fan, was nothing short of car passion perfection-Kenny is a devoted car enthusiast and so are all the folks who have committed many, many hours to this restoration. Redline Gauge Works, who solicited the help from numerous vendors like, Ted Moser’s Picture Car
Warehouse, Year One, Mopar Engines West, Magnumforce Race Car Fabrication, Budnik Wheels, Eclipse Audio installed by Ace Customs are just a few of many involved. Stay tuned to TLC (part of the Discovery Channel Network) for an upcoming RIDES episode devoted to the making of Kenny Wayne Shepherd's "Xtreme Lee" coming in January.
Keep any eye out for Kenny Wayne Shepherd's 1969 Dodge Charger "Xtreme Lee" which will be on its own tour next year displayed in car shows nationwide.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd's 1969 Dodge Charger "Xtreme" Lee was unveiled for the first time to the public at the Opening Day of the 2004 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) Show. The SEMA show is where EVERYONE who specializes in performance,design and building of fabulous hot rods, street cars and gorgeous ultra-luxury cars struts their stuff. We heard that this show had grabbed the #1 spot as the largest convention this year in Las Vegas.
Featured in the Gear Vendors booth (one of the car's sponsors) this Hi-Tech/New Millennium version of the "Dukes of Hazard" famous "General Lee" be-dazzled everyone from the spectacular paint coat, based on the original color, and exquisitely hand painted art to the monster horsepower, custom machine work through and through, and state-of-the-art dash displays, Audio and DVD systems. As a tribute to the famous guitar player that will be driving this beauty the center console woodgrain was replaced with Fender Guitars famous pickguard material complete with Fender logo engraving.
The meeting of this labor-of-love with it's owner Kenny Wayne, who by the way is an "Xtreme" Dukes of Hazard fan, was nothing short of car passion perfection-Kenny is a devoted car enthusiast and so are all the folks who have committed many, many hours to this restoration. Redline Gauge Works, who solicited the help from numerous vendors like, Ted Moser’s Picture Car
Warehouse, Year One, Mopar Engines West, Magnumforce Race Car Fabrication, Budnik Wheels, Eclipse Audio installed by Ace Customs are just a few of many involved. Stay tuned to TLC (part of the Discovery Channel Network) for an upcoming RIDES episode devoted to the making of Kenny Wayne Shepherd's "Xtreme Lee" coming in January.
Keep any eye out for Kenny Wayne Shepherd's 1969 Dodge Charger "Xtreme Lee" which will be on its own tour next year displayed in car shows nationwide.
We were contacted to take part in a special buildup for the musician Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Kenny's "General Lee" will soon be featured on the cover of Mopar Collectors Guide and on the "RIDES" cable TV program. We built a 400 stroker motor (now 500"). This engine actually performed better than the simulation predicted which is unusual. The design goal was to build a high torque motor that could handle the extra weight of Kenny's General Lee. We were hoping for at least 550 HP and 575 ft lbs on 91 octane fuel. As you can see, the engine did much better than that.
Using the Electromotive EFI system and their distributorless waste spark ignition system this engine managed to produce an average of 600 ft lbs or torque from just off idle to 4800 RPM and 586 HP! This engine is a "Tire Shredder"!
We delivered the engine to Kenny today and we were filmed and interviewed by RIDES. Show aired on January 25 2005. Also, look for a special article in Mopar Collectors Guide and Mopar Muscle covering the technical details of the engine itself.
Using the Electromotive EFI system and their distributorless waste spark ignition system this engine managed to produce an average of 600 ft lbs or torque from just off idle to 4800 RPM and 586 HP! This engine is a "Tire Shredder"!
We delivered the engine to Kenny today and we were filmed and interviewed by RIDES. Show aired on January 25 2005. Also, look for a special article in Mopar Collectors Guide and Mopar Muscle covering the technical details of the engine itself.
05-15-2005 | 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by shuller1458
Look at those multiple horns, 5 of them, I bet he is going to scare little hondas with that.
and look at this SMOOTH power curves!!! Just insane
and look at this SMOOTH power curves!!! Just insane
The car is awesome, although the "Xtreme Lee" instead of saying General Lee was more of a copyright infringement concern rather than a "cool" thing to do. Since the car is being 'marketted' in a sense, warner brothers could bitch about royalties.
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