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My mind is weird sometimes.

It was weird enough to do this: [link]

Then, yesterday, I decided to see how many other people were weird enough to put a first-generation Celica in General Lee colours and I came across this site: [link]

They don't have a first generation Celica there, but they do have a last generation Celica.

In fact, the "General Lee" creations in there span from a child's bicycle to a big rig and includes two cars I would not put "General Lee" colours on. One was a Ford Cortina Mk III, similar to one my brother had in green, and if I were ever to have one I would paint it like my brother's Mean Green Machine. The other was a Pontiac Firebird, which was a bit unnerving to me as a Bandit fan.

So I asked myself what the three most iconic vehicles might be, and I came up with General Lee, Bandit's car, and Herbie. (I rejected KITT as being too simple and putting too much emhasis on the Pontiac Firebird.)

I then looked for a stock photograph of a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow... and found none on dA. I was luckier at Wikimedia Commons, as I found this photograph there in the public domain: [link] . I downloaded the photo and manipulated it to what you see here, using ArcSoft PhotoImpression 3 and MSPaint, the latter for drawing the logos and writing the text.

Description
My mind is weird sometimes.

It was weird enough to do this: [link]

Then, yesterday, I decided to see how many other people were weird enough to put a first-generation Celica in General Lee colours and I came across this site: [link]

They don't have a first generation Celica there, but they do have a last generation Celica.

In fact, the "General Lee" creations in there span from a child's bicycle to a big rig and includes two cars I would not put "General Lee" colours on. One was a Ford Cortina Mk III, similar to one my brother had in green, and if I were ever to have one I would paint it like my brother's Mean Green Machine. The other was a Pontiac Firebird, which was a bit unnerving to me as a Bandit fan.

So I asked myself what the three most iconic vehicles might be, and I came up with General Lee, Bandit's car, and Herbie. (I rejected KITT as being too simple and putting too much emhasis on the Pontiac Firebird.)

I then looked for a stock photograph of a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow... and found none on dA. I was luckier at Wikimedia Commons, as I found this photograph there in the public domain: [link] . I downloaded the photo and manipulated it to what you see here, using ArcSoft PhotoImpression 3 and MSPaint, the latter for drawing the logos and writing the text.