General Lee Needed Weights
The General Lee had to have weights placed in it to perform some of the stunts. When the car hit the ground at high speed the weights would twist the body. On the show where it looked like the car was taking a lot of damage but it actually wasn’t. The problem was that almost all of the cars used in the filming of the show were damaged beyond repair (via Hot Cars).
The General Lee was a unique muscle car, to say the least. The fact that so many of them were destroyed was rather sad. The show was all about damaging these cars so it made sense in a way. But it was a sad shame to watch these cars go to waste and end up in the junkyard.