ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — Stunt-car fantasies can turn real. The proof is that the original General Lee car from The Dukes of Hazzard — not the many later cars used in the TV show, but General Lee No. 1 from the opening credits — is now going up for sale in the pages of a luxury-car magazine.
The car, a 1969 Dodge Charger — but you knew that — will be featured in the April issue of the luxury-goods publication DuPont Registry. It has been restored — although it still has a crack in the windshield from that whole jumping-over-a-police-car scene in the opening credits. It has the big-block 383-cid engine, the original parking permit for Los Angeles Southwest College as shown in the pilot episode, and the twin Confederate flags that were part of the original look.
Lots more information can be seen at the Lee 1 Web site. The price? Not yet named.
What this means to you: Wonder how much this bright orange bit of history will go for? — Laura Sky Brown, Correspondent
The car, a 1969 Dodge Charger — but you knew that — will be featured in the April issue of the luxury-goods publication DuPont Registry. It has been restored — although it still has a crack in the windshield from that whole jumping-over-a-police-car scene in the opening credits. It has the big-block 383-cid engine, the original parking permit for Los Angeles Southwest College as shown in the pilot episode, and the twin Confederate flags that were part of the original look.
Lots more information can be seen at the Lee 1 Web site. The price? Not yet named.
What this means to you: Wonder how much this bright orange bit of history will go for? — Laura Sky Brown, Correspondent
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