In the spirit of them Duke boys, a renegade in Ronkonkoma, NY made off with a 1969 Dodge Charger General Lee replica (complete with Confederate battle flag and everything). The car was reported stolen at about 10:00 pm yesterday and was found abandoned at around 7:00 am the next day. We have a couple of theories about what happened. Either the person stole the car expecting to go for a big of a joy ride and then dump the General before getting popped, or they realized that even Rosco P. Coltrane could find a bright orange Charger in Ronkonkoma and quickly abandoned the vehicle. Either way, looks like these good ole' boys have gotten away so far. [Newsday]
Dukes Of Hazzard Replica Stolen, Cooter Not Ruled Out As Suspect
1:00 PM on Thu Jan 24 2008
By Matt Hardigree
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Bet that old 440 was opened up onto 495...
The first thing they should have thought of is, how the fuck do you get a Bright Orange Charger with 01 and a Rebel Flag on it out of Long Island?
Brooklyn? Queens?
I think not.
Way to fail dudes.
They should have taken it north towards Canada and then jumped the border...
Gah, don't worry, any yokel with a Charger & some orange paint is hard at work making more of them. Guy down the street from me seems to be playing 'Flip That Charger' :
Craigslist [sfbay.craigslist.org] + quick paint job = Profit! [cgi.ebay.com]
Except nobody really seems to be buying.. Hmm.
someday the mountain might get them, but the law never will
also, as a rule, never rule out cooter
Maybe they belong to "Save the Chargers," the group that has seen enough of the stuff found in the photo above?
@Dr. Danger; give em a break, they're makin' their waaaaay, the only way they know how. It's not entirely their fault that that's jus' a little bit more than the law will allow.
Actually, they realized the gasoline expenses were too crippling to make this a good idea.
Cooter is the best name ever.
I saw a Charger in Dukes livery a couple weeks ago pulling out of the Mickey D's drive-thru. It was a 2007. I wish I had that kind of "stupid money".
It's probably just some "Good ol' boys".. never meaning no harm, probably just out "straightin' the curves, flattenin the hills, someday the mountain might get 'em but the law never will"...
YEEEEEEEEE HAWWWWWWWWWW.
@bd_juju:
Probably would have blended in at the annual Duke's Fest here in Nashville, TN until they opened their mouth and said "Howse youse doin'?"
As for "flipping" cars I have watched that hot rod show where they buy, recreate, and sell muscle cars/classic drag cars in a mega quick time like weeks. At least we know where all the 6 banger cars are going...
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