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What, No Bootlegger Turns? Dukes of Hazzard Racing Sets From Ideal
You know what was missing from most slot-car racing sets? Jumps! Now, based on personal experience with slot cars, we'd say that the chance of a car making a jump and then landing back on the slot approach zero... but so what? It's Boss Hogg versus the Duke Boys!
crime
Dukes Of Hazzard Replica Stolen, Cooter Not Ruled Out As Suspect
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]
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Are These The Most Memorable TV Cars?
We occasionally see lists of the best television cars pop up on the Internet, and we always find ourselves at a loss to understand why people feel the need to limit themselves to just ten. A good list should probably come in closer to 30, so it's not just predictable choices like K.I.T.T. and the Batmobile. The list below isn't a bad attempt, though we're sad to see the Ferrari Daytona from Miami Vice didn't make the cut. Anything else missing?More »
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01 Number 01: The First General Lee
Inside Line, new home of the Loverman, has the story of the first General Lee — the example that leaps Rosco's cruiser at the close of the Dukes of Hazzard's opening credits. Hastily assembled by a crew at Warners' the O.G. Lee was in sad shape when Travis Bell located the car in the yard of a Georgia transmission shop. After exchanging hands a number of times, Marvin Murphy commissioned Bell, co-founder of the North American General Lee Fan Club, to spearhead the restoration effort with the words, "Travis, if someone spray-painted the Mona Lisa, someone would have to restore it. You're that man." And really, how can one argue with that? More »
novelties
How Van Gogh REALLY Lost His Ear: The Dukes of Holland
Not quite the Dukes of Hazzard, nor even the Dukes of Hamburg, these Dukes of the Low Countries are nevertheless amped and primed for an act of sheer hoonage. Our question however, is this: was the battle flag of William of Orange painted on the roof? And Jonny's particular query is no doubt, "Why didn't they do it in a DAF? In reverse." [Thanks to Emil for the tip.] More »
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Sorrell Booke's Spinning In His Grave With Glee
Luke Duke is finally getting some time behind bars. Tom Wopat, the actor who played Luke Duke on the TV series "The Dukes of Hazzard" looks to be facing a drunken driving charge in northern New Jersey. Wopat was pulled from a Ford Bronco at around 6:30 PM Wednesday after running over some traffic cones and almost hitting
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Cooter Goes to Detroit
So what's become the nation's most prestigious hot rod and custom car show, the Detroit Autorama, is happening this weekend and Ben Jones is in town for the festivities. We're low on Cooter Davenport references for the moment, but y'know, you can always go read the interview that the Freep's Matt Helms did with the former Georgia congressman, if you're inclined to inject a little Hazzard into your day. More »
art cars
How to be an Ueber-Wally: General Carbuncle
Back in the late-1980s UK, the books How to be a Wally and Superwally were published to great public enthusiasm. Tips and tricks? Picknicking in roundabouts. Drinking Carling Black Label. Driving a Cortina and/or Capri with go-faster stripes. But conceptual artist James R. Ford may have finally come up with something bridging the gap between the Americann Redneck and the Greater-British Wally (besides apparent missing link Davey G.). He's taken a Euro-spec Capri and begun gluing toy cars on it to create some sort of rolling General Lee mosaic. James, shoehorn a Mopar V-8 in there, and we're yours for the taking. [Thanks to Becki for the tip.] More »
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Lame, Easy Headline of the Day: Cops in 'Dukes' Cars
While we went with the relatively simple and straightforward, other media outlets went straight for the "Dukes of Hazzard" reference. We've re-thought our decision since then and would like to change it to "NYPD to Drive Cars Once Tuned by Carroll Shelby," because, you know, like, a Charger's a Charger, right? More »
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Jodie Kidd Puts on Them Daisy Dukes
Squeezing her supermodel frame into a pair of short, short pants, British supermodel and sometime racing driver Jodie Kidd will host the premiere showing of The Dukes of Hazzard at the new T-Mobile Street Movies facility, apparently the first permanent drive-in theatre in England. Ah, silly Brits. "Blimey, the Americans failed with this concept, so we're gonna bring it to Blighty!" Though if they had a revolving cast of supermodels and starlets hosting each showing... More »
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'Dukes' Blogger to Make 100k for Year of Work
Man, we feel gypped. We slave all day, searching the internet hither and thither, working our brains into a mild froth to bring you news of the auto world as we see it, all for the reward of some hard tack and, if we're really good that day, a couple of Kraft Singles. If we're really good, we might actually get spared the lash. All this guy has to do is watch The Dukes of Hazzard every night and blog about it for CMT. And he gets paid 100,000 dollars for doing it. More »
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Go, Flash Go! The Dukes of Hazzard Album
So it's not quite The Star Wars Holiday Special, but this weird little piece of cultural detrius is fairly amazing in and of itself. We don't know how we missed this one as a kid, but it pretty much rules in a way that few things have ruled before or since: a Dukes of Hazzard concept album, featuring songs sung by many of the show's characters. We especially love "Flash," in which James Best goes completely over the top with his patented Rosco noises, which are actually rendered even more hilarious for the lack of visuals. Thank you, brother Screenhead, for alerting us to this stash of "Dukes" gold. More »
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Insert 1st 12 Notes of 'Dixie' Here: NYT Hops on General Lee Bandwagon
A prime indicator of when or if something's reached critical mass is if the New York Times decides to pick up the story. Orange '69 Dodge Chargers have now reached critical mass. While Dr. Jim Sirotnak's General is a 318-powered ex-stuntcar from the show, few actual TV cars remain, leading to the rise of shops that actually specialize in General Lee conversions, like Smith Brothers Restorations in Washington. But for all the love these repro-Lees get from the proletariat, vintage Mopar aficionados still turn up their noses at the customized B-bodies; as North American General Lee Fan Club honcho Travis Bell says, "They absolutely hate us." It's okay, Travis, they hate Steve Strope, too. [Thanks to CTE and Brady for the tip] More »
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The Reviews Trickle In: Response to 'Dukes' Mixed
We've been alternately dreading and anticipating the new Dukes of Hazzard film. Burt Reynolds? Yes! Willie Nelson? Yes! Johnny Knoxville? Sure. Stifler? Uh... Jessica Simpson? D'oh. But the reason we're probably going to go see it is our fetish for flying orange Dodge Chargers and with Rhys Millen behind the wheel of the General, the driving will be necessarily fantastic. More »
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I'll Blow Your Doors Off Drivin' My General Lee: Movie Inflates '69 Charger Prices
The mighty Deke Dickerson once sang, "I'm living low, but I'm gonna be livin' larger/I'm gonna buy myself a '69 Dodge Charger/I'll fix it up as nice as it can be/And I'll blow your doors of drivin' my General Lee." The Untamed Youth recorded that for a Gearhead magazine 7" years ago (it's still available on Gearhead's Runnin' On Fumes compilation CD), but 'ol Deke's sentiment seems to have caught up with the rest of the world. Due to the marketing frenzy whipped up by the new Dukes of Hazzard film, '69 Chargers have skyrocketed in price from around 28k to over $43,000 since January. While it remains to be seen whether this is a bubble or not, we recommend getting your mitts on a '77 Trans Am now, before the inevitable 30th anniversary hoopla drives the price of Bandits into the stratosphere. More »
hot rods/custom cars
New Dodge Charger "General Lee" For "Sale" on eBay
The boys at CustomSouth created a "Submit Best Offer" auction on eBay to publicize its upcoming 2006 "General Lee" Dodge Charger R/T conversion, ahead of a proper auction to be held on Friday, August 5, opening day of the "Dukes of Hazzard" movie. The buy-it-now price for the newfangled General has been set at $49,000, which puts the customized version close to $20,000 more than a base R/T's sticker — though an unknown quantity compared to dealer prices. [Thanks to Robert for the tip.] More »
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