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Turns out a Dixie Horn doesn't ensure a smooth landing

Jeff Sabatini — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:28:00 EST

Let us count the ways in which this stunt fails:

No Dodge Charger.
No Waylon Jennings.
No Daisy Duke.

Need we even continue?

Listen kids, if you're going to pull off a successful Duke boys stunt, you need more than a J.C. Whitney horn. While we give these guys credit for the staging and the timing of the Dixie blast, there's a lot of work that remains to be done. (Try brushing up on your Dukes of Hazard opening credits, for starters.)

To watch the video, click through the jump. Just be careful to stick the landing.

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Duke Boys' first General Lee goes to Barrett-Jackson [w/video]

Zach Bowman — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:59:00 EST

Filed under: Classics, Coupe, Performance, Auctions, Etc., Videos, Dodge, Celebrities

The very first 1969 Dodge Charger General Lee from "The Dukes of Hazzard" is headed under the gavel at Barret-Jackson. The vehicle was created specifically for the show's intro and made just one jump before being retired.

Why the short life span? That first leap was an impressive feat, vaulting the Charger 16 feet in the air over a distance of 82 feet as it sailed over Rosco's Monaco patrol car before crashing back down to Earth. While the vehicle made a few additional appearances as a beat-up hulk through the show's filming, it was eventually left to rot in a Georgia junk yard.

Travis Bell bought the hulk in 2001, and the Charger swapped a few owners before winding up in the hands of Marvin Murphy. Murphy then had the vehicle restored to its former glory. Now the Lee 1 is headed to Arizona with no reserve. No one's saying exactly how much the very first General Lee could be worth, but a Hemi-powered replica took home a lofty $450,000 in 2008. This particular vehicle gets its grunt from a 383.

If you'd like to see this car's fateful lone jump - or if you're just feeling the need for some Duke Boys-style nostalgia - hit the jump to see the vehicle in the show's intro.

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Video: Local Motors Rally Fighter channels its inner General Lee

Frank Filipponio — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:56:00 EST

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Videos, BMW, Specialty, Diesel, Off-Road

2010 Local Motors Rally Fighter - Click above to see video after the jump

Local Motors hasn't generated a whole lot of publicity since it debuted its crowd-sourced Rally Fighter off-road coupe at last year's SEMA show, but that doesn't mean the small-scale, forward-thinking builder hasn't been busy. We haven't managed to convince them to hand over the keys to one of their lunar buggies just yet, so we're still patiently waiting in line to get behind the wheel. Who wouldn't want to drive a giant 3,100-pound dune buggy with a fighter-plane-inspired sports coupe body and a torquey BMW diesel under the hood?

When we finally do get to drive this fun and funky beast, we promise not to paint it orange or to put a big "01" on the doors or even a Confederate flag on the roof. We can't promise, however, that we won't try our best to replicate this Bo and Luke-worthy stunt. The company has sent along a video to show that the Rally Fighter does indeed have off-roading chops, in case you doubted it after their previous nine-minute video release. So check out the short clip after the jump and turn your sound up so you too can hear John Fogerty while it spools up and Waylon Jennings wailin' while the Rally Fighter soars.

Gallery: SEMA 2009: Local Motors Rally Fighter

Photos by Frank Filipponio / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc.

[Source: Local Motors]

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