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Normally, a car like the General Lee of The Dukes of Hazzard fame would cause a ruckus, but this one didn’t. At least it didn’t stir up bidders enough to hit the $125,000 reserve set for the recent auction. Learn more about this car and what happened when it was offered to the public.
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After just 10 bids, the high sat at $83,000. Since this was on eBay, it’s not like the reserve amount was hidden, something which is done by certain auction houses. Why did nobody have the stomach to get even close to that amount?
Instead of being a clone car someone built because they just loved the Duke Boys, this General Lee is advertised as the real deal. According to the seller, it was purchased in November 1981 by General Lee Enterprises and was used as a promotional car for the Dukes of Hazzard TV series.
In total, five Dodge Chargers were made up like this one for marketing activities. In other words, this Mopar was never in the show, but it’s a genuine General Lee in the technical sense.
Maybe that has something to do with the lack of more interest in the Dodge?
Even more interesting, the General Lee hasn’t been restored but instead is original. The thing runs and drives. However, under the hood is a 383 V8 donated by a 1969 Dodge Coronet. Before you cringe too much, the seller says the factory 383 just needs to be rebuilt and it will actually be included with the vehicle.
Things get even weirder when it comes to the interior. You can see the photo from the listing clearly shows white upholstery, even though everyone knows the General Lee has a brown interior. Says the seller, “The interior of this car was replaced with legendary Dukes tan interior. I’ve included pictures of the original interior that I did not replace was done prior to my purchasing.”
That explanation is confusing and would be enough to make people think twice before dropping six figures on a car.
Or it could be that this is yet another sign the collector car market is collapsing and fast. We’ve seen vehicles auction for far less than they did just a few years ago as investors seem to be fleeing the hobby in droves.
Check out the listing for this General Lee here.
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