Wee67
Jan 24, '08, 11:07 AM
This replica was stolen from a shop on Long Island here in NY. I'm still getting info, but here is the initial report from one of our assignment editors-
A replica of the General Lee, the orange 1969 Dodge Charger that was the centerpiece of the "Dukes of Hazzard" TV show, was found abandoned hours after it was stolen from a Ronkonkoma auto body shop.
The replica of the iconic car was stolen from Continental Car Care at 654 Portion Road just before 10 p.m. last night.
In a move straight out of the Duke boys' playbook, the suspects used a ladder to climb into the auto body shop and simply drive the General Lee away.
Suffolk County police -- and not the Hazzard County Sheriff -- quickly went on the hunt for the orange 1969 Dodge Charger with a rebel flag on the top and the number 01 on the side.
The vehicle was discovered ditched near the intersection of 11th Street and Lake Promenade in Lake Ronkonkoma just before 8 a.m. this morning.
No arrests were immediately made.
The General Lee car was a star of the "Dukes of Hazzard" TV show, and one of the actual cars used in Dukes of Hazzard movies sold in an Arizona auction Sunday for $450,000, according to the fan site hazzardnet.com.
A replica of the General Lee, the orange 1969 Dodge Charger that was the centerpiece of the "Dukes of Hazzard" TV show, was found abandoned hours after it was stolen from a Ronkonkoma auto body shop.
The replica of the iconic car was stolen from Continental Car Care at 654 Portion Road just before 10 p.m. last night.
In a move straight out of the Duke boys' playbook, the suspects used a ladder to climb into the auto body shop and simply drive the General Lee away.
Suffolk County police -- and not the Hazzard County Sheriff -- quickly went on the hunt for the orange 1969 Dodge Charger with a rebel flag on the top and the number 01 on the side.
The vehicle was discovered ditched near the intersection of 11th Street and Lake Promenade in Lake Ronkonkoma just before 8 a.m. this morning.
No arrests were immediately made.
The General Lee car was a star of the "Dukes of Hazzard" TV show, and one of the actual cars used in Dukes of Hazzard movies sold in an Arizona auction Sunday for $450,000, according to the fan site hazzardnet.com.