Best mash-up ever! General Lee/KITT/A-Team van
This brilliant illustration comes from Lunchbreath, a skilled artist with a great sense of humor. It’s part of a full set of Unsolicited Proposals to Detroit that he posted on Flickr and we highly recommend a visit. Don’t miss his visit to the 2010 Chicago Autoshow or his impressions from the Houseware Trade Show either! Read More
Top 5 Movie Cars of some random car buff
Top 5 Movie Cars from Scott Cornell on Vimeo. Read More
eBay Find of the Day: Lightning McQueen as Ecto-1
I ain't 'fraid of no ghost! While browsing on eBay we’ve found the work of user redcarpetcustoms and it really caught our eye. Specialized into customizing die-cast toys from the Disney-Pixar blockbuster Cars he (or she) has come up with some very cool variations, referencing some of our favorite screen cars. Above you can see McQueen as Ecto-1, but go check out Snot Rod as General Lee and Lightning McQueen and Sally sporting the ‘Herbie’ livery. It’s... Read More
Feel like buying the General Lee “LEE 1″ today?
That’s what we thought. In that case, it’s still time to get your hands on the original Dodge Charger used during the opening credit of the Dukes of Hazzard, and patiently restored to its original condition by General Lee Enterprises. In 2009, it will be exactly 30 years old and become even more pricey (the price isn’t up, but we assume it’s pretty high). The car is -without a doubt- already a celebrity, but on top of that the ad in the duPont Registry... Read More
The GT500KR KITTs to be auctioned off at Barret-Jackson. Already?
digg_url = 'WEBSITE_URL'; In less than a month, the legendary Barrett-Jackson auction event will be held in Palm Beach, Florida. From March 27 to March 30, hundreds of car aficionados and investors will gather in the coastal city to see and maybe buy some of the rarest and most beautiful cars in the world. The Barret-Jackson auctions are also famous because of the star cars they offer, such as Bo’s General Lee (see our article) or the Monkeemobile. This time though,... Read More
General Lee vs. Starsky’s Gran Torino
The Brits really have some cool car TV shows. We knew Top Gear, of course, but we recently discovered Fifth Gear and it looks like a fun program. In this video, one of their journalist/pilot, Vicki Butler-Henderson, takes the Dodge Charger from the Dukes of Hazzard and the Gran Torino from Starsky and Hutch on a track to test their abilities and find out which of the two is the fastest. And brings up the classic question “How did they manage to do such stunts in such heavy... Read More
Bo’s General Lee auction video
digg_url = \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/01/26/bo-s-general-lee-auction-video/\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\; As a reminder John Schneider’s General Lee has been sold last week-end at the Scottsdale, AZ, Barrett-Jackson auction. The star from The Dukes of Hazzard was snapped for $450,000. See our article here. We’ve found a video of the actual auction on YouTube and it’s quite impressive. John describes his car and then you hear the auctioneer. Well, I’ve... Read More
Bo’s General Lee sold for $450,000
John Schnedier and his General Lee. Large picture here. digg_url = \\\\\\\\\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/01/21/bos-general-lee-sold-for-450000/\\\'\\\\\\\\\; One of the last of the numerous Dodge Chargers used in The Dukes of Hazzard was sold this week-end at the famous Barrett-Jackson auction, in Scottsdale, AZ. It was the property of the show’s own Bo Duke, the actor John Schneider, who even sang the theme song (The Good Ol’ Boys) on the roof of the... Read More
