Article Summary: Comments about the Dukes of Hazzard General Lee auction on eBay with an unbelievable selling price.
Notable Auction: Dukes of Hazzard General Lee
An eBay auction (Item Number 250108256198) for the General Lee from the Dukes of Hazzard ended today for a whopping $9,900,500.00!
Because of recent changes in eBay policy, spectators cannot see the bidder User IDs, so once an auction reaches a certain threshold, the bidders are noted simply as “Bidder 1”, “Bidder 2”, etc.
Given the bids on the auction, and the realized price, I expected the winning bidder to be a zero feedback, but the actually winning bidder does have substantial feedback.
Also of note is that the seller is John Schneider, who played Bo Duke in the 80s television series.
From the listing description:
The most famous model of the most famous car in the world! This car was named by TV Land in 2004 as the most famous car in Television History. And this is the exact car that they gave that prestigious award to. This car has done a lot for me over the last 10 years and now it can be a part of your personal collection. I will give you a brief overview of what this car has done. It appeared in the last REAL Dukes of Hazzard movie, “Dukes Go To Hollywood”. And under the hood are the autographs of all the living orginial cast members and crew that were on the TV show.
It has been on such shows as TV Land, Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, etc. It was the car that Warner Brothers used as a template to build all the General Lee’s used on the latest incarnation of the Dukes of Hazzard movie starring Jessica Simpson and Willie Nelson.
And what I’m most excited about is that it has recently starred as another car named Traveller in my most recent movie, Collier & Co, Hot Pursuit! Its a great family movie that I wrote, produced, starred in, well you get the picture. Its currently in theaters in different parts of the country, and it goes to DVD in September.
Check it out and watch The General do what it does best, go fast! I have personally raced this car in a rally called The Silver State Classic Challenge, held in Nevada. I have also done numerous charity events in this car including raising over $7000.00 for Speedway Childrens Charities last year at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and another $4000.00 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the fall at the Sam’s Town 250 at Memphis Motorsports Park.
Carl Edwards, now a personal friend and Nascar superstar, drove this car himself on that track to show me the proper racing line for my rides with the winners of that auction! And in Memphis, Carl invited me to watch the race from the top of his pit box with none other than legendary team owner Jack Roush!
It would take a very long time to tell you everything about this car, so lets just stick to the relevant details. Although the plate says a 426 Hemi, the car actually has a 511 crate motor from 1998 that produces approx 725hp. It has suspension by Hotchkis, auxiliary transmission by Gear Vendor, Viper brakes, and a racing steering box.
Although I hate to part with this car, I am really looking forward to building a new one, something I haven’t done since I built this one. One more detail, there is an article coming out in a major car magazine where this car is compared and raced against the Starsky and Hutch car, and the Batmobile. Guess who won? As to picking up the car, the buyer will be responsible for all costs associated with picking up and shipping if any of this car. Good luck to all.
Also of note is the “Ask Seller a Question” Q&A on the listing: LINK
Here is a link to John Schneider’s eBay “Me” page and his personal webpage, johnschneider.tv.
It will be interesting to see if this sale goes through at this astronomical price. And I wonder what the eBay fees would be…
Jason De Bord