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 0,000 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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The Beastie Boys are back, ladies and gentlemen, and they’ve brought along a suitably awesome video to announce their triumphant return. Danny McBride, Seth Rogan and Elijah Wood star alongside nearly every Hollywood actor of any account, including Steve Buscemi, Will Ferrell, Orlando Bloom and Will Arnett, to name but a handful.

That’s all well and good, but our fanboism has been kicked into overtime thanks to the riotous profundity of amazing metal in the clip.

The video seems to be set in the early ’80s, and as such, there are cameos by everything from an International Scout and a Toyota FJ40 to a killer Datsun pickup. Of course, the king of ’80s metal, the DeLorean DMC-12, also shows up for spell. We’d expect nothing less.

To top it all off, it sounds like the New York trio haven’t lost any of their talent for entertainment since The Mix-Up. Hit the jump to check out the video for yourself.

[Source: MTV]

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