General Lee going back on eBay
Published May 12th, 2007
After commanding a winning bid on eBay of nearly $10 million, a bid that fell through after the alleged bidder claimed his on-line account had been hacked, the owner is planning to try again.
The car will go back up for auction on eBay next week.
This time, though, John Schneider, the actor who played Bo Duke in the series The Dukes of Hazzard, isn’t taking any chances. Schneider says he’s hired a company that specializes in pre-screening auction bidders.
Auctionwire, the company working with Schneider, requires bidders to prove they have the funds available prior to bidding and also requires a bank’s guarantee that the funds will be paid out at the end of the auction.
Bidders will be able to apply starting Monday. The auction itself will begin the following Saturday afternoon, a spokesman for Auctionwire said.
The car being auctioned is a modified 1969 Dodge Charger that appeared as the General Lee in The Dukes of Hazzard.
The car has been further modified since itsTV career and now has a 725 horsepower Hemi motor, Dodge Viper brakes and a roll cage, all of which allow it to race at more than 200 miles per hour.
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