Duke of Hazzard’s ‘Common Lee’ Automotive Crushed, Actor Says

• A ‘Common Lee’ automobile from the Dukes of Hazzard was destroyed throughout Hurricane Ida.
• Actor John Schneider shared pictures on Fb of the crushed automobile at his Louisiana studios.
• Hurricane Ida battered Louisiana, leaving greater than one million individuals with out energy.

An immediately recognizable “General Lee” car, which turned a controversial image of The Dukes of Hazzard, was destroyed throughout Hurricane Ida, actor John Schneider has revealed.

Schneider, who performed Bo within the CBS tv collection, shared pictures of the crushed 1969 Dodge Charger on his Fb web page.

“When one thing like this occurs you will have two selections,” wrote the 61-year-old actor in a Fb caption. “Tears and laughter. I select laughter.”

 

The submit requested followers to caption the picture of the automobile, with Schneider sharing his personal: “Miss Ida stopped by to see the Common at Miss Shirley’s final evening.”

Schneider mentioned that this explicit automobile mannequin was used for stunts and, in line with Getty Photographs, it was used within the movie “Christmas Vehicles.” He has a number of different replicas of the automobile, the Daily Mirror reported.

The actor’s residence and studios in Holden, Louisiana, have been broken by Hurricane Ida, the fifth strongest hurricane to ever strike the US, in line with The Hollywood Reporter.

As soon as the hurricane got here ashore in southern Louisiana on Sunday, Reuters reported, greater than one million prospects misplaced energy and one other 600,000 have been with out water. At the least 9 deaths have been reported within the state and an extra 46 have been killed within the Northeast, the information company mentioned.

The “Common Lee” automobile, which has a Accomplice flag roof and is called after Civil Battle basic Robert E. Lee, has sparked controversy lately. In 2015, Warner Bros halted manufacturing of toy fashions of the automobile after going through criticism, The Hollywood Reporter mentioned.

Schneider defended the automobile in a 2020 interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “I’ve by no means had an African American come as much as me and have any drawback with it in any respect,” Schneider mentioned. “The entire politically appropriate technology has gotten means out of hand.”