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More from Other NewsIf Waylon Jennings were doing a voice-over like he used to in the "Dukes of Hazzard," right now he might be saying, "This is lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut."
The man who last week won an eBay auction to buy the General Lee car for $9,900,500 has backed out of the deal, prompting owner John Schneider to start taking legal action against the bidder, Schneider's estate manager said.
"The devil's advocate in him kind of expected it," Allen Stockman said of Schneider. Schneider, of Agoura Hills, played Bo Duke in the show. He's selling the car to finance an upcoming movie.
The bidder, listed on eBay as William Fisher of Laguna Hills, did not return an e-mail for comment. His profile says he owns a knife-selling business.
Schneider decided on legal action in part to prove that the sale wasn't a publicity stunt. More than a dozen bidders quickly drove the price into the millions. Fisher's bid was only $100 higher than the second highest bid.
Schneider is keeping the car safe in his garage for now, Stockman said.
Posted by alhynson on May 8, 2007 at 8:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Received a tip that Boss Hogg contacted Fisher & is conspiring at this moment with the sheriff to have those darn Dukes arrested & put away for good.
Better fire up the general & hightail to a different location then lay low till things cool a bit.
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