• Some auto technology is so good the cars themselves become TV characters, like Nellybelle—Roy Rogers’s Jeep and faithful companion, auctioned in 2010. [1 of 3]
 

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tech 11 Jun 2012

by Paul Ingrassia, deputy editor-in-chief of Reuters and author of Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream. WEBSITE  BOOK  FACEBOOK

 
  • A Corvette starred with George Maharis and Martin Milner in Route 66. One critic called them “figures of the Sixties searching for human sustenance.” [2 of 3]
 
  • The orange Dodge Charger driven by Bo and Luke on The Dukes of Hazzard in the early 1980s: Here’s Johnny Cash singing “The General Lee.” [3 of 3]
 
  • Images (in order): photo via Christie’s; Route 66 photo via Wikimedia Commons; the General Lee photo via Wikimedia Commons.
 
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