Troopers Slide Behind the Wheel of a Re-Made 1960s Muscle
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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It was a popular muscle car back in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, the Dodge Charger is back and guess who's behind the wheel? State Troopers in many states across the country. Austin Jenkins in Seattle went on patrol with a good-guy who's driving a bad-guy car.
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It was a popular muscle car back in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, the Dodge Charger is back and guess who's behind the wheel? State Troopers in many states across the country. Austin Jenkins in Seattle went on patrol with a good-guy who's driving a bad-guy car.
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First produced and aired on NPR affiliates in Washington, Oregon and Idaho in September of 2006
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Troopers Slide Behind the Wheel of a Re-Made 1960s Muscle
Dodge Charger (mp2) Feature 3:37 + :30 music 1-2-07
It was a popular muscle car back in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, the Dodge Charger is back and guess who's behind the wheel? State Troopers in many states across the country. Austin Jenkins in Seattle went on patrol with a good-guy who's driving a bad-guy car. [SOQ 3:37 + :30 music (hosts fade out music at leisure)]
[Fade in and under Dukes of Hazzard theme song]
On the Dukes of Hazzard TV show, Bo and Luke Duke drove a 1969 Dodge Charger called the General Lee. It was bright orange with a confederate flag painted on the roof.
[Post up Dukes of Hazzard theme song]
The Dukes were constantly out-running the law - the Charger always faster and more nimble than the police car giving chase.
[Car starts]
Flash forward to 2006 and the Dodge Charger is back. R...
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