His “First Car” is a Hazzard County Crazy Cooter’s Tow Truck!

from SOUTHEAST IOWA TODAY With John Bain · host John R Bain

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain is in Burlington, Iowa, where he catches up with a Dukes of Hazzard Fan from Barry, Illinois, Luke Rucker. Luke was in town to hang out with former Mechanical Technician for Warner Bros. Television Tom Saremento. Yes, that Tom Sarmento! The man that kept the General Lee and all Hazzard County vehicles running for the hit now classic television show The Dukes of Hazzard. Luke shares how his 1969 Ford, now converted to replicate a 1967, with all the one-year options of that vehicle came to be an awesome replica of everyone’s favorite mechanic Cooter Davenport. Luke also shares how the “Rucker Trucker” came to be a part of Cooter’s merchandise website!

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