The year was 1978, and a small film crew was wrapping up production for the pilot episode of a show called “The Dukes of Hazzard.” Had anyone known had popular this show would eventually become in the next few years, perhaps they would have taken better care of “Lee 1,” the first ‘69 Dodge Charger to carry the name “The General Lee” in the popular television series. As it was though, the original Lee sat rotting in a junkyard until being rescued and restored in 2001.

And now, for the first time ever, the first-ever General Lee from the “Dukes of Hazzard” is heading to auction, reports Inside Line. Will it attract a $1 million bid?

If any General Lee can do so, it’s this one. This specific Charger was the first of over 350 ‘69 Chargers that would be driven and destroyed in the name of television entertainment. “Lee 1” as it was called, would begin a transition of slow-motion jumps during seven seasons of The Dukes of Hazzard. While Lee 1 was kept around to use as a crashed-car prop for a few seasons, it eventually wound up in a junkyard by Travis Bell, and was bought and restored by Marvin Murphy in 2001.

Since then it has been in museums and Murphy’s own private collection. But now it is going up to auction, and speculation is that “Lee 1,” with its 383 engine (no, its not a HEMI) might still fetch over $1 million. Then again, the collector car’s market has soured quite a bit in recent years. But for a piece of television history as relevant as the first-ever General Lee, is any price too low?