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* Cooter Davenport ( Ben Jones ) is the Hazzard County mechanic, nicknamed " Crazy Cooter ".

In the very early episodes, he was a wild man, often breaking the law ( such as stealing the Sheriff's patrol car for impounding his in " One Armed Bandits ", reportedly borrowing Luke's car prior to the same episode and using it to " run the sheriff off the road to make him mad " to facilitate the aforementioned theft of the sheriffs car, running moonshine for Boss Hogg in " Mary Kaye's Baby ", seemingly breaking into Boss Hogg's home to retrieve a trophy for an upcoming race in " Luke's Love Story ", and ' borrowing ' the President's Limousine for a joy-ride in " Limo One Is Missing ").

By the end of the first season, he had settled down and become an easy going good ol ' boy.

Although not mentioned in the first couple of episodes, by the mid-first season, he owned " Cooter's Garage " in Hazzard County Square, directly across from the Sheriff's Department.

Cooter was an " Honorary Duke ", as he shared the same values and often assisted the Dukes in escaping Rosco's clutches, or helped them to foil Boss Hogg's schemes.

During the second season, Ben Jones left the series for a few episodes due to a dispute over whether the character should be clean shaven or have a full beard.

In his absence, Cooter's place was filled by several of Cooter's supposed cousins who were never mentioned before or since.

Jones returned when the dispute was solved — Cooter would be clean shaven ( although, for continuity reasons, with the episodes being broadcast in a different order to that which they were filmed, he was not clean shaven until the third season onwards ).

Cooter drove a variety of trucks, including Fords, Chevys, & GMCs.

His CB handle was " Crazy Cooter " and he often started his CB transmissions with " Breaker one, Breaker one, I might be crazy but I ain't dumb, Craaaazy Cooter comin ' atcha, come on.