The Super Bee was Dodge’s equivalent of the Plymouth Road Runner. It was a budget-minded performance car based on the B-bodied Coronet (the roots of the Road Runner were found in the similar Belvedere). Super Bees were produced from 1968 to 1971, with the seller’s car built in 1970. With the automobile needing a full restoration, the seller has gotten the engine running while in a garage in Sanford, North Carolina, and it is available here on eBay. The current bid is $5,000, the reserve is unmet, and the Buy It Now is $9,000 (so take your pick).
Standard in the Super Bee was a 383 cubic-inch “Magnum” V8, which was also the starting point with the Plymouth. A period-correct 383 is in the seller’s car now, though it’s not numbers-matching. A video provided by the seller shows the engine in a running state, but we don’t know if it’s drivable. Only 5,000 Super Bees were assembled in 1970, making it one of Chrysler Corp.’s rarest muscle cars, then or now.
This Dodge could be wearing its original coat of Mango Orange paint, a cousin of Hemi Orange. But it’s seen better days, and the buyer will have some rust issues to deal with. Per the seller, that includes the rear frame rails, trunk floor pans, and rear valance. The sale will include all of these pieces, making the sheet metal search a shorter one. A spare hood is also provided of the Air Grabber variety.
Much of the black interior appears to be intact, so this Dodge could be quite viable as a restoration project. The seller goes a step further by providing a VIN decoder tool. It was a well-used machine before being retired in close proximity to 100,000 miles.
I am sure we all wish original engine and trunk and rails installed but not there. I think being a mopar its a decent project with parts to put back together.
This car restored will require a ten grand paint job and with a person who can weld and do the additional work will get out under 25 thousand.
The car restored is shy or close to 40s in value so a decent project that if sweat equity is applied and skills not a bad project to hit the cars and coffee cruises.
I love the color and the potential. I can weld and complete a project like this but have three collectors and no room in the inn sadly.
This will sell quickly..
Photographs occasionally distort the true color, but to my eye that’s not Go Mango. What’s left of the original color appears to me to definitely be Hemi Orange.
Also, a “period correct” 383 doesn’t mean that it’s “model correct”. With many aftermarket components installed and none of the factory 383 Magnum parts visible, it’s more likely that it started life as a 383 2 barrel out of Grandpa’s Chrysler Newport than it being a 383 Magnum/Road Runner 383, and it’s a lock that it’s not if that aftermarket intake manifold was painted to match the engine as ALL 1970 383 Magnums were orange, the only model year for which that was the case in the muscle car era.
Had a Go Mango 70′ Superbee back in the late 80’s. Same interior and hood. Paid about $6K for it back then. Was in beautiful shape overall.
A lot of work but it can be saved. Nice heater core bypass!
Ended at $5,100.
Reserve Not Met.