After using this 1968 Super Bee as his daily driver until the early 1970s, the original owner retired the car from road duties and then used it as a weekend drag racer. This life then ended, and the car had been sitting in a garage for more than 30-years until it recently emerged back into the daylight. With a genuine 46,000 miles on the clock, the owner has decided to part with the car. It is located in Umatilla, Florida, and is listed for sale here on Craigslist.
From the way that the owner describes the Dodge, he refers to it as amazingly preserved. That suggests that this car is original and that it hasn’t undergone a restoration. If this is true, then it is a credit to him, as the presentation of the car is pretty impressive. It is a car that is hard to find fault with, although, I have enlarged the photos and am unsure whether there might be some indication of repaint work around the rear window. It is hard to tell, as the photos become quite pixelated when enlarged, so I’m not totally sure. Otherwise, everything appears to be bright and shiny.
The presentation of the interior is just as impressive as the exterior. There is little to fault here, with the dash, dash pad, white upholstery, headliner, and carpet all looking really nice. The car has been fitted with an 8-track player under the dash, and while I would normally find the fitting of speakers into the door trims infuriating in a car like this, the chrome speaker grilles look so period-correct that I really don’t mind it.
For a car of this type and value, I was quite surprised to not only find no photos of the engine, but no information about its health, or even whether the car is numbers-matching. That’s truly frustrating because there is always the possibility that its drag racing duties may have killed the original engine and/or transmission. Given the fact that the engine rates no mention, it is probably safe to assume that this isn’t one of the 125 cars that were ordered with the 426 Hemi, but is fitted with the 383ci Magnum V8, producing 335hp. The transmission fitted to this Dodge is the 4-speed manual version, which came from the factory fitted with a Hurst shifter and linkage.
While the concept of the Super Bee was developed fairly rapidly by Dodge, it didn’t result in a car that was in any way bad. It certainly had the power that gained it respect on the street, and it had a look that could not help but grab your attention. Good examples fetch good prices, and $60,000 is not unusual for an immaculate, numbers-matching car. The status of the engine in this car is unknown, but if it is original, then the $49,500 asking price appears to be very reasonable.
Need pics of the mill!
Is/was there a rollbar or any safety equipment ever on this car? Pretty casual drag racing…
No car was never altered
The build sheet blown up shows an engine code 62 so yes that would make it a 383 4bbl car.
I had a 69′ 383/auto/3:91posi Bee. High 13’s/low 14’s stock. “Pretty casual Drag racing” nowadays. FAST back then. Early 90’s late 80’s.
I was referring to the lack of any safety equipment. High 13s for a 69 anything is impressive. I’m not a racer, but isn’t there a minimum requirement to track a car? My point being, was it removed, or is that part of the story just a good story?
If I’m not mistaken, a roll bar wasn’t required until 12.00 sec.
Pretty sweet!
I wonder why no pix of the important stuff?
If its as represented its ready to go………….albeit into a garage as who would drive a 50 K Super Bee around? Well maybe with an ignition lock, a tire boot and GPS when parked :)
Does he not really want to sell it? “Yes, honey, I put an ad up for the Super Bee”, ha ha! Nice looking car, though.
I’m sort of curious as to why this car is listed on craig’s list instead of, maybe, a reserve style auction?
The broadcast sheet has an “H” in .the 5th location, that makes it a 383.
Nice car, 4 speed a big plus to me.
When I was looking, 68 and 69 Coronet R/T or Super Bee was at the TOP of my list, and the 70 model 3rd.
I wound up with one of the BEST, a 70 V-Code (440 6bbl) 4 speed Track Pack (Dana 60) car. Love it and people love the Beep-Beep horn.
What I can see looks good. Wonder how it is under the hood and body?
It looks like he was serious about his racing,as it looks like there are tow bar mounts sticking out of the front bumper.
My oldest brother bought one just like this in 68, only it was blue with a white vinyl top, and wasn’t a Super Bee. And it wasn’t a 383 4spd, but a 318 auto. LOL.
GLWTS.
Can’t go wrong here,the car looks done and ready to drive to the local cruise-in to show off that Big Block Mopar!
My first car was a 68 Coronet 500 sedan with a 318, bucket seats and center fold down armrest. I really liked that car, but it handled like a pontoon boat.
Nice car, but with the 383 it’s a dog. Unless there are a whole bunch of upgrades on this car, it is definitely overpriced. A 383 stock has no hustle to it at all. Not in a car this heavy.
Dog is right. The 340 mopars would walk all over a stock 383.