In the 1960s and 1970s, the Super Bee was to Dodge as the Road Runner was to Plymouth. Both were B-body mid-size muscle cars, focused on budget-minded performance enthusiasts. The Road Runner had a lengthy career and sold in greater numbers, so a 1968 to 1971 Super Bee is harder to find these days. This ’71 Super Bee is from the car’s last model year (although the nameplate would return 37 years later on a 4-door Mopar hot rod). A non-running project, this Super Bee is available here on eBay for $19,500 OBO.
The Super Bee’s marketing wasn’t quite as clever as that of the Road Runner, and they may have drawn its name from a hat. Super Bee is short for a “super B-body”. While Plymouth sold nearly 182,000 Road Runners during the four years the Super Bee was on the market, the latter mustered just 56,000 copies. After producing fewer than 5,000 Super Bees in 1971, Dodge dropped the car while the Plymouth limped on for a while longer (remember, muscle car demand was on the downhill slide by then).
While a 340 cubic inch V8 was standard in the Super Bee in 1971 (the only time), this seller’s car has the next step up, the 383. That motor is said to be original to this Dodge, while the automatic transmission is not. The vehicle was based on the Charger body in ’71 instead of the Coronet. This should have been a sharp-looking machine when new wearing the rather rare Butterscotch paint with a black vinyl top (long gone) and a two-tone interior (all black would have been better, IMO).
From the looks of things, this Mopar has been dormant for ages, and Mother Nature and time and done a number on the body, paint, and interior. The seller, a dealer, believes the Dodge is complete and should be a restorable project. With only 5,000 ever made and given the likely attrition rate, how many of these Super Bees could be left, in any condition?
This looks like it was drug out of the river bottom in Asheville NC. I thought it was a waste, then I saw the asking price! That’s a hard NO.
19.5k for a roached coach. Crackpipe dreams.
Same seller as the 1961 Impala featured earlier today.
Steve R
That’s a shame..butterscotch is a stunning colour on the 71-74 body style,but geezuz h keerist how much crack do these people smoke thinking that’s worth almost 20k :O
Another grossly-overpriced MoPar rust bucket. About par for the course.
Thats the I really don’t want to sell it price LMAO !!!
Was never crazy about this style….
This poor Bee was sitting in the Texas flood!! This roof i bet you can push your finger through it!! It’s a hot mess and it would cost a fortune to make it look good. Oh!! The smell on the inside i see mud on the floor! And how much you want for it!!! 🤣
I couldn’t even afford enough gallons of purple power to start cleaning this thing!
Price may be a bit high but not by much. Solid floor and trunk from what I see, body is pretty straight, both bumpers are there and not beat up, and all the chrome is present other than one of the wheel opening trims. Unfortunately, the roof rust is as expected for any of these vinyl top cars. Honestly not far from being a driver quality Big Block Super bee
I hated the gm colonade cars as much as this oversized heep , seriously never liked them
YOLO