What’s in a name, right? The seller of this Dodge Coronet refers to it as a 1970 Dodge “Viper” coupe, I think that’s an error. It also surfaced on our Barn Finds tip line as a “Super Bee”. Well, that’s closer but not quite right either. In actuality, it appears to be just a generic “440” Coronet two-door hardtop, one of many that Dodge produced in ’70. While not a performance variant, it is still worthy of review. This Coronet is located in Rome, Georgia and is available, here on Facebook Marketplace for $6,000. Thanks to Larry W. for this tip!

Intermediate-sized cars were all the rage in 1970 and every domestic manufacturer had a hand in the action. Dodge built just shy of 115K Coronets of every stripe including two-door hardtops, post coupes, and convertibles, four-door sedans, and station wagons too. The most popular was the model 440 four-door sedan with about 33K units followed by the model 440 two-door hardtop, like this example, posting up with 24K copies.

This Coronet is pictured in what appears to be a pine forest and the moss-covered surfaces attest to years in just such a locale ( I must admit, I’ll never understand the logic in ditching an old car in the woods!). The burned horizontal surfaces, however, indicate lots of outside exposure to the hot Georgia sun. Perhaps attributed to both is all of the rust – the seller suggests that the quarters will need to be replaced though the floor pans are supposedly solid. This Coronet appears to have been topped, at one time, with a vinyl roof cover, evidenced by the C pillar stainless trim, as well as the rust-through around the rear window – a common vinyl top induced malady. If the quarters, and the aforementioned roof/rear window area, are the only places that need metalwork attention, I will be very surprised.

The interior is done, all of it! The seats, dash, carpet, headliner – it will all need to go. I applaud the seller’s extensive interior image inclusion, he’s holding back nothing and giving prospective buyers a pretty good idea of its condition. He states nothing regarding the interior environment, other than the previously mentioned comment about the floors, but he doesn’t need to, a picture is worth a thousand words! The floor shifter is a curious find, it looks like a Hurst manual transmission shifter but it’s not, it actuates an automatic transmission. Don’t care for the steering wheel? No worries, there’s a second one on the floor that may be more to your liking.

Under the hood is a non-running 230 HP (or maybe it should be a zero HP engine at this point), 318 CI V8 engine. There is no mention as to whether the engine is seized or not but at least the keys are included. The seller claims it to be complete and it looks as such but is hard to tell from the sole, off-centered image.

I suppose Mopar mania may ultimately be at work here with the intention of turning this Coronet into something like a Super Bee, (I imagine a Viper is out of the question). Considering what it would take to bring this Dodge back to life, a restored version of how it originated seems an unlikely route. Assuming a buyer bites, I’m betting a high-performance redo, what says you?