Deep-dish Centerline-style wheels and noticeably fat tires out back give this 1969 Dodge Super Bee in Allen, Texas a purposeful ’80s Hot Street look. The claimed original A12 (440 Six-Pack) post car comes with a 1967 440, non-original hood, and other less-than-perfect components, but that hasn’t stopped at least 10 bidders here on eBay, pressing the “butterscotch” Mopar above $30,000 with four days to go. The original lift-off fiberglass air grabber hood is lost to the sands of time, replaced by this dual-snorkel unit. Thanks to Hemmings for some details.
One look at those shock towers and Muscle car fans recognize this epic platform: the B Body. That “B” designation led to the name “Super Bee” and the Coronet-based ‘Bee became Dodge’s version of the Plymouth Road Runner, an entry-level muscle car with a standard 383 and 440 Magnum and 426 Hemi options. This A12 440 Six Pack option came in February of 1969, slotting between the four-barrel 440 and Hemi. In addition to the Six Pack induction, a trio of two-barrel carburetors and matching intake manifold, the A12 package brings its own cam, rods, valve train, and rings, yielding 390 HP and 490 lb-ft of torque (gross). The option added $462.80, more than 10% of the vehicle’s cost. Though somewhat confusing, the fender tag’s E63 code for the Super Bee base 383 engine is correct, according to Hemmings. If everything checks out, you’re looking at one of 267 A12 ’69 Super Bee four-speed post cars.
Tip your hat to the seller for providing clear pictures of the VIN, fender tag, and claimed numbers-matching transmission codes. Buyers should validate everything independently, but those elements indicate an as-described WM21 Super Bee sedan (post car) with the 5th position engine code “M” for the A12 Six Pack and an “A12” in the fender tag.
Yes; that’s a bench seat, H2X on the fender tag, with a floor shifter. Not everyone gave up six passenger capacity for bucket seats and a nifty console in those days. Besides, the bench seat let your sweetheart slide in close on a chilly night or to make room for your bestie. Super Bee drivers got the sporty Charger dashboard instead of the standard Coronet unit. Though it might shiver some timbers, folks are starting to think stock muscle cars will lose ground to resto-mods. We’ve already seen venerated top-dog classics like first-generation Thunderbirds and Tri-Five Chevrolets forfeit their gravity to classic muscle cars. Where is the market heading next? Would you put your money on this possibly rare original or a technologically updated version with a newer Hemi?
That shifter and bench seat 👌
Yes! Everyone loves their buckets…gimme a bench seat and a stick any day of the week.
This car just looks mean, and mean it was. While the hemi gets all the thunder, I believe this setup was actually a bit faster than the hemi and $500 less. It would do 0-60 in 5.1 sec. and the 1/4 mile at 13.4 at just over 100, barely into 4th gear. Traction was the big issue, and high 12s were there with mods. That’s a heck of a car for some 19 year old kid, “but dad, it’s just a Dodge”. At almost $4500, that kid had to wait a couple years to buy it when the musclecar went bust. $500 took it home, and the seller was glad to see it go. I was just telling my brother, isn’t it amazing, you could basically walk into a Dodge dealer, or clammer in with that old Opel, and drive off the lot in this. USA, USA,,,
This is the same dealer that is selling the 65 GTO, 67 Coronet R/T and white Challenger T/A featured on this site over the last few days. This is listed on their site for $59,500. These A12’s are highly sought after, but it’s hard to see it justifying the asking price with so many of its original and expensive parts missing.
I’m sure some people will whine about the NOM original engine making the car worth no more valuable than a base 6 cylinder or 318 Coronet, but they are wrong. The VIN verifies the car and enthusiasts long ago decided that is not the case, that there is still elevated value and discount the cars accordingly compared to its matching number brethren. Ultimately it’s buyer will determine its value.
Steve R
While all your comments are valid, and it is true that the actual buyer will determine the value, I can not see anything even remotely close to the sellers asking price. Actually, I can’t see an all original 440 six-barrel car in rough shape bringing that kind of money, but that is just my opinion, and I could certainly be way off base.