With the seemingly overnight success Plymouth was enjoying with its new budget-friendly Road Runner in 1968, the executives over at Dodge must have been feeling left out, so little time was wasted before a competitor hit the market. The result was the Dodge Super Bee, and while it was a more than competent offering, the car cost a bit more and didn’t experience quite the sales numbers of its corporate cousin. The initial lifespan was also shorter, ending after 1971, with the moniker not returning in the brand’s lineup until 2007. This 1971 Dodge Super Bee here on eBay is a project, but with only a few over 5,000 examples produced during that year, it’s sort of a rarity in the B-Body marketplace. This one’s in Celeste, Texas, and comes with a buy-it-now price of $20,000.
Another plus for the 1971 offering is that the Chrysler B-Bodies got a fresh look this year, with an all-new outside appearance becoming known as fuselage styling among Mopar enthusiasts, so this is a unique one-year-only body style for the Super Bee model. The seller describes his car as very solid and complete, with most of the paint said to still be original. He also believes it would clean up nicely, but I think most buyers would opt to perform the required sheet metal work and bring the exterior up a few notches, then shoot on a fresh coat of white or whatever color they prefer. Hopefully, a lot of the rust we’re seeing here is just on the surface.
The 1971 model was also the first and sole year the Super Bee was available with a small block engine, in the form of a 340. This one came equipped with the entry-level big block, a 383 with a factory horsepower rating of 300, but the original motor is long gone, and a ‘70 dated 383 is presently under the hood. It’s not running, and few clues are offered as to why. However, the crank is said to be turning freely, so the next owner will have to decide whether to rebuild or put something different under the hood. The transmission is a TorqueFlite, with no word at all about its current state of health.
Though the seats are still present, they are going to need fresh upholstery, and a new dash pad will also be on your shopping list. Quite a few small items have been borrowed, such as the radio, A/C controls, shifter handle, and rear window cranks, and most of what remains will probably require some attention as well. However, this 1971 Dodge Super Bee seems like a decent project overall if you’ve got the skills to do it yourself, but the initial $20k investment might be a bit high here. What do you think?
20k… that stings 🐝 Stephens.
Neat car, hopefully gets brought back to full flight someday.
This dealer prices everything high. They seem to be willing to let cars sit until they get what they want. A look at there website will show many cars for sale that have been featured on this site months, if not a year or longer ago.
The coffee walk sticker on the windshield suggest they bought this from Dennis Collin’s, possibly from his auction last year where they unloaded a lot of cars that didn’t make the cut to be highlighted for an entire episode on his YouTube channel.
Steve R
NOM, missing shift handle.. great no rust… but… 20? . Me… I would find a match numbers candidate.Good luck with sale and hope it gets restored… I luv Bee’s!
More like $5k.
Compared to a lot of the typical project Mopars featured on BF, this ’71 is a prom queen. The car has a lot of potential to make a fun driver, but considering the NOM and current condition, I think the car is overpriced for what it is. Though, that seems to be the case with many of the B body Mopars for sale.
$20 ,000? Not in a million years.
Check out a You Tube channel called JUNKERUP- he is a Mopar guy and has a lot of fun videos. He also has some cars for sale and he is realistically priced.
Lots of potential for it for sure…but if you aren’t a body/engine repair geek…it could be too expensive down the road…and agree $20K is way too much….but still good luck for a restoration project.
Just finished painting my 71’ charger. I think running it’s worth what they’re asking.
BITD these cars were such pigs on the strip. I do see that at PSDRA meets, some of them are running pretty well now.
Just another higher priced Mopar that needs a lot of work!!
Up here is southern Ontario (Canada), that’s on the high side, but a great deal. Even though it’s not numbers matching, the majority of sheet metal looks intact. In my opinion, more like a $15k car, but they ain’t making them anymore.
This would have been the car a lot of us would have wanted when new. A/C on a 383. was a good driver . Today it’s a down payment on a promise.
It’s a 2500.00 to 3000.00 way way way overpriced.
This car is worthless the 383 is a pig non original motor probably not a HP motor total junk horrible color auto yuck! Never will have any value or collectibily 71’s a weird year if it was a 440 or a hemi heck yeah! This one’s not worth it at any price