As another person noted, this Super Bee was built on August 2nd 1969 as shown on the fender tag, second line up from the bottom, next to the TX9 code. Very rare Mopar! It deserves a total rotisserie resto... good luck!
Interesting Note: On an initial run, in August of 1969 Dodge made a large run of promotional ‘70 yellow super bees, to get them into the dealer show rooms - to stir up excitement for the new colors and body style. I own a yellow 70, but built in February, it is not one of those early runs. This car is unusually heavily optioned, which is rare in itself. very cool find !!! Thank You for sharing and documenting this on video
They also put a lot more paint underneath the car than the factory run s. I have taken many of these apart and usually the only thing you see is the greenish primer underneath.
What a drag thei time machine days are numbered. But even if expensiive to feed there will most likely be gas for a couple decades, then fukin display only eh?
What a solid example of a true survivor car. I noticed the tool box dents in the quarter panel from hard cornering with a toolbox in the trunk. Very original. Sweet ride for restoration.
Great save on this car! Hope it gets a proper restoration. A friend owns or owned another early St. Louis plant built B-body that he saved from a salvage yard back in the 70s. It had been T-boned, but is repairable. It’s sequential number was even lower than this Bee-1003xx ! That was a Vitamin C Charger R/T V-code car too! It had a leather bucket seat interior so it was probably a R/T SE model. It was a auto/console car with power windows and AM-tape, 6 way seat, C-stripe and the most exciting option was the M51 power sunroof! Love your Bee!
Such a bad-ass find, I would get it running and drive it like that. Only orignal once... Had a Y2 Yellow 69 Super Bee 383 auto on console back in high school, and a 70 FJ5 Limelight Green Super Bee 383 pistol grip 4 speed, both cars all original, even had original paint, but weathered like this car. Its hard for me not offering to trade a fleet of my cars for it... Im glad its in good hands, very cool car!
A great find. Your car looks to be a dead ringer for the magazine test car and cover car in Motorcade magazine, January 1970. Always interesting to see anything that still has some originality, the details always seem to get lost in restoration. In this case it’s not what it has, but what it doesn’t have, the Bee decals in on the quarter glass, they didn’t come out till well into the model year. Treat that broadcast sheet with great care, it’s so important.
Yes, I do have it. Sorry, but I didn’t notice the magazine car has bumble bee stripes when I commented. If you like , I can photograph the article and and send it to you.
Thanks for the info. I think I've seen that car. Still looking for any evidence of this car in a mag or on the show circuit. If anyone has pics of the Detroit Auto Show or anything like that back in '70......
A beautiful find. A rare bee indeed. I got a low production number mopar as well.. a '66 Plymouth barracuda that's car # 89 off its production line. Im currently in process of restoring it.
i bought a one owner 383 magnum 727 323 gear Bee in '73. BEST CAR I EVER OWNED ...no contest ! I had GTO's, (which I loved) Fury's, Belvedere's, Fairlane's, '57 T-Bird, '68 Road Runner and many more. So many I wish I could have kept....you guessed it ..... DIVORCES forced the sales (bet you never heard THAT story before)...lol. Now that I have an awesome wife, I have no money for these precious gems .... Please do a nice BURN OUT with this BEAUTIFUL BEAST in my memory when you git-er-dun !! The good news for mine is that I sold it to a MOPAR collector in CT. I had 148,000 on the clock. The buyer didn't believe it was that much milage because I took such good care of it. He said it was in beautiful condition even with 48,000 !! I really loved that car ! My X-wife said I loved it more than her ....YA THINK !! That car never gave me ANY trouble .... she, on the other hand was nothing BUT headaches. Good riddance to that horror show ...LOL !! Enjoy this beautiful car !!
That's quite interesting. Door tag states August 1969, and SPD on the fender tag is 802. This car was built on the 2nd day of production, August 2nd, 1969. Pilot cars were usually sent down August 1st after a changeover in late July when the lines were stopped for model year switchover. Years back, I owned a '71 Dart Swinger with VIN ending in 100331, SPD also of 802. It was a nothing special car, but it was born in a striking color combination: FE5 Rallye Red, V1X Black Vinyl top and H6XW Black & White vinyl interior with bucket seats. From the documents I found with the car, it sat around until MAY of 1972 when it was finally painted GOLD to satisfy a customer and probably clear it off the lot.
I remember looking at used Dart on a lot in 1975 very similar to the one you described. Nearly bought it. It was a 340 auto on the column. Quite a little pocket rocket
I had this cars twin, 440 6 Pak. Motor had rod venting, and Michigan cancer. I put the hood scoops on my 63 F-100, and put the 6 pak on a 69 Sport furry. Put the pisstol grip on my 67 Chevy P-U. Sold all the rest of the drive train. That was in 79, a $100. Car I sure miss them days
Guys in 1990 I bought a 1970 road runner that was raced every summer, and spent it`s Michigan winters in the garage, it was an original air grabber car, air grabber still worked, my build sheet was in the exact same spot under the rear seat. I sent copies of the fender tag and build sheet to Galien Govier, who knows more about these Mopars than anyone should, he decoded everything, it was a pretty rare car, but nothing like yours, one more option and that would need a second fender tag, this is either an early build for dealer showrooms, or an executive ordered it this way, nobody picked that many options, it was way too expensive back then, on insurance alone, Yeah the Hemi leaf springs were standard I believe when you got the track pack with dana 60, it is a 9 3/4 gear set, they were heavy, but took a beating, this car has an incredible list of options, they just don`t exist anymore. I would bet to the right buyer, like a Jay Leno type of person this is a $200,000 car just the way it sits right now, any millionare would love to get there hands on this, they just are not around anymore, this is highly optioned, a very rare find indeed, if I were a millionare I would come get it right now for 200k. this car properly frame off restored would probably fetch a million dollars easily at Barrett Jackson today, the options make it crazy rare today, if it all checks out, it is one rare survivor, to say the least.
The 440 6 pack has a Edelbrock manifold and 3 2 barrel carburetors that makes it look like it was modified by the owner, but those were made in the factory like that. Now the SuperBIRD was mostly assembled with the other road runners then it went to a shop that Chrysler had a contract with where they added the wing and the other parts that distinguish it from stock roadrunners. This Coronet will bring in a King's ransom at an auction.
Very nice find be nice to restore! Contact grave yard restores that can help you with what you want to know! Again nice find and nice car. Thanks for sharing
I bought a 1970 Plymouth Duster right out of the Show Room for $2900.00, sitting next to it was a Super Bird, price was $5678.00, so, I'm guessing this Super Bee was about the same price as the Bird, great find you have there...
back in the day I had a 70 Coronet convertible 500, it had a 318, not a super car, but a great everyday driver, the interior was awesome, burnt orange, and come to find out, only 1300 500's were built in 70, unfortunately the car is long gone, but was one of my favs
Very cool car man. That fender tag was full with options! Anymore options and it would have had a second fender tag! That's a big money car man there's only a few of the early ones left in the World! And that car is complete and very very solid! Hang onto it and ask crazy money of you ever sell it! That's a special muscle car! Thanks for sharing this car! Later man ✌
As for the graphics, trim, etc., it would be a good idea to tape a piece of 1/4" square graph paper to the quarter panel, hood and other areas and then photograph each section. That way you would have a scale measurement reference in each photo.
20-30 years ago people were saying that all the good cars have been found blah blah blah. Since then, how many significant historical musclecars in various conditions have been found, not to mention just your average 50s, 60s, 70s & even 80s rides for example the Buick GNX? And here we are in 2023 & a guy finds one of the first if not the first 1970 Superbee 440 6pak 4 speed track pack off the assembly line? 'Nuff said.
The only body panel I can see it needs is the lower sheet metal on the right rear 1/4 panel. Everything else, I'd spend twice as much time doing Bondo to avoid using aftermarket panels that don't always line up!
Body and paint work is so overpriced nowadays I will never restore another old car. Much cheaper and easier to buy one already restored that someone else has grown tired of. This is a really cool car though for the right person with the right skills to restore it.
No paint work will be done on the car. Just buff it out and keep as much originality as possible, even if it's not as shiny as the other cars at the car show.
Thanks , wish I could have afforded a SUPER Bee/ BUICK GS/ BOSS 429/ MERCURY R, ETC in AUG 1970:: purchasing my first NEW CAR 1970 CORONET 500 loaded/383 Turq/ Ralley red etc…. Really could not use much DIRECT Connection/ Super Bee stuff: though I did improve it a lot(( HEI ignition, TIRES/ Shocks: last ten years had to,use MONROE COIL Overs,etc) ,. Rusted out bad by WARSAS INDIANA ROAD SALT.. anyways a fun car *;era!
Even though it has the Y16 Sales Bank code they used to load up those early production cars with a lot of the options to check the assembly line procedures and installation practices to inspect the fit and finish to make changes or corrections for the options later on in the production year. Normally that car should have the torque boxes in front of the rear spring mounts and in the front under the door hinge pillar area off of the rocker panel. Same as the Hemi cars had. I've seen them on all convertibles, Hemi, 6bbl and 'most' 440 HP cars. Some 440-4 HP cars have them and some don't. I think the reason that car doesn't is that it was such an early build and the body wasn't designated for the engine when they needed a 'body in white' for the order number or the line worker just missed it. If you've never seen the torque boxes on the rear before it would be hard to miss them. You can't even see the nuts for the front spring mount bracket. Even harder to take the nuts off.
Torque boxes were not used on ‘66-70 B bodies, other than convertibles and Hemi cars. The 440 4bbl and 440 6 pack hardtop models didn’t come with torque boxes. 1971 B bodies did come with torque boxes with the U, V and R code engine options and again in ‘72 with the U and early on cancelled V codes. For some reason, all 70-1 E bodies with the U, V and R codes came equipped with the boxes.
If I hit the lottery, THIS is my dream car!! being a Mopar guy, yea!!! '70 Super Bee, 440-6pack, pistol grip, oops, l gotta wipe the drool off my chin!!
@@chadhaire1711 yea, l have a 2019 Ram, half-ton regular (2 door cab) with a 5.7 and an open air intake with a straight through magnaflow exhaust which is legal in AZ, and l'm old enough and can quote you HP numbers and yea, the 440-6pk was rated at 395hp, mine is about 420-430, but...........C'MON MAN!!!
Did anyone else notice the VIN Tag is screwed on not riveted on like they all came from the factory, unless I'm remembering incorrectly??Screwed on could mean not the original tag which may mean that it's stolen or not the car on the tag claims it is?
In the process of doing general repairs such as brakes, cooling system, fuel tank & lines, wiring, etc. Trying to get it roadworthy for now. Goal is to make it to the Fall Fling car show in LA before the end of the year..
My Uncle had one of those, his was Baby Blue (not Petty Blue) with a White Vinyl Roof, White Interior, and his is the only one I've ever seen that had the Daytona Wing, although only half the height of the D. Wing. Whether or not it was a Factory option I don't know, but it's the only one I've ever seen with it...if memory serves his had the 383, but I could be wrong...
@@91saleen92 there's a picture of us sitting around his picnic table, with the car in the background at someone's house somewhere...old Polaroid...it was a long time ago...
The 1970 grill was a love it or hate it...I don't have a clue as to why they totally changed from the '69..bad move. Even though this MAY be the first '70 with the 440 - 6 pack, the '69 A12 would be my choice instantaneously..
I have an original cast iron six pack intake that I would be willing to trade for aluminum version if you need one I'm a hot rodder not a restorer so I would rather have aluminum
The car came with a cast iron 6-Pack intake with a date code of 7 21 69. It's not the original one for the car, it was purchased at a swap meet, and I believe the casting date is a little late to be correct. I have heard that some early build '70s came with the Edelbrock aluminum intake manifold because Chrysler had a bunch left over from the '69 run. That would be my preference for the car.
Thanks, good question. Interestingly, I bought a 70 CORONET 500/ loaded /383 /Turq engine/ @ some $3100… ( dealer next Door to,my Drugstore where I worked after Pharmacy School… Frankly, I drove many, & looked CLOSELY at SUPER BEES/BOSS 429/302/ GTO,JUDGE/TALLEDEGAS/SUPer Bird (( to long and Dramatic, also) ) , were way to,costly for us just out of School. Oddly, took overnight a 1970 DART340/ODD GREEN COLOR:: tuned & prepped by DEALER for “Pursuit”, big tires, DISC BRAKES:: was the hottest / tightest driving..ForD Dealer wouldn’t it let me take a BOSS 302 home for Feat Drive!
1970 Super Bee Part 2: ua-cam.com/video/xhYABGvpv9c/v-deo.html
We find a bullet hole, confirm numbers matching 440 & 4-speed, and find a build sheet.
Very rare A34, super track pack, R11 8 track, console, ramcharger hood, fender mounted turn signals, vinyl top, front disc brakes, very rare indeed.
As another person noted, this Super Bee was built on August 2nd 1969 as shown on the fender tag, second line up from the bottom, next to the TX9 code. Very rare Mopar! It deserves a total rotisserie resto... good luck!
We will gladly do a mechanical restoration and get her safe and ready to drive.
Interesting Note: On an initial run, in August of 1969 Dodge made a large run of promotional ‘70 yellow super bees, to get them into the dealer show rooms - to stir up excitement for the new colors and body style. I own a yellow 70, but built in February, it is not one of those early runs. This car is unusually heavily optioned, which is rare in itself. very cool find !!!
Thank You for sharing and documenting this on video
They also put a lot more paint underneath the car than the factory run s. I have taken many of these apart and usually the only thing you see is the greenish primer underneath.
What a drag thei time machine days are numbered. But even if expensiive to feed there will most likely be gas for a couple decades, then fukin display only eh?
Crazy options, this is either a showroom built car, or an executive ordered this highly optioned beast.
What a solid example of a true survivor car. I noticed the tool box dents in the quarter panel from hard cornering with a toolbox in the trunk. Very original. Sweet ride for restoration.
Any questions should be directed to Nick's Garage. He is the Mopar guru.
Nick has a great and informative channel.
Great save on this car! Hope it gets a proper restoration.
A friend owns or owned another early St. Louis plant built B-body that he saved from a salvage yard back in the 70s. It had been T-boned, but is repairable. It’s sequential number was even lower than this Bee-1003xx ! That was a Vitamin C Charger R/T V-code car too! It had a leather bucket seat interior so it was probably a R/T SE model. It was a auto/console car with power windows and AM-tape, 6 way seat, C-stripe and the most exciting option was the M51 power sunroof!
Love your Bee!
AWESOME steel of Detroid !!! BEAUTIFUL Dodge !!! AGRESSIVE Muscle car !!!
The first Mopar I fell in love with was a 70 Super Bee. Never got to own one, but I'm not dead yet...
One of my dream cars......she deserves a full restoration, with as many original parts as possible.
Such a bad-ass find, I would get it running and drive it like that. Only orignal once... Had a Y2 Yellow 69 Super Bee 383 auto on console back in high school, and a 70 FJ5 Limelight Green Super Bee 383 pistol grip 4 speed, both cars all original, even had original paint, but weathered like this car. Its hard for me not offering to trade a fleet of my cars for it... Im glad its in good hands, very cool car!
A great find. Your car looks to be a dead ringer for the magazine test car and cover car in Motorcade magazine, January 1970. Always interesting to see anything that still has some originality, the details always seem to get lost in restoration. In this case it’s not what it has, but what it doesn’t have, the Bee decals in on the quarter glass, they didn’t come out till well into the model year. Treat that broadcast sheet with great care, it’s so important.
Would you happen to have a copy of the magazine?
Yes, I do have it. Sorry, but I didn’t notice the magazine car has bumble bee stripes when I commented. If you like , I can photograph the article and and send it to you.
Thanks for the info. I think I've seen that car. Still looking for any evidence of this car in a mag or on the show circuit. If anyone has pics of the Detroit Auto Show or anything like that back in '70......
she's pretty solid All Things Considered! I think those Dana's are so cool looking! cool car!
A beautiful find. A rare bee indeed. I got a low production number mopar as well.. a '66 Plymouth barracuda that's car # 89 off its production line. Im currently in process of restoring it.
Thats a well optioned Super Bee . Factory 440 six pack , Fy1 top banana , N96 ramcharger hood . Very nice score .
i bought a one owner 383 magnum 727 323 gear Bee in '73. BEST CAR I EVER OWNED ...no contest ! I had GTO's, (which I loved) Fury's, Belvedere's, Fairlane's, '57 T-Bird, '68 Road Runner and many more. So many I wish I could have kept....you guessed it ..... DIVORCES forced the sales (bet you never heard THAT story before)...lol. Now that I have an awesome wife, I have no money for these precious gems .... Please do a nice BURN OUT with this BEAUTIFUL BEAST in my memory when you git-er-dun !!
The good news for mine is that I sold it to a MOPAR collector in CT. I had 148,000 on the clock. The buyer didn't believe it was that much milage because I took such good care of it. He said it was in beautiful condition even with 48,000 !! I really loved that car ! My X-wife said I loved it more than her ....YA THINK !! That car never gave me ANY trouble .... she, on the other hand was nothing BUT headaches. Good riddance to that horror show ...LOL !! Enjoy this beautiful car !!
That's a very clean body. Good luck on the Restoration gonna be Beautiful.
That's quite interesting. Door tag states August 1969, and SPD on the fender tag is 802. This car was built on the 2nd day of production, August 2nd, 1969. Pilot cars were usually sent down August 1st after a changeover in late July when the lines were stopped for model year switchover.
Years back, I owned a '71 Dart Swinger with VIN ending in 100331, SPD also of 802. It was a nothing special car, but it was born in a striking color combination: FE5 Rallye Red, V1X Black Vinyl top and H6XW Black & White vinyl interior with bucket seats. From the documents I found with the car, it sat around until MAY of 1972 when it was finally painted GOLD to satisfy a customer and probably clear it off the lot.
I remember looking at used Dart on a lot in 1975 very similar to the one you described. Nearly bought it. It was a 340 auto on the column. Quite a little pocket rocket
My uncle has the 69 1/2 440 4 speed Six Pack Super Bee dad bought new. He let it set for 30 years . he just started restoring it .Finaly !
Great car. I had a sales bank TA. Had a decent peppering of options.
I had this cars twin, 440 6 Pak. Motor had rod venting, and Michigan cancer. I put the hood scoops on my 63 F-100, and put the 6 pak on a 69 Sport furry. Put the pisstol grip on my 67 Chevy P-U. Sold all the rest of the drive train. That was in 79, a $100. Car I sure miss them days
Looks like a keeper! I would love to have found one equipped like yours. Good luck on the build.
I have the same car in FC7 Plum Crazy and with a black interior, bench seat. Built at the end of October.
That is in amazing condition got to love the desert for saving it from the rust monster
Good bones but still going to need deep pockets to do it right though it needs everything 👍
Sounds like a job for daddy warbucks. Then it might be a decent investment.
Best of luck on the restoration, done correctly the car should be sweet
Cool video homie !! Liked and subscribed . Friggin love this car !!
MOPAR - Move Over Power Approaching Rapidly! 🤘😎
Mostly Old Parts And Rust
My Old Pig Ain't Runnin'...........yet.
I had a '70 Super Bee...emerald green with a 440 ..twin hood scoops and hood pins....wish I still had it.....
No you dont--net horsepower of the 440-6 was only 325...a 2021 5.7 has 375 net and will beat the old 440-6 on the street any day.....
NICE FIND/EXCELLENT PROJECT CAR!!!!!!
Guys in 1990 I bought a 1970 road runner that was raced every summer, and spent it`s Michigan winters in the garage, it was an original air grabber car, air grabber still worked, my build sheet was in the exact same spot under the rear seat. I sent copies of the fender tag and build sheet to Galien Govier, who knows more about these Mopars than anyone should, he decoded everything, it was a pretty rare car, but nothing like yours, one more option and that would need a second fender tag, this is either an early build for dealer showrooms, or an executive ordered it this way, nobody picked that many options, it was way too expensive back then, on insurance alone, Yeah the Hemi leaf springs were standard I believe when you got the track pack with dana 60, it is a 9 3/4 gear set, they were heavy, but took a beating, this car has an incredible list of options, they just don`t exist anymore. I would bet to the right buyer, like a Jay Leno type of person this is a $200,000 car just the way it sits right now, any millionare would love to get there hands on this, they just are not around anymore, this is highly optioned, a very rare find indeed, if I were a millionare I would come get it right now for 200k. this car properly frame off restored would probably fetch a million dollars easily at Barrett Jackson today, the options make it crazy rare today, if it all checks out, it is one rare survivor, to say the least.
Tons of potential.
Very original example. A nice find.
IT'S MOPAR OR NO CAR !🤘😎
The 440 6 pack has a Edelbrock manifold and 3 2 barrel carburetors that makes it look like it was modified by the owner, but those were made in the factory like that.
Now the SuperBIRD was mostly assembled with the other road runners then it went to a shop that Chrysler had a contract with where they added the wing and the other parts that distinguish it from stock roadrunners.
This Coronet will bring in a King's ransom at an auction.
Very nice find be nice to restore! Contact grave yard restores that can help you with what you want to know! Again nice find and nice car. Thanks for sharing
I bought a 1970 Plymouth Duster right out of the Show Room for $2900.00, sitting next to it was a Super Bird, price was $5678.00, so, I'm guessing this Super Bee was about the same price as the Bird, great find you have there...
Thanks for the info. I'd love to see a picture of the showroom floor where you bought it. Nobody thought to do that back then. lol
The VON (Vehicle Order Number) M00165 indicates it is a show car. Likely a dealership zone show car.
back in the day I had a 70 Coronet convertible 500, it had a 318, not a super car, but a great everyday driver, the interior was awesome, burnt orange, and come to find out, only 1300 500's were built in 70, unfortunately the car is long gone, but was one of my favs
dang. that one's a winner. hot shit when new...still is
Always loved the frontend on a 70
the paint code on it is FY1 F is 1970 year model and Y1 is Top Banana yellow for Dodge and Lemon Twist for Plymouth.
Very cool car man. That fender tag was full with options! Anymore options and it would have had a second fender tag! That's a big money car man there's only a few of the early ones left in the World! And that car is complete and very very solid! Hang onto it and ask crazy money of you ever sell it! That's a special muscle car! Thanks for sharing this car! Later man ✌
More videos to come.
Amazing! I would make this thing mechanically sound, seat upholstery, killmat & carpet, put some Hagerty insurance on it... car finished!!
Engine and tranny in the process of coming out, and rebuild the front suspension.
As for the graphics, trim, etc., it would be a good idea to tape a piece of 1/4" square graph paper to the quarter panel, hood and other areas and then photograph each section. That way you would have a scale measurement reference in each photo.
That’s so cool!
Nice ! Don't put the vinyl Landau top back on it . My grandma probably made the seat belts.
20-30 years ago people were saying that all the good cars have been found blah blah blah. Since then, how many significant historical musclecars in various conditions have been found, not to mention just your average 50s, 60s, 70s & even 80s rides for example the Buick GNX? And here we are in 2023 & a guy finds one of the first if not the first 1970 Superbee 440 6pak 4 speed track pack off the assembly line? 'Nuff said.
Good buy. 👍
This is a car you do a full restoration on.
Absolutely, some people on here are advocating to leave it alone, but this car is much too rough for that, plus it's a valuable and desirable car.
Mark from grave yard cars can answer all of your questions. Body panels can be found at AMD.
The only body panel I can see it needs is the lower sheet metal on the right rear 1/4 panel. Everything else, I'd spend twice as much time doing Bondo to avoid using aftermarket panels that don't always line up!
Love original stuff thats a queenbee lol Love it
Paint was touched up, you can see a slight variation from the quarter to the door. Awesome car though!!
MY BUDDY BK N THE DAY HAD 70 BEE IT WAS AWESOME I HAD 69 GTX IT Was MY FAVORITE CAR @ STILL IS I MISS IT
Guard that fender tag !! They've been known to disappear for a couple grand.
Was thinking about welding a bead on the screw from the bottom.
Nice Car Jeff
You found a jewel.
Looking at the underside of the hood I think this car had the ramcharger option. Be nice have it back on.
Yes, the orange Ram Charger set up can be seen on the roof of the car in the video.
Body and paint work is so overpriced nowadays I will never restore another old car. Much cheaper and easier to buy one already restored that someone else has grown tired of. This is a really cool car though for the right person with the right skills to restore it.
No paint work will be done on the car. Just buff it out and keep as much originality as possible, even if it's not as shiny as the other cars at the car show.
Very cool Mopar
Did the factory use phillips screws to hold down the fender tag?
Thanks , wish I could have afforded a SUPER Bee/ BUICK GS/ BOSS 429/ MERCURY R, ETC in AUG 1970:: purchasing my first NEW CAR 1970 CORONET 500 loaded/383 Turq/ Ralley red etc…. Really could not use much DIRECT Connection/ Super Bee stuff: though I did improve it a lot(( HEI ignition, TIRES/ Shocks: last ten years had to,use MONROE COIL Overs,etc) ,. Rusted out bad by WARSAS INDIANA ROAD SALT.. anyways a fun car *;era!
Dodge Dealers couldn't give the 69's away but when 70 rolled around you didn't anymore discounts!
bullcrap-----they couldnt sell the 1970's either---in 1972 you could buy these used for $900 all day.....
Interesting. Thanks for the footnote and flashback in time.
Even though it has the Y16 Sales Bank code they used to load up those early production cars with a lot of the options to check the assembly line procedures and installation practices to inspect the fit and finish to make changes or corrections for the options later on in the production year.
Normally that car should have the torque boxes in front of the rear spring mounts and in the front under the door hinge pillar area off of the rocker panel. Same as the Hemi cars had. I've seen them on all convertibles, Hemi, 6bbl and 'most' 440 HP cars. Some 440-4 HP cars have them and some don't. I think the reason that car doesn't is that it was such an early build and the body wasn't designated for the engine when they needed a 'body in white' for the order number or the line worker just missed it. If you've never seen the torque boxes on the rear before it would be hard to miss them. You can't even see the nuts for the front spring mount bracket. Even harder to take the nuts off.
Torque boxes were not used on ‘66-70 B bodies, other than convertibles and Hemi cars. The 440 4bbl and 440 6 pack hardtop models didn’t come with torque boxes.
1971 B bodies did come with torque boxes with the U, V and R code engine options and again in ‘72 with the U and early on cancelled V codes.
For some reason, all 70-1 E bodies with the U, V and R codes came equipped with the boxes.
That is the ultimate yard find.
Awesome!:)
Ii love them
I would do the drive train and the interior and leave the rest the way it is
Agreed! I dig the patina. People spend hundreds of hours trying to recreate what only the weather can do.
This car has too much patina, needs a full restoration.
Magnificent magnificent. Such fabulous line and length. Bliss on wheels, leaves many super cars, so expensive, looking like ugly ducklings...
If I hit the lottery, THIS is my dream car!! being a Mopar guy, yea!!! '70 Super Bee, 440-6pack, pistol grip, oops, l gotta wipe the drool off my chin!!
any 2021 Dodge with 5.7 V8 would run it off the road......
@@chadhaire1711 yea, l have a 2019 Ram, half-ton regular (2 door cab) with a 5.7 and an open air intake with a straight through magnaflow exhaust which is legal in AZ, and l'm old enough and can quote you HP numbers and yea, the 440-6pk was rated at 395hp, mine is about 420-430, but...........C'MON MAN!!!
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Wish I had it
Did anyone else notice the VIN Tag is screwed on not riveted on like they all came from the factory, unless I'm remembering incorrectly??Screwed on could mean not the original tag which may mean that it's stolen or not the car on the tag claims it is?
all mopars were screwed on.
You're thinking of GM that riveted body tags on the firewall. MoPars were screwed on.
@@drblast Thanks for letting me know ... I could have sworn they were riveted but thanks again eh !!!
@@91saleen92 thanks bro and that makes sense .. you would think that they would have been concerned with people switching VIN numbers on stolen cars?
Talk about a car worth restoring this would be it or even make it safe and run it as is
In the process of doing general repairs such as brakes, cooling system, fuel tank & lines, wiring, etc. Trying to get it roadworthy for now. Goal is to make it to the Fall Fling car show in LA before the end of the year..
The build sheet will tell you the correct wheel and tire options
We'll have some news on the build sheet in a later vid.
It probably had a black vinyl roof because of the condition of it now. No trace of yellow paint, all rust.
It did have a black vinyl top from the factory.
The rust on the left back quarter looks like Bart Simpson
Wpuld definitely not restore that car. Re do interior and vinyl top and buff it and leave it
That's the plan. We hope to upload videos to keep up on the progress.
My Uncle had one of those, his was Baby Blue (not Petty Blue) with a White Vinyl Roof, White Interior, and his is the only one I've ever seen that had the Daytona Wing, although only half the height of the D. Wing. Whether or not it was a Factory option I don't know, but it's the only one I've ever seen with it...if memory serves his had the 383, but I could be wrong...
That would be cool if you could dig out some old pics of your uncle's car. Post em online if you find any.
@@91saleen92 there's a picture of us sitting around his picnic table, with the car in the background at someone's house somewhere...old Polaroid...it was a long time ago...
looks super cool! I hope it will not be re-painted..
This car is way to rough, it deserves a full restoration.
N96 is the ram charger induction?
Yes.
Just Need a Joe Dirt Wig and Cruise
The 1970 grill was a love it or hate it...I don't have a clue as to why they totally changed from the '69..bad move. Even though this MAY be the first '70 with the 440 - 6 pack, the '69 A12 would be my choice instantaneously..
That’s a water decal with clear border
Correction- the 1987 Buick GNX is not your "average" ride. My bad.
Sweet. Get 'er running & start fryin off some rubber. Hope you aren't restoring it.
No paint work in the plans.
Graveyard cars would be proud
100 grand to restore
I need to make more money to buy it
Any updates?
We filmed a bunch more info about the car, and will be putting the new vid up pretty soon.
I've often wondered how do i tell what stripe or stripe delete my 70 bee would have without a build sheet if it's been repainted
Same story with the wheels. We don't know if it had 14 or 15 in, rallye or Magnum 500 wheels.
Agreed. I don't think there's any way to know what stripes without a build sheet. Same with the wheels.
One year only body style parts are big bucks now still got parts pile
Money bucket
You want to go broke quick, buy a '70 Dodge that needs full resto.
👀...👍🔥😎🔥👍
My dream car but NOT yellow, B5 blue, no vinyl top, keep everything else!!!
I have an original cast iron six pack intake that I would be willing to trade for aluminum version if you need one I'm a hot rodder not a restorer so I would rather have aluminum
The car came with a cast iron 6-Pack intake with a date code of 7 21 69. It's not the original one for the car, it was purchased at a swap meet, and I believe the casting date is a little late to be correct. I have heard that some early build '70s came with the Edelbrock aluminum intake manifold because Chrysler had a bunch left over from the '69 run. That would be my preference for the car.
It had after market air conditioned at one time
Super bees are the best ever made.. I tried to buy one years ago an the guy wouldn't sell it. It was rotting away in a field.. so sad
The car is still in that field?
It's a 👍👍😊😊😊 good'un
What was the purchase price
Allot!
Thanks, good question. Interestingly, I bought a 70 CORONET 500/ loaded /383 /Turq engine/ @ some $3100… ( dealer next Door to,my Drugstore where I worked after Pharmacy School… Frankly, I drove many, & looked CLOSELY at SUPER BEES/BOSS 429/302/ GTO,JUDGE/TALLEDEGAS/SUPer Bird (( to long and Dramatic, also) ) , were way to,costly for us just out of School. Oddly, took overnight a 1970 DART340/ODD GREEN COLOR:: tuned & prepped by DEALER for “Pursuit”, big tires, DISC BRAKES:: was the hottest / tightest driving..ForD Dealer wouldn’t it let me take a BOSS 302 home for Feat Drive!