1969 Dodge Super Bee

Dodge introduced the Super Bee in 1968 as a working man's ticket to the muscle car boom. Plymouth had found lightning in a bottle with the Road Runner, and Dodge did not want to be left out. For around three grand you got a big block V8, heavy duty underpinnings, and a badge that meant business. The name came from an in-house contest at Dodge, with senior designer Harvey J. Winn combining the Scat Pack bumblebee mascot with the car's B-Body platform designation to create one of the most recognizable names in muscle car history. 1969 was the year the Super Bee hit its stride, adding a hardtop body style, a wider bumblebee tail stripe, Scat Pack badging, and the mid-year addition of the legendary 440 Six Pack option that turned the budget bruiser into something that embarrassed far more expensive cars. This one is finished in red with all original body panels, which is an increasingly significant detail on a car this age, and has been updated thoughtfully without losing the character that makes a 1969 Super Bee worth owning. Under the hood is the 383ci Indy cylinder head Wedge V8, Producing 575hp, fed by a Holley EFI Sniper system with a screen mounted by the shifter that gives you modern fuel management in a period-correct package. The four speed manual with a white shift knob puts every bit of what the engine produces directly in your hands. A TTI exhaust system gives it the sound a car like this deserves. Power steering keeps it effortless to drive without taking away from the connection that a muscle car like this is supposed to provide. Five-spoke chrome American Racing Torque Thrust wheels are the correct and classic choice for this car and suit the red exterior perfectly. Inside, the black leather interior is clean and well done with Super Bee logo carpet floor mats and a plaid grey trunk liner that is a period-correct detail. Autometer oil pressure and water temperature gauges give you a real-time read on what the engine is doing, and the Holley EFI screen by the shifter keeps the modern fuel system accessible and tunable. The 383 Super Bee, once the affordable option at the bottom of the muscle car market, now carries a concours collector value of around $101,000. The car that buyers chose because they could not afford a Charger R/T has quietly become one of the most respected and financially significant examples from the entire Mopar muscle car era. A red 1969 with original body panels, the four speed, and the right upgrades in the right places is exactly the kind of car that serious Mopar buyers are looking for. Please call or email us today for more information.