Vehicle Description
Comprehensive no expense spared nut and bolt rotisserie restoration, estimated 4,000 hours
New 426 CI Hemi V-8 engine built by Best Machine of Farmington, Michigan
Heavy duty TorqueFlite automatic transmission
Matching new Blue Legendary interior
Air conditioning
Correct Hemi K-frame member, core support and leaf springs
New Dana rear differential with 3.55 Moser axles
CVF 8-rib serpentine kit
Dual electric fans
New NOS glass throughout.
Nitride Comp Cams hydraulic camshaft
Comp Cams 822-16 Mopar High Energy hydraulic lifters
Avon Pro Gear timing chain
Melling M63HV BB Mopar oil pump
Cut and polished crankshaft
Clevite rod bearings
Diamond 52500-005 Hemi pistons, 9.3:1 compression with bore size changed to 4.255
Cut valve guides for performance seals!
Total Seal Moly ring set
Race Balance rotating assembly
8 hardened exhaust seats
Wilwood brake kit, front and rear with Red calipers
Billet Schott wheels, 20x8.5 inch fronts and 20x12 rears
Redline tires, 255/30/20 front and 315/35/20 rear
Back in the day, the Dodge Super Bee was super for those people who wanted to own muscle on a budget. The sister of the Road Runner in terms of OEM optioning, the 1969 Super Bee offered here is the result of a 4,000-hour, comprehensive, no-expense-spared, nut-and-bolt rotisserie restoration and more power. A new 426 CI Hemi V-8 engine built by Best Machine now resides under the hood. This features the carburetor-covering chrome dome air cleaner, electronic ignition, dual exhaust ending in chrome tips and a CVF 8-rib serpentine accessory drive kit.
The engine’s cooled by dual electric fans, and inside is a Comp Cams camshaft and matched High Energy hydraulic lifters, while an Avon Pro Gear timing chain keeps it in synch with the cut and polished crankshaft. Diamond 9.3:1 compression Hemi pistons are down in the 4.255 bores, with a Melling M63HV BB Mopar oil pump, Clevite rod bearings and Total Seal rings keeping everything tight and right within the race-balanced rotating assembly. The heads feature cut valve guides for performance seals and hardened exhaust seats. This is backed by a TorqueFlite automatic transmission, with the engine installation using a correct Hemi K-frame member, core support and leaf springs, where a new Dana rear differential with 3.55 Moser axles is mounted. A Wilwood disc brake kit in front and rear featuring red calipers is on this car as well.
The exterior wears classic B5 Blue with a matching blue vinyl Legendary interior. That interior includes air conditioning, a dash with a clock and 150 MPH speedometer, a column-mounted Sun tachometer, a thumbwheel radio and new NOS glass throughout. The outside is highlighted by a white Super Bee-logo scat stripe, dual outside mirrors, Hemi and Super Bee chrome tags, and hood trim. This Super Bee now rides on billet Schott wheels, 20x8.5-inch fronts and 20x12 rears, with narrow-sidewall redline tires completing the look. It might no longer be that budget beast of yore, but this built-up, Hemi-powered ‘Bee certainly defines the word Super.