1970 Dodge Coronet Super Bee V-Code 496ci Stroker in Dark Burnt Orange Metallic
About this vehicle
Dodge launched the Super Bee for 1968 as Plymouth's Road Runner had a direct rival — stripped of frills, built purely around performance, and paired with Chrysler's most punishing powertrains. The 440 Six Pack arrived mid-model-year, and by 1970 the whole package had hit its stride. This car is a V-Code example, one of a reported 1,072 440-powered hardtops produced for the model year, originally put together at Chrysler's Lynch Road plant in Detroit and wearing trim-tag-correct Dark Burnt Orange Metallic end to end.
The body got a full respray in the correct FK5 Dark Burnt Orange Metallic roughly four years back, and the seller calls the finish excellent. Up front you'll find the 440 Six Pack power-bulge hood, quad headlights, and chrome bumpers, all intact, with the contrasting white rear tail stripe and Super Bee badging doing exactly what they've always done. A black Gator Grain vinyl roof sets the car apart further. A passenger-side mirror was added for symmetry. Riding on 15" steel wheels with bright trim rings, the car wears Cooper Cobra Radial G/T tires — 225/70 up front, 275/60 out back — and the underside has been coated for protection.
Dark Burnt Orange runs wall to wall inside. Vinyl front buckets, a matching rear bench, door panels, carpeting, and Super Bee floor mats carry the color throughout, while the orange-painted dashboard hosts simulated woodgrain instrumentation that reads factory-correct at a glance. A 150-mph speedometer sits alongside an 8k-rpm Tic-Toc-Tach, plus gauges covering fuel level, coolant temp, oil pressure, and generator output. Three aftermarket gauges below the dash handle oil pressure, voltage, and water temperature separately. The factory speedometer is currently inoperative — though a replacement gauge head transfers with the car. A center console with a floor-mounted automatic shifter finishes the cabin.
Under the hood there's a non-numbers-matching 496ci stroker V8 built on a 440 block by Barbara Ann Spiro. The spec sheet covers a 0.570"-lift UltraDyne solid-lifter camshaft, ported and polished 906 cylinder heads, a Six Pack induction setup running three two-barrel carburetors, MSD ignition, and finned cast-aluminum valve covers. The seller puts output at approximately 500 HP and 550 lb-ft of torque at the wheels, arriving between 4,500 and 6,000 rpm. Behind it sits a 727 TorqueFlite built by FB Performance Transmissions, wrapped in a safety blanket and reportedly rated to 750 HP. The chassis got equal attention: a full PST suspension kit, subframe connectors, CalTracs traction bars, an 8¾" limited-slip rear axle with 3.91:1 gearing, and high-performance power steering sourced from a 1980s police application. Front disc and rear drum brakes handle stopping, a Borla dual exhaust with electric cutouts supplies the soundtrack, and a new fuel tank has been fitted. The odometer reads 149 miles since the build.
Documentation coming with the sale includes a Galen's Registry report, the original broadcast sheet, and a three-ring binder filled with extensive receipts and service invoices. A replacement speedometer gauge head, a spare tire, and a bill of sale are also included. Title status is bill of sale with registration.
The seller would like you to know: “This car is well sorted and will make a great addition to a Mopar garage. Engine and transmission are solid, Brakes are phenomenal, and overall, the car is a beast. Someone is going to have some fun. Thanks for visiting and thanks for bidding. Best of luck.”
