Considering buying this 1970 Super Bee. Talk me out of it.

[Richard Cranium]

High School graduating class of 2003 per his profile.

Close enough.

 

[DynaBro]

Advertised as having 70,000 miles

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Hmmm. Either true or someone swapped the speedo?

 

[chargervert]

Never seen a Dodge in a speedo and never want to!

 

[dart4forte]

Looks to be a solid car. I’d get rid of that Scatter Shield.

 

[68BabyBlue]

What better place than FBBO to ask questions and seek help before a purchase? Still, as already pointed out multiple times, don't make a purchase before inspecting it first hand.

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Agree, but Facebook Marketplace sellers (especially) don't hesitate to ask for a premium price while offering very little in terms of picture quantity/quality, useful pictures (e.g., 5 pictures of one side and 1 of the other side), along with a short, poor description. Do they ever wonder why their car doesn't sell or few people call them?

I guess I'm a dinosaur, never bought or sold on Facebook Marketplace. Hemmings Motor News, starting in the early 80s, when it was print with small black and white photos only, has always been my medium of choice. A plug for FBBO - I bought and sold my Hemi GTX through the For Sale forum on this site, and couldn't have been happier with both transactions.

I've seen no reference to the Bee's history or documentation, other than the broadcast sheet and fender tag. Title history can verify or refute mileage claims. And as I posted earlier, I think it's a major plus if you can verify that a past owner had motivation to maintain the car well. Two of my last three had long term ownership by mechanics, verifiable through titles and receipts, the current one was owned by a Plymouth dealer for 15 years. That type of information can be obtained before traveling for an inspection, if it exits, and can be a better indicator of actual condition than a photograph.

 

[68BabyBlue]

A 1970 383 Super Bee is not really a rare car & desirability is subjective oin comparison to other years. But back to this particular car .... Enlarge what few pictures he has in his ebay ad and you can see that the engine compartment & exhaust system both are a complete mess.

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Ask yourself why the seller doesn't have much of a description of the car in his ad and notice that what minimal pictures he did supply really don't show much. There's a reason for that & to me, that's a warning that the seller is not very forthcoming, which should be taken as a major red flag.

Baby Blue fit this description when Bob Miller sent me pictures back in 1983. Engine compartment and exhaust were a mess. But car had a NOS quarter panel on the passenger's side, all trim had been replaced with NOS, and the original trunk floor, dutchman panel, and floor pans were perfect. In this case, the pictures didn't do the car justice, probably the main reason I got to it first. Once again, personal inspection will tell.

 

[DeltaV]

I guess I'm a dinosaur, never bought or sold on Facebook Marketplace.

Same here and I never will. I'll leave it at that!

 

[DeltaV]

BTW, the comments of the Facebook ad are two months old.

 

[gdrill]

I’m biased, but it is a 70.

That’s enough to convince me.

 

[kiwigtx]

@DynaBro . . . .

j/k ....some great looking cars...I nearly bought a '70 Bee back in 1988. Kind of wish I had now.

 

[DeltaV]

Of course there are worse ways to spend more than $50,000 on a '70 Super Bee

1970 Dodge Super Bee

 

[DynaBro]

Of course there are worse ways to spend more than $50,000 on a '70 Super Bee


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1970 Dodge Super Bee

For real. There's an odd cult of guys who think pink is big $ due to rarity regardless of condition. I was hanging out with a guy at MOPARS in the Park this summer whose has a whole collection of factory pink cars. And that nice one did go for insane $ at auction last month. But it was perfect. They all seem to ignore the fact that something like this would cost as much or more to restore than it will sell for, and all you get out of it is the hassle. Give me the 50K driver over the completely roached 1 of 1 project car any day.

 

[68BabyBlue]

For real. There's an odd cult of guys who think pink is big $ due to rarity regardless of condition. I was hanging out with a guy at MOPARS in the Park this summer whose has a whole collection of factory pink cars. And that nice one did go for insane $ at auction last month. But it was perfect. They all seem to ignore the fact that something like this would cost as much or more to restore than it will sell for, and all you get out of it is the hassle. Give me the 50K driver over the completely roached 1 of 1 project car any day.

And my personal experience has been that nice driver quality cars are the hardest to sell. Low ballers coming out of the woodwork. Sold GTX number 3 at auction, after dealing with nearly 30 idiots over a six month period, was asking $11,500 in 1998. Only owned one project car. Sold it in two days, word of mouth. Two recent restored numbers matching cars drew serious unsolicited offers. From a buyer's perspective, I think you have an advantage, just make sure the car isn't junk.

 

[eldubb440]

 

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[68BabyBlue]

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Clark Motor Company had an FM3 AAR 'Cuda in the show room back in the day, I think it was one of three, or something like that. Guy who bought it was a real low life, who totaled it a month later. Soon after that, he kidnapped a girl from my high school class, held her for ransom. After he got caught, he was out of the Mopar game. That's my only connection to FM3 cars, sure didn't care for them new, or now.

 

[DeltaV]

Wrong. Seller is making a video this weekend and taking more and better photos.

More pictures this weekend?

We like pictures.

 

[DynaBro]

More pictures this weekend?

We like pictures.

So far just the video I sent you. Will be reporting back with his responses to that.

 

[khryslerkid]

So far just the video I sent you. Will be reporting back with his responses to that.

Now you know why it has a habit of running on after turning it off. The idle is set too high. Whether it's the idle screw or the fast idle cam for the choke, maybe choke is a little closed also. He hit the gas pedal at the end and that should have kicked the choke cam off but it didn't.

 

[eldubb440]

the only thing that can be surmised from that video is that it is a solid 20 footer........... it may be a lot nicer than that, but that video borders on useless