70 Super Bee

[427man]

Well, it depends on what you consider easy I guess. I have done one rusty car from the ground up and will never do it again. This car needs the hood and deck lid which is rusted in two pieces. The trunk is completely rotten and I suspect the floors are as well. It's been sinking into the ground so I'll be surprised if the frame isn't rusted. I live in the rust belt and everything from here takes it hard. I'll know more when I get it pulled out of the weeds on Saturday. I might try selling it on eBay or take it the Chryslers at Carlisle. If everybody thinks this car is so salvagable then what should I ask for it???????????

[BleedDodge]

Well that's just it. You gotta find out what the frame looks like. What I mean to say is, maybe you can sell the car as a whole to a person who has a 70 bee frame sitting in his garage, waiting for a donor car like yours. If anything you could take the quarters and front clip off for another car, but then again, I've seen frames get repaired, and new trunk floors get put in. Floor pans are nothing, and a hood and trunk lid should be pretty easy to find. Just try and sell it as a whole. If this car was in Canada I'd offer 3 grand for it, if it was an actual 440 car.

Let us know what you find when you pull it out of the weeds. I'll help you resize pics and stuff again if you want.

[427man]

Thanks I'll let you know what happens. I know $3k is significant and I would make some money but it is not originally a 440 car. That would mean I might get $2k for it. After getting it towed and storing it, then it's hardly worth the effort. I'm not sure if I'm going to get the title for it either. The guy is "looking for it". I need to make as much as possible on this to dump into my project. That way I can keep going on it. With my first kid on the way, the funds for my toys have dried up.

[BleedDodge]

I hear that. If it's gonna cost you to pull this out and be done with it, in the end you're probably better off finding parts somewheres else, from another person or another car...

[68chevelle]

there are ways of getting the title without the previouse owner giving it to you. you can file for a lost title. i dont know totaly what it involves but we have does it a couple times including on my 68 chevelle you see in my sig. you need stuff like a bill or sale(just something signed by the previouse registered owner saying he sold it to you and stuff) and that might be all you need. but then you go to the DMV and then after a little paperwok you get the new title in the mail a few weeks later or something. you should look into it. and if nothing else, i would put it up on ebay or something just advertisng it and like with ebay just put a reserve on it, if you dont get past the reserve atleast if someone bids then you will have an idea and then if you get alot more than your reserve then hey, you just got payed.

[427man]

Well I got it home and it wasn't easy. What should have been a few hours took all day. Long story. Anyway, I didn't have much time to play with it and I'm heading out of town this weekend. I need to decode the rest of this car. I definitely was a ramcharger and I noticed a clutch pedal up against the firewall. When the 440 was swapped in I guess the auto trans was too. Sure looks like a dealer install since there are no aftermarket manifolds, shifter, etc. While wiring up the exhaust from falling out I saw that the frame rails are completely gone in the back. I was worried the springs would bust through the trunk. The quarters are blowing in the wind at the bottom. The bottom of the doors are badly rusted and the front fenders too. Lots of rust around the rear window as well. The guy swears he has the title somewhere and is still looking for it. I'm not holding my breath on that. It sure attracted a lot of attention going up the road...

[SamBlob]

What's happened to this car since?

There's an '70 Coronet 440 (M/N, not engine size) in the Kencot area of Kingston in a bit better shape than that shown (but I don't think it's running). If I had any skill, experience, tools, garage or money, I'd consider buying it and trying to fix it. Unfortunately, I don't, so I just have to hope it finds a good home eventually.

[427man]

It's on eBay right now. Had A LOT of people ask me for various parts but I am trying to sell it whole. I may consider parting it out since the car is a disaster and the original drive train has been swapped out. The seats are 69s and the console came from somewhere else too. We'll see.

[Iceyone]

One man's junk is another man's treasure.

[MrPbody]

Definitely SAVE it! B-bodies are getting tougher to find in rebuildable form. Super-Bs are quite desirable. 383s are still around, so putting it back to original wouldn't be TOO tough...

[Ghost74se]

www.moparts.com

They will be able to help you there.