This is our newest old Mopar. This '69 Super Bee arrived on 4/22/06. The numbers matching 383 came with the car and a potent 440 rests between the inner fenders now.

Although it's was made in 1969, I'd swear the car was built for me. It has everything that was on my wish list for a '69 Super Bee:

F8, forest green exterior
440
4 speed
8 3/4 Sure Grip

I've already had offers for more than I paid for the car, but I'm a Bee keeper. I'll take and post more pictures as I get to spend more time with the car.

I'd swear the car was built for me. It has everything that was on my wish list for a '69 Super Bee:

F8, forest green exterior
440
4 speed
8 3/4 Sure Grip

I've already had offers for more than I paid for the car, but I'm a Bee keeper. I'll take and post more pictures as I get to spend more time with the car.

I had some more work done while the Super Bee's transmission and clutch were getting done; specifically work to the driveshaft and yoke, rear axel and sure grip.

I'm really enjoying the newly installed 3.91s.

installed 3.91s.

The problems with third gear didn't go away with all the tranny work I did last September so I didn't drive the car at all between October '07 and June '08.

A flat bed took the Super Bee to a 4 speed expert in New Hampshire to see what the problem is. Here are some excerpts from correspondence with him:

"It's painfully obvious the guy who rebuilt the transmission didn’t know what he was doing. Several of the small roller bearings from the input shaft dropped out of the retainer and into the case when it was being re-assembled."

"Those roller bearings, which are case hardened, went through the gear mesh several times before being mashed up, along with some gear teeth on third gear, as well as the cluster and input drive. There was also gobs of axle grease packed everywhere, especially in the bottom of the case, which is where the crunched teeth and roller bearings were embedded."

"As for the clutch and fly wheel, the pressure plate and disc are obviously new and, if the fly wheel was surface ground, then someone must have really beat the snot out of it before you bought it; like revving the engine to 6,500 rpm and dumping it repeatedly. There is no way in even 30k miles of normal driving (unless you were towing a trailer) that the fly wheel could be heat scored and fracture cracked unless it was really abused. It's also the larger 11" disc and not the 10.5", so you have even more surface area for friction."

"When you drained the oil this is partially what you saw, particles of brass and metal chips suspended in the heavy oil. The larger heavier pieces stayed in the case when you drained it."

Pictures in this album show what things look like upon disassembly...

speed expert in New Hampshire to see what the problem is. Here are some excerpts from correspondence with him:

"It's painfully obvious the guy who rebuilt the transmission didn’t know what he was doing. Several of the small roller bearings from the input shaft dropped out of the retainer and into the case when it was being re-assembled."

"Those roller bearings, which are case hardened, went through the gear mesh several times before being mashed up, along with some gear teeth on third gear, as well as the cluster and input drive. There was also gobs of axle grease packed everywhere, especially in the bottom of the case, which is where the crunched teeth and roller bearings were embedded."

"As for the clutch and fly wheel, the pressure plate and disc are obviously new and, if the fly wheel was surface ground, then someone must have really beat the snot out of it before you bought it; like revving the engine to 6,500 rpm and dumping it repeatedly. There is no way in even 30k miles of normal driving (unless you were towing a trailer) that the fly wheel could be heat scored and fracture cracked unless it was really abused. It's also the larger 11" disc and not the 10.5", so you have even more surface area for friction."

"When you drained the oil this is partially what you saw, particles of brass and metal chips suspended in the heavy oil. The larger heavier pieces stayed in the case when you drained it."

Pictures in this album show what things look like upon disassembly...

After some investigating and research, I determined a previous owner messed up some things with the clutch linkages and the shifter.

These pictures document how I found things in the car and the work in progress.

work in progress.

This is the Charger I had for about nine years. I sold it in 2006 after I bought my Super Bee.

These are pictures of the cars my family and I have owned over the years.