1971 Dodge Super Bee 426 Hemi Sunroof Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode 314
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- 1971 Dodge Super Bee 426 Hemi Sunroof Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode 314
1971 saw a completely new Dodge Charger. Out was the long, sharp, boxy Charger and “in” was the new curvier model for ‘71. The new design featured a more pronounced long nose / short deck look, and although it was about 2 inches shorter than the 68-70 model, it was also wider than it’s predecessor. The design remains controversial, with the interestingly up-swept pillarless side window design and fastback-ish rear roofline. A new bumper design split the nose in half, and our Charger Super Bee features a clean look with hidden headlights.
You could order all kinds of engines in your 1971 Charger, but our featured Super Bee is fitted with the one everyone talks about… the 425 HP 426 Hemi V8, and it’s coupled to a 4-speed manual transmission. And while a Hemi Orange ‘71 Super Bee with a 426 and a stick might be tops on any muscle car wish list, it’s the top of this one that makes it even more special.
If you’ve never seen a factory installed power sunroof like this one, you’re not alone. Chrysler didn’t sell very many of the nearly $500 options, which mandated the full vinyl top as well. When you add in the code E74 426 Hemi engine at over $880.00, and you were looking at an expensive Super Bee back in ‘71 even before you start adding the rest of the options. Which do you think had lower production, the Hemi or the Sun Roof? We’ll answer that one later.
But if you DID spring for all these goodies, you got one heck of a ride, man. Ours features a sprawling white bench seat interior, complete with power windows, a 150 MPH speedo, 8000 RPM tach, and a pistol grip shifter for workin’ the 4-speed gearbox. Looking out over the long hood is a trip from any angle, as the Ramcharger scoop comes to life letting the 2 Carter AFB 4-barrels fill the Hemi with air. We’re envisioning a clear day, turning up the Music Master AM radio, hitting the power overhead switch to let the sun shine in, and dumping the clutch to let the 490 ft. lbs. of torque launch us straight into the 5th dimension.
These cars drive really nicely when in this kind of condition. Power steering and brakes ease the driver effort, and the heavy duty clutch is quite tolerable, even in traffic. The famous Chrysler torsion bar front suspension is taught but comfortable, with a sway bar to keep things on the level in the turns, and the 15 inch rally wheels and Goodyear Polyglas GTs hold the road. A Dana 60 rear axle can stand up to the torque as the leaf springs try to hold it in place. These cars have some of the coolest exhaust tips ever… many call them Machine Gun tips, but the red and chrome ends are officially called “Exhaust Bright Tips”. We call them awesome.
This is a love it or hate it design, and we’re leaning towards the love it, especially drenched in Hemi Orange with the white vinyl top and blacked-out hood to break it all up. The thin black stripe looks like the car just crossed the finish line with a black ribbon wrapped around the base of the windshield. Dual painted racing mirrors look cool, too.
All tolled, there were 5,054 1971 Super Bees built. 22 came equipped with the 426 Hemi engine, and only 9 of those were 4-speed manual cars. Coincidentally, there were also 9 known power sunroof 1971 Super Bees built with any of the available engines. But how many Hemi 4-speed cars had sunroofs? I’m not sure, but this one in the Brothers Collection is the Super Bee’s Knees, for sure.
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Love these muscle car videos, just when you think they ran out they find another great muscle car.
Eugene Tuorto that’s what I said!
My Stepfather had a 1970 SuperBee in Plum Crazy with white interior. I got to drive it twice after getting my license in 1971 before he traded it. One time while he was driving we hit 140 mph. Mom was NOT happy. 😂
L S
Cool 😎
Must’ve been a great car on the highway👍
Kevin Grazier it felt like it was floating on air.👍🏻
I got my 68 charger up to 145 mph between Macon Ga and Warner Robins Ga on hwy 247 one time.
I was 17 now I'm 67 would never do it again.
Definatly a radical change for the Charger...I like it a lot...Hemi...4 speed..power sun roof...RU kidding in 1971 !!.. very rare.. big$$ fursur..
That car is tons of cool and awesomeness. I had no idea they offered a factory electric sunroof. Awesome!
"The Super Bee's Knees," That is a superlative superlative. 🤩
When is the museum going to open so we can appreciate these beautiful machines with our own eyes? Can’t wait
1971 super bee owner here, the super bee was my dream car growing up, mine has a 440 six pack and 727 auto, i feel really lucky to have this car at this point in my life, i am 28 and man i can tell you nothing beats daily driving this beast.
Love the channel keep up the awesome work.
425 hp production car, thought those days were gone forever. Now my daily driver is 717 hp Thank You Dodge!
habu srt
Agreed 👍😎
mark rylander
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What is not to love about this car? I mean it has everything. A monster under the hood. 4 speed . And when u finally can’t take anymore you
Cool things off by opening the sunroof. Seeing this made my day. Thanks for
Showing this beauty to us.
SUPER NICE. - These 1971 Charger R/T and Superbees are one of the most beautiful Muscle Cars ever made..
Thats a BAD machine right there. The Roadrunner/ Super Bee were always my favorite muscle cars...particularly a 69 1/2 A12. Love this 71 👍👍
Oh yeah! I always thought the 1971-1974 Dodge Charger's were the best looking Charger's ever and they're my favorite generation too! My grandfather had a '73 Charger SE with a 318, 3 speed automatic transmission back in 1980 and it was a nice car as well! But he sold it in early 1988 unfortunately.
Beautiful car!!
I'm pretty sure this car was featured in a magazine that I have from the late 80's. Really nice.
Always the best of the best of the best only. What a joy it must be to be around all those amazing cars.
It really is a privilege!
Great save for the pontiac grille
Just need some White Shoes , White Belt, some Side Burns and all set...Dont forget the BRUT
I love the (power!) sunroof on the Charger. Honestly, having to choose a rare engine or the sunroof option on a car like this, I'd go with the sunroof. I used to own a 69 Mach 1 on which the previous owner had a sunroof butchered in. Back then I loved it, though it leaked like crazy and the wind howled through its cracks. But I thought it was so cool. Nobody would do a thing like that today, but back in the 70s and 80s, there were no limits to what you did with your car. Great video of the week, once again, thanks Keven, thanks Brothers.
i wake up and go straight too my computer turn it on and straight onto muscle car of the week ! thank you .
@mark rylander Hi mark i used to restore classic english sports cars - now 64 yo i just have a turbo subaru forester , that goes like stink to 150 mph great fun - good luck with your car . i hope you win the lotto !
Super nice, I believe that vinyl roofs were added to cars with sunroofs so a lot of time wasn't spent on the assembly line doing finish body work at that time. Plymouth Superbirds all had vinyl roofs to hide bodywork as well.
Gorgeous!, and very rare. Thanks for sharing.
In your teaser on facebook the headline said Plymouth Super Bee. By the time the actual video was published you had it fixed. But it might be worthwhile pointing out the fact that this is indeed a Dodge Super Bee. Not a Charger, but a Super Bee. Prior to 71 the Super Bee was a dressed up Coronet, which was not produced in 71. I don't think this car has the word Charger anywhere on it. Great episode. Love your vids.
1971 Super Bees had a "Charger Dodge Division" emblem on the right rear corner of the trunk lid (just to the left of the Super Bee decal). This emblem can be seen on the car in the video.
Super Bee has always been my favorite muscle car
Fantastic ride!:)
Love it. No question. Only thing it's missing is my licence plate.
Very few from our group bought Hemi’s or sunroofs, I would think fewer cars had sunroofs!
Sunroofs exist purely as a profit source for the manufacturer, who charges a fortune for them. Seriously, do you know anybody who uses their sunroof regularly? Or at all? They just create a draft and mess up everybody's hair. And after a few years, they leak! And finally, that big hole in the roof is a big negative on chassis stiffness. Not what you want when you've got a hemi under the hood!
WOW If That Car is Ever UP FOR SALE,TAKE MY SOUL DEVIL I WANT THAT SUPER BEE.....
Get in line bro !
You gotta mortgage your house to buy that 150.000 dollar car or more
That's one rare Bee indeed the Brothers got all the bad ass Mopars I would love to have that Collection
All of that goodness, but I just don't get the bench seat! The sunroof, the Hemi the air grabber hood,i don't remember seeing any shaker hoods on the 3rd gen Chargers,so I wonder if it ever was an option. But a bench seat? Really? Oh well, the rest is aces anyway, so who cares,just rug that puppy,open the top and find a nice country road to have a spectacular cruise on. I say the roof is rarer. Great stuff guys, thanks again! ▪☆☆☆▪
That is awsome mopar machine ! ! ! ! A beautiful example of mopar muscle.
Whoever ordered this Superbee must have really wanted that bench seat, it's optioned like an R/T which would had buckets standard. The R/T would have been slightly more expensive to start with also.
Bench seat and 4 speed, way cool !
"Muscle Auto Art" at its best!!! Great video indeed!!!
As always top notch! I love this channel!
That's the holy grail.
Electric sunroof? :D, In 1971 my best friend mom bought a 4 year old used car. Turns out it was a 1968 Cougar XR-7-G with a 428ci Cobra jet under the hood and a C6 automatic. It also had an electric sunroof. I remember hanging out of that roof cruising around town. Man that car was fast.
I noticed the super bee logo on the front guards in different position is this normal.
On the p/s its to the front of the Super Bee lettering.
On the d/s it's behind the Super Bee lettering.
Just doesn't look right one would think it would be to the front of the lettering on both sides.
Otherwise another tough mind blowing Charger, you just keep coming up with better better muscle cars every week.
Always look forward to every episode.
Louis from Australia
You are right! Bee first will look nicer, but if you want keep originality you cant do that fix...
That's one fabulous car I like the power sun roof option plus it has the hemi
lovely machine.
Just plain awesome 💖
A highschool Friend has has a 1971Super Bee 383 ,4 speed triple green and a 1971 Chager RT Hemi. Like the body style.
My 1974 Satellite Sebring had a sunroof that operated via a window crank on the headliner.
Jeffrey Rubish No way. Never seen that, too cool.
Way cooler than a dedicated and failure-prone electric motor.
I've got a car magazine with what I think might be this same car in it from some years back.
Bee-utiful
I'm pretty sure that's the new 1320 angry bee emblem on that gorgeous 71!! Lol
I used to own that car. Wish I still had it. Beautiful.
My favorite year and combo
As far as I know for sure, there is 2 Hemi sunroof 71 Bees made. The other is white with a white top in IL. I have seen this at Mopars in the Park in MN and featured in MCG.
What about regular charger 500 or rt
I love the fact my grandpa has a 73 se with a 400 in the code but got swapped out to a 440. The vin number says it’s a 73 be he claims it’s a 71 just because he wants it to seem older. It says in the dmv pink slip so they fucked up haha but other then that I wanna get one 😎
You could go to 100 different mopar showrooms in 1971 and not see a hemi super bee but the good old 383 would be ready to go for 230.00 a month.
It needs the wing, man!
I had an Alpine white 440, 4 speed, Ramcharger hood, hideaways with gunmetal interior and also a Hemi orange 440 Six Pack, 4 speed with white interior, one of two Canadian export cars. Beautiful design Mopar.
Cash on Dash , i do appreciate 70s art , especially Mopar . hard to match. 👍🧡
HEMI cars are AWESOME! But looks wise other than the CUDA In the early 70s no one would pick A 71 over a 68,69 or 70. Sun roof or not. The Dod, Chr, Ply. In 71 All look portly. Not only were they wider they were heavier.
True and yet Richard Petty said this body was his favorite to race and was the best overall race car.
Back in the day, I thought these were ugly compared to the 68 to 70 but today, It's still better looking than any POS today!!
I might very well be wrong, but...
I think the sunroof was a factory option but not factory *installed*. If a sunroof order came in the car was sent to American Sunroof (or similar) for the actual installation. Hopefully a Mopar expert will come along . I'm no authority.
True statement! We should clarify. Here's info: moparsunroofregistry.com/asc-history/
So Forgotten car fantastic nice
I had a good friend that owned a B5 blue 71 Hemi Charger Super Bee.
Bench seat with an auto on the column.Not sure if his had the sun roof option its been many years ago.
Not to discount your total 22 71 Hemi cars built but IIRC there were only 15 Hemi Charger Super Bees produced.
1971 Hemi Charger production = 85 cars. 22 Hemi Super Bees (13 TorqueFlite, 9 Four-Speed), 63 Hemi R/Ts (33 TorqueFlite, 30 Four-Speed).
Swap a black interior, buckets, center console, and delete the vinyl top and sunroof and you’ve got my dream car.
Absolutely bad ass & gorgeous !
Cool car....
Would look a tad bit better with the R/T's tail lights
Who was that in the passenger seat when you were behind the wheel? Hail Kev!
GM lowered compression ratios in 71'. When did Chrysler lower compression? How long was the Hemi around after 71'?
'71 was the Hemi's last year. '71 also saw Mopar cutting compression but not in the Hemi.
@@4.9copblank49 Thank you!
Is that one of the Motortrend test cars from the 1971 issue that tested a half dozen Chargers?
I like it.
I'm not a fan of the '71, but that is probably the nicest one I've ever seen.
My guess is the Sun Roof was lower production in 1971 Chargers than the Hemi (which was 85 cars). I've seen the Sun Roof production estimated to be as low as only 9 cars. But that seems unrealistically low.. or is it correct? Maybe the 9 is for the number of 71 Super Bees with a Sun Roof. I wonder how many 1971 Chargers had a Sun Roof?
Really nice car, but I like the 2nd gen Chargers much better. Kevin, I got the 5th Dimension references, but dude, you're no Marilyn McCoo or Billy Davis Jr.! LOL :)
+Darrell Kidd ha, thanks for that!
all that, but it has a bench seat. wow
WOW....
Why did some come with 2 red tail lights and some with three tail lights per side???
It's hard to believe the original owner went for all of those options, but then got the bucket seats? ha
Really rare with the sunroof
👍👍
I used to hate those Polyglass tires.
Great car, still wish they kept the Coke bottle for an extra couple years though
Did anyone ever tell you, you sound like Ron Swanson from parks and rec?
wow what a car...;- ()
We have a 72 Challenger sunroof all numbers matching. 93 thousand original miles. The car is in great condition. White on White. We are looking to sale. Not sure the price we should be asking. We would like to show you the car. We live less than 5 miles from your location! We can send pictures if you are interested. Thank you.
Dumps the clutch. 4 seconds later, going 15 mph. lol. OK, very cool car though.
lmfao
That's why the guys who are serious on the street run high-stall converter autos. Very hard to out hole shoot a built TM400 or 727 TF with a manual.
There's a similar looking 71 Charger (though it's a R/T, not a Super Bee) in 1/18 scale from the folks at Autoworld. Fantastic looking car.
www.autoworldstore.com/product-p/amm1148.htm
Sweet! Very similar.
U say super bee but picture is a charger.
Love. Rarer than rocking horse shit
The front still looks 69 ish.
My ‘99 Avalon has a factory installed power sunroof too 😬
@mark rylanderIt was a joke Einstein, lighten up.
Great car..Top sucks..don't paint the intake... aluminum is the stuff..Hemis, are bad ass, But 440 six pack could take them....just saying.
I love the 440 six pack!
Preferred the shaker hood to this . Not sure if it was still available in that year with the hemi?
Praising bias ply tires is a bit ridiculous...
You need to know how to drive a car with bias ply !Like real men did in the 60-70
Landing in a ditch or wrapping your car around a tree was a popular sport back then.
425hp my ass. Try 525 in reality.
Wow, such a cheesy follow-up to the magnificent '68-'70 Chargers. The basic lines are okay, but all that garish chrome on the front and back ends, and that horrific vinyl roof (did it have to be white?), make this car an eyesore.
This car and the Ford Talladega in my opinion are absolutely hideous looking. I remember when they came out and just laughed at how ugly they are. Truly ruined a classic. Of course you can't tell how ugly they are when driving. FUGLY.