Gallery: Vintage Photos of Freiburger's Super BeeBy Freiburger Posted 12/21/08
As many of you know, a few months ago Chad and I had to close down the old website that used to employ us and also clear out the shop where we'd been working. Aside from the drama of going out of business and losing our jobs, one of the biggest defeats to me personally was that my '70 Super Bee that had been in storage for nearly 10 years would, once again, be relegated to neglect in my garage. We had dragged the car out and fully intended to execute a long-needed revamp, but life circumstances changed all that. I don't know when I'll be able to afford the time or money to attempt the revitalization once again.
It's a particularly hard blow becuase the Super Bee was my first car, acquired when I was 15, and it has a lot of history including starring in both a TV movie and in a buildup series in Hot Rod magazine. One of the very first of the Mopar Performance reproduction Hemi blocks found its way into this car, and it was built by the shop of the now-deceased Mopar hero Dick Landy.
It was, in theory, my dream car, but one that did not come out exactly as I'd hoped, as detailed in the story, "Pros and Cons of a 10-Second Street Car" penned by me when I was the editor of Car Craft. The last time the Bee ran was when it was out of the garage for that story.
As we planned for a video last year, I scanned some of my old photos of the Super Bee in its heyday. Since those will now not be seen in video form I decided to post them here in our photo gallery for you to check out. Some of the shots are kind of embarrassing, others are pretty good. I hope you enjoy them.
And while you're at it, dig out some of your own old photos of your longterm cars and share them in our forums!
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Written by Rebeldryver Oct 05 2009
Amazing who is popping up here. The world suddenly seems a tad smaller.
Written by Brian Lohnes
Oct 05 2009
Yikes! :o
(thanks for joining up!)
Brian
Written by hemidave426 Oct 05 2009
That 71 Hemi 4 sp Roadrunner parked next to the T/A and the Superbee at Burbank Dodge (Joe Phillips Dodge) was mine. I sold it for $25,000 in '88. In May of '09 it was on Ebay for $150,000!!!!? :(
Written by dthemi Jan 07 2009
I'd try it and see, I love the 70 bees. My absolute favorite big body Mope on earth. I don't have sense enough to ever really make anything truly streetable myself, so I can totally relate. I always start out with it on my mind, but before I'm done the open road starts looking like 1320'.
I say let the good times roll, drive it like it is. I want a black one with white stripes!
Written by 2bbl318 Jan 07 2009
yeah, what is it that makes it so unstreetable? seems like it was built up for an article or two. High comp/ big cam? I thought though it was still supposed to run on pump gas. I very much like the idea of trying it out on drag week and then fixing it.
Written by SpiderGearsMan
Dec 28 2008
keep it the way it is
see how long it lasts on DRAG WEEK
then make your changes
Written by Freiburger
Dec 27 2008
cool
Written by Blazerteam Dec 27 2008
Found this pic over at a Saudi arabian site.Your cars,long lost twin ;)
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Written by tiresmoke!
Dec 27 2008
I, too, thik he should just "get it running".
He's a product of the 1980's like a lot of us around here.......it wasn't THAT bad.
Get it back on the road.........sell one of the big-ticket cars you own if ya have to in order to finance it.
The Bee obviously means more to you than any of the others, you're doing it and yourself a great disservice by letting it sit.
why not wreck the bee with a benz style metric hemi ?:(