Rotisserie Restored
and Fully Documented A12 Lift off Hood
The muscle
car era created some of the most exciting cars ever to come out of North America. Cars were produced and sent to the
streets to win corporate horsepower races, to give their followers and edge
over the competition … It was a Corporate thought process which will never be
duplicated and produced some exciting cars, which in some cases probably never
should have existed in the first place!!! One of such unique and impressive
cars were the A12 optioned Super Bees from Dodge.
In
selecting the A12 option on the order sheet, it was not so much what you got,
but what you didn’t get that made it so unique. A fibre glass lift off engine
hood, deprived of its hinges to save weight, 15 x 6” black painted steel wheels
with chrome lug nuts wrapped in G70 x 15 Red Streak tires, a DANA 60 9 ¾” axle
with 4.10 gears out back and a monstrous 440 engine topped with a special
Edelbrock intake and a trio of Holley carbs making a factory rated 390
horsepower … These cars were built with one purpose, to go in a straight line
…. Very quickly!!! Only 4 “high impact” colours were listed available with the A12
option, Bright Red, Bright Yellow, Hemi Orange or as this particular Super Bee shows
in its factory Bright Green. It also comes equipped as many A12’s did, with
bench seats front and rear and special N85 option “Tic-Toc” tach. Of the 1,487
A12 Super Bees produced, less than half were equipped such as this one, with
Dodges bulletproof Torqueflite automatic transmission. Given the nature of
these cars, they were typically driven hard, making this particular A12 very
special….. as it still features a numbers matching 440/6 pack engine, making it
very much deserving of the full rotisserie restoration it was treated to.
The car also comes fully documented with a
factory broadcast sheet, tons of pictures documenting the complete rotisserie
nut and bolt restoration and has been verified by MOPAR specialist Galen
Govier. An incredible piece of muscle car and MOPAR history, a fantastic
addition to the garage of any collector or enthusiast.
