Best of Show Automotive
7700 Tyler BoulevardMentor Museum of Speed, Mentor, OH, 44060, US
Phone : 440-350-1480
Email : joseph.carroll@bestofshowautomotive.com 372 Actual Mile 1969 1/2 Dodge Coronet Superbee A12!

We know where 90% of A12 cars ended up: The drag strip. Many started there too, and quite a few did quite well. So many have been repainted and restored with no thought of preserving history (which is why we're leaving Project Six Pack alone.) Run a ¼ mile at a time, this car never saw the street and was never even registered! Here it sits, restored but with full race history and photographs, and with 374 actual miles on the clock! In fact, unless we hear other-wise, this has to be THE lowest mileage A12 car on the planet!

From the 1969 through 1971 seasons, North Carolina racer Wyman Collie tore up the strips from Virginia to South Carolina and from the Atlantic Ocean through Bristol, Tennessee. Campaigned under the banner "Little Thirsty" in SS/FA with good success the car was well known around Wyman's home town of Charlotte. Wins came frequently with the highlight being an SS/FA class win at the 1969 NHRA Fall Nationals at Bristol, TN. There are even newspaper clippings about the car's successes in the Winston-Salem Journal and copies of his NHRA and AHRA licenses!

We have a binder full of photocopies of time slips from Sportsman's Park, Rockingham, Bristol, Suffolk, Blaney, Concord, Shuffledown, North Wilkesboro, Elk Creek, Person County, Piedmont, Mooresville and more! Eighth mile, quarter mile—the car hit them all. Starting out in the mid to low 12's Wyman eventually got the car into the high 9's at close to 120mph. As any good racer would he kept notebooks of tire pressures, track conditions and more. More pages and receipts are devoted to the parts he installed, people he solicited for advice, part numbers and more. There are also dozens of pictures of the car in full race regalia—it's a wild trip down memory lane!

Here's how the car was optioned out by Wyman, as confirmed in the Galen Govier report:

V2 Hemi Orange paint
H2X Deluxe black bench seat interior
A12 440 six pack package, $462.80
D32 HD Torqueflite Automatic $39.30
D69 4.10 Dana rear axle (A12 std.)
D91 Sure grip differential (A12 std.)
E63 383 engine (supplanted by the six pack mill, and standard on all A12 window stickers and fender tags)
G15 Tinted Windshield $25.90
J25 Three-speed wipers $5.40 (mandatory A12)
N51 Max cooling package less fan (A12 std.)
N65 Fan-torque drive (A12 std.)
R11 Music Master AM radio $61.55
S15 Police handling package $28.70 (mandatory A12) V1X Black vinyl top $89.20 V8X Black bumblebee stripe (std. Super Bee)
Y14 Sold car
Y39 Special order
U7S Special order G70x15 tires (redline; std. A12)

Unfortunately for car and driver, Wyman grew ill in 1971 and stopped racing altogether. Like many cars in these situations the Super Bee was set aside for a "someday" return to the strip which never happened. Sitting in a barn the car became a time capsule as the years turned into decades. A few years after his passing the car went to the family dentist who turned the car over to Hodges restoration. Months turned into years as the car again sat before Lee Hodge bought the car and restored it to the level you see it here as a shop project.

Start outside to find bright Hemi Orange paint covers the all original body panels and nicely applied Organisol on the original hood. Low mileage cars have a couple advantages over their more "well loved" brethren—they're always tighter driving cars and the trim is in much cleaner shape. The original grille is excellent, as are the original wheel lip moldings. Re-chromed bumpers glow front and rear with clean lenses at both ends. The original trunk floor is still in place and in excellent shape, as is the often destroyed deck lid. A new vinyl top surrounded by bright reveal and drip rail moldings sets the car off and ties in well with the black bumblebee stripe.

Moving to the interior you'll find a clean mix of original and reproduction parts. Those are new seat covers, a new BE/A dash pad and new ACC carpet keeping you comfortable with original door panels, headliner and sun visors. Performance Car Graphics-enhanced gauges are bright and clear behind a Mr. G's re-chromed bezel set. Chrome items such as window cranks and door handles are excellent.

Pop the trunk and you'll see a new trunk mat along with the original jack and a new Firestone G70x15 spare which matches the rest of the wheel set. The taillight housings are excellent, a new jack instruction decal is on the deck lid and you'll find a very clean trunk pan in line with the rest of the untouched sheet metal on the car.

Under hood, you'll find a well detailed motor (the original was pulled on day two—it's in the piles of notes we have with the car) and replaced with another from Chrysler—$100 racer net for the block! It was a brand new piece built up specifically for SS/FA racing, with 12.5:1 compression, a big cam, headers and all the good stuff inside. Detuned with stock compression pistons it's still quite a stormer! There's the original refinished wiper motor, reproduction ballast resistor and voltage regulator, the original washer fluid bottle, new battery cables and a new group 25 battery look are show ready. The built motor's topped by the original carbs, intake and air cleaner, while the coil, wireset and wiring harnesses are correct reproductions.

Underneath, all sheet metal was treated to a factory correct concours treatment with dark gray "dip" primer and orange overspray. The front suspension is properly detailed with new hardware, bare steering linkage (new tie rods, bushings and ball joints replace the originals—no sense in taking chances on drag strip hammered pieces) and the correct K frame in the correct sheen of black. The transmission is a race-ready replacement with Hemi internals and a deep TCI aluminum transmission pan while the original Dana axle was rebuilt with new bearings and seals. All of the fuel hoses have been replaced with the newer pieces, the metal brake and fuel hard lines have been replaced again in the name of safety. With a rowdier-than-stock motor you're going to need a heavy breathing exhaust system, and TTI's ceramic coated 3" pipes are just the ticket. Matching ceramic coated DynoMax mufflers and TTI's 3" stainless tips finish off the job and make the car's intentions very well known!

So here you have a piece of history, well kept, yet ready to run over and around anyone. Pretty interesting choice you have to make there, eh? You can show it, store it away in a bubble, or enter it into the F.A.S.T. series (that's what we would do!), and it will certainly do any one of those things well. We've got a car that has frameable paperwork, a built drive train and a cool color combo! Seldom do you find a time capsule, and less seldom yet is it a car with this level of collectability! With its original hardware and high visibility this is a car you can't allow to pass you by!

FACTS & FIGURES Year:1969 Mileage:372 VIN: Transmission Type:Manual Type of Vehicle Title:Clear Number of Cylinders:8 Primary Color:Orange Interior Color:Black About this auction & Best of Show Automotive

Convinced that collector car values are plummeting? Don't be fooled! While the value of mediocre cars has been steadily sliding with the economy over the past two years, the value of incredible cars has stayed level and, is rising. In times of economic uncertainty, capital flows to the highest quality assets which contain the least amount of risk and the classic car market is no exception. The lesson is simple: buy the very best you can find!

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Note that our cars are on display in our showroom in Mentor, Ohio, in national print advertisements, listed for sale on our website, and listed for sale in multiple, nationally known, online dealer showrooms at all times. Since our cars are for sale in a number of other mediums, we reserve the right to cancel the auction at any time.

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This car can be inspected at our 60,000 square foot office complex and showroom facility, operated as the Mentor Museum of Speed, located at 7700 Tyler Boulevard, in Mentor, Ohio, six days per week. Museum hours are 10 am to 5 pm daily, Monday through Friday, and 10 am to 4 pm Saturdays. You may stop in at any time during museum hours to view our collection. If you would like to make a sales appointment (and avoid paying the ten buck admission fee), we would be happy to schedule a personal appointment with you. To do so, contact Joseph Carroll below. For those of you who need to fly in, we can provide transportation to and from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. We can also provide accommodations within walking distance of our facility.

We can transport your new vehicle to you in one of our enclosed car haulers. Cost depends on mileage and location. Our Transportation Manager, Ron Meek, stands ready to help you with your transport needs. For a quote, call Ron at: (440)350-1480. Ron's direct email address is: class="wmatterbold">For those international buyers, note that we've shipped cars to collectors and classic car fans world-wide for years. You can feel confident in our representations, and post-sale service. Our Transportation Manager, Ron Meek, stands ready to help your transport & shipping needs.

A common question we receive is: "do you accept trades"? We do accept trades, but will only consider #1 or #2 condition vehicles. If you would like us to review a trade, please send detailed pictures of the entire car, including the underside. Also send a detailed description which includes all specifications, facts, figures, history and documentation present with the car. Lastly, give us a clear idea of what you are seeking in trade value. Email information on your trade directly to Joseph Carroll. Joe's email address is: class="wmatterbold">Best of Show Automotive, LLC has a valid Ohio Used Car Dealer's License. Our showroom, located at 7700 Tyler Boulevard, in Mentor, Ohio, is open to the public from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturdays, with viewing by appointment only Monday through Friday. We 100-140 incredible cars on display, and there's always something new. Feel free to stop in and meet our staff, and, more importantly, see the Greatest Showroom on Earth! Each and every one of our 25 member staff is an absolute car nut and we do this because we love cars!

In addition to our main showroom in Mentor, Ohio, we own two secondary facilities, including a restoration mechanical/assembly facility and a restoration body/paint shop. We perform complete restorations for classic car fans around the globe. Best of Show car have won numerous national weekends and our cars won their classes at both the 2009 Mopar Nationals and 2009 Pontiac Nationals. We own all of our facilities and have a significant investment in our business. We stand behind our work and value long-term relationships with our customers! For information on your restoration project, our Restoration Manager, Tim Wilhelm, can be reached at: (440)354-3279. Tim's direct email address is: class="wmatterbold">Do you want your car customized? New wheels? Air conditioning? We have a full service shop staffed with veterans who have been there and done that …we can give you what you want! For a quote on customizing or add-on products, contact our Inventory Manager, Doug Croxford, at: (440)350-1480. Doug's direct email address is: class="wmatterbold">Check out our feedback from other customers who have purchased cars from us in the past. Here's what some of customers have to say: We pride ourselves on describing our cars accurately, and, our cars really do look better in person than in the pictures! Bid with confidence!

For general information, call us at: (440)350-1480. You can send an email directly to our President, Joseph Carroll, at: Joseph M. Carroll
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Mentor, OH, 44060

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