Immaculate Coronet Super Bee is Every Museum’s Dream Car
Owner shares story of this 1968 Coronet Super Bee with 383 mill under the hood, her seventh Super Bee to date.
For most, cars and trucks come and go as their lives change, with little thought beyond budgetary concerns, fuel economy, and if it looks good in the driveway. A rare few stick with their car of choice for the entirety of their lives, even if another car is parked next to it. And then, there are those who stick with their car of choice, buying, selling, and trading one version of their car for another.
Former Chrysler employee Patty D’Anna is one such individual, having owned seven Super Bees in her life thus far. D’Anna shared her story about her latest car, a 1968 Dodge Coronet Super Bee, with YouTuber Lou Costabile during the 2018 Carlisle Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
As D’Anna tells Costabile, she didn’t need any of the seven Super Bees to come into her life, but that she did want every single one. Unlike the ones previous to No. 7, though, the B5 Blue Coronet Super Bee is a trailer queen, and with good reason (for once): the underside of the Super Bee is as immaculate as the rest of the car, especially in B5 Blue. At that point, why drive it when it’s practically museum-ready?
The restored car originally came from California, and has everything it would have come with on the showroom floor when new, from the Magnum 500 wheels and Super Bee graphics and badges, to the dealership ephemera in the trunk and the original tags on the engine. It’s also a Mr. Norm’s Super Bee, which only means one thing: 383 power.
The Super Bee’s 383 Magnum is paired with a four-speed manual, and is the one of the few pieces of the Coronet not painted in B5 Blue, wearing not Hemi orange but olive green. This is one well-restored classic worth keeping off the road, if only so future generations can appreciate the majesty that is the Coronet Super Bee.
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