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1970 Dodge V-code Super Bee
1970 Dodge V-code Super Bee · 2-door hardtop · Lynch Road, Detroit, MI
a V-code 440 Six-Pack. mandatory heavy-duty cooling, restricted to the 3.55 / 3.91 / 4.10 axles, no air conditioning available — the option block reads like a checklist for a specific kind of car.
8 cells decoded; 0 destroyed, 12 blank, 0 unknown. The readable evidence below is independently sourced; missing cells are not guessed.
VIN6/6›
2Car Line Medium-price line (Dodge Coronet, Super Bee, Charger)
Note — Broadcast-sheet 'Car Line' field uses a numeric series rather than the VIN's letter code. 1 = low / 2 = medium / 3 = high.
citations · 1
- MyMopar reference library — mymopar.com (volunteer enthusiast project) · link only
WM23Body Type Dodge Coronet Super Bee, 2-door hardtop
Note — Phil's car. WM = Super Bee Coronet, 23 = 2-door hardtop body style.
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citations · 2
- MyMopar reference library — mymopar.com (volunteer enthusiast project) · link only
- Dodge Super Bee — Wikipedia — Wikipedia / Wikimedia Foundation · CC BY-SA
VEngine 440 cid RB V8, 3×2-bbl (Six-Pack / Six Barrel)
390 hp gross at 4700 RPM, 490 lb-ft at 3200 RPM (Wikipedia Chrysler RB engine). Three Holley two-barrel carburetors on a high-rise aluminum intake — described in the 1970 Dodge Scat Pack Brochure as 'three mind-blowing two-barrel Holley carbs on a new high-rise manifold... all bolted on the 440 Magnum engine'. Sold as the '440 Six-Pack' (Dodge, often spelled 'SixPack' on factory literature) and the '440 Six Barrel' (Plymouth). Optional widely across 1970 B/E-body including the 1970 Super Bee that succeeded the 1969 A12 package.
Note — Phil's Super Bee V-code car. Earlier Plenum text attributed the manifold to Edelbrock — that's the J-code 340 Six-Barrel (AAR/T-A) manifold, well-attested. The 1970 440 Six-Pack manifold supplier is described as a high-rise aluminum unit in the 1970 Dodge dealer brochure without naming a specific supplier; collector references attribute it to Chrysler-cast aluminum, with some sources noting Edelbrock-supplied early-production units. Held as 'high-rise aluminum intake' here pending definitive primary attribution.
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citations · 6
- Mopar 1968–1974 dealer brochures (oldcarbrochures.com archive) — Chrysler Corporation, dealer literature; scans hosted on oldcarbrochures.com · fair use, brief quotation
- 1970 Dodge dealer fact data (Internet Archive search) — Chrysler Corporation, scanned copies hosted on Internet Archive · fair use, brief quotation
- Chrysler RB engine — Wikipedia — Wikipedia / Wikimedia Foundation · CC BY-SA
- Dodge Super Bee — Wikipedia — Wikipedia / Wikimedia Foundation · CC BY-SA
- MyMopar reference library — mymopar.com (volunteer enthusiast project) · link only
- Super Bee Registry — 71superbee.com · link only
0Year 1970 model year
citations · 1
- MyMopar reference library — mymopar.com (volunteer enthusiast project) · link only
APlant Lynch Road, Detroit, MI
B-body production. Famous for tag-callout omissions; see schema plant overlay.
citations · 2
- MyMopar reference library — mymopar.com (volunteer enthusiast project) · link only
- Chrysler B platform — Wikipedia — Wikipedia / Wikimedia Foundation · CC BY-SA
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citations · 1
- MyMopar reference library — mymopar.com (volunteer enthusiast project) · link only
Trim & Paint2/4›
H2X9Trim Code Black vinyl bench, premium B-body interior
Note — Phil's car: this is the visible trim code on the production broadcast sheet.
citations · 1
- MyMopar reference library — mymopar.com (volunteer enthusiast project) · link only
- —UDF Color —
- —Paint Style —
FE5Body Paint Bright Red (Dodge) / Rallye Red (Plymouth)
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chemistry & process in ForMatter ↗
citations · 3
- 1970 Dodge dealer fact data (Internet Archive search) — Chrysler Corporation, scanned copies hosted on Internet Archive · fair use, brief quotation
- Dodge Super Bee — Wikipedia — Wikipedia / Wikimedia Foundation · CC BY-SA
- MyMopar reference library — mymopar.com (volunteer enthusiast project) · link only
Cooling & HVAC0/3›
- —Radiator —
- —Inlet Hose —
- —Fan —
Electrical0/2›
- —Alternator —
- —Battery —
Chassis & Brakes0/5›
- —Heavy-Duty / Disc Brakes —
- —Power Brakes —
- —Shocks —
- —Sway Bar —
- —Power Steering —
plant practice — Lynch Road, Detroit, MI›
Lynch Road broadcast sheets and fender tags often OMIT the A34 Super Track Pak callout even when the car was built with the 4.10 Dana 60. The plant used the upper axle stamp '084' on the housing instead. If the document shows 4.10 in the axle row but no A34 in the option block, do NOT mark this as a missing-equipment finding — this is plant-correct silence. Lynch Road also tended toward terser fender-tag option blocks (3 rows vs. 4 elsewhere).
what we can infer8›
Air conditioning was not available with the V-code 440 Six-Pack in 1970. The Six-Pack induction system left no clearance for the A/C compressor mounting on the 440-RB block.
unavailable · factory-documented · follows from V (engine) · Chrysler Corporation, scanned copies hosted on Internet Archive, Wikipedia / Wikimedia Foundation
V-code cars were restricted to performance-axle-package ratios in 1970 — 3.55, 3.91, or 4.10. The lower 2.71, 2.94, 3.23 ratios that lower-spec engines used were not orderable with Six-Pack induction. Confirmed by the 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Brochure Power Teams chart, which lists the 440-6 (V) row only with 3.23* / 3.55 / 3.91 / 4.10 ratios — and asterisks the 3.23 to indicate it's available only via performance axle packages.
mandated · factory-documented · follows from V (engine) · Chrysler Corporation, Plymouth Division dealer literature, Chrysler Corporation, scanned copies hosted on Internet Archive +1
Heavy-duty cooling was standard with the V-code: 26-inch radiator, seven-blade fan, and the larger inlet hose set. The cooling cells on the broadcast sheet are most useful for confirming this baseline rather than identifying an upgrade.
mandated · factory-documented · follows from V (engine) · Chrysler Corporation, scanned copies hosted on Internet Archive
Heavy-duty suspension, including the front sway bar and increased-rate torsion bars, was standard with the V-code engine in 1970.
mandated · factory-documented · follows from V (engine) · Chrysler Corporation, scanned copies hosted on Internet Archive
Big-block engines (383, 440, 426 Hemi) shipped with the heavy-duty Group 27 battery in 1970. Where the battery cell on this sheet is unreadable, the heavy-duty battery is the safe assumption.
common pairing · factory-documented · follows from V (engine), battery (battery) · Chrysler Corporation, scanned copies hosted on Internet Archive
Power steering was a regular-production option on every 1970 B-body, including the V-code Super Bee. A blank Power Steering cell on a legible part of the sheet means the option was not ordered. (If this region is destroyed rather than blank, this implication does not apply.)
available not ordered · factory-documented · follows from power-steering (power steering), V (engine) · Chrysler Corporation, scanned copies hosted on Internet Archive
1970 Super Bees in WM23 (2-door hardtop) trim shipped with either the bumblebee tail stripes or the longitudinal C-stripe along the body side, not both. The stripe choice was a no-cost option.
common pairing · factory-documented · follows from WM23 (body type) · Wikipedia / Wikimedia Foundation, Chrysler Corporation, scanned copies hosted on Internet Archive
FE5 Bright Red over the H2X9 black-vinyl bench is one of the most-ordered B-body color combinations in 1970. Period dealer literature shows the pairing prominently in Super Bee and Road Runner brochures.
common pairing · registry-corroborated · follows from FE5 (body paint), H2X9 (trim code) · Chrysler Corporation, scanned copies hosted on Internet Archive, Wikipedia / Wikimedia Foundation
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