eBay Find Of The Day: ’70 Super Bee From "The 25th Hour"

The Super Bee was mostly used in the 4-minute long opening scene of the film. Image: imcbd.org

It’s not often when you come across a legit movie car on eBay, and we’re not talking about a replica or some goofy looking contraption dreamed up by someone who has done too much meth –like that Corvette Batmobile we brought you recently.

After doing a search on rare or interesting Mopars, we caught a glance of this ’70 Super Bee that was used in the 2002 Spike Lee film, 25^th Hour. With the movie being filmed shortly after the World Trade Center attack and starring talented acts like Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, it’s considered a cult classic by many and was well conceived by film critics and fans alike.

How this car found it's way to Alabama we don't know, but we're glad it did since the Southern climate helped preserve the its flawless condition. Image: eBay Motors

For those of you who haven’t heard of the movie, it’s about a former drug dealer (played by Norton) who’s been sentenced to seven years at Otisville prison after a group of DEA agents searched his house and found heroine and a large sum of cash stuffed into his couch cushions. The movie takes place over the course of the last day of his freedom before he is convicted, and leads up to him being driven to the penitentiary by his father at the end of the movie.

The interior is just as nice as the exterior, with a Pistol-Grip/Hurst shifter and flawless upholstery. The celeb autographs are a nice bonus. Image: eBay Motors.

The Super Bee seen here was his character’s mode of transportation, although it was only used in the first few minutes of the movie, and again later on it is shown for a few seconds during his infamous, angered rant at himself.

Like most movie cars, it comes complete with some movie memorabilia; including Edward Norton’s Oakley sunglasses, a signed by Spike Lee 25^th Hour movie script, a press release, and two movie posters. The dashboard has also been signed by Lee and Norton.

The car itself is not a true Super Bee according to the seller, but it was converted into one from a standard Coronet back in the early ‘70s by the Mr. Norm’s Grand Spaulding Dodge performance team.

Packed with the highly-coveted 440-6 Pack that’s been modified to produce approximately 525hp, this car has the performance to back up faux image. Sitting behind the legendary plant is a Hurst-shifted 4-speed and a Dana rear end.

By the time you read this the auction will have ended unfortunately, but with a Buy-It-Now price of $195k, it would be out of reach for most of us anyway.

Still, with Hollywood making it a point to destroy classic muscle cars like it was going out of style, you have got to appreciate the cool factor of seeing a piece of movie history still looking as good as it did when it was on the big screen nearly 10 years ago.