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black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update #1563087 01/14/14 12:06 PM 01/14/14 12:06 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 26 Surrey, England M mozz at rpm OP member
mozz at rpm OP member M Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 26 Surrey, England	I came across an earlier thread (July 2010) on this gorgeous motor and thought I'd provide an update. My brother (Martin Savill at Rare Performance Motors)maintains this car for a well known collector and it's being well looked after and is in very good company. The car recently featured in the November 2013 issue of Classic and Sports Car magazine with a '69 A12 Road Runner (also from the collection)and I've attached a picture from that session at the Santa Pod drag strip (thanks to James Mann for the photos). This is where the car looks at it's best - on the strip. We are very interested in the early history of the car - particularly from the John Gerreck Jr days. I look after the RPM website (www.rareperformancemotors.com)for my brother. 7997256-MoparatSantaPod2013_2.jpg (419 downloads)

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: mozz at rpm] #1563088 01/14/14 12:09 PM 01/14/14 12:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 26 Surrey, England M mozz at rpm OP member
mozz at rpm OP member M Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 26 Surrey, England	Another photo from the Santa Pod session. 7997257-MoparatSantaPod2013_4.jpg (527 downloads)

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: mozz at rpm] #1563089 01/14/14 12:54 PM 01/14/14 12:54 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,103 Phila Pa S scatpacktom master
scatpacktom master S Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,103 Phila Pa	Veery Veeery COOL

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: scatpacktom] #1563090 01/14/14 01:16 PM 01/14/14 01:16 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6,446 NJ-USA H HPMike master
HPMike master H Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6,446 NJ-USA	Quote: Veery Veeery COOL YES!!!! Miss that beast around here.. MB 7997317-petex9BEE@.jpg (351 downloads)

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: HPMike] #1563091 01/14/14 07:45 PM 01/14/14 07:45 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 610 new york B badsixpack mopar
badsixpack mopar B Joined: May 2005 Posts: 610 new york	Yeah mike I sure do miss that black super bee, it seems like a long time ago since we restored that beast don't it. I know one thing who ever owns it got the best there is, everything in it is the best money could buy. I guess he must have figured out by now she don't like unleaded gas. 7997811-rrxx9bee.jpg (406 downloads)

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: badsixpack] #1563092 01/14/14 09:01 PM 01/14/14 09:01 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Still remember the day I found that car in Ohio. Wish I had the money back then. Car is as good as it gets in an A12.

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: badsixpack] #1563093 01/14/14 09:02 PM 01/14/14 09:02 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,505 N.E. OHIO, USA A12 Too Many Posts
A12 Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,505 N.E. OHIO, USA	The only thing I can find as a bright spot in this story is that the Bee seems to have gone to a good home....a too far away home but at least a good home............the rest of the story well for me at least Those are the two "Poster Child" cars of the muscle car era bar none

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: A12] #1563094 01/14/14 09:17 PM 01/14/14 09:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,763 A collage of whims topside Too Many Posts
topside Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,763 A collage of whims	Both of those cars look about as sinister as it gets. The black coupe thing + A12 + black wheels = kick-butt-menacing. And then bonus points for no stripes...

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: topside] #1563095 01/14/14 09:23 PM 01/14/14 09:23 PM
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HPMike master H Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6,446 NJ-USA	600+++ HP through the manifolds... 7997978-111(Medium)(2).jpg (375 downloads)

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: topside] #1563096 01/14/14 09:42 PM 01/14/14 09:42 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,505 N.E. OHIO, USA A12 Too Many Posts
A12 Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,505 N.E. OHIO, USA	Quote: Both of those cars look about as sinister as it gets. The black coupe thing + A12 + black wheels = kick-butt-menacing. And then bonus points for no stripes... Yeah and that's the way they looked on the dealership showroom floor back then not "day-two". Can't think of another production car that can say that from back then. If you gave one hundred people a bumper sticker that read MUSCLE CAR and had twenty showroom stock cars from that model year and asked them to place it on the bumper of the car it belongs, pretty sure there would be no room left for a lot of the stickers

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: HPMike] #1563097 01/14/14 09:45 PM 01/14/14 09:45 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,505 N.E. OHIO, USA A12 Too Many Posts
A12 Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,505 N.E. OHIO, USA	Quote: 600+++ HP through the manifolds... WOW that is sooooooo NICE

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: topside] #1563098 01/14/14 09:52 PM 01/14/14 09:52 PM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,963 Wisconsin Stewpar master
Stewpar master Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,963 Wisconsin	Quote: Both of those cars look about as sinister as it gets. The black coupe thing + A12 + black wheels = kick-butt-menacing. And then bonus points for no stripes... Just needs a red interior and stripe like the car out of North Texas............ Admiration For Multiple Carburetor Vehicles...

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: HPMike] #1563099 01/14/14 11:12 PM 01/14/14 11:12 PM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 5,123 Warrenton, VA RoadRunnerJD master
RoadRunnerJD master Joined: May 2004 Posts: 5,123 Warrenton, VA	Quote: Quote: Veery Veeery COOL YES!!!! Miss that beast around here.. MB I know what you mean...miss mine too! 7998184-X9atOD1974.jpg (176 downloads)

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: RoadRunnerJD] #1563100 01/14/14 11:31 PM 01/14/14 11:31 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 11,836 Florida M mopar346 Let me tell ya about fat chicks!
mopar346 Let me tell ya about fat chicks! M Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 11,836 Florida	Simply AWESOME!!!! Thanks for sharing Careful, your character's showing!

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: mopar346] #1563101 01/15/14 12:10 AM 01/15/14 12:10 AM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,414 Stow ,Ohio D demon440 pro stock
demon440 pro stock D Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,414 Stow ,Ohio	There is a place in Ohio (parma) that is called Trans by Bruce, is this where the title comes from?

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: demon440] #1563102 01/15/14 01:13 AM 01/15/14 01:13 AM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 610 new york B badsixpack mopar
badsixpack mopar B Joined: May 2005 Posts: 610 new york	Quote: There is a place in Ohio (parma) that is called Trans by Bruce, is this where the title comes from? I don't know but this how the car looked before I restored it 7998376-X9BEESIDE.jpg (289 downloads) Last edited by badsixpack; 01/15/14 01:16 AM.

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: badsixpack] #1563103 01/15/14 03:02 AM 01/15/14 03:02 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Quote: There is a place in Ohio (parma) that is called Trans by Bruce, is this where the title comes from? I don't know but this how the car looked before I restored it I took that picture back in 06 right after we got the car back to the shop here in MI. That car was found in Ohio under a cover in a beat up garage. The guy who owned it had owned it since 71 if I remember correctly. I went to his house to buy a 70 Dart Swinger project and a 426 hemi block when I noticed the shape of an A12 car under a cover in his garage. My jaw hit the floor when he pulled it back and I saw an original paint black A12 Bee. His wife had taken a baseball bat to the windows, headlights roof and fenders back in the 90's and the guy hadnt touched it since then. There was still broken glass on the ground. Apparently his old lady had a problem with the bottle and thought he was cheating on her and took it out on the Bee. Interesting sight to say the least.

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: ] #1563104 01/15/14 07:30 AM 01/15/14 07:30 AM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,363 DTW drmopar master
drmopar master Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,363 DTW	My brother and the bee 7998635-231050_1093060934013_5581554_n.jpg (217 downloads) -------------------- RM27H9G 4 speed F8/tan guts RS27L9G auto B5/black guts WM23H9G auto F5/green guts 2021 Challenger 392 Indigo/black guts 2019 Charger Daytona R/T F8 on black 2018 Ram Sport Hemi 4x4

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: drmopar] #1563105 01/15/14 09:33 AM 01/15/14 09:33 AM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 26 Surrey, England M mozz at rpm OP member
mozz at rpm OP member M Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 26 Surrey, England	Yet another photo from the Santa Pod session. 7998654-MoparatSantaPod2013_5.jpg (170 downloads)

Re: black A12 bee "trans by Bruce" - update [Re: mozz at rpm] #1563106 01/15/14 10:23 AM 01/15/14 10:23 AM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 69 parma,ohio 6 66littlebigmopar member
66littlebigmopar member 6 Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 69 parma,ohio	Yeah i remember that car from 20-25 years ago. Trans by Bruce is still in business, but in the sixties and seventies cars up here had Trans by Bruce, Gellner Engineering or Plain Brothers lettering and painted up with the crazy paint jobs by Nolan Brothers.

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