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Exactly: Back then the price of the Hemi itself strained the budget of most buyers. Thats why a lot of Hemi cars were pretty bare except for the big Kahuna under the hood. Then there's the extra weight of those options.
That's just why I am surprised there are so many of them.

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That's one rare piece...

'71 4-speed Hemi 'Bee w/sunroof...

(Hideaway Headlights???)...


And I believe there was only one '71 Hemi RR w/sunroof...

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Yes, Hideaways.

Also, remember that not all hemi cars were sold in US and Canada. These were Super Cars and had a global recognition. And not just France either. The 4sp Hemi Charger R/T sunroof xx29 is working on is an export car that will not pop up on any production list I believe?

I just heard of an export Hemi 71 'Cuda hardtop that is optioned beast of breed level.



Hideaways on the 71 Super Bee next to a pretty darn cool Hemi Challenger at Spring Fling 2012.

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I believe another factor is that halfway through the year everyone knew there would not be any 72 Hemis so perhaps a few got really optioned by buyers that knew this was the last kick at the cat. Still though it was hard for people back then to justify loaded New Yorker or maybe bottom line Imperial money on a midsize car. Back then if you paid a lot of money you expected a large luxury car.

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It creates a sense of urgency. And sometimes that can get people stirred up to buy something they normally would not buy.

IIRC, A lot of these loaded cars were built after halfway through the model year.

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Yes, Hideaways.

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Yes, Hideaways.

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HS owned an EV-2, '71 4-speed Hemi 'Bee with hideaways once upon a time in these parts...

May have been my favorite out of all that has passed his way...


Made me turgid, it did...

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Strato-Vent, houndstooth, AM/FM/cassette, power winders...

Is that a real R-code sunroof car???

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Yes. As with most sunroof cars, it's pretty loaded.

Hidden headlights too. I posted the tag.

This one is the automatic.

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We have another one in the works that's even cooler...426HEMI, 4spd, 4.10 Dana, factory sunroof, export car, kilometer speedo, EV2/white interior/top, 1 of 1...

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That's the NEXT one for Julius to restore after Peter, xx29, finishes the metal work on. I hear/see you have been doing some awesome work saving the original body on that one Peter.

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All this talk of 1971 Charger/Super Bee Hemi Sunroof cars is making my head spin. So do I have this straight? There are 4 known?

1971 Charger R/T Hemi Orange/White/White 426/4-spd (Pete's project)

1971 Charger R/T Hemi Orange/White/White 426/Auto (Segal/Wellborn)

1971 Charger R/T Bright Red/Black/Black 426/Auto (This Post)

1971 Super Bee Hemi Orange/White/White 426/4-spd (SoCal car)

Thanks,
Scott.

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There's a white hemi super bee with a very questionable fender tag.

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Yes, owner took liberties with that one! Shame if it was a true car and was re-bodied and tagged like that.

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Other hemi 71 sunroof chargers?... Looking at history of them coming to surface, good chance of a dead/crushed one(s) or one(s) still out there. Or at least a Plymouth one.

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There is a white 71 Hemi Superbee sunroof car in Illinois too. I didn't see this one get mentioned. It is usually at the Belividere IL show.

Here is a link to an article in Hemmings:

http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2004/12/01/hmn_feature4.html

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Wow: That's a lot of sunroof Hemi's. I thought the only ones were the Siegal car and the rebody out of Canada.

Sheldon

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There is a white 71 Hemi Superbee sunroof car in Illinois too. I didn't see this one get mentioned. It is usually at the Belividere IL show.

Here is a link to an article in Hemmings:

http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2004/12/01/hmn_feature4.html

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That the white one from Canada with a funky fender tag...

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Wow: That's a lot of sunroof Hemi's. I thought the only ones were the Siegal car and the rebody out of Canada.

Sheldon

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There is a white 71 Hemi Superbee sunroof car in Illinois too. I didn't see this one get mentioned. It is usually at the Belividere IL show.

Here is a link to an article in Hemmings:

http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2004/12/01/hmn_feature4.html

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That the white one from Canada with a funky fender tag...

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Wow: That's a lot of sunroof Hemi's. I thought the only ones were the Siegal car and the rebody out of Canada.

Sheldon

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I haven't seen the fendertag on this white Bee, is it a St.Louis built car? Those had "funky" fendertags with option codes that you normally don't see on Lynch Road or L.A. built cars. Did they add options to this tag/car? Does someone know the car it was rebodied?

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