There’s restomods, and then there’s “HELL Bee”—Jenna Thomas’ Plum Crazy, HELLCAT-swapped 1970 Dodge Coronet Super Bee that’s turning heads and shredding expectations. What started as a high school hand-me-down from her grandfather has evolved into a full-blown, garage-built missile with SEMA in its sights.
If the name sounds familiar, it might be because you’ve already seen “HELL Bee” in action on JC Fernandez’s YouTube channel, where he recently featured a full walkaround and fired it up for the camera. The video captures all the grit, whine, and perfection this car has to offer—and it’s helping build a following around Jenna’s incredible story.
Back in the day, the Super Bee was Dodge’s way of delivering blue-collar muscle to the masses. Fast forward over 50 years, and Jenna’s take on the B-Body bruiser brings that same bare-knuckle attitude into the modern age—with 707 supercharged horses and a whole lot of heart.
This isn’t a shop build. It’s a family story written in wrenches, weekends, and wide-open throttle. Jenna, her dad, her uncle, and her grandfather put in the sweat equity—everything from stripping the body to reworking the firewall to fit the supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI® HELLCrate engine under the hood. That motor? A supercharged beast straight out of Mopar Performance, pumping 707 horsepower and 650 lb-ft of torque. It’s paired to an 8HP90 “War Viking” 8-speed automatic, the same ZF-based gearbox found in modern SRT cars. And it doesn’t like to be babied.
Jenna’s first time at the dragstrip? A soft launch and a calm 12.6-second pass—on purpose. She knows there’s more in it. A lot more. And it’s not just built for straight-line pulls, either.
Thanks to a full coil-over suspension from Reilly Motorsports, Baer 4-wheel disc brakes (six-piston fronts, four-piston rears), and 17-inch wheels, this Bee is happy to dodge cones at autocross too. Jenna’s style? Smooth and consistent. And it shows. The car rotates like a modern muscle car while still thumping like old-school Detroit iron.
Inside, the transformation keeps going. The front buckets and console are pulled from a 2018 Dodge Challenger, while the rear seat remains original—because history matters. A custom sound system with dual 12-inch subs keeps things rocking when the HELLCAT whine isn’t enough. (But let’s be real—it’s more than enough.)
Visually, it’s a knockout. That Plum Crazy (FC7) paint is Mopar through and through, and Jenna added her own twist with white C-stripes. It’s clean, crisp, and aggressive—just like the build.
The best part? This wasn’t just handed to her finished. When she first got the car, the original 6.3-liter (383 cubic-inch) Big-Block V8 was long gone. The HELLCAT swap came later—and it wasn’t plug-and-play. Fitting the big blower under the hood required major surgery, including replacing the supercharger cooler with a smaller HELLEPHANT unit. The result? It fits, it hauls, and it looks like it was born that way.
Jenna calls it “HELL Bee”, and the name’s stitched into the front seats and printed on custom license plates. Her priorities? “Car first, boyfriend second.” That’s Mopar family values right there.
