1978 Li'l Red Express Truck spotted.

[AZjeff]

Stopped by the local C/D/J/R dealer today and this was at the entrance. It appears to be original. (Not sure about the wheels). The paint isn't as nice as it looks but it could be corrected. I had to look, produced in '78 & '79, (this is a '78) with a modified 360 with no cats. There was one in my home town owned by 2 sisters of questionable values. They ran with a tough crowd, lived hard and drove the truck hard. My long hair dirt bike gang stayed clear of them.

 

[GMBoy]

Those were the 1st muscle trucks and that's a nice one. The wheels are aftermarket but period correct as a popular wheel of the era.

 

[wings&wheels]

70's gaudy tastelessness. In other words, awesome!

 

[Zee09]

They were big in my area in the day
MD, PA, DE..

 

[svtrit]

I love them. My dad had a 78 Stepside D100 he put LRE pipes on. Sadly, I totaled it in 1993 at the age of 16.

 

[Egg_Head]

Rick Russell built this 1979 with 1379 HP

https://www.dragzine.com/features/s...l-familys-1379-hp-1979-dodge-lil-red-express/

 

[daves87rs]

Nice!

 

[ripcord]

I had a similar vintage D100. With a slant six and a 727 TorqueFlite, it was the dog slowest vehicle I've ever owned.

 

[CleanSump]

I didn't hang out near rednecks so I never heard of them, much less seen one.

 

[GMBoy]

They were big in my area in the day
MD, PA, DE..

Being born and raised in the same area - I agree!

 

[K2K2]

I had a similar vintage D100. With a slant six and a 727 TorqueFlite, it was the dog slowest vehicle I've ever owned.

But never broke!

I test drove one once with manual trans...."pickup with no pickup"

 

[Zee09]

I had a similar vintage D100. With a slant six and a 727 TorqueFlite, it was the dog slowest vehicle I've ever owned.

My brother had a 79 with a 318 and a one barrel carb...turd

 

[svtrit]

My brother had a 79 with a 318 and a one barrel carb...turd

It would have gotten very decent mileage though.

 

[ripcord]

But never broke!

I test drove one once with manual trans...."pickup with no pickup"

Oh, it broke plenty. The frame near the front was cracked because of the death wobble the previous owner ignored for too long. (That was my first experience with a Lincoln arc welder.) I had to get the 727 rebuilt. I once walked home because the ballast resistor burned out. The gas gauge quit working. An axle broke, though I have no idea how that could have happened with all 70 hp it pounded the pavement with. The Carter YF one barrel was a flood-o-matic. I broke a rear leaf spring hauling 20 sheets of 7/16" OSB... Other than that it was a really good truck, lol.